Janik was born January 8, 1969 in Cannes, France, where he spent most of his childhood and adolescence. He was raised in a very musical environment but soon focused his talents on computers. After completing high school at age 17, he moved to Ontario where he attended university. In 1993, after several years studying sciences and working part-time as a programmer, he graduated with a B.Sc. in applied mathematics from the University of Western Ontario. He then worked full-time as software developer in medical research, refining his digital audio and signal processing skills. Two years ago he moved to Vancouver, Canada, working on distributed gaming systems until joining Relic Entertainment, Inc. to design audio codecs and tools.
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