# Omar Zakaria Ben Mustapha

Software Engineer · Games · XR · Mobile · AI

contact@hazenstudio.com · [hazenstudio.com](https://www.hazenstudio.com) · [linkedin.com/in/omar-zakaria-ben](https://www.linkedin.com/in/omar-zakaria-ben) · [github.com/OZBM](https://github.com/OZBM) · Tunisia · open to remote work and travel

Printable version: [hazenstudio.com/cv](https://www.hazenstudio.com/cv)

## Profile

Software engineer with a Computer Science engineering degree, specialised in mobile development (iOS and Android), video games, virtual reality and LLM-powered agents. A creative, organised team player with natural leadership, used to taking products from the first brainstorm to launch.

## Latest project

**MacLC — HDR media player for Apple Silicon** · 2026

A macOS-only media player for Apple Silicon, forked from VLC 4.0.0-dev. It keeps libVLC's complete demuxing and decoding engine and rebuilds everything above it: a Metal compute shader that expands SDR highlights into the extra brightness of XDR displays, fixes for six macOS display-pipeline defects, and a native AppKit interface.

6.15× display headroom, measured on an M3 Max · 0.53 ms shader time per 1080p frame · 0.91 ms shader time per 4K frame · 10-bit BT.2020 PQ output

[hazenstudio.com/maclc](https://www.hazenstudio.com/maclc/) · [github.com/OZBM/MacLC](https://github.com/OZBM/MacLC)

## Experience

### Head of Gaming Division · Orange Tunisie

Tunis, Tunisia · Oct 2017 – Apr 2022

- Built an online gaming platform that reached 300,000+ active users.
- Launched multiple mobile games with more than 1 million downloads combined.
- Organised e-sport events drawing thousands of participants.
- Created an augmented-reality game promoting tourism in Tunisia.
- Managed game projects end to end in C, C#, Java, Unity and Unreal Engine.

### Software Engineer · Founder of Hazen · Ingenium / Hazen

Tunis, Tunisia · Oct 2017 – Apr 2022

- Designed a VR headset compatible with any smartphone.
- Launched the Hazen VR app store and its universal headset.
- Developed a VR educational platform for immersive professional training.
- Managed cross-functional teams and worked with stakeholders on product innovation.

### Unity Lead Programmer · QuinQ

Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia · Sep 2015 – Jul 2017

- Developed the rehabilitation game platform used by MindMaze (Switzerland) with 10,000+ users.
- Implemented motion-capture systems for rehabilitation games.
- Created game concepts, levels and characters tailored to patients' needs.
- Worked with healthcare institutions to run game-based rehabilitation programmes.

## Selected projects

- **Rehabilitation Game Platform** · MindMaze (Switzerland), via QuinQ, 2015 – 2017. Therapeutic mini-games for stroke, multiple-sclerosis and sports-injury recovery, on a platform with more than 10,000 users.
- **Orange Tunisie Gaming Platform** · Orange Tunisie, 2017 – 2022. An online gaming portal for Orange Tunisie that grew to 300,000+ active players and hosted e-sport events.
- **Tourism AR Experience** · Orange Tunisie, 2017 – 2022. An augmented-reality game that brings Tunisia's cultural and historical sites to life on visitors' phones.
- **VR Educational Platform** · Ingenium, 2017 – 2022. Immersive VR scenarios used by institutions for professional training, from emergency response to industrial operations.
- **Hazen Universal VR Headset** · Hazen, 2017 – 2022. An affordable VR headset that turns any smartphone into a display, launched through Hazen, the VR company I founded.
- **Hazen VR App Store** · Hazen, 2017 – 2022. A marketplace where people found and bought VR apps from Hazen and third-party developers.

## Skills

- **Engineering:** Unity, C#, Swift / iOS, Kotlin / Android, Unreal Engine, VR / AR, React, Node.js, SQL
- **AI & specialities:** LLM integration, AI agents, LLM fine-tuning, Game design, Motion capture, Rehabilitation tech
- **Leadership:** Project management, Scrum / Agile, Team leadership

## Education

- **Engineering degree in Computer Science** (Diplôme d'ingénieur · Mobile development): ESPRIT — Higher School of Engineering, Tunisia · 2010 – 2013
- **Bachelor's in Mathematics, Computer Science, Mechanics & Electronics** (Licence): Pierre and Marie Curie University, France · 2008 – 2010

## Languages

- French: Native
- English: Fluent
- Arabic: Fluent