Founder of plucky tree
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
-
- Founder at plucky tree
- Software Quality Engineer Lead at Apple
- Past
-
- Founder at cricket media
- Sr. Technical Support Engineer at Metricom
- Co-founder at Lari Software
- Bookseller With Many Hats at Bull's Head Bookshop
- Education
-
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Connections
-
173
connections
- Industry
- Computer Software
- Websites
Chris "cricket" Hynes’s Summary
Software quality engineer with 9 years experience in both black-box and white-box testing, including automation, writing test tools and harnesses, product design, bug triage, debugging, and programming. I've also written some significant Cocoa (Objective-C) programs.
I have a strong interest in investing (i.e. angel investing) in small companies that want to make their dent in the world and have past experience with startup companies, both as an employee and founder or co-founder.
Chris "cricket" Hynes’s Specialties:
Cocoa (Objective-C) programming, Applescript, technical support, software consulting, quality assurance, technical writing
Chris "cricket" Hynes’s Experience
-
Founder
plucky tree
(Retail industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Hand-picked products for a smarter and greener world.
-
Software Quality Engineer Lead
Apple
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AAPL; Computer Software industry)
April 1999 — Present (10 years 4 months)
Quality Engineer Lead - Mac OS X - February 2006 to Present
Quality Engineer - Aperture - September 2004 to February 2006
Quality Engineer Lead - Mail for Mac OS X - July 2000 to September 2004
Software Analyst - AppleCare - April 1999 to July 2000 -
Founder
cricket media
(Computer Software industry)
February 1996 — December 2008 (12 years 11 months)
Independent software and hardware consulting, e-commerce, and creation of virtual communities.
-
Sr. Technical Support Engineer
Metricom
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; MCOM; Wireless industry)
March 1996 — May 1997 (1 year 3 months)
Lead Macintosh technical support engineer, both field and phone for team of 20+ engineers.
-
Co-founder
Lari Software
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 1993 — February 1996 (2 years 7 months)
Co-founder of company that unleashed LightningDraw GX into the world.
-
Bookseller With Many Hats
Bull's Head Bookshop
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Retail industry)
August 1990 — August 1993 (3 years 1 month)
Retail, receiving, and all-around computer geek.
Chris "cricket" Hynes’s Education
-
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BA , Economics , 1990 — 1992
- Activities and Societies:
- Member - Phi Beta Kappa
-
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1988 — 1990
Additional Information
Chris "cricket" Hynes’s Websites:
Chris "cricket" Hynes’s Interests:
photography, hiking, new zealand, investing, sustainable development, renewable energy, angel investing, real estate, gardening, reading
Chris "cricket" Hynes’s Groups:
-
Apple Alumni -
Green -
Apple - Current and Former Employees
Chris "cricket" Hynes’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
