Curriculum Vitae - Geoffrey White

NOTE: I'M NOT LOOKING FOR WORK AT THE MOMENT; THIS CV IS CURRENTLY RATHER OUT OF DATE

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name	Geoffrey White
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e-mail
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web	http://www.randomstuff.org.uk/~geoffrey/

INTRODUCTION

Having recently completed my Computer Science degree I am now looking for programming work in the computer games industry. Programming has been a hobby of mine for many years, in which time I've written numerous computer games. I would now like to be part of a team, contributing my efforts to a larger project.

EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS

Degree
University of Oxford (New College), 2004

Computer Science (BA)

Class: I

courses taken include but are not limited to:
        Computer Graphics, Splines and Computational Geometry
        Intelligent Systems
        Concurrency and Distributed Systems
        Programming Languages and Compilers
My third year project was titled "Mesh Parameterization for Texture Mapping", and was about the layout of polygonal meshes in texture space (i.e. assigning UV texture co-ordinates automatically). This has lead to "Mesh Painter", a texturing tool that I am currently in the early stages of developing.
I got a first in my 1st year exams (which included a number of mathematics papers). For my finals, I was awarded the Hoare Prize for the best performance in Computer Science.

A-Levels
The Burgate Sixth Form Centre, Hampshire, 2001

Mathematics (pure, mechanics)	A	Physics	A
Further Mathematics (discrete, statistics)	A	General Studies	A

In both Mathematics and Further Mathematics, my marks were in the top five nationally for the exam board.

GCSE's
The Burgate School, Hampshire, 1999 (except for Double Science completed in 1998)

Mathematics	A*	D&T: Graphic Products	B	Art	C
Biology	A*	Geography	A	French	B
Chemistry	A*	English	B	Science (Double)	A*
Physics	A*	English Literature	B

WORK HISTORY

2004	Cryptography work for PAOGA (http://www.paoga.com/), where I was responsible for designing and implementing a module to perform encryption, password hashing, and random number generation.
2003, 2002	Voluntary work selling Christmas trees on peak days and raising money for a local Sea Scout group.
2000	Two weeks of work experience as a computer assistant with SHB Hire (http://www.shb.co.uk/) assisting with computing maintenance and web design. Afterwards I was paid to do some further programming work for the company.
2000	Assisted a year 7 science class on a voluntary basis each week for a year, in particular helping and encouraging one child who had extreme spelling difficulties.
1998	Two weeks of work experience in computer graphic design at The Cottage Studio, Dorset.

PROGRAMMING SKILLS

• Many years of programming experience, including C / C++, Pascal, BASIC (various forms), Assembly Language (x86 and MIPS), Haskell, and a little C#, Java, Prolog, ML and others.
• Have used DirectX for 2D and 3D graphics, input and sound effects in computer games. Loading 3D models and rendering with textures and lighting. Also a limited amount of experience with OpenGL and GLUT.
• Have written numerous games in my own time, demonstrating the enthusiasm and ability to program entire game engines from scratch (examples on web site).
• Ability to solve programming challenges due to good understanding of mathematics, algorithms and data structures, and a keenness for learning new things.

OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS

• General interest in designing games, both computer and non-computer (for example board games, role playing games).
• Experience as a skills instructor with Sandleheath Sea Scout Group (http://trillian.randomstuff.org.uk/~stephen/scouts/), in particular helping frequently with canoeing and summer camps.
• I am patient when assisting and explaining concepts to others.

REFEREES

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