Carl Staaf

Skills:

C++, C, Java, 3D and 2D graphics, Object Oriented Design, High-Performance Code Practices, OpenGL, Windows, Linux.

Portfolio:

Visit www.carlstaaf.com/projects to see an online portfolio with screenshots, videos, descriptions, and code samples from some of my projects.

Experience :

Founding partner of Robot Super Brain, LLC (January 2004 - Present).
Software Engineer at Escape Factory (August 2002 - June 2003). Worked on 3D graphics, editing tools, and monster AI for a Xbox/PS2 title based on Unreal technology. Lead engineer and project lead on popular online-game with realistic physics, "Bounce Symphony".
Systems Software Engineer at Green Hills Software (September 2000 - August 2001). Authored and maintained hardware connection servers for IDT, PMON, INTEL and other target boards. Involved in release of MULTI 2000 (an integrated development environment for embedded applications) and the Green Hills Probe (an advanced hardware debug device).
Summer internship at Green Hills Software (July - August 1999). Designed and implemented an automated validation system for a secure real-time operating system, and added features to existing hardware connection servers. Involved in release of INTEGRITY Real Time Operating System.
Many years of personal game and application development, Windows and Linux operating systems.

Projects (personal and professional):

Magic Ink, an innovative casual game retooled and released by GameHouse as Incredible Ink.
Bounce Symphony, a popular online puzzle game with realistic physics.
Master, a 3d modeling and animation tool set.
Dark Visitor, a 3d space combat action game.
Fist of Legend, a 3d fighting game.
Mortal Karlbat, a 2d fighting game inspired by Mortal Kombat.
Hydra, a top-down 2d space shooter video game.
Brain, a framework for evolving computer controlled opponents in a 2d fighting game.
Composer, a program that composes species counterpoint over a cantus firmus, or base melody.
Evolution, a computer-modeled life system, in which complex behavior emerges from the evolution of simulated organisms within a changing environment.

Other Work Experience :

Professional jazz musician: 1994 - present.
Private instruction in jazz improvisation and theory : 1994 - present.
Snowboarding instructor with the John Mohan Ski School at Ski Acres: Winter 1993 and 1994.
Trail building in the Mount Baker National Forest: July - August 1994.
Caviar processing in Excursion Inlet, Alaska: June - September 1995.

Education :

B.A. and B.M. in Music from the University of Washington Honors Program, 3.9 G.P.A., Magna Cum Laude.
Freshman Interest Group leader at the U.W. (1997, 1998).
Quarter abroad in Rome, intensive Italian language studies.

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