Carla Meninsky

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Carla Meninsky is an American computer game designer , programmer and lawyer. She and Carol Shaw were one of two engineers at Atari, Inc. who developed video game cartridges.

life and work

Meninsky learned programming at Fortran high school and studied math and psychology at Stanford University , where she earned her bachelor's degree in 1977. In 1979 she designed and programmed games as a game developer at Atari in New York, developing Dodge 'Em in 1980 and Warlords in 1982 . She was part of the team that Star Raiders created for the Atari 2600. She then worked for Activision , Cadlink, Wei Tek and Sun Microsystems , developing tools for high-end computer graphics dealing with lighting, textures, surfaces, 3D rendering and 3D effects. She later switched to hardware architecture design and founded her own company in 1995. After changing her career, she graduated from George Washington University Law School in 2004 and has been working as a lawyer ever since. She is Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at Bank of America , specializing in contractual disputes, trade secrets, fraud, and financial law. She teaches international finance law courses at the London School of Economics .

Games (selection)

  • 1978: Indy 500 (programmer)
  • 1981: Warlords (programmer)
  • 1983: Tempest , (Atari 2600 version) (programmer)

Publications

  • Meninsky, Carla: Locked Out: The New Hazards of Reverse Engineering, The John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law Vol. XXI Summer 2003 No. 4th

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Meninsky, Carla
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American computer game designer, programmer and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century