Stéphane Beniak is a technical director and co-founder with 14 years of experience building and scaling indie game studios from scrappy teams to 30+ employees while shipping five major titles. Based in Montreal, he blends deep engineering chops—C#, DSP, and game engine tooling—with hands-on leadership, solving the "hairiest" technical problems and guiding architecture and implementation across projects. He excels at translating technical complexity for non-programmers and has a background in UX-focused full-stack game development and academic research in DSP and virtual environments. A McGill-trained computer engineer, Stéphane pairs startup grit with rigorous engineering discipline, and continues to drive new IP as Technical Director on the original title Surfpunk.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
DEC Pure and Applied Sciences, DEC Pure and Applied Sciences at CEGEP - John Abbott College
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Computer Engineering at McGill University
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