Chris Billard Email & Phone Number

Dearborn, Michigan, US

As senior developer and team lead of the developer tools team, my work was divided between the LibMuse SDK, developing the next generation of GUI research tools and supporting the team to help everyone achieve their goals.The LibMuse SDK is a set of libraries that can be integrated into Android, iOS, Windows or Unity applications and allow the developer to.

Waterloo, Ontario, CA

I was involved with customizing aspects of the lock screen, system UI and system services of the BlackBerry Priv.The work involved quickly learning the very large Android source code base, locating the correct locations to make customizations and understanding the impact of any customizations on existing code. Most of the work was in Java, but included.

Waterloo, Ontario, CA

I worked as both an architect and developer on the Cascades UI framework for BlackBerry 10 which was a C++/QT based framework for quickly building compelling UI for BlackBerry applications. It was a challenging and exciting job that involved frequent communication and collaboration with architects, stakeholders and development teams located in Sweden.

Waterloo, Ontario, CA

I was part of the small team that worked on BlackBerry Theme Studio, the most popular developer/designer tool created by BlackBerry. The tool suite consisted of a set of Windows MFC applications, Theme Builder and Composer, which were used for customizing the look and feel of BlackBerry handhelds and creating animated SVG content respectively.My primary.

Waterloo, Ontario, CA

I was part of the Advanced Graphics team responsible for integrating SVG graphics into the BlackBerry runtime.As part of my role, I enhanced the supported SVG features including transformations, viewbox and their associated animations. I was also responsible for developing first MMS renderer for BlackBerry handhelds.

The Plazmic Media Engine was a Java SVG renderer that fit within 10kb and ran on mobile phones in Japan, the only color phones at the time.In addition to the development work on the media engine, I was responsible for designing the pre-compiled form of SVG used by the renderer.