Charles Grassi

2025 ACTIVE

Technical Artist & Graphics Programmer

Nexus Studios

Built real-time global illumination using SDF representations for VR environments. Implemented GPU compute pipelines for light baking optimization.

90 FPS Quest 2

15× faster Bake Time

20+ lights Dynamic

Compute Shaders SDF VR Global Illumination

2023–2024 LEADERSHIP

Chief Technology Officer

SABDA

Led technical direction for 16K immersive installation with 360° projection. Architected projection mapping pipelines and managed 64-channel spatial audio.

16K resolution 15360×1080px

8 engineers Team Size

2.5 GB/s Throughput

Projection Mapping Spatial Audio Real-time 3D Team Leadership

2023 LEAD

Lead Graphics Programmer

Little Red Dog Games

Directed team of graphics engineers developing high-performance VFX with compute shaders and Burst-compiled code.

70% faster CPU Time

15+ shaders Shipped

4 engineers Directed

Compute Shaders Burst VFX Team Lead

2023 SENIOR

Senior Graphics Programmer

22cans

Created shader library targeting mobile and desktop. Developed grass rendering system with volumetric lighting across hardware tiers.

1M+ blades Grass

25+ materials Library

<5ms GPU Volumetrics

HLSL Mobile Volumetrics Grass

2023 EXPERT

Shader Expert

GN3RA

Developed HDRP cloth shader system with 12+ fabric types. Optimized VFX with physically-based subsurface scattering.

12+ fabrics Types

35% reduction GPU Time

4K 60 FPS Target

HDRP Cloth Simulation VFX

2022 EXPERT

Shader Expert

DREST

Delivered specialized shader solutions for fashion tech including realistic fabric rendering and PBR workflows.

8 shaders Delivered

40% reduction GPU Time

Fashion Tech Materials Optimization

2021–2022 GRAPHICS

Graphics Programmer

Scapin' · The Sandbox

Engineered custom lighting system for web3 social applications. Built stylized cloud shader with 8-layer parallax.

30+ lights Dynamic

2M+ users Reach

55% faster Frame Rate

Lighting Mobile Optimization Web3

2021–2022 DEVELOPER

Unity Developer & Technical Artist

Lunchbox Entertainment

Created custom shaders including terrain, clouds, water with caustics, and bubble VFX for game environments.

18+ shaders Custom

60 FPS Switch

Water Shaders VFX Environment Art

2021 ENGINEER

Graphics Engineer

H3 Space

Developed graphics solutions for AR/VR across Quest 2 and HoloLens 2. Optimized particle systems and post-processing.

90 FPS VR Target

50K+ particles Real-time

<2ms latency Post-FX

AR/VR Optimization 3D Math

2020–2021 ORIGIN

Unity Developer & Graphics Programmer

Ubisoft

Delivered graphics programming for AAA game development. Shipped custom shaders across PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X.

20+ shaders Shipped

50% reduction GPU Time

100K+ particles Console

AAA VFX Performance

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Technical Artist & Graphics Programmer

Chief Technology Officer

Lead Graphics Programmer

Senior Graphics Programmer

Shader Expert

Shader Expert

Graphics Programmer

Unity Developer & Technical Artist

Graphics Engineer

Unity Developer & Graphics Programmer

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