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Benjamin Ellinger 16275 NE 85th Street #212 Redmond, WA 98052 Phone #: (512) 293-0765 benjamin@ OBJECTIVE A technical, teaching and/or leadership position designing and creating, or helping others learn how to design and create, cutting-edge games—where I can expand my professional and technical skills, and have an opportunity for advancement. EDUCATION 1989-1991, 1993–1994 University of Texas at Austin: Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology (Mathematics minor) Key project: programming of 3D motion capture analysis software for UT Kinesiology department TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/2K (8 years), Sun Solaris (3 years), Vax VMS (2 years) Computer Languages: C/C++ (12 years), C# (3 years), VB.NET (1 year), VBScript/Javascript (4 years), ASP (4 years), Java (1 year), Basic/Visual Basic (10 years), Pascal (3 years), Fortran (2 years), Lingo (1 year), HTML/DHTML (4 years), XML (2 years) Physics/Mathematics Programming: 12 years, including kinetic movement, gravity modeling, collision detection, image processing, image recognition, curve fitting, regression, etc. AI/Game Systems Programming: 8 years, including expert systems, path-finding, flocking behavior, genetic algorithms, position evaluation, emergent behavior, tactical systems, strategic systems, economic systems, etc. User Interface Programming: 5 years, including game interfaces for Windows and web site interfaces. Server Programming: 5 years, multi-threading, client-server synchronization, data persistence and backup, security issues, etc. Networking Programming: 5 years, including sockets programming, bandwidth optimization, latency issues, etc. Graphics Programming: 3 years, DirectX, 2D graphics, image buffering, color-switching, custom sprite formats, some 3D graphics. Database Programming: 4 years, Microsoft SQL Server, ADO, database design and optimization. Web Programming: 4 years, Microsoft IIS, Commerce Server 2000, Content Manager, ASP, Explorer, Navigator, Java applets, etc. Mi