Objectives

Keep on learning and be proud of myself, while enjoying the journey.

Work Experience

Nov 2013 - present	Codemasters Software Co. Ltd, Southam, Warwickshire, UK Experienced Programmer Activities and responsibilities Development of systems related to graphics for the proprietary EGO game engine, such as: shaders debugging through the command line console, animation management for the crowd system, windscreen effects for in car weather simulation.
Nov 2010 - Oct 2013	Codemasters Software Co. Ltd, Southam, Warwickshire, UK Senior Technical Artist Complete design, development, support and maintenance of Racing Studio tools Track Authoring Tools · Main toolset for the creation and interative editing of the track drivable surfaces. Its mesh generation and the swappable tile system support the entire production process: from initial design, through in-game refinement, to art finalisation. LiveRoutes™ Tools · Suite of tools for the visual creation, editing and validation of the data used for the generation of the routes. The complexity of the road traffic system is made accessible by context sensitive user interfaces and descriptive custom objects. Tools Distribution System · Version control based system supporting multiple projects. The tools are immediately available to the users upon developer's submission. The updated data is processed and the changes are reflected in the target software. Activities and responsibilities Support Art and Design departments with production tools to speed up assets creation, placement and management. Interface between artists and programmers to support the development new game features providing the necessary tools and solutions. Definition of coding standards and best practices for scripts and plugins development for 3ds Max.
Feb 2008 - Oct 2010	Freelance 3D modeller Industrial design prototypes for aesthetic and functional quality evaluation.
Jan 2004 - Jan 2008	MR&D Institute s.r.l., Gallarate, Varese, Italy Industrial and lighting designer, custom optics specialist Activities and responsibilities Full responsibility of the entire lighting design process for custom products. Requirements analysis, feasibility studies and research of befitting light sources. Virtual prototyping of complete optic models -lamps, reflectors and refractors- for light tracing simulation and definition of their photometric web. Management and control of product prototypes manufacturing and lighting performance measurement on mirror goniophotometers.

Games Credits
Personal Projects

Aug 2013 - present	IllusionCatalyst · graphics sandbox Open-ended sandbox, supporting multiple graphics API to experiment with engine and graphics programming techniques.
Jan 2010 - Jun 2013	IllusionCatalyst · components for 3ds Max tools development Set of component to support the development of plugins for 3ds Max with a focus on graphics and user interaction.
Dec 2009	IC.Shape 2.0 release The renewed instrument set meets the public and becomes an essential tool for modellers, as mentioned in well known tutorials and computer graphics forums.
Jun 2008 - Dec 2009	IC.Shape 2.0 development Complete rewrite of the surface modelling instrument set, featuring brand new tools to speed up the creative process. The scripts are coded in MaxScript making use of advanced techniques and out-of-the-box thinking.
May 2008	IllusionCatalyst 1.1 release First major update and improvement of the acclaimed instrument set. It gains a spot on the official Autodesk Area website.
Apr 2008	IllusionCatalyst 1.0 release The instrument set reaches the top row at CGTalk forum and surpass 2000 downloads after the first couple of hours, 6000 after first week.
Jan 2008 - Apr 2008	IllusionCatalyst 1.0 development First development stage of a new set of instruments for Autodesk 3ds Max, focused on surface modeling, facial animation and keyframing. The scripts are coded in MaxScript.

Education

Sep 1998 - Dec 2003	Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy Industrial Design with major in Lighting Design. Mark 100/100 cum laude. Thesis: "Reflector design for lighting devices" Analysis of geometric and photometric relations between light sources and reflectors.
Sep 1992 - Jul 1997	Liceo Scientifico Piero Bottoni, Milan, Italy Scientific high school degree.

Programming Knowledge

Greater experience Lesser experience

C++ and 3ds Max SDK MaxScript C#, WPF

Software Knowledge

	3ds Max ZBrush xNormal Photoshop Painter BodyPaint 3D
	Rhinoceros TracePro
	Dreamweaver InDesign Flash