Anthony Avancena-Brigante

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

July 2021 DigiPen Institute of Technology

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: Modern C++, C, C#, Python
Libraries: Wwise SDK, ImGui, Qt
Game Engines: Entity-Component-System (ECS) Architecture, Unreal Engine, Unity

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ZeniMax Online Studios

Senior Audio Engineer - Unannounced MMORPG Nov 2021 - July 2025

• Led a three-person audio engineering team in building a State of the Art audio tech stack.
• Mentored associate audio engineers in best practices for our custom engine’s ECS architecture and tool development in Qt.
• Oversaw comprehensive task planning and prioritization for the audio team in collaboration with audio and production leadership.
• Nurtured a culture of technical ownership, serving as the sole technical product owner for audio and championing our sonic vision.
• Implemented an ECS-centric Wwise integration creating a ergonomic event-based API for interacting with the Sound Engine
• Developed a full suite of in-house audio tools and pipelines from the ground up, with a focus on rapid Sound Designer iteration.
• Engineered a background service application that automatically synchronized Wwise Assets with our Engine Asset database
• Invented a robust data assignment pattern for Audio that was promoted to be a core engine feature adopted by multiple teams
• Enabled our Composer to create dynamic musical soundscapes by designing and implementing a highly flexible Music System.
• Rearchitected our Acoustics integration resulting in a more maintainable codebase alongside performance gains of over 100ms.
• Authored a projectile whizzby system with user facing design parameters to allow Sound Designers to express their artistic vision
• Prototyped a dynamic game mix system driven by various pieces of game context such as combatant threat and player significance.
• Built a robust suite of ImGui-based debugging tools for easily visualizing all relevant audio data for any given entity
• Spearheaded dynamic resource loading initiatives and enhanced resource dependency tracking methodologies.

DPS Games

Audio Programmer - Tomorrow Falls Jan 2021 - July 2021

• Collaborated with the Audio Design team to develop and implement foundational C++ Audio Systems in the Unreal Engine that allowed for a more responsive soundscape
• Architected networked game utilties that consolidated widespread code into a single location for use by all development disciplines.
• Documented both technical design documents and user guides for all implemented audio systems.
• Implemented audio debugging tools to help quickly locate bugs and iterate on features.
• Developed a dynamic whoosh system that triggered sound effects as players passed geometry at high speeds, accurately simulating the Doppler Effect.

Qualcomm

Audio R&D Intern, Multimedia R&D Team June 2020 - Sept 2020

• Researched methods of minimizing audio motion latency in interactive experiences to provide a more enjoyable and responsive experience for the listener.
• Prototyped new spatial audio streaming technologies to bring high-quality immersive audio experiences to a wider consumer audience.
• Developed a custom end-to-end audio experience in C++ and JavaScript to demonstrate the viability of the prototyped technologies.

Tsugi Studio

Audio Programming Intern May 2019 - Aug 2019

• Built an application in C# to dynamically generate and compile C++ software for 3 different platforms.
• Optimized C++ DSP Code to achieve a performance increase of ~4900% via Data Oriented Design and SIMD assembly intrinsics.
• Ported C# DSP objects into C++.
• Wrote a C/C++ Fast Fourier Transform capable of using a 4096-byte window in real-time.