Christian Sassi	                              Csassi@fullsail.edu
719 Spruce St 	cell  [Send email to request phone number] 81.3250
West Pittston, PA 18640	
	 

EDUCATION
Full Sail Real World Education	          Winter Park, FL
  Bachelors of Science Degree in Game Design and Development                    
 Aug. 2009
 
OBJECTIVE
To attain an entry level position in a computer technologies-based organization
in the field of game development and programming.  

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Project VAAR (March 2009 - July 2009). 
  Academic/Team Project Asset Lead
  Used C++ and OpenGL to achieve:
  Menu interface, HUD, Frame Buffer Objects, 
  Front End of Game, and Game State System. 
  Used GLSL shader language to achieve different effects.
  Coordinated work amongst teams as an interdisciplinary liaison.
	
Escape Velocity (August 2008 - September 2008). 
   Academic/Team Project Interface Officer. 
   Used C++ and DirectX
   Utilized FMOD and Direct X wrappers.
   Worked amongst a team to achieve an arcade style of game-play.
   Work included Front End of Game, Menu, Particle System, and HUD.
	
TMNT (July, 2008). 
   Academic Project. 
   Used C++ and DirectX
   Utilized FMOD and Direct X wrappers
   Utilized factory and object manager for game objects.
   Used an event and message system for spawning players and enemies.
   Employed use of camera system to achieve the effect of scrolling.

Mario Kart Pong(May, 2008). 
    Academic Project. 
    Used the Win32 API to load and display textures.
    Added 1 and 2 player mode.
    Simple AI was used 

WORK EXPERIENCE
Pride Mobility Products			Exeter, PA
Parts Picker					Jul 2005–Aug 2007	       
-Orders Specialist.
-Responsibilities include coordinating and expediting orders for businesses both
domestic                      and international facilities. 
-Collected power chair parts for orders and prepared them for shipping.
 

 




SOFTWARE
KNOWLEDGE


Platforms
Windows

Programming
C/C++/C#
Win32
OpenGL
FMOD
 x86 Assembly                                  
GLSL and HLSL 
XML
Binary
STL
MySQL
Multithreading
Leadwerks Engine
Basic Lua Scripting

Software
Proficient in: 
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 
Alienbrain source control 
SVN Tortoise source control 
Adobe Photoshop
Microsoft Office


Familiar with: 
VTune Performance Analyzer 
Maya
Unreal Editor 

Practices
Maintain OOP design
Following coding standards
Ability to debug errors
Strong teamwork skills