KUNAL CHOWDHRY

4 Cobbler St.

Brampton, ON L6X 4T4

Home: 905-455-4880 Cell: 416-880-3724

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EDUCATION

May 2010                 Humber College Institute of Technology Advanced Learning, Etobicoke, ON                  

Game Programming Advanced Diploma                        

The focus of the study was to build knowledge in all stages of Game Development (Requirements Analysis, Design, Implementation, Debugging and Launch). An extremely high emphasis was placed on understanding and practicing a large variety of Programming Languages, 2D & 3D math, and applied physics. My capstone project was a well designed 200+ hours game built entirely from scratch over the course of 4 months.

Certificate of Study of Human Behaviour (In progress)                        

The focus of the study is to gain an understanding of Human Behaviour via the application of psychological and sociological theories. Related course work includes handling various social interaction scenarios. 

RELEVANT SKILLS

                                     PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES:

C++, JAVA, OpenGL (including strong GLSL), C# (including XNA), Flash (ActionScript 2.0/3.0), J2ME, Objective C, .NET, DirectX & OpenAL.

                                     SKILLS:

2D & 3D Math, Physics, Debugging, Artificial Intelligence, Requirements Analysis, Design & Project Management

                                     SOFTWARE:

                                     Visual Studio 2008, NetBeans IDE 6.7.1, UNIX/Linux, & Blender.

EMPLOYMENT

May – Nov 2008    Warehouse Employee, Leon’s Furniture, Ltd.

                                      Address:  10081 McLaughlin Rd., Brampton, ON

Collecting and replacing furniture products at a safe and quick pace. Trained new employees on lift trucks and ensuring they meet company standards. Shared the responsibility to close the warehouse. Assisted in the decoration of show room. Speaking to customers in a polite and respectful tone.

2007                          Internal Sales Coordinator, Aryan Consulting & Technical Services, Inc.

                                      Address: 1550 South Gateway Rd., Mississauga, ON

Calling customers and booking orders. Post sale service of answering customer inquiries over the phone. Finally, shipping orders and maintaining records.

2006                           Cashier, Wendy’s.

                                      Address: 25 Aventura Court, Mississauga, ON

Taking and placing food orders in a very fast environment. Performing quick transactions. Interacting with customers with respect and decency.

VOLUNTEER SERVICES

2008 – present        Annual Seniors Appreciation Day, Nirankari Church

                                       Performed “Somnus Nemoris” from Final Fantasy Versus XIII on piano.

2008 – present       Annual Walk for Values, Dundas Square, Toronto

2005 – present       Annual CIBC Breast Cancer Walk , Brampton Hershey Centre

2000 - present       Annual Red Cross Blood Donation Camp, Nirankari Church

                                      Donating and supporting donors.    

2009                          Peace With-in Exhibition, Pearson Convention Centre 

2008                          1^st Youth Conference, Nirankari Church

                                     Organized a trip for 30 youth by car from Toronto, ON to Washington, DC.

                                     Responsibilities: collecting funds, booking hotel rooms, and arranging transportation.

2003/2008            Homeless Soup Kitchen, Knight's Table

                                     Youth organized soup kitchen for the homeless. Tasks included cooking and serving food.  

CURRENT EXTRA-CURICULAR ACTIVITIES

                                     GAME700 (2D Platformer RPG)

                                     Working on a 6 month XNA project with Amedeo Bonano.

                                     Indian Classical Vocal Training

                                     Under the training of Harjit S. Pabla

                                     Classical Piano

                                     Recently completed level one at Walter’s Music.

INTERESTS

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                                     Puzzles, Music, Philosophy, Travelling, Art, Movies & Photography.

LANGUAGES

                                     Fluent in English – Oral, Reading & Writing

                                     Fluent in Hindi - Oral

                                     Conversational in Punjabi

                                     Conversational in Urdu