Who Am I?

As the site name implies, I am David Hecker. I've spent many years working in various management positions working alongside both very creative and very technical people.

My passion for creative technology started at the age of 10 with a ZX Spectrum+, custom circuit boards and software written in Sinclair BASIC to do fun things over the serial port of the ZX Interface 1. Since those heady days, I've amassed 30 years experience in television, animation (including as an educator) and game development, with a particular focus of late on managing multi-disciplinary teams of varying sizes.

I've worked as an animation director and technical lead on a variety of 2d animated series for the likes of Disney Channel and Wish Films. As a game designer and project manager on mobile projects, I have created games for various international sports teams and children's brands.

Career highlights include interactive applications for the likes of Amazon and HSBC, and a #1 app store debut kids game.

Most days, I can be found with his head buried in a magnificent spreadsheet of some form, obsessing over the correct shade to use for conditionally formatting a formula result.

I am currently the Head of Studio at Yellow Lab Games, where my primary duties are to wrangle the developers and technical artists to deliver quality work on time, while maintaining a healthy work/life balance.

You can read more about my work history on davidhecker.com or connect with me on LinkedIn.

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