Duncan McKay

Duncan McKay is a seasoned engineering manager with a focus on high-performance deep learning and multimedia development. With a strong background in contributing to APIs integrated into major platforms like WinXP-Win7 and Xbox360/XboxOne, Duncan has been instrumental in project incubation, sustained engineering, and supporting numerous applications reaching millions of devices.

His expertise spans a wide array of technologies including DirectX components like DirectSound/DirectMusic, XACT, X3DAudio, XAudio2/xAPOs, NuiAudio for Kinect, and NVIDIA's DL Dataset Synthesizer. Duncan has experience working across different technology levels, from realtime/embedded systems to x86/SSE assembly optimization, and HTML5-based UI development. He excels in balancing short-term objectives with long-term maintainability to ensure the cost-effectiveness of product shipping and support.

Known for his specialties in API design, cross-platform development, project management, multimedia technologies, deep learning, optimization strategies, digital signal processing, natural user interfaces, debugging, and evolutionary prototyping, Duncan McKay has a proven track record of delivering functional solutions.

Duncan McKay pursued his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at McMaster University. He is the Founder of Fathomswell and has held key positions at renowned organizations including Senior Software Engineering Manager at NVIDIA and Senior Software Design Engineer at Microsoft.