Cory Ondrejka
Computer Science, Person
Who is Cory Ondrejka?
As CTO at Linden Lab, Cory Ondrejka leads the team developing "Second Life," Linden
Lab's award-winning, user-created digital world. His team has created
the revolutionary technologies required to enable collaborative,
atomistic creation, including distributed physical simulation, 3D
streaming, completely customizable avatars and real-time, in-world
editors. He also spearheaded the decision to allow users to retain the
IP rights to their creations and helped craft Linden's virtual real
estate policy.
Prior to joining Linden Lab in November, 2000, Ondrejka served as
Project Leader and Lead Programmer for Pacific Coast Power and Light.
At PCPL, he brought the "Road Rash" franchise to the Nintendo for
the first time with "Road Rash 64" and built the core technology teams
that completed multiple products for Nintendo and Sony consoles.
Previous experience includes Lead Programmer for Acclaim Coin-Operated
Entertainment's first internal coin-op title and work on Department of
Defense electronic warfare software projects for Lockheed Sanders.
While an officer in the United States Navy, he worked at the National
Security Agency and graduated from the Navy Nuclear Power School.
Ondrejka is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, where he was
a Presidential "Thousand Points of Light" recipient and became the
first person to earn Bachelors of Science degrees in two technical
majors: Weapons and Systems Engineering and Computer Science.
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- Education
- Bachelor of Science, United States Naval Academy
Computer Science - Bachelor of Science, United States Naval Academy
Weapons and Systems Engineering - Nuclear Power School
- Boston University
- Bachelor of Science, United States Naval Academy
- Employment
- Chief Technology Officer, Linden Lab
( - 2007) - Project Leader and Lead Programmer, Pacific Coast Power and Light
- Lead programmer, Acclaim Entertainment
- Lockheed Sanders
- United States National Security Agency
- Chief Technology Officer, Linden Lab
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on July 23, 2013
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