Hristian Kirtchev joined AdaCore in 2005 as a software engineer, but first experienced the company as an intern the year before. He is involved in the GNAT Pro front end, the implementation and integration of Ada 2005 language features, runtime support, testing, and quality assurance. He holds a BS and MS in computer science from the George Washington University and New York University, respectively. Outside of AdaCore, he is an avid pool and snooker player and a longtime gamer.