Paul Miller

Engineering Manager @ Volley Automation

About

• Seasoned team builder with effective collaboration from C-level and strategy to engineering team contributors. • Built and managed development teams ranging from 2 to 50 engineers. • More than 26 years developing and shipping software. • More than 29 years using C++ (since VC++4 on Win95). • Contributed to more than 18 video game titles, enjoyed by millions of consumers. • Developed software for more than 11 platforms. • PMP (Project Management) Certification.

Country

United States

City

San Mateo

Industry

Renewables & Environment

Skill

Robotics Motion Planning, Multi-Agent Robotics, Product Strategy, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Game Engine Development, 3D Graphics, Agile Methodologies, Python (Programming Language), Unix, System Architecture, Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP), Embedded Systems, Distributed Systems, Cloud Computing, Product Management, Android, iOS, Mobile Devices, Video Games, Project Management

Experience

Founder, CEO

Stellar Play LLC

2014-1 - Present · 12 yrs 9 mos

Developer of video game software technology. Coding (white label) 3D game engines. WebGPU, WebGL, Vulkan, OpenGL/ES, C++, mobile devices, Windows, MacOS, Linux 3D Character Animation Skinning and Blending End-User-Customizable Avatars Character path finding, Motion Planning, NPC Simulation, Crowd Simulation, Vehicle Traffic Simulation, Flight Simulation Online profiles Multi-user chat AI

Senior Engineering Manager

Volley Automation

2024-8 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

Smart Real Estate. Automated high-density vehicle parking garages using AGVs, conflict-based-search multi-agent motion planning, vertical conveyances, and automatic time-share EV charging.

Staff Robotics Software Engineer

Planted

2022-10 - 2024-7 · 1 yr 10 mos

Clean Energy. Fixed-tilt solar array power plant installation using high-accuracy construction robots.

Principal Software Engineer

Verdant Robotics

2019-5 - 2022-8 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Agricultural Robotics. High-precision agronomy treatment using computer vision and time-lapse database, for higher crop yields with lower amount of chemicals.

Staff Software Engineer

Cruise

2017-8 - 2019-5 · 1 yr 10 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

Self-driving robo-taxis. Digital Twin of SF. Virtual world reconstruction from real world map data, before there was NeRF and Gaussian Splat.

CTO, Co-founder

VelociPlay

2016-5 - 2017-7 · 1 yr 3 mos

VelociPlay develops unique, fun, games and attractions for socially enticing various age groups. Unlike conventional slot machine developers, we start with the end-user-experience, leverage the higher expectations for social engagement, and iteratively work backwards to design the economics model.

Freelance Software Engineer

2013-12 - 2017-7 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Various clients. Developed video conferencing for mobile devices.

Senior Software Engineer

Mind Pirate

2013-4 - 2013-11 · 8 mos

Global Food Fight, a.k.a. Food Fling Blitz for mobile devices, and Google Glass Think tank for wearable device (Google Glass), wearable network, applications and market ecosystem.

Business Development

spaceport.io Inc.

2010 - 2012 · 2 yrs

Formerly known as Sibblingz Inc. Customer success advocate for Spaceport development platform. Liran's Lab for mobile devices by Entity Games

Social Game Designer, Software Architect

spaceport.io Inc.

2010 - 2012 · 2 yrs

Formerly known as Sibblingz Inc. Happy Island, Island Tycoon, It Girl, Top Girl, Dancing Daisy, Mini Quest, and Spaceport development platform for mobile devices