Developer Project Manager

Senior iOS Application Developer

Michael A. Nachbaur

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Vancouver, BC, V6B 2Z4

Canada

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KEY SKILLS

iOS application development experience4 years Objective-C/iOS development experienceExpert experience in UIKit, Core Graphics, CFNetworking, Core Data, MapKit, etc.Well versed in all areas of iOS development, including encryption, memory profiling, performance optimization, animation, custom view controller containment, gesture recognizersExperienced at building reusable SDKs for iOS developers, including API documentation, good and consistent API design, etc.Passionate about building excellent products that exceed user expectations, with performance, stability, security and good design practices in mind.General development experience18 years Unix (OS X, Solaris, AIX, Red Hat and derivatives, *BSD)17 years Perl experience16 years Web development experience (Perl, JavaScript, C, PHP)15 years Database (MongoDB, Oracle, PostgreSQL, DB2, Sybase, MySQL)11 years XML/XSLT experience10 years Advanced JavaScript experience (Node.js, MooTools, jQuery, YUI, and raw JavaScript)4 years HTML5/CSS3 experience3 years Amazon AWS experience (EC2, S3, SQS)High-performance web application development utilizing caching, Edge-Side Includes, clustering and cloud computingQuick learner and highly adaptive to different environmentsFamiliar with agile development patterns (Lean, Extreme Programming, Kanban, etc), continuous integration

systems, Test-Driven Development and telecommuting / remote development environments.Git, Subversion, Perforce, CVS version control systems

iOS Applications

2009 - Present

Chatter is the "Social Enterprise" component of Salesforce.com. It is a social media platform for businesses and

enterprises for internal collaboration, sharing, and keeping up-to-date on the goings on of your business.

Chatter for iOS is a Universal application with a very custom user experience, encryption, offline support, 100% native-code with high performance rendering.

2012

Docset Viewer is a developer tool for storing and reading Xcode developer documentation from an iPad or iPhone. It allows for complete offline

vieweing of documentation, integration with AirPrint and AirPlay, searching, sharing documentation references (complete with its own URL shortener for sharing

over Twitter, email, SMS, etc), peer-to-peer transfer of documentation, and many other features.

2010

A Universal music application mimicking an MPC-style digital drumpad. Multitouch support, swipe gestures for switching between instrument sets,

and In-App Purchase for downloading additional instrument sets.

2010, 2012

Retro puzzle-style Universal game aiming to provide a peaceful yet challenging experience for an iOS player. Game Center integration and Core Graphics rendering.

2009, 2011

First native application I wrote, and then later updated with retina graphics, this is a simple fortune cookie app using gestures and sound to read their daily fortune.

EXPERIENCE

2010 - Present

Lead Member of Technical Staff

Vancouver, BC

Salesforce.com

Lead developer of .Rebuilt the 2.0 release of the app from scratch, especially including the network architecture, client-side offline caching mechanism, image caching, encryption libraries, etc.Built 90% of the application logic in a reusable library so other internal applications could reuse the application's components.Built and configured our automated build scripts and Jenkins Continuous Integration environment, now managing iOS, Android, Blackberry and HTML5 mobile-web application builds.Mentored and directed a team of up to 6 senior iOS developers.Extensive custom UI component development, including container view controllers, custom gestures, CALayer and drawRect-based graphics.Advanced memory profiling and performance experience.

2009 - Present

Owner

Vancouver, BC

Decaf Ninja Software

Owner / President of my own startup business specializing in iOS applicationsDeveloped several in-house applications for the iPhone and iPadCreated iOS applications under contract across the US and CanadaManaged client requirements and coordinated several international contractorsDesigned and built client/server APIs, complete with web-based implementations of iPhone client functionality, URL shorteners, in-app purchase validation, etcAdvanced Objective-C and iOS application developmentAdvanced Node.js, MongoDB, Redis, Google Maps, cross-platform JavaScriptBuilt a continuous-deployment infrastructure, based on Jenkins, for performing automated deployment and

system testing of server-side updates

I created Decaf Ninja Software as a part-time endeavor to work with the burgeoning mobile development

market, and it has been highly successful. Initially developing applications using PhoneGap and becoming a

major contributor to the PhoneGap project, my development of mobile apps has progressed to working on

several client contracts that involve both client-side and server-side components. Since then, I have moved

on to developing native applications in Objective-C, and have 6 apps in the Apple App Store, including 3 Universal

applications.

Parking Mobility: Client/server

and for allowing users to find

handicapped parking spaces, and to report violators to the city. The client is written in native Objective-C,

utilizing Geolocation services, mapping, camera control, asyncronous HTTP uploads, etc. The server is written in

Perl/Catalyst/KiokuDB. The marketing portions of the website are built in Wordpress, which seamlessly

integrates the Perl-based server into its existing templates. The server's code-base is managed using an

automated continuous-deployment system that performs unit and system tests before deploying first to a

staging, and then production, environments on all production servers.

2007 - 2010

Sr. Software Developer II

Vancouver, BC

Sophos Inc.

Senior developer leading up development of the 's administration console:Created a UI Ajax framework in Perl/JavaScript that allowed for fully inheritable HTML/Perl/JavaScript user interfacesCreated a modern user-interface utilizing a minimum of server-side resources fully backwards-compatible

to IE6Worked on anti-spam and anti-virus filtering projects involving encryption, PDF, high-speed Perl/C

filtering and analysis codeAdvanced Ajax JavaScript, PDF generation, XSLT, several types of encryption, and cross-browser

compatibility

Sophos is a large international security vendor specializing in anti-virus and anti-spam software for

large corporate environments. My team developed the Sophos Email Security Appliance which provided

on-site security and policy filtering of email traffic at our customer's sites. Clustering, automated

remote upgrades, LDAP and ActiveDirectory integration, PDF generation, SNMP notification and many other

technologies were developed and integrated with this appliance. My role as a senior-level developer

placed many different demands which developed me into a "Guru" role within the office.

I've developed

the web application framework for rendering administration interfaces, including DHTML popups, server-side

Ajax communication, localization, and more. Additionally I've kicked off several internal projects within the

organization to utilize modern technologies (such as MongoDB) to provide additional insights into our

customer's experience.

2005 - 2007

Software Developer

Los Angeles, California (Telecommuting)

Nami Media Inc.

Front-end software developer of Nami Media's next generation application:Designed and built the design, infrastructure, and application code for the application's web interfaceRefactored and adapted to changes in requirements and user feedback

This position was a rapidly changing environment, and as such was built using a Perl pipelined event-based

MVC framework to flexibly extend our Ajax web services and HTML interfaces, built using XSLT. The database

back-end was a hybrid between PostgreSQL and a pure RDF datastore. The client interface was made more

flexible and interactive by the use of the Dojo Ajax JavaScript library. This position involved plenty of

RDF, SPARQL and database optimizations to bring those technologies to prime-time.

2002 - 2005

Software Developer

Salmon Arm, British Columbia

Sun Country Cablevision

Sole developer for a regional cable ISP:Designed and developed a customer management web application to automate company policyAutomated maintenance and monitoring of cable modems and their systemsBuilt an automated mail server and integrated that with the customer management applicationDeveloped Firefox extensions to integrate cusomer service desktops seamlessly with the customer management applicationCreated a web-facing customer self-management and -billing portalIntegrated said web application with 3rd party billing systemsSupported and assisted in system administration and difficult batch tasks

In this position, I supported the company's automation and development needs ranging from developing a CRM

application for managing customer information, troubleshooting tools for diagnosing cable modem outages,

developing a PDA-based application for field technicians to troubleshoot their service calls, and customized

Firefox extensions to tie all this in to our customer service desktops.

The following technologies were heavily used in the course of this position:

XML/XSLT, RDF, Ajax, SNMP, Mozilla Firefox extensions (including XUL and advanced JavaScript)

2001 - 2002

Software Development Contractor

Kent, Washington

Sun Country Cablevision

Full-time remote contractor for a regional cable ISP:Provided remote system administration expertiseDebugged and repaired the company's existing CRM applicationStarted development of a next-generation custom CRM applicationAutomated email account management, and other account services

With this position, I started a triage endeavor to upgrade their manual paper-based processes, poor information

management and automate manually-performed tasks. Initially a remote telecommuting position, this became a

full-time position once I relocated to Canada.

1999 - 2001

Internet Developer III

Kent, Washington

Recreational Equipment Inc.

Member of the development team supporting the company's online store REI.com:Worked on goal-oriented projects to improve the company's online storeDeveloped back-end batch processes to integrate IBM's WebSphere E-Commerce system with the company's back-end order fulfillment systemHeaded up a rearchitecture investigation to find and evaluate alternative vendor or custom solutions to replace the company's ailing WebSphere architectureWorked with software design and management methodologies to work with a large teamInteracted with graphics design, sales, and marketing teams

1997 - 1999

Perl Software Developer / Web-Database Developer

San Diego, California

ElectriCiti Inc.

Lead developer and project manager for this ISP and web development firm:Developed and maintained a proprietary SQL-based templating language, similar to PHP, used by in-house web development staffManaged a team of web- and graphics-designersWorked on-location with clients to determine requirements and conduct design interviewsDeveloped high-risk sites that junior developers did not have the skills to handleMultitasked between multiple projects simultaneously

1995 - 1997

Technical Support / Asst. System Administrator

San Diego, California

ElectriCiti Inc.

I assisted the systems administrator in network administration and junior administration tasks, handled technical support issues, and interacted

with "walk-in" users with service issues.SOFTWARE / EDUCATIONAL

2009 - 2010

PhoneGap is a development framework intended to empower developers to create cross-platform native mobile

applications using web technologies. By utilizing the WebView components of most modern smartphones, developers

create applications in HTML/JavaScript/CSS3, which are then run on native hardware such as the iPhone, Android,

or Blackberry.

I'm the original author of the iOS port of PhoneGap, designed and built its original plugin and "gap" API

architecture, and contributed to much of the original project.

2001 - 2007

AxKit XML Application Server

On the project management committee (PMC) for this project, which is a

Apache/mod_perl pipelined application server for transforming XML on the web.

2004

OSCON (Open Source Convention)

Presented a lecture on Client/Server development techniques in JavaScript using the Mozilla/XUL platform. This

discussed techniques that have since been named Ajax, and are just now becoming common-place as an "advanced"

technique.

AFFILIATIONS

6/2003 - Present

Dahut.pm

Founding Member

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