Alan Gray Email & Phone Number

Sunnyvale, Ca

San Francisco, Ca

PIX - Suite of apps allowing secure collaboration and asset sharing. Primarily used by film industry.Research Project:◆ Architected system for real-time image processing of multiple video streams◆ Prototyped system on OS X and iOS using AVPlayer, OpenGL(ES), and GLSL◆ Created common video processing Framework (library) for OS X/iOSMember of the iOS team:◆ Integrated video processing pipeline into existing PIX iOS app◆ Optimized AVPlayer interface to synchronize multiple video streams◆ Optimized AVPlayer seeks for synchronization and scrubbing

Santa Cruz, Ca

- Sexy Slider, iPhone, 2009- Face-Blender, iPad, Sept. 2013

Grl Games

PARANORMAN: 2-BIT BUB for iPad, iPhone, iPad Touch. Unity3D, NGUI◆ Official mobile game for 2012 movie ParaNorman◆ Developed physics model for Bub's "ectoplasmically conjoined" body◆ Designed and implemented user interface◆ Created graphics management scheme to support wide range of resolutions in a single build

Sunnyvale, Ca

zSpace System - virtual holographic platform combining stereo display, head-tracking, and 3D input◆ R&D to bring early prototype zSpace system to production level◆ Created zSpace Engine - a full-featured graphics engine supporting zSpace stereo◆ Developed zSpace API and SDK for external developers◆ Developed 3D Tracker API and plug-in to evaluate various 3D input systems◆ Created many demos to show off the capabilities of zSpace

Milpitas, Ca

PUCK-OFF: TABLETOP SHUFFLEBOARD - Arcade, Win32/Torque, C++◆ Created MySQL database to support efficient access to player, operator, and tourney data◆ Created website using PHP and Javascript to interface with databaseBREEDERS CUP TOURNAMENT EDITION - Arcade, Win32/Torque, C++◆ Created camera control and training modes◆ Created scripting language for in-game training modes◆ Restructured MySQL database to improve efficiency◆ Rewrote majority of PHP queries for new database structure

La Jolla, Ca

FALL OF TROY - PC, Win32/Direct3D, C++◆ Created terrain tools to convert from heightmap to "stripped" geometry◆ Created spline based terrain tracking functions◆ Developed unique camera control functions◆ Assumed responsibly for completion of custom graphics engine• Created a particle system• Created mechanism for terrain detail objects• Fixed translucency rendering• Optimized rendering pipeline

Morgan Hill, Ca

CROSSFIRE: EXTREME PAINTBALL - Arcade, Linux/OpenGL, C++◆ Created Animation Engine◆ Developed tools to extract bones, joints, and keyframes from Maya animations◆ Used NURBS interpolation for keyframe playback◆ Features included skinning, keyframe blending, and sequence blending◆ Created projective polygon technique for paint "splatters"◆ Used OpenGL's "pick" feature to determine affected polygons◆ Applied decal polygons to hit polygons◆ Made splatters stretch with character skinning

Milpitas, Ca

CUSTOM CAR CLUB - Playstation2, C++◆ Created the vehicle dynamics◆ Created terrain model that defined the driving surfaces◆ Created vehicle-vehicle and vehicle-world collision model

Sunnyvale, Ca

◆ Managed all aspects of establishing a company • Developed business plan • Consulted with investors • Set up and maintained internal network and servers◆ Created the proof-of-concept technology • Designed the network architecture • Created the game servers in C running under Linux • Created the game clients as Java applets - Lobby/Chat - Backgammon - Tank

Milpitas, Ca

Lead programmer for #1 games SAN FRANCISCO RUSH and S.F.RUSH: THE ROCK.◆ Handled scheduling and task management for software team◆ Developed vehicle dynamics◆ Developed a quad-tree surface structure for terrain and roads◆ Developed tools to convert polygon roads into a B-spline surfaces◆ Implemented a subset of the Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) protocol

B.S. Computer Science

B.S. Electrical Engineering

Certificate In Bioinformatics