Navjot Sandhu

• Software Engineer, Computer Scientist, Researcher, Developer, and Programmer with high focus on performance optimization for complex software applications, in order to deliver high performance, object reuse, code readability, and functionality for clients, projects, and team members
• Prime focus on computer graphics programming and application development of interactive multimedia applications utilizing computer science and software engineering tools, techniques, algorithms, structures, frameworks, and platforms.
• Cleanly develop object oriented modules written in c++ that are optimized, mulithreaded, and take advantage of the latest concurrency technology API's.
• Works directly with DirectX, OpenGL, and derivative technologies to create usable modules on various operating systems o Primary experience with and near expert in Direct3D11 and OpenGL 4, utilizing multistage graphics pipelines in Windows and Win32 o Near expert embedded graphics experience with OpenGL ES and Qt on mobile and embedded programming platforms; EGL programming on Windows and Linux o Enrolled in NVIDIA developer program for 8 years with adept knowledge of GameWorks, DesignWorks, and other technologies from NVIDIA Currently mastering PhysX, GameWorks, and DesignWorks APIs o Extensive experience and knowledge of computer graphics programming related techniques and use cases Shaders, vector math, reducing cpu gpu bottlenecks, GPU resource allocation, CUDA, DirectCompute, OpenCL o Open Source technologies compilation and usage, CMAKE, cross compilation o Currently becoming DirectX12 and Vulkan Proficient Mastering RTX, MDL(material definition language) SDK, Optix, Ray Tracing, and Physically based rendering
• Strong experience working toward expert level in multi-gpu application programming; getting ready for openMP and MPI based GPU rendering on windows and linux in hybrid and multigpu workstations
• Strong experience in Direct2D and text rendering for 2D application and mixed 2D and 3D application development involved shared surfaces
• Strong experience and near expert in vector graphics programming and rendering experience involving Direct2D, OpenGL, NanoVG, and Qt
• Strong debugging skills to cleanly and succintly solve code issues and problems for client, documenting and providing solutions, as well as analysis on issues, using visual studio, and computer graphics debugger tools
• Extensive experience using Visual Studio Professional and Ultimate for managing various project and solution types, including administration and management of GitHub and Team Foundation Server, as well as Visual Studio Online
• Strong experience working with Win32 and COM C++ API's for application development o Windows Desktop Manager o Win32 desktop application message pump o UI Controls programming; buttons, sliders, various UI controls, etc…. o Win32 Window management o Win32 Image and Multimedia API's for Image, Audio, and Video o Desktop Window for Graphics Programming; window states, enabling alpha blending states, etc… o Custom menu development o Custom multiwindow application development Window to window communication Dialog design, programming, and development
• Strong experience in ASP.NET and .NET core technologies using C#, JavaScript, and HTML5 o Package Manager o NuGet o SignalR o MVC, MVC5 o Entity Framework o MSSQL Server 2015 to 2019 o Currently mastering Inversion of Control (IoC) programming technology
• Strong experience in UI using XAML and C# based windowing frameworks o WPF o Xamarin o WinForms o Win3UI and Windows SDK
• Currently mastering Angular, Node.js, and MEAN Stack
• Near expert in Azure administration and creating hybrid cloud, on-premise computing environments
• Centralized application development for cross platform devices o Working with databases o Installing, administrating, and programming application servers o Programming reusable server side technologies o Implementing centralized security and data with various web api's o Performing full stack development in mobile and desktop techologies
• Creating centralized asset loading for images and computer graphics assets using databases and asynchronous technologies o XML storage of assets; i.e 3D models, geometry abstraction, images, etc… Working with Azure Storage, in-memory, persistant on device storage o Database storage of assets o Synchronization and versioning of content o Asset synchronization for collaboration and interactive multimedia applications o Load time optimization of assets and content
• Near expert on asset loading in Javascript, C#, and C++ for application development and cross platform module development for applications on desktop, servers, and mobile devices o File I/O o Network streaming o Metadata o Administration and administration programming development UI programming and development and modules for admins
• Plugin development for Autodesk 3DSMax using 3dsmax SDK, using c++ o Using win32 API o Using Qt o For 3D scene and object management
• Advanced c++ usage of pointer, structs, and STL libraries for optimized code and object creation o Stack and Heap optimized usage for complex multithreaded applications with complex object oriented code classes o Scope resolution optimization of variable creation inside class and static functions o Shared memory, mutex's, and mulithreaded enabled code on CPU and GPU o Intermediate in memory profiling and benchmarking of applications o Lambda expressions for parallel methods o Using concurrency for optimization of object creation and object cleanup of large arrays in advanced object code classes o Separation of drawing functionality and creation of advanced drawing interfaces for handling of drawing or rendering large arrays of object classes Advanced usage of GPU functionality to implement instancing and optimized drawing of complex scenes that involve instanced objects
• Intermediate in unit testing in c# and c++; currently mastering unit testing utilizing advanced frameworks and code design
• Extensive research done in heterogenous and cloud computing principles o Cloud environments o Virtual networks and administration o Edge Computing o GPU rendering in clustered environments o Data processing in clustered environments o Concurrency and asynchronous programming

Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

• Volunteer, IEEE Lehigh Valley, 01/01/16, 12/31/20
• Vice-Chair, IEEE Lehigh Valley Computer Society, 01/01/17, 12/31/20
• Webmaster and Information Management Coordinator, IEEE Region 2, 09/01/17, 12/31/20
• Chairman, Lehigh Valley Engineering Council, 09/01/17, 08/31/18
• Vice-Chairman, Lehigh Valley Engineering Council, 09/01/16, 08/31/17