CONTACT
Jeff Handy
Burbank, CA 91505
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.