Saswat Panda

Experience

Hackstar (Developer in Residence) 2014 (4 months)

Advised on and delivered software products for companies in a variety of industries including logistics, telecom, litigation, e-commerce and education. Focused on UX design,... more

Microsoft

Software Engineer 2010 - 2014 (over 3 years)

Software Developer/Game Developer with extensive front-end and back-end experience on Forza Motorsport, the best reviewed racing game franchise of all time and the Flagship... more

Electronic Arts

Gameplay Programming Intern 2009 (3 months)

Worked in a small team to envision features and design gameplay systems for the Sims 4 during pre-production, 5 years prior to its release. The Sims 4 was a sequel to the... more

Cisco Systems

Software Engineering Intern 2008 (3 months)

Designed test cases for and tested DHCP, L2TP and AAA features on Cisco ASR-100 routers. Ported Cisco IOS code between different hardware platforms.

LiveLike

Founder, CTO 2015 - Present (almost 5 years)

Saswat's natural skill and leadership is what every startup looks for in a lead engineer. From brainstorm to code lines, Saswat takes every aspect of development with a proffesionalism and enthusiasm... more Andre Lorenceau

LiveLike

CTO 2015 - Present (almost 5 years)

Founder

LiveLike

Employee

Microsoft, Techstars, LiveLike, Electronic Arts, Cisco Systems

Projects

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FOX Sports VR

The app we built for FOX Sports.

CTO, Unity3D, Python/Django, Android · Lead the development team in designing the core architecture, and building the product.

With Jagdish Repaswal

Education

About

What I Do

Full Stack Software Developer with extensive front-end and back-end experience in the interactive entertainment industry. Interested in emerging consumer-facing technologies.

Describe what you have done, what you are doing, and the kinds of things you are interested in.

Achievements

At Microsoft:

1) Led a team of developers, designers and testers to deliver Drivatar - the first-of-its-kind AI System which learns players’ driving behaviors and creates digital clones for their friends to race against. Drivatar was the most acclaimed feature of Forza 5, and its Cloud-Powered AI was a pillar of the Xbox One marketing campaign. Featured in Time, CNET, Engadget and Wired.

2) Led the design and development of a Premium Downloadable Content system for Forza 4. Involved engineers and designers from 5 teams and significantly increased digital revenue.

3) First game developer in the studio and possibly the world to work on the Xbox One. Ported the foundations of the game over to the new console, paving the path for our 40 engineers to begin development of Forza 5.

Describe the most impressive thing you've done.

Skills

C++ C Sharp (C#) Matlab SQL Xbox 360 Development Xbox One Development WPF Javascript Angular.JS Python PhoneGap/Cordova iOS Development Android Java Django Web Development Objective-C

Locations

San Francisco San Francisco Bay Area New York City Portland Austin

Markets

Internet of Things Virtual Reality Virtual Currency Games Augmented Reality Wearable Technologies Entertainment Travel

References

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Saswat's natural skill and leadership is what every startup looks for in a lead engineer. From brainstorm to code lines, Saswat takes every aspect of development with a proffesionalism and enthusiasm only seen among top developers.

Andre Lorenceau · LiveLike
For Saswat Panda's work at LiveLike
Founder, Ex-CEO of @livelike, - $ millions in sales, tens of millions of live streaming views / Grew, managed team of 60 / Fundraised $15m from VCs

Saswat Panda

Co-Founder and CTO of LiveLike. Worked @microsoft on Xbox One Launch Title. Worked @techstars, @cisco, @electronic-arts. Studied @cornell-university.

Full Stack Software Developer with extensive front-end and back-end experience in the interactive entertainment industry. Interested in emerging consumer-facing technologies.