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Lead Gameplay AI engineer with 23 years of experience building and shipping AAA action-adventure, open-world, tactical shooter, and sandbox games, including Assassin’s Creed, Skate, Operation Flashpoint, and Mafi a. Expert in C++ and scalable AI systems, with deep experience in NPC behavior, gameplay, navigation, networking/replication, and large-scale living-world simulation. Proven track record of leading technical vision, building reusable systems, and driving cross-team and cross-studio collaboration to deliver player-fi rst, world-class gameplay experiences for millions of players.…Lead Gameplay AI engineer with 23 years of experience building and shipping AAA action-adventure, open-world, tactical shooter, and sandbox games, including Assassin’s Creed, Skate, Operation Flashpoint, and Mafi a. Expert in C++ and scalable AI systems, with deep experience in NPC behavior, gameplay, navigation, networking/replication, and large-scale living-world simulation. Proven track record of leading technical vision, building reusable systems, and driving cross-team and cross-studio collaboration to deliver player-fi rst, world-class gameplay experiences for millions of players.

Tom Nevrtal

AI Engineer, Game Developer, Programmer, +1

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Lead Gameplay AI engineer with 23 years of experience building and shipping AAA action-adventure, open-world, tactical shooter, and sandbox games, including Assassin’s Creed, Skate, Operation Flashpoint, and Mafi a. Expert in C++ and scalable AI systems, with deep experience in NPC behavior, gameplay, navigation, networking/replication, and large-scale living-world simulation. Proven track record of leading technical vision, building reusable systems, and driving cross-team and cross-studio collaboration to deliver player-fi rst, world-class gameplay experiences for millions of players.…Lead Gameplay AI engineer with 23 years of experience building and shipping AAA action-adventure, open-world, tactical shooter, and sandbox games, including Assassin’s Creed, Skate, Operation Flashpoint, and Mafi a. Expert in C++ and scalable AI systems, with deep experience in NPC behavior, gameplay, navigation, networking/replication, and large-scale living-world simulation. Proven track record of leading technical vision, building reusable systems, and driving cross-team and cross-studio collaboration to deliver player-fi rst, world-class gameplay experiences for millions of players.

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Lead Gameplay AI engineer with 23 years of experience building and shipping AAA action-adventure, open-world, tactical shooter, and sandbox games, including Assassin’s Creed, Skate, Operation Flashpoint, and Mafi a. Expert in C++ and scalable AI systems, with deep experience in NPC behavior, gameplay, navigation, networking/replication, and large-scale living-world simulation. Proven track record of leading technical vision, building reusable systems, and driving cross-team and cross-studio collaboration to deliver player-fi rst, world-class gameplay experiences for millions of players.

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Work Experience

Lead AI Engineer at Electronic Arts (EA)

September 1, 2018 - Present

Lead architecture and implementation of Skate’s AI and Living Worlds from prototype to release and live service. Defined AI direction and roadmap, scoped work with production, scheduled tasks, identified risks, and delivered production-ready solutions. Managed a team of engineers, driving career growth, performance, and a collaborative, high-trust culture. Collaborated with Frostbite, BioWare, Motive, and Criterion on shared AI and gameplay tech. Designed systemic pedestrian AI to create believable city life using behavior trees, perception, decision-making, locomotion, steering, and obstacle avoidance. Iterated with designers to craft rich player experiences. Architected a scalable networked traffic system for vehicles and pedestrians, expanding simulation from 50 to 500+ agents with smooth motion, authentic behavior, and low bandwidth. Delivered robust navigation for a large dynamic world via dynamic nav meshes, pathfinding, re-planning, dynamic Nav Links, and custom A* enabling pl

Technical Lead - AI / Gameplay at Ubisoft

February 1, 2012 - September 1, 2018

Led a team of AI engineers across two development cycles for Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Origins, Syndicate, and Unity. Mentored engineers and resolved high-impact technical risks across large multi-team projects. Designed and shipped navigation systems for massive open worlds including dynamic pathfinding, follower behaviors, formations, and obstacle avoidance for diverse agent types (humans, animals, boats, and vehicles). Built AI framework and behaviors covering group tactics, individual actions, companions, and mounted combat. Optimized AI for hundreds of concurrent NPCs while preserving gameplay performance. Delivered robust navigation for large dynamic worlds using dynamic nav meshes, pathfinding, re-planning, dynamic Nav Links, and a custom A* enabling traversal of player-edited environments. Enabled complex player interactions and action sequences.

Lead AI Programmer at Codemasters

November 1, 2006 - January 1, 2012

Led a team of 7 AI engineers across two development cycles for Operation Flashpoint titles. Designed hierarchical tactical decision systems, multi-threaded task-based AI, and other AI systems. Owned road map planning, scheduling, task tracking, hiring, and team management.

AI Programmer at 2K Czech

July 1, 2003 - November 1, 2006

Developed AI and gameplay systems for Mafia II.