Mobile development - iOS

• iPhone/iPad development using Objective-C, Xcode, iOS 3.1.2 thru current .
• Over 4 years of experience developing iOS applications for internal and external release.
• Excellent understanding of mobile native iOS application development tools such as Xcode , processes, and technologies.
• Proficient in Objective-C. Strong knowledge of Cocoa Touch and the iOS SDK.
• Knowledge of compiler settings. Knowledge of memory management.
• Frameworks such as CoreData, Core Animation, TouchJSON, ASIHTTP, Geo-coding, calendar, mapping and Foundation frameworks. Experience working in an Agile environment estimating, planning, designing, creating, implementing and supporting iOS applications.
• Version control using SVN, GIT. Web and web services using CSS, HTML, JSON, XML.
• Expert at using and modifying UIWebviews including inserting, suppressing and modifying code using javascript. Experience using Blocks for Callbacks. Experienced using FetchResultsController, ARC, Grand Central Dispatch and threads, table views and alerts.
• Various patterns including MVC, Singleton, Notification, Factory, category, protocol and delegation.
• Use of Instruments for time profiling, debugging and optimizing. Leaks, Zombies and Automation. Manual testing as well as automated GHUnit and OCMock test creation.
• One independent App on store, two apps for State Farm PocketAgent and SteerClear , multiple applications for TIAA-CREF, and supported web, Android and iOS application for Allstate.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and to rapidly learn and adapt to new business processes, technologies, and environments.
• Strong analytical, application design, and problem solving skills.
• Self-driven, organized, goal oriented individual with positive attitude.
• Understanding of software project management concepts.
• On contract as lead developer at TIAA-CREF developing and supporting iPad applications including iOS7 enhancements. Leadership: Mentored one resource in iOS and mobile development. Enhancing features around a central webview based application to provide multiple web application functionality enhanced by native code using a custom slide panel I created that contains modularized sections to add a growing list of capabilities. An advanced Hybrid application wrapped with extensive custom features written in native code to allow offline use, appointment selection, and supporting other applications as if it is all one application.
• Previously on contract at State Farm initially adding features to PocketAgent app and fixing existing issues. Added/enhanced features to enable customers to file a claim, pay bills, find a repair facility and agent, document an accident at the scene, see their insurance card, remote deposit a check etc.
• Completely rewrote Pocket Agent from scratch after 6 months. The new version supports iPad and ARC, blocks, better supports the MVC design pattern, and has a modern user interface as well as loading and responding faster.
• Enhanced State Farms SteerClear application, updated it for iOS6.
• Independently designed, coded, tested and released an innovative fitness application to the App Store. Built a custom slider for input. Working on complete rewrite using Core data, ARC, and also customized for iPad.

QA / Testing / Coding

Capable of creating test plans and test data from specifications. Experienced in Black Box and White Box testing of online and batch applications. Responsibility for creating and maintaining diverse technical documents and manuals. Participated in User support including hosting Annual Users Conference. Experienced in UNIX, Windows, Macintosh and mainframe. Knowledge of JAVA, Objective-C as well as many other programming and scripting languages and an expert in SQL. Skilled in change management, tracking and reporting bugs and fixes, and releasing software, including a commercial end-user product.

Management / Leadership

Entrepreneur - Owned and operated a small retail business with complete responsibility for all aspects including managing personal, P L, marketing, advertising, sales, and day to day operations. Superior customer service and genuine hospitality led to an extremely loyal customer base and workforce. Sears: Demonstrated leader having created and led a task force to virtually eliminate 300 support pages per night, providing system stability and user satisfaction.

Technical Consulting / Application Support

Proven ability to support applications and users, web content as well as support including white box testing of JAVA applications using Visual Age for JAVA. Dedicated professional having provided 24 x 7 support in virtually all positions. Provided process improvements such as creating monitoring scripts, back-up and roll-off scripts and optimized procedures for LDAP user access. Diverse technical capability including Websphere support, MQ Series, HTML and Webtrends analytic reporting. Wide database experience including Sybase, Oracle, DB2, Access, and Visual Foxpro. Extensive ETL experience including data extracts to/ from diverse systems, cleaning, conversion, user initial data loading, testing and reporting and merge/purge of web log data from multiple servers.

Personal Profile

Skilled professional with a wide range of abilities and experience ranging from mobile development, QA/testing, SQL, database management, implementation and direct experience using and supporting a wide range of development environments and applications on multiple platforms. Unique experience as a business owner provides uncommonly deep perspective into the details of business operation and management. Flexibility and fast adaptation to change. Ability to lead and a strong desire to learn.

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Independent App on the Apple App Store. Created as first application. Complete responsibility end to end.
• Created and led a task force which reduced pages and provided a stable system and satisfied users.
• Owned and managed all aspects of a retail store. Managed employees as well as day to day activities.
• Created and maintained a bug tracking, requirements and project tracking application in Access. This was before bug tracking application were widely available. It became a resource for multiple departments.
• Made substantial improvements to tracking web metrics in a number of companies.
• Created useful and timely monitoring and data roll-off scripts for transportation systems.
• Created numerous custom objects and controls for use in iOS applications including fan controls, slide drawers and a custom slider control.

CAREER HISTORY

Confidential

Consultant - iOS development

• Lead developer creating internal iPad applications wrapped in the Good Dynamics security framework. Hybrid web/native applications with web views as the core for display to leverage the web teams dynamic nature.
• Custom UI framework as well as manipulating the web views with java insertion.
• Setting the direction for TIAA-CREFs mobile strategy. Mentored one resource in iOS and mobile development. Advising team on best practices for mobile. Created custom controls. Consulted with back-end teams to create services and created interfaces to them. Implemented an SSO solution for all of our applications. Field Rep. client facing application. Imaging application. Generic testbed application for areas to see what their web pages would look and perform like in our framework. Dashboard application. Retirement planning application. Worked with Field Reps to test usability, debug issues and determine needs.

Confidential

Systems Analyst Mobile Product Support

• Supported Allstate's Mobile apps, iOS, Android and Web. Also learned to support Allstate.com and other .NET based applications.
• Confidential
• Consultant Enhanced the PocketAgent and SteerClear applications for the iPhone platform. Xcode, Objective-C, JSON, Trac, Subversion. Created many new features such as Repair Facility locator, articles a multi scroll direction article section with article stubs that expand when touched , pay premium with credit card, find agent, and Mutual Funds. Bug fixes on remote check deposit, others.
• Confidential
• Independent Consultant Designing and creating mobile applications for iOS. Xcode, Objective C, Interface Builder. Have an application on the App Store CaliperBMI which calculates Body Fat percentage using caliper methods. Includes custom built, three segment slider controls. Working on a major update.
• Confidential
• Technical Consultant Created test cases and test plans. Tracked bugs/fixes. Created/maintained and tested release documents, user manuals, installation manuals, feature tracking, training manuals and materials and upgrade documents. Tested system upgrades. Managed releases.
• Confidential
• Owner/Manager Owned and operated a small business. Sales, staff, merchandising, day to day operation.
• Confidential
• IT Technical Consultant Supported Intranet and Extranet sites, users, web content and infrastructure including Unix, mainframe and PC. Tested releases and bug-fixes. Webtrends analytics.