Joseph D’Alessandro

About

UE5/VR-focused developer who has shipped real UE5 deliverables (Fab.com products and VR template projects used by graduate students) and built a modular VR training interaction system end-to-end using Blueprint Interfaces and Actor Components. Also shipped a game-ready UE5 character product (“Ryan the incredible”) with 180 animations and a scalable AnimBP, and has hands-on profiling/optimization experience reducing tick-heavy Blueprint logic.

Experience

Education

Key Strengths

• Built modular VR training interaction system end-to-end (requirements to deployment) using Blueprint Interfaces and Actor Components
• Strong maintainability focus: modular templates, isolated interactions, heavy Blueprint commenting, avoided Level Blueprint coupling
• Shipped UE5 deliverables to real users (Fab.com customers) and packaged VR template projects used by graduate students
• Animation systems expertise: shipped UE5 character product with 180 animations and scalable locomotion AnimBP
• Hands-on Unreal performance debugging/optimization using Stat Unit/Stat FPS/Blueprint profiling; replaced tick-heavy logic with events/timers
• Pragmatic Blueprint vs C++ decision-making; integrated C++ gameplay logic and exposed it to Blueprints

Reference Highlights

• Excellent delivery and follow-through
• Thorough and quality-focused
• Strong stakeholder communication and alignment (checks for agreement)
• Adaptable to changing priorities and pivots
• Strong cross-functional communicator (clear, thoughtful, regular)
• Proactive about soliciting feedback and closing the loop
• Team player (steps in to support teammates while maintaining own work)
• Manages complex timelines and revises timelines when needed
• Thought leader in AR/VR and animation within the organization
• Able to distill complex topics into understandable training experiences
• Focuses on solving root problems, not just symptoms