Heath Gifford

Technical Director at Nifty Games

Heath Gifford has worked in the software engineering industry since 2005. Heath began their career at Zipper Interactive as a Software Engineer, where they worked on Playstation 3 titles SOCOM 4 and MAG, as well as post-production support for Playstation 2 titles SOCOM 3 and SOCOM: Combined Assault, and PSP title Fireteam Bravo 2. In 2011, they moved to Flying Lab Software as a Software Engineer, where they implemented level editors and map tools, 3D character animations, and integrated 'old school' 2D flash and 3D animated assets. In 2012, they began working at GameHouse/RealNetworks as a Software Engineer, developing the Adobe Flash browser game Collapse! Blast. Heath then moved to DoubleDown Interactive as a Senior Software Engineer, developing the DoubleDown Casino cross platform browser and mobile app. In 2015, they joined WG Cells as a Senior Software Engineer, developing the Unity iOS and Android game Smash Squad. In 2018, they began working at RealSelf as a Senior Software Engineer, engineering the www. realself. com website. In 2020, they joined Tenacious Entertainment as a Generalist Programmer and Meeti2i as a Senior Software Engineer. Currently, they are a Technical Director at Nifty Games.

Heath Gifford received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Eastern Washington University between 2000 and 2005.

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Nifty Games

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Nifty Games is a venture-funded games developer & publisher focused on the quick session, head-to-head sports games for mobile devices. Nifty Games is a proud partner of the NFL, NFLPA, NBA & NBPA. The company is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and Chicago. They are focused on delivering classic sports gaming style competition to the industry's highest growth segment, with relatively short game sessions that take mere minutes to complete.


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