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Seattle, Wa

Created Feathers UI, an open source library of graphical user interface (GUI) controls for cross-platform, frontend projects. Developers can use Feathers UI to build native apps targeting smartphones, tablets, desktop PCs, or it can be compiled to JavaScript for deployment on the web. The latest iteration of Feathers UI is built using the Haxe programming language and OpenFL, a user-friendly library for rendering, input, and networking. Initial development of this new version was successfully crowdfunded on Kickstarter.The original version of Feathers UI was built using ActionScript 3.0 and MXML to run on Starling Framework and the Adobe AIR runtime. At the time, the project was officially supported and promoted by Adobe Systems as a recommended solution for ActionScript developers to build mobile, desktop, and web apps with Adobe AIR and Flash Player.Companies releasing apps and games built with Feathers UI have included game development studios Ubisoft and 2K Games, cosmetics brand Estee Lauder, and Swiss luxury watch designer Jaeger-LeCoultre.

Implemented APIs using Haxe and C++ to match the behavior of Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR. Managed release process of a variety of Haxe libraries. Implemented CI using Github Actions. Provided support on Discord and forum for the community.

Seattle, Wa

Designed and developed Logic.ly, an educational application for simulating logic circuits with an intuitive drag-and-drop interface. Targeted at teachers and students who are looking for a simulator that offers a better user experience than many free logic gate applets that are available online.Logic.ly is available as a commercial desktop application for Windows and macOS. A robust, online demo of Logic.ly also runs in web browsers and is built with React.js and TypeScript.

Seattle, Wa

Worked with a variety of companies on short and long-term frontend projects. Clients have included Barnes & Noble NOOK, Adobe, Cisco, Sencha, and British Telecom, among others.

Seattle, Wa

Committer and PMC member for the Royale and Flex projects.Contributed new features and bug fixes to an ActionScript 3.0 to JavaScript compiler (written in Java) that allows frontend web applications to be developed with ActionScript, a language typically associated with Adobe Flash Player — but no browser plugin is required.Modified compiler to generate source maps, to allow web browsers to expose the original ActionScript code to developers in their integrated debugging tools in place of the generated JavaScript.Exposed method to import Node.js modules in ActionScript and extended the compiler to generate CommonJS modules from ActionScript projects.Added support for JSX in ActionScript to support building React web applications.Implemented a formatter and linter for ActionScript 3.0 based on the existing compiler's token and AST parsing.Added a "watch" mode to the compile that detects file system changes to source paths and automatically re-compiles the project.Implemented type inference for variable initialization and function return types, allowing type annotations to be optionally omitted.

Seattle, Wa

Built an ActionScript & MXML language extension for Visual Studio Code, the open source editor created by Microsoft. The extension implemented features like IntelliSense, refactoring, and debugging.Parsed the abstract syntax tree (AST) produced by the Apache Royale compiler to provide code intelligence for both ActionScript & MXML.Worked with the language server protocol (LSP) and debug adapter protocol (DAP) standardized by Visual Studio Code and used by other editors and development environments. Worked extensively in Java with Eclipse's LSP4J implementation.Includes a debugger that connects to Adobe AIR and Flash Player with support for console logging, breakpoints, call stacks, variable inspection, and watch expressions. Also supports debugging over USB or wi-fi with mobile devices running Adobe AIR.Embraced the Patreon crowd funding platform to fund projects with support from the ActionScript developer community.

San Jose, Ca

Developed casual games for the browser and mobile devices using a variety of technologies, including Adobe Flash Player and AIR, Corona SDK, and HTML5.Gridshock, a fast-paced color matching game, has been played 30+ million times. The popular online gaming portal MindJolt featured Gridshock on its frontpage for several months as one of its most replayed games.The iPhone version of the puzzle game Chroma Circuit, created with Adobe AIR for iOS, was featured by Apple in the App Store's "Games We're Playing" section. Adobe's CTO Kevin Lynch originally demonstrated Chroma Circuit as one of the first games using Adobe AIR on iPhone in the Adobe MAX 2009 keynote.Mobile versions of Gridshock and Qrossfire were also featured by Adobe at developer events and in announcements as early examples of content created for Flash Player 10.1 on Android and Adobe AIR on multiple mobile platforms, including iOS, Android, and BlackBerry PlayBook.Successfully ported a puzzle game, Gridshock, from Flash to both HTML5 and Corona SDK to explore the viability of these emerging platforms.

San Jose, Ca

Evaluated new Adobe Flash and Flex libraries and frameworks in order to make educated recommendations to fellow developers.Built proof-of-concept applications that showcased Flash Player's visual strengths while simultaneously exploring developer-centric techniques and best practices.Built an open source heatmap component and became experienced with the Flex Builder profiler in order to maximize performance with large data sets.Extended existing open source ActionScript libraries for fellow developers with active client projects that needed fast results.Worked with clients, including Intuit and Yahoo!, to build user interfaces for Rich Internet Applications.

Sunnyvale, Ca

Developed 19 custom user interface components for the Astra Flash and Flex libraries and many more useful classes in the Astra Utilities library. Included full source code, documentation and examples.Contributed the Charts Control to YUI 2. It became the first module in YUI to bridge the strengths of Adobe Flash Player with HTML and JavaScript.Taught an introductory Adobe Flex course to give Yahoo! developers the needed skills to build next generation RIAs.Interacted heavily in the vibrant Flash community on the Yahoo! Flash Blog, the ydn-flash mailing list, the Yahoo! Flash Developer Center, and throughout other online forums dedicated to Flash and Flex.Contributed to internal documentation on best practices, recommendations, and standards related to the use of Adobe Flash Platform technologies throughout the company.

San Diego, Ca

Designed and implemented a Flash charting framework in ActionScript 2 for Crystal Xcelsius. Included over a dozen distinct chart types. Later ported these components to ActionScript 3 with strategic rewrites to follow the Flex component methodology.Embraced the Crystal Xcelsius “Steal the Show” tagline by enhancing the chart components with immersing animations.Developed a fully interactive Flex-based “canvas” with drag-and-drop containment of components, selection, and resizing. This canvas included an undo and redo manager, used the Flash Player ExternalInterface API, managed component and skin libraries, and contained many important optimizations to maximize performance for cases when hundreds of components must be displayed simultaneously.Participated in brainstorming sessions to create new components and to improve the overall user experience of the application.Built multiple proof-of-concept prototypes to justify feasibility and development time for new features.

This organization of recognized industry professionals aimed to create a world-class collection of well-documented examples for Adobe Flash and Flex with full source code.

Duluth, Mn

Successfully worked both with a team of developers and independently on various Adobe Flash-based projects.Designed and implemented a set of UI components targeted at Flash Player 7 to be used with current and future projects. Met required goals of small file size, high performance, flexibility, and detailed documentation.Independently implemented the UI for a swimming pool customization application based on a mockup created in Adobe Illustrator.