Bear Cahill

Current

• Lead Mobile Developer at Brainwash Inc
• Owner/Animator at Booples.com

Past

• Senior Software Developer at eInstruction
• Software Engineer/Application Owner at Travelocity.com
• Software Engineer IV at Ericsson Inc

• Programmer at IBM

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Education

• University of North Texas

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• Brainwash Inc - mobile dev
• Booples/Animation

Bear Cahill’s Experience

• Lead Mobile Developer

  Brainwash Inc

  (Computer Software industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  iPhone, Blackberry, J2ME, TC65, C#.NET applications development using server side functionality using real-time server data and user interaction.
  
  iPhone
  · Objective-C/Cocoa/CocoaTouch 3rd party iPhone development using real-time
  server data on a variety of applications (app names available upon request)
  
  BlackBerry
  · 3rd party Java application upgrade, feature addition and porting to J2ME (app names
  available upon request)
  
  TC65
  · Real-time Java system monitoring via ZigBee nodes/hub via RS232 interface and
  EDGE network server communication for alert system
  
  J2ME
  · 3rd party application porting from BlackBerry to J2ME including full UI
  redevelopment into J2ME for multiple-models-one-jar functioning.
  
  C#.NET
  · 3rd party application development for medical transcription creation and export to
  PDF, print and more.

• Owner/Animator

  Booples.com

  (Animation industry)

  April 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)

  I have created a children's animated Bible verse song DVD called Booples. The DVD contains 3 episodes (5 minutes each) where the characters are presented with a situation and seek wisdom from the Bible. The verse found is then used in a song to help apply and solidify the lesson. The DVD also contains just the song portions of the episodes. See http://www.thebooples.com/ for more!

• Senior Software Developer

  eInstruction

  (Computer Software industry)

  July 2003 — August 2008 (5 years 2 months)

  Document, design, developer and support testing of a Windows desktop application written in J++ and ported to C# using agile development process and a variety of technologies in support of development including SQL, HTML, XML, CVS, WFC, JUnit, NUnit, Windows Forms, Mono, TeamCity, ReSharper, TDD, Ruby, Spring.NET and more.
  
  Lead C#.NET developer on world-wide leading interactive educational software
  
  · Design and Develop Windows desktop C# application using XML, HTML,
  Windows Forms, MFC and SQL
  · Senior designer and developer for world leader in classroom response software,
  eInstruction
  · Core Services team lead/manager leading multiple developers during framework
  design and implementation
  · Team lead on many major features/revisions of the software including
  SEARCH/TownCenter - online content housing and delivery management
  · Development in Java/C#.NET, SQL, C++ including various protocols and other
  markup languages (e.g., HTML, HTTP, XML); · Led API development with third-party management systems integrating our code
  into their plugin SDK
  · Mono/C#.NET development on iMac using the Dumbarton Bridge and JSON
  · Led XML import/export data feature including third-party and proprietary XML
  parsers
  · General design, document, develop and test plus bug fix and tier 3 customer support
  · Various methodologies used including Agile/XP

• Software Engineer/Application Owner

  Travelocity.com

  (Computer Software industry)

  February 2001 — July 2003 (2 years 6 months)

  Application owner for design and development of database frontend in Java for queries of data to present to customers on travel packages including air, hotel, etc.
  
  · Responsible for real-time JAVA database query interface with connection pooling
  using JDBC.
  · Servlet frontend on Tomcat with loadbalancing via Apache/mod_jk2.
  · Design, document, test (basic, performance and load), implement, peer/self code
  reviews and launch into production

• Software Engineer IV

  Ericsson Inc

  (Computer Software industry)

  May 1993 — February 2002 (8 years 10 months)

  Several years design, development and testing on system management software for Ericsson switches in C++ and SQL, internet product design and development in Java for multi-threaded ISP based applications, VOIP & presence system design and development using HTTP, RTSP and SIP protocols.
  
  · C/C++ design and development of HTTP cache/interface over secure socket
  connections for audio/video over IP SIP telephony system
  · Java design and development of Servlet and protocol translator (HTTP and RTSP)
  implementation for internet based programmable IVR and service creation
  · C/C++ requirement determination, design, develop, document and test for Windows
  based Internet Protocol Telephony product including ASP scripts
  · C/C++, Perl, HTML, Java, SQL requirement determination, design, develop,
  document, test and support for multi-platform Internet based product including
  customer installation, support and education
  · Investigate and design telecommunication systems over Internet Protocol/LAN using
  TCP/IP (VoIP) with Web based management using SNMP
  · C/C++ design on Unix/Xwindows of graphic interface applications for
  communicating with IN switches
  · Design Intelligent Network services for major international telecommunication
  providers
  · C/C++ and SQL develop of applications and platform code for the communications
  management system
  · Test and correct C/C++ code for Unix graphic interface projects
  · Support current and past releases of products for customers
  · Develop SQL code for database interaction
  · Courses: C/C++/OOD, Advanced Intelligent Networks, Java, JavaBeans, UML

• Programmer

  IBM

  (Computer Software industry)

  June 1990 — May 1993 (3 years )

  · REXX design, develop, document, test and support on VM (OS/2-3270 emulator)
  · Designed report software using innovative graphic interface on VM on OS/2
  emulator
  · Developed applications with graphic interface for new applications
  · Revised existing applications into graphic interface on mainframe
  · Benchmark tested machines and software for research

Bear Cahill’s Education

• University of North Texas

  Bachelor of Science , Computer Science , 1990 — 1993

Additional Information

Bear Cahill’s Websites:

• Brainwash Inc - mobile dev
• Booples/Animation

Bear Cahill’s Interests:

Bible study, iPhone development, Animation (Booples.com), movies, website design and development

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