Rick Cheng

Rick Cheng has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Rick started their career in 2000 as a Software Engineer at IBM, where they worked until 2001. In 2002, they joined Northrop Grumman Corporation as a Software Engineer and stayed with the company until 2011.

Following this, Rick worked at GameView Studios, a DeNA Studio, as a Senior Software Engineer from December 2011 to March 2013. Rick then joined Wemade as a Mobile Game Developer from May 2013 to August 2013.

In November 2013, Rick joined PLAYSTUDIOS as a Mobile Front End Software Engineer. During their time there, they worked on the development of the Social Casino game "MyVegas" on IOS, Android, and Amazon Kindle. Rick was involved in various tasks such as Unity programming, UI creation, gameplay implementation, and 3rd party SDK integration. Rick also worked on the reward system, coupon system, and performed day-to-day Agile spike problem solving. Rick's tenure at PLAYSTUDIOS ended in October 2019.

After leaving PLAYSTUDIOS, Rick joined Agora in October 2019. Rick held two roles within the company: Senior Developer Relations Engineer and Developer Evangelist. These roles are ongoing, and no end dates have been specified.

Overall, Rick has gained extensive experience in software engineering, mobile game development, and front-end development throughout their career.

Rick Cheng completed their high school education at Phillip Burton. Following that, from 1998 to 2000, they pursued a Master's degree in Computer Science at the University of California, Davis.