Philip Rideout


Skills	C/C++, Python, C#, Qt, XML Schema Language, Objective C OpenGL, OpenGL ES, DirectX
Experience	1/2010 - present • Medical Simulation Corporation • Denver, CO Senior Graphics Developer Developing "flight simulator" software for training heart surgeons. 9/2005 - 12/2009 • NVIDIA Corporation • Fort Collins, CO Developer Tools Engineer Designed and implemented tools for debugging OpenGL ES and DirectX 10 applications. 5/2000 - 9/2005 • 3Dlabs and Intergraph • Huntsville, AL and Fort Collins, CO Senior Software Engineer Developed tools and demos for the Developer Relations group. Designed and implemented a compiler backend for D3D and OpenGL vertex shading languages. Maintained the handwritten microcode for a fixed-function T&L pipeline. 8/1997 - 5/1998 • NSF Engineering Research Center • Mississippi State Undergraduate Research Assistant Implemented a "Mathematical Graphics Library" (MGL). Basic topological concepts mapped directly to C++ classes. 1/1997 - 4/1997 • Honors Program • Mississippi State Honors Project Developed a shareware game to demonstrate the benefits of an object-oriented paradigm. Summer 1998 • Radio Shack • Atlanta, GA Retail Merchandiser 1/1996 - 4/1996 • MICOM • Redstone Arsenal, AL Web Designer
Pats & Pubs	Client Server System for Analysis and Performance Tuning of Remote Graphics Devices USPTO Application 20090037774 • February 2009 iPhone 3D Programming: Developing Graphical Applications with OpenGL ES O'Reilly Media • March 2010
Education	8/1996 - 5/2000 • Mississippi State University BS in Computer Science Summa Cum Laude
Honors	University Honors Program Phase I Certification The Outstanding Honors Sophomore, Spring 98 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Award Nominee, Fall 99 Society of Scholars Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society
Coursework	Computer Science I - III, Discrete Structures, Formal Languages Calculus I - IV, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra French I - IV, Creative Writing, Technical Writing Compiler Construction, Graphics, Artificial Intelligence, Neural Computing Data Communications, Operating Systems, Microprocessor Design Physics I - III, and others.