Jeff Ward Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Charlottesville, Va, Us

• Manager of teams of 4-12 engineers and test engineers for iOS, Android, and Xamarin projects• iOS developer on multiple apps (Objective-C, C# / Xamarin) including: --- Linode - App to manage, see statistics, create and remove Linode virtual servers.--- DeVilbiss - App for Bluetooth connected CPAPs that allowed for offline data collection and reporting• Expanded the use of automated End to End Integration testing among Test Engineers and integrated tests into CI/CD pipelines.• Helped establish many common coding practices including unit testing, code review, continuous integration and pipelined deployments

Cambridge, Ma, Us

• Ported Go Home Dinosaurs to the iPad• Served as a senior programmer on a small team for 2 original projects (Slam Bolt Scrappers and Go Home Dinosaurs) and one contract project (Ms. Splosion Man)• Designed the component based engine and Mono integration framework for Go Home Dinosaurs, which allowed us to write all our game logic in C#• Built and maintained a Jenkins pipeline based continuous integration cluster

• Designed and implemented a piece of metrics gathering middleware for large MMOs• Developed a generator and API bindings for multiple languages and platforms including C++, Python, Java, MySQL, and SQL Server• Created a plug-able system for using different SQL servers and “middle tier” buffering • Designed a unit / integration test suite that checked all possible combinations of languages and platforms for possible errors or inconsistencies.• Performed initial integration for a number of titles across many different technologies

• Responsible for creating a one button, automated build and asset optimization system (the first time Bethesda had actual automated nightlies)• Responsible for creating and maintaining the asset optimization tools• Created several improvements in memory allocation and tracking systems• Worked on and optimized several areas of code including those used for applying blood decals to skinned models

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