
Mac Developer at Blue Lava Technologies
San Antonio, Texas Area

Mac Developer at Blue Lava Technologies
San Antonio, Texas Area
I have been programming for over six years. I am most experienced in Mac development using the Cocoa frameworks and programming in Objective-C. I also work frequently in PHP, Perl, HTML/CSS/JS, and Java.
Mac Development, Cocoa Development, Web Design, Java Development, Interface Design, User Interaction
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Worked on the desktop Mac client with a focus on design and user interaction.
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
May 2008 — July 2008 (3 months)
I designed and developed the Chemistry department's placement exam for incoming freshmen. The exam is an online PHP/MySQL driven site, with many Web 2.0 features.
(Research industry)
June 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 3 months)
I developed an interactive website with an accompanying MySQL database for Dr. Bachrach and his students. I also created the complementary website for Dr. Bachrach’s new book, Computational Organic Chemistry (Published by Wiley).
(Architecture & Planning industry)
August 2006 — December 2006 (5 months)
I managed all computers, networks, and printers for the office. Developed both front-end and back-end websites and systems.
(Computer Software industry)
March 2005 — July 2006 (1 year 5 months)
I developed Macintosh software that acted as an interface between a user’s iTunes library and the company’s SonicSwap website. The application also provided users with many custom features to control their iTunes collection.
(Computer Software industry)
July 2004 — July 2006 (2 years 1 month)
I developed three consumer applications for the Mac OS X platform in Cocoa. These have been made freely
available and open-sourced. (QuickTunes: an application for controlling iTunes; DiggUpdate: a desktop application
for receiving the latest news stories from digg.com developed in collaboration with the Digg team; Todos: an
application launcher that displays all application icons on a user’s computer) .
Computer Science 2007 — 2011 (expected)
Distinguished Graduation Plan , 2003 — 2007
New Technology, Macs, Programming, Cocoa, Movie Making
WWDC Student Scholarship Winner - 2008
Century Scholar Award from Rice University – 2007
UIL Computer Science Second Place in Region – 2007
TCEA State Qualifiers – 2006, 2007
AP Scholar Award – 2006
Product appearance in MacFan Magazine (March Issue) - 2007
Product appearance in MacAddict Magazine & CD (Issue 119) – 2006
Product appearance in UniversMac Magazine (Issue 174) – 2006