Joshua Slack

“Joshua is without a doubt, one of the most talented, hard-working Technical Directors I've ever had the pleasure to work with. Joshua understands the critical "service-oriented" nature of programming for games. Code empowers the efforts of art, design, sound, UI, etc. - Joshua understands that relationship and works tirelessly so that others won't have to. He has an uncanny ability to make non-technical contributors feel at ease and he can rally members from all disciplines to do their best work. I would gladly welcome the chance to work with Joshua time and time again. Any project fortunate enough to have him on their team will come to the same conclusions.”

“Josh is a fantastic engineer who helps the entire team work better. During our work on Star Wars: Assault Team, he built a level scripting language that was fast, flexible, and easy to expand as the designers' needs grew. He worked closely with the entire design team, frequently anticipating what we needed and having the feature ready to go when we asked for it. Josh also has an excellent design sense. He gives valuable advice on what a feature should do as well as how to make it work. I've gained a deep trust in his technical abilities and common sense, and would consider myself blessed to work with him again.”

“Josh is the quintessential veteran software engineer. He's comfortable working in a collaborative, iterative development environment, beats expectations for time and quality every time, and cares deeply about doing right by the project. He motivates those around him to do better by his insightful questions, useful suggestions, and hard work.”

“Over the past two years I have hired Josh three times to provide Ardor3D support for a 3D visualization project at NASA called VERVE (aka viz). He has come by for face-to-face session in which he went over the entire architecture and design decisions in Ardor3D as well as answering all of my teams very specific questions. On top of all that he is extremely laid back and easy to get along with. There is no doubt that he is an expert in his field and I would highly recommend him to others who are looking for 3D scenegraph/engine support.”

“Joshua is one of the big brains behind the jMonkeyEngine, which is an open source game engine written in Java. Not only have Josh's efforts elevated the viability of Java for professional game development, but his participation in the game development community has inspired those just coming up as well. An amazingly nice guy, Josh is also generous with his time and attention. I have looked to him on several occasions for assistance with projects and he constantly over delivers. I know how busy he is and he always manages to find time to help. An fantastic mix of smarts, good will and professionalism, I consider myself fortunate to have worked with him and expect to do so for many years to come. Maximum thumbs up for Josh!”

“Josh is a calm, motivated and highly effective engineer. His design and implementation work on JMonkeyEngine have both been outstanding. He communicates very effectively and works well in a team situation.”

“I worked extensively with Josh on a huge visible project at JavaOne 2007. Our group loaded him down with unbelievable amounts of work and absolutely insane deadlines, and he consistently delivered world-class high-quality results, always with a cheerful and professional attitude. In addition to all that he also presented a JavaOne technical session that was well received by the audience. I hope I get a chance to work with Josh again, and recommend him highly for any technical position.”

“Josh was a key member of our digital team at CMP. A talented developer, Josh found solutions where other saw obstacles. He is conscientious, creative and goal oriented. After CMP I hired Josh's company as a service provider to support my initiatives at Longitude Media. He took a business model and created a successful digital platform that met my goals of audience experience and business objectives. I look forward to the opportunity to work with Josh again.”

“If it were allowed, I could have easily checked all of the Top Attributes listed. Josh's knowledge of his subject matter, his prompt response time, the quality of his work and pleasant demeanor are unparalleled and we feel very fortunate to have him support our business platform. We have 100% confidence that the tasks we request of him will be handled diligently and professionally. Josh is also one of the most pleasant and courteous people I have had the good fortune to work with and we trust him implicitly.”