Ian Gallacher

Led and implemented the web backend for an online VR therapy alternative.Led and implemented the web backend for an online VR therapy alternative.

Developed automation to deliver tax documents and contest chargebacks.

Completed contract work for various companies as one of the top 3% of developers hired by the platform.Completed contract work for various companies as one of the top 3% of developers hired by the platform.

Wrote highly available and reliable payment processing and reporting software for hospitals.Wrote highly available and reliable payment processing and reporting software for hospitals.

Wrote and maintained parent teacher communication software. Created and maintained tools for the customer success team to handle the rapid company growth. Optimized performance of API endpoints, over 270 times faster in some cases. Tightened security of endpoints to protect user data.

Updated a training sim from Unity 3 to Unity 5 to allow for a WebGL build, helped design the new and improved back end infrastructure.

Worked on the video game Drunkn Bar Fight for several months. Was responsible for many of the games visual and special effects. Implemented windows and beer bottles that shatter, 3D modeled some environment props, and implemented the score screen with achievements.The released game was very highly praised, featured by several popular youtubers, and even made the front page of Reddit.

During my time at Dragonfly Software, I created a system that allows for threaded loading of assets, allowing for very short loading screens. In addition, I created a UI that will automatically scale to any size device, including non standard resolutions. Most of my work involved optimizing the code base for maintainability and performance. The game I worked on is currently unreleased.