Aras Pranckevičius

Current

• Code Chef / Lead Graphics Programmer at Unity Technologies

Past

• Senior Programmer at Alna Software
• Physics programmer (contract) at Wireframe Dreams
• Game, graphics and tools programmer; research at InteraMotion LLC

• Graphics programmer (contract) at Microsoft

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Company

Aras Pranckevičius’s Summary

Cooking code since 1997

Aras Pranckevičius’s Experience

• Code Chef / Lead Graphics Programmer

  Unity Technologies

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

  I work on Unity: unity3d.com
  
  I do anything that is needed: rendering code, shaders, optimizations, Windows code, documentation, supporting the customers, fighting driver bugs, creating my own bugs and fixing them; you get the idea.
  
  I've seen company grow from 3 to 50 people; it's quite awesome.

• Senior Programmer

  Alna Software

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  December 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 1 month)

  All kinds of "usual software"; using C++/C#, various databases, CAD systems, document management systems etc.

• Physics programmer (contract)

  Wireframe Dreams

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

  February 2005 — April 2005 (3 months)

  Implemented physics system for RTS game "PSI: Syberian Conflict"

• Game, graphics and tools programmer; research

  InteraMotion LLC

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)

  June 2001 — December 2004 (3 years 7 months)

  Developed realtime computer vision system for 3D fighting game. In-house 3D engine and toolchain. Small games and interactive computer vision demos.

• Graphics programmer (contract)

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  August 2004 — October 2004 (3 months)

  Developed 3D viewer for Imagine Cup 2005 Visual Gaming competition

Additional Information

Aras Pranckevičius’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Company

Aras Pranckevičius’s Interests:

Realtime computer graphics, game development, demoscene

Aras Pranckevičius’s Honors:

* Microsoft DirectX MVP, 2006 & 2007
* First place in Microsoft's ImagineCup2005 realtime rendering competition, 2005
* scene.org "breakthrough performance" award for Syntonic Dentiforms demo, 2004
* Second place in Microsoft's ImagineCup2004 realtime rendering competition, 2004
* First place in ATI/Beyond3D DX9 shader programming competition, 2003