Wes Ehrlichman Email & Phone Number

Greater St. Louis Area

- Manage a team of mobile developers and QA working on iOS and Android Apps in Flutter, Swift, and Kotlin.- Develop iOS, Android, web, and native desktop applications using the Agile Programming methodology through the use of test driven development, pair programming, and quick, one or two-week iterations- Developed features and maintained the iOS App for one of the five biggest pizza chains in the US- Lead and developed alongside a team who developed the event/technology app ATC Connect https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/atc-connect/id1199163841?mt=8- Lead a 2-person team who developed the official St. Louis Football Club app for iOS https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/saint-louis-football-club/id1116267920?mt=8- Developed features and and maintained the in-store iPad Kiosk App for a large fast-casual restaurant chain- Rebuilt the Android version of an internal Q&A app while improving the Ruby on Rails/node.js socket-based rest service backend to support new features- Developed features and maintained the iOS App for a large fast-casual restaurant chain- Lead and developed alongside a team who upgraded a suite of 4 internal apps from iOS 6 to iOS 7 and soft-launched the 2.0 version of Ionic Mobile, an internally developed cross-platform framework and product suite- Lead and developed alongside a team who built a location-based iOS 7 project using Core Location and iBeacons, and communicates to a server using rest services developed in Ruby- Upgraded award winning, in-house developed iPad App from iOS 5 to 7 using Objective C- Developed a situational awareness portlet for the US Military, built on the LifeRay portal framework written in Java and JavaScript, using Hibernate, OpenLayers, and Freemarker, tested using JUnit, Cucumber, and Ruby- Development and support of dynamic site for high end international real estate company written in C#, JavaScript, and AJAX, and driven by a SQL Server database

Greater St. Louis Area

Helped found the St. Louis Game Developer Co-op. A registered non-profit that offers support, resources, and networking opportunities for St. Louis area game creators.

St. Louis

Work with local game developers to expand St. Louis as an important hub for videogame development.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Developed several features with the store team that opened up new areas of monetizationImplemented a solution for zero downtime deploys of Store updatesProvide live support for the in-game StoreInstall and configure Jenkins as a Continuous Integration server for use in a majority of Riot's web projects, including automated test integration and automated deployment to QA/Development EnvironmentsDevelop initial automated tests and incorporated test frameworks for many teams to begin writing Unit and Functional tests in both new and legacy PHP projectsDrove the adoption of Cucumber as a way of driving development tasks through user acceptance criteria, integrating the Behat framework into PHP projects

- Self-publish 100+ page Quarterly Book/Magazine that focuses on the emotions that games provide rather than their technical merits- Contribute 1-3 extensive articles per issue- Conduct interviews of key game industry figures. Past interviews include Dragon Quest creator Yuji Hori and Sony’s localization Producer Ryoichi Hasegawa- Proofread and copyedit several articles per issue- Organize quarterly printing schedule- Ship book, sticker, and button orders on a bi-weekly basis- Develop and enhance page layout using InDesign and Photoshop- Oversaw full development and layout of Issue #3 when Editor in Chief evacuated during Hurricane Katrina- Develop and maintain The Gamer’s Quarter website: http://www.gamersquarter.com

- Co-Authored Final Fantasy XII and Final Fantasy X-2 Strategy GuidesAuthored Onimusha: Blade Warriors guide and captured all necessary screens- Researched Japanese versions of leading games, documenting strategies for lead author to use as reference when writing strategy guide. Titles include: Zelda: The Wind Waker, Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy X, Kingdom Hearts, Xenosaga, and Full Metal Alchemist- Compiled monster list for Final Fantasy X-2 by translating and combining information from several different sources- Contributed ideas for “signature series” line of deluxe strategy guides, as well as other successful guides

- Write monthly article combining the latest Japanese game news with interesting cultural differences between the Japanese and western gaming scenes- Write game reviews and previews- Translate Japanese magazine articles and web pages

- Taught daily English classes to Japanese students at middle and elementary school levels- Facilitated a weekly adult English conversation class- Assisted with several extracurricular activities- Wrote articles for the town newspaper in Japanese and English reflecting on my experiences in Japan

Bacherlor Of Arts, Computer Science, East Asian Studies, Minor In English

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