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.
• 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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