Rocco S. Passionino

Education

State University of New York at Binghamton, Watson School of Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, December 1991

Experience

Digital Domain, Venice, CA 90291
November 1994 to Present
Digital Artist

Titanic: Character Integration Breaking Sequence Lead
Character Integration Breaking Sequence Lead of Motion Captured and Roto-captured 3D Characters. Effects animator for interactive water of swimming characters. Color and Lighting for characters. Compositing of several breaking sequence shots.

The Fifth Element: Leeloo Escape Sequence and Cab Chase Sequence
Part of the Research and Development team for Pre visualization of Leeloo Escape and Cab Chase Sequences. Previs Tasks consisted of creating camera moves for the stage shoot; shot layout of hero car, traffic and buildings; animation of hero car and traffic. Production tasks consisted of procedural traffic animation; effects animation for traffic; color and lighting for traffic; and compositing.

General Cinemas: Coming Attractions and Feature Presentations
Character Design of both lead characters, Popcorn "Bob" and Pepsi "Sue", plus design of Candy Band and various audience members. Color and Lighting and Composting of Coming Attractions sequence and Live Action Feature Presentations shots.

Terminator 2: 3D: Mini-Hunter/Killer Team
Match-move/3D Camera Plate Tracking of above and below ground garage shot.  Mini-Hunter Killer Animation, Effects Animation, Color and Lighting, Compositing.

Technical Assistant for Apollo 13, Interview with a Vampire and Strange Days.

Computer Sciences Corperation, Endwell, NY 13760
March 1992 to September 1994
Software Engineer:LAMP IMP

Analyzed the Video Support Software (VSS) system requirements and developed a detailed design for the project. Developed code and unit test cases for the VSS aspect of the project verifying that the cases conform the the Object Oriented Programming standards and techniques defined by the Integrated Mission Processor (IMP) Software Development Plan. Conducted all of the required peer inspections for the development life cycle. Customized the Verdix Ada Development System kernel for the three separate hardware configurations. Created, revised and refined all documentation used throughout the VSS project. Participated in other IMP reviews of high level design, low level design and code, suggesting refinements to improve present design and techniques. Provided technical consultation to other IMP software components to resolve problems of design, reliability or maintainability of the system.

Software Engineer: STAR

Provided lab support activities for a classified Emitter Signal Management System. Duties include debugging code to ensure compliance with various software design documents, developing tools to automate routine lab processes, providing general general analysis of system problems, testing and integration of operation software, creation and inspection of patches to existing code, and designing and implementing software changes to the Operational Flight Program.

General Electric, Johnson City, NY 13790
October 1989 to February 1992
Software Engineer: A-10 LASTE/GPS

Designed, coded and tested embedded programs for flight critical real time systems. Duties included: debugged software problems detected during Hardware/Software Integration; design and analysis of customer requirements for both system and software components; training and supervising new engineers; creating technical documentation for the A10 LASTE 4.x/GPS Computer Software Component (CSC) Integration test methodology and procedures; support of Developmental Flight Tests and overall Government customer support. Also was given lead position of Software/Hardware CSC Integration Tests for both the A10 LASTE project version 4.x and the A10 LASTE GPS Developmental Flight Program spin-off. The position required creating schedules and designing outlines for the Integration Test Plan, generating integration test procedures, and monitoring and maintaining engineering teams progress.