Jon Keon Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

- Co-founded new venture- Building...

Ottawa, Canada

- Managed the production of two PC/Console titles and a mobile iOS/Android title, overseeing project delivery.- Expanded the studio by hiring diverse multi-disciplinary teams alongside the other VPs to grow to 67 full time employees.- Coordinated with external SR&ED and OIDMTC consultants to optimize participation in tax credit programs.- Directly led the Producer, Product Owner and QA teams- Given a multi-platform mandate (PC, Mac, XBox One, PS4, Switch, iOS, Android) ---- Developed automated build software for creating test builds for the QA team---- Developed framework code and tooling to allow the development team to focus on the products instead of platform differences---- Designed an in-house built reward key service to generate and map digital rewards to keys bundled with physical products.

Ottawa, Canada

- Co-founded Karman Interactive with my business partner, Mike Baker, a bootstrapped venture dedicated to crafting rich interactive projects and games. - Our client portfolio included industry leaders and brands such as:---- Scopely---- Adidas ---- Kelloggs ---- Disney ---- Sony ---- and more!- Implemented sustainable hiring practices that facilitated the growth of the company to 12 full-time employees. - Established ourselves as pioneers in experimental technology, adept at leveraging pre-release hardware in mobile, AR, VR, and interactive installations.- Led business development efforts, driving year-over-year profitable growth by securing new clients and fostering strategic partnerships. - Acquired by Kindly Beast, one of our long time clients.

Ottawa, Canada Area

- Collaborated in the development and support of the Personal Information Management (PIM) SDK, encompassing Accounts, Email, Contacts, and Calendars, for BlackBerry Playbook 2.0.- Engaged in Research and Development efforts on Stage3D rendering for BlackBerry AIR SDK components, contributing to the team's exploration of cutting-edge technologies.- Played a key role in creating and maintaining the BlackBerry AIR Mobile UI SDK, enhancing the user interface for the upcoming BB10 devices.- Shared insights and best practices on developing AIR Native Extensions as a speaker at FITC Toronto 2012, furthering industry knowledge.

Ottawa, Canada Area

- Concurrently while working at QNX, taught a University level course as part of the joint Algonquin College/Carleton University BIT program on Advanced Flash Development, course code IMD 2002.- Designed the course, lectures, projects and assignments.

Ottawa, Canada Area

- Led a team of 12 In-House Developers and 3 Offshore Developers.- Responsible for assessing and reviewing the team’s code and giving regular feedback to help with their career goals.- Responsible for accurately estimating time and materials for all pitches affecting my department.- Responsible for staying current and up to date with all aspects of various RIA and Games technologies (Flash, Unity, Silverlight, HTML5, etc)- Architected and Designed large scale client side systems for persistent online worlds.- Maintained and developed new features for Fuel's internal libraries and frameworks.- Represented Fuel at various conferences and client off sites around the world.

Ottawa, Canada Area

- Completed many online experiences for clients such as Kraft, Comcast, Electronic Arts and Razorfish Chicago.- Contributed heavily to the internal libraries and frameworks including developing a framework that vastly reduced compile and development timeframes as well as final swf size.- Engaged in many R&D technology projects to increase company knowledge of the cutting edge.

Ottawa, Canada Area

- Flash Developer for the Knowledge Management Team developing internal applications for Cognos Support Analysts to use on a day to day basis.

Bachelor Of Information Technology, Interactive Multimedia Design

Graduated with Distinction in 2008. Spoken at IDGA meetings in Ottawa about the development and process of our Senior Project entitled.

Ontario College Advanced Diploma, Interactive Media And Design