Los Angeles, CA *****
Phone: 310-***-****
Email: *******@***********.***
Experience
Ramsey Isler
February 2009 - Feb. 2010 Appliya, Inc. Los Angeles/Tokyo
North American Branch Manager - iPhone applications
Responsible for managing all North American Operations for Appliya, Inc.,
a Japanese iPhone app development company. Provided design and concept
development for applications, as well as ensuring quality standards were
met during production. Led North American business development services
including intellectual property licenses and contract negotiations. Led
promotional efforts and social media strategy for all apps.
1. Managed a multi-property iPhone app licensing deal with FUNimation
Inc, a top American anime company
2. Designed several iPhone applications for world-famous franchises
including Neon Genesis Evangelion and Fullmetal Alchemist
August 2007 - Current Los Angeles, CA
Freelance Mobile Developer
Developing mobile application prototypes for companies like Cricket,
Palm, and AT&T. Specializing in user interface/experience for upcoming
and experimental mobile applications and devices.
September 2005 - Current IGN Entertainment Los Angeles,
CA
Writer
Freelance writer and editorial contributor for IGN.com, specializing in
TV, anime/manga, and video games.
Late 2007 Clearwire/Clearmedia Los Angeles, CA
Senior Manager of Flash Development
Developed on-device rich media strategy for Clearmedia, a subsidiary of
wireless broadband ISP Clearwire. Created tech demos for executive
presentations in Flash, Flash Lite, and AIR as part of a mobile-to-
desktop content ecosystem strategy. Guided user interface and front-end
development planning for Clearwire's new Clear 365 portal website.
Mar. 2006 - August 2007 Amp'd Mobile Los Angeles, CA
Flash Engineer/Architect
Led Flash UI development and architecture for the Amp'd Live storefront and
media player on the Motorola Q. Developed software products on BREW and
Windows Mobile phones. Often collaborated with engineering, QA, and product
teams at Motorola, Qualcomm, and Verizon. Managed a small team of Flash
developers and closely interacted with Adobe developers, executives, and
product managers.
1. Received awards from Adobe for filing the most bug reports for the
BREW beta release of Flash Lite 2.1
Jan. 2005 - March 2006 Naviciti, LLC Detroit, MI
Technical Director/Co-founder
Developed Flash-based interactive map applications for tourism and city
planning. Integrated other mapping APIs (Google, Yahoo!, etc.) with
Naviciti software. Responsible for technical strategy and all
development tasks.
Nov. 2000 - Nov. 2002 Rootlevel, Inc. Detroit, MI
Programmer / Software Designer
Primarily provided lead front-end and interactive programming expertise
on large projects including GM.com and La-Z-Boy.com. Specialized in
Flash, PhotoShop, DHTML, JavaScript, CSS and media conversion.
Utilized back-end skills in PERL, PHP, ASP and SQL when needed.
Administered and maintained Linux servers and web applications. Worked
on a large number of projects both individually and as part of a team.
Lead developer on the award-winning 2002 GM.com North American
International Auto Show site, and member of the GM.com maintenance team
3. Lead developer on all DHTML and Flash projects
4. Developed Flash and Director games for the Jeep Liberty advertising
campaign
5. Built the Linux based text-messaging schedule system for the 2002
Michigan IT Summit
Education
Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY
Software Engineering Major
Skills
. Front-end web programming - HTML, JavaScript, Flash
. Back-end web Programming - LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
. Customer relations
. Graphic Design
. Business Development
. Mobile Industry Expertise
. Game Development (C, Java, Flash)
. Product Development/Management
. Managing small teams of developers and designers
. Social Media Management
. Writing - Technical writing, fiction, non-fiction, blogging
Other Accomplishments
. Authored three novels