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Location:
Burbank, CA
Posted:
January 21, 2015

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Jeff Handy

*** *. ******* **.

Burbank, CA 91505

818-***-****

jeff-abkn7d@r.postjobfree.com

www.jhandy.com

OBJECTIVE

I have been developing for the Macintosh platform since 1991.

Since the emergence of iOS in 2008, I have been creating game and

utilities apps for the iPad and iPhone. Some of the features I’ve

incorporated into my apps:

• UIKit, Core Data, Core Graphics, Core Location & MapKit

• In-App Purchases

• Push Notifications

• Game Center integration

• Cocos2D Animation, Graphics & Actions

• OpenGL ES graphics

• Box2D Physics

• Accelerometer Enabled Apps

• MP3 / AAC Streaming Audio Clients

• JSON & XML Client Parsers

• Restful Clients & Cloud Services

SKILLS

• C/C++/Objective-C (iOS) development, Linux (gcc, Qt Libraries)

• Perl development on Unix/Linux (mod_perl, CGI)

• Java, (Swing, Maven, Eclipse & Tomcat )

• JavaScript, AJAX (JQuery & YUI), HTML5 & CSS

• SQL development with MySQL, Oracle, Informix databases

• Agile, Scrum methodology

• Source Control: SVN, CVS & Git

• Bug Tracking/ Project Management: JIRA & Bugzilla

EXPERIENCE

Company: ABCYa.com, Providence, RI

Title: Sr. iOS Engineer (Contract )

Period: March 2012 to Present

Summary: I develop educational apps for ABCya.com. Apps are built

with Cocos2D game engines and UIKit. Game Center integrated.

Games Developed for ABCYa.com:

Alphabet Order -- teaches Kids about the alphabet and letter sounds.

Virtual Manipulatives -- teaches Kids fractions & decimals!

Easter Egg Fun! - kids can make, color, decorate & find Easter Eggs.

Counting Money - kids learn to count, add, subtract with money.

Base Ten Fun -- teaches kids about numbers, the base ten system & the number

line.

Marble Math Addition -- teaches Kids math & counting skills.

Games Enhanced for ABCYa.com:

MathBingo -- get a pattern of five Bingo Bugs in a row by correctly answering

math problems.

Ranked number 1 educational app for 3 weeks straight. Over year on top 10 in Education!

Featured in The New York Times - Oct 2011

Featured in Disney's FamilyFun Magazine - August 2011

Create A Car -- choose from over 30 fun vehicle body styles and then select

from over 70 different parts to place on the vehicle body.

An Apple "Staf Favorite"

Featured in iPad for Beginners magazine as an essential app

A top 10 iPad and iPhone App

Word Bingo -- kids learn to spell, and read in this classic Bingo app.

Featured in What's Hot Educational Apps

Ranked a Top 10 Educational App

Coin by ABCYa.com -- sling balls to collect coins and achieve a high score. Game

Center enabled.

Featured by Apple in the New Games for Family category!

Company: Micros Retail, 30500 Bruce Industrial Parkway Cleveland, OH

Title: Sr. iOS Engineer (Contract)

Period: September 2011 to March 2012

Summary: At Micros Retail I worked on a project to build the first

generation of iOS based Point-Of- Sale applications to run on iPod,

iPhone and iPad. I worked on integrating the Linea and VeriFone "sled"

devices for Credit Credit swiping and barcode scanning. I worked

intensively on UIKit, Core Graphics, and CoreData to develop this

application. I have also implemented Restful client libraries in

conjunction with a Java Services / SQL-Server backend. Converted all

projects to use ARC. Used XCode 4, Leak Testing (Instruments) and

Eclipse for Java Spring backend.

Company: Wellogic Corporation, 221 Crescent Street, Waltham, MA

Title: Sr. iOS Engineer (Contract)

Period: March 2011 to July 2011

Summary: worked on universal iOS client that is based on the

company's existing web-based application "Consult". This Electronic

Medical Records (EMR) application is designed to use a Restful

framework to make service requests to a Java middle Tier backed with

an Oracle database. I am tasked with writing the Restful framework for

making/parsing JSON requests to middle tier; writing the data Models

(based on Restful server response) which persist via Core Data. The app

is designed to use Push Notifications for delivery of urgent HL7

messages (both client and Linux server-side written myself). For QA

purposes, I have setup both server side and client-side of the 'Hockey'

framework which allows for Ad Hoc versions of the application to be

easily distributed to beta- testers. I have made extensive use of Apple's

Provisioning portal; I am very familiar with Ad Hoc distribution

methods, Push Notifications and implementing In-App purchases in

iOS devices.

Company: Boston.com / Boston Globe 135 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA

Title: Mobile Engineer (Contract)

Period: January 2011 to March 2011

Summary: At Boston.com I worked to help tune the "Big Picture"

Universal iOS app. Used ‘Instruments’ to find memory leaks; worked on

solution for forward image caching of photos to improve User

experience; tools used XCode 3, Interface Builder; heavy work with

UIKit, work with Three20 Objective-C library and RESTful JSON parsing

framework; setup "hockey" server to deliver adHoc app IPAs to beta

testers; worked on In-App purchasing module.

Company: Merrill Corporation, 179 Lincoln Street, Boston, MA

Title: Sof ware Engineer (Contract)

Period: August 2009 to December 2010

Summary: worked on an extremely large JavaScript code-base that

drove an IE only client for remote-viewing documents: PDF, Word

docs, TIFF files, etc. This remote viewing client is part of Merrill's legal

services that allows Law Firms to host their legal documents on

Merrill's servers and then share these documents with

plaintiff/defendants attorneys. Used JavaScript, Flash, ActionScript, &

Perl.

Company: Jeff Handy iOS, Milton, MA

Title: (Self Employment)

Period: March 2009 to August 2009

Summary: Worked to self-publish iOS game, photo & utility apps for

iTunes store. Used Cocos2d, UIKit, Core Data, Restful services, Game

Center, in-App purchases, iAds, and heavy usage of Apple Provisioning

portal. Good experience leak testing and profiling with ‘Instruments’.

iPhone Apps Self-Published:

Photo Filter Shop is the finest filter "studio" you can get for your iPhone!

Developed with the powerful pixel-pushing Image Library 'Image Magick’.

Choose up to 25 different, professional ways to filter your photos.

Photo Frame And Collage -- an app for making photo collages from your own

iPhone photo album. Frame them with colorful images! Create custom borders,

with custom border color, border size.

1 Millions+ downloads worldwide!

BluesCast is a streaming Shoutcast client for the iPhone. It’s like having an all

Blues radio in your pocket.

Color Me Photo is a fun app that allows you to take your Picture, create a cool

black and white outline, and then paint on it for an infinite variety of designs!

My Photo Browser & Server -- allows you to share your photos with multiple

friends at a time over a local WiFi network. Let your friends browse all your

albums. Or, view all your photos in your favorite web browser (Safari, Firefox,

Chrome)

Color Splash Photo -- lets you take a picture or choose a photo from your album,

create a enhanced black & white photo, and then splash it with color from the

original!

MonkeyIq -- is a puzzle game for iPhone. Are you smarter than a Monkey?

Astrophobia! -- Do you remember the space shooters from the 80s? Asteroids?

Galaga, Galaxian? Well here’s the LATEST Astro-Blast for the iPad! Hours and

hours of addictive fun!.

PhetaMaze is a fast paced game for the iPhone where you navigate & explode

your way through mazes… Accelerometer enabled!.

Photo Calendar 5 lets you navigate your photos by dates on a Calendar. Find all

of your photos neatly categorized by the day they were taken.

Want to find all Photos you snapped last Summer on your iPhone? Easy.

iPad Apps Self-Published:

Monkey Paint is a simple, fun to use paint program that allows you

to easily create fun pictures. Paint in regular style or super "glow"

paint mode. Choose from a variety of brushes, options and colors to

create your masterpieces!.

Chick-Flick is a finger-flicking game for 2 players! Flick your chicks

faster than your opponent in "Cow Soccer, "Hit the BullsEye",

"Protect The Eggs" and "Duck Shoot". The perfect game for kids.

AstroPhobia HD - Do you remember the space shooters from the

80s? Asteroids? Galaga, Galaxian? Well here's the LATEST Astro-

Blast for the iPad! Explode your way through level af er level of

Aliens, UFOs and Asteroids to get the highest score!

Color Me Photo HD is a fun app that allows you to take your Picture,

create a cool black and white outline, and then paint on it for an

infinite variety of designs! Load your photos from an existing album,

or snap a new picture.



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