Thomas Lento
Woodside, NY 11377 **************@*****.***
PROFILE
Cultivated six years of experience with object-oriented design and multi-threaded programming in C, C++, and Java. Knowledge in 3D mathematics, computational graphics, and procedural animation. Working intimately with libraries such as OpenGL, SDL2, and WebGL. Engineering game software with pipelines, collision detection, debugging, programming logic, data structures etc. Web design experience with JavaScript, PHP, CSS, and HTML5.
EDUCATION
Fordham University, Bronx, NY Bachelor Degree in Math and Computer Science; Minor in Music; Concentration in Art.
EXPERIENCE
Private Game Programming Tutor, Nassau and Suffolk Counties, NY 2015-Present
Providing students with client-specific instructions on how to code graphics and game mechanics using C++ with SDL2 and OpenGL.
C++ Instructor, iDTech, Central Islip, NY Summer, 2015
Taught object-oriented design with languages such as C++ and Java for story-telling, game programming, and visual aesthetics to students ages 10 to 18 at a computer science camp.
Water Safety Instructor/Lifeguard, Oasis Summer Day Camp; NY, NY Summer, 2014
Life-guarded, providing first-aid, swim instruction, and water safety skills to children ages 3 to 12 in Central Park. Prepared lesson plans, took attendance, and discussed progress with students and parents.
SKILLS
Writer, painter, sketcher. Highly articulate with excellent communication skills and devoted reader of advanced fields of literature such as psychoanalysis and comparative religion.
Self-taught pianist, guitarist, bassist, singer, whistler, and beatboxer. Uses Ableton to create music on the fly.
Spent a year traveling, backpacking, CouchSurfing, and hitchhiking. Created a network of international connections, woven face-to-face, throughout Western Europe and South America. Worked and camped with shamans along the Peruvian Amazon and Andes for three months.
Two years of video production, story boarding, film, and video editing using chroma key, sound effects, and after effects with Final Cut Pro.