Nimrod Barak						(925) 640-4646
nbarak@smu.edu						6400 Ohio Drive #2021
http://guildhall.smu.edu/portfolio/NBarak		Plano, TX 75024

GAME EXPERIENCE
Leviathan, Unreal Tournament 3 project	December 2008 – March 2009
Lead Programmer, 17-person team (3 programmers)
* Scheduled tasks for team members and communicated with other Leads (met all deadlines)
* Worked with game designer to clearly set and refine the implementation of game mechanics
* Added gliding model to Unreal’s freefall physics system (using drag, lift, air resistance, wing resistance, and counter-forces to enhance gameplay), and three control schemes with variable controls for level designers to change

Nightbear: The Stuffening, Unreal Tournament 3 project		May 2008 - December 2008
Lead Programmer, 8-person team (2 programmers)
* Programmed new UT3 weapons (gravity gun, flamethrower, swarm gun)
* Coded network-replicated in-game objects that link together and mirror each other’s movement
* Implemented a character class selection system (for any number of classes)
* Aided artists with HUD work and particle systems, and level designers with Unreal Editor

Retail Quest
Sole Programmer	January 2008 - May 2008
* Programmed a 2D engine and game (simulating forces, collision detection, alpha blending, fonts)
* Integrated FMOD for music and sound using an abstract sound manager

GAME TECHNOLOGY
Master’s Project: Frequency Space Manipulation of Voice	December 2008 – June 2009
* Programmed a Fast Fourier Transform and spectral analyzer for processing a sound bite
* Coded different sound effects that are applied in frequency space (changing properties of voice)

3D Rendering Engine	 January 2008 – December 2008
* Coded a general interface and general data structures that connect transparently to both OpenGL and Direct3D (to the depth of programming HLSL and GL assembly shaders for per-pixel light, bump, and parallax mapping)
* Developed and unit tested a math library (fixed point math, 2D and 3D vectors, matrices, quaternions) and met performance benchmarks (used for particle systems, integration, 3D rendering, and movement)
* Built a QUAKE map loader (BSP, lightmaps, textures) which does fast ray traces with the BSP
* Coded an Importer and Exporter for 3DStudioMax files and a custom file format (includes models, textures, animations)
* Unit tested and benchmarked the performance of the engine ( Engine was used in multiple projects afterward, on both Direct3D and OpenGL machines)


Interpreted Scripting Language	August 2008 – December 2008
* Wrote a grammar for a C-like syntax with weakly-typed variables and built-in vectors
* Coded a lexical analyzer to create tokens from language use, a parser to build a tree from the token stream, and a compiler for converting the syntax tree to custom bytecode
* Programmed a stack-based virtual machine to operate on the bytecode (supporting recursion)

Directed Focus Study: Flocking AI and Emergent Team Behavior	August 2008 – December 2008
* Simulated unit awareness with radius tests, field of view tests, and individual unit memory
* Implemented an A* search to compute shortest alternate path over tiled geometry
* Created modular decisions and behaviors for each unit (similar decisions create flocking)

EDUCATION
The Guildhall at SMU 	Graduating May 2009
* Master of Interactive Technology in Digital Game Development, Specialization in Programming
* Current Overall GPA:  3.768

California State University East Bay 	Graduated December 2006	
* Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
* Magna Cum Laude Graduate, Honors and Deans List
* Overall GPA: 3.87

RELATED EXPERIENCE
Golan Technology, Sunnyvale CA	June 2005- December 2007
Technical Support for Bluetooth Virtual Keyboard
* Fixed customer issues (Research, Diagnosis), and handle website (Install, Maintain, Forum)
* Trained external Sales Associates (Fry’s, Power Positioning) and internal employees

California State University East Bay	January 2003-June 2005
Technical Assistant
* Supported 500+ students with their computer hardware and networking challenges
* Decreased the volume of problems from 25 per day, to 4 per week, within 2-months

SKILLS
Languages: C/C++, Java, UnrealScript, Assembly, HTML, Python APIs: Win32, Direct3D 9, DirectX, OpenGL, HLSL(FX), GL assembly, FMOD,Math: Calculus, linear algebra, algorithms, numerical analysis Physics: Newtonian dynamics: movement, collisions, numerical integration, spring-mass-dampener systems, rigid body motion, particle systems Computer Science: object-oriented programming, application design patterns, debugging own and other’s work, A* pathfinding, state machines Applications: Unreal Engine3, UnrealEd, PIX, 3DStudioMax, Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe Illustrator CS2, Other: fluent in Hebrew, leadership