Software Developer at Zilliant
Phoenix, Arizona Area
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- Software Developer at Zilliant
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- Senior Software Engineer at Confirma, Inc.
- Senior Software Engineer at Teranode Corporation
- Software Engineer and Consultant at Digital Harbor, Inc.
- Level Designer at Cavedog Entertainment
- Level 1 Programmer at Sierra On-Line
- Education
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- Transylvania University
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Brandon Franklin’s Summary
I am an inventive and highly experienced Software Engineer, with a flair for finding elegant solutions to problems. I have direct experience in making everything from computer games, to business software, to genetic algorithms and beyond.
I've been programming since I was 10 years old. A genuine technophile, coding is in my blood. I follow technology trends the way some people follow their favorite football team. This means that for my employer, I provide a "live connection" to the latest and greatest technologies that can benefit my team, and I have a broad enough background to be able to take a lead in implementing those technologies.
Brandon Franklin’s Specialties:
Java, scalable and extensible architectures, elegant designs, XML/DOM, Swing/AWT, Groovy/Grails
Brandon Franklin’s Experience
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Software Developer
Zilliant
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
January 2009 — Present (7 months)
Work on the Optimization team for flagship product. Heavy UI programming utilizing Spring, Hibernate, and XML configuration. Working remotely from my home in Mesa, AZ, with the team based in Austin, TX, and Lviv, Ukraine.
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Senior Software Engineer
Confirma, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Medical Devices industry)
May 2006 — November 2008 (2 years 7 months)
Help convert a successful breast MR scan analysis system into a platform to allow support for more types of scans. Mentor junior programmers. Work on all aspects of the product to improve scalability, performance, and architecture.
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Senior Software Engineer
Teranode Corporation
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
December 2005 — May 2006 (6 months)
Work with the UI team on a Swing-based thick client. Implementation of custom Swing components. Design and implementation of a framework to allow a graph of data to be manipulated in tabular form.
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Software Engineer and Consultant
Digital Harbor, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 2000 — October 2005 (5 years 1 month)
Java development, with special emphasis on client-side GUI design and new collaboration technologies. Focus was on “thick client” technologies, including heavy use of Swing, MVC design, XML, and 2D graphics.
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Level Designer
Cavedog Entertainment
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Games industry)
August 1998 — August 2000 (2 years 1 month)
Used creative talents to design interactive game levels, as well as using Java to write behavior scripts and do “game balance” analysis. Titles included:
- Elysium
- Total Annihilation: Kingdoms
- Boneyards Multiplayer Service -
Level 1 Programmer
Sierra On-Line
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Games industry)
July 1997 — July 1998 (1 year 1 month)
Used C++ and Win32 to do game programming. Titles worked on included:
- Driver's Education 98
- Driver's Education 99
- Starsiege: Tribes
Brandon Franklin’s Education
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Transylvania University
Bachelor of Arts , Computer Science , 1993 — 1997
- Activities and Societies:
- Association for Computing Machinery
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Brandon Franklin’s Interests:
extropy, futurism, new technology, Grails, Java, XML, 2D graphics, Swing/AWT, software engineering, innovation
Brandon Franklin’s Honors:
Computer Science Award, Transylvania University, 1997
