Darryl Despie

Darryl Despie is a highly experienced technical director and lead software engineer currently employed at Respawn Entertainment since July 2021. In addition, Darryl serves as a lecturer in the UCI Game Design & Interactive Media Program since September 2019. Previously, Darryl contributed as a lead software engineer at Blizzard Entertainment from June 2008 to January 2021, focusing on engine systems engineering with an emphasis on multi-platform abstraction, shared code, and tech debt reduction. Darryl holds a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Real-Time Interactive Simulation from the DigiPen Institute of Technology, earned in 2008.