1314 Marquette Avenue, APT 1803
                                    Minneapolis, MN  55403
 
                                    612.309.3397
Martin Grider
                                    http://martingrider.name/
                                    resume@martingrider.name


Senior level iOS engineer with expertise in custom UX/UI.


==== programming expertise =================================================

    * Swift            * Objective-C   * UIKit / SwiftUI  * SQLite / Realm
    * Git & SVN        * C / C++ / C#  * Cocoa / MacOS    * Unity 3D
    * Swift Packages   * VR / AR       * Core Graphics    * Games
    * Data Structures  * Core Video    * Software Architecture & Design


==== select applications ===================================================

Giftster - Wish List Registry (2022- for MyGiftster)
    * greenfield iOS project in Swift, 4.8-star average w/ ~4.8k reviews
    * share extension, custom & complex UI, OpenAPI, Firebase

Kenmore Smart (2019 for Lab651)
    * iOS native (Swift) development on the 2.0 rewrite of this IoT app

Chaos on the Green Line (2017 for Motion Poems)
    * 360 video on a moving train!
    * GPS-aware, cross-platform (iOS, Android) mobile VR made in Unity

Best Buy (2011 for Recursive Awesome)
    * Regular agile updates to this complex native flagship application


==== select contracting and consulting clients =============================

    * Livefront  * Moai Technologies       * Visual    * SprocketWire
    * Vidku      * Thomson Reuters         * RE@L      * I Play Math Games
    * TMG        * Motion Poems            * Napster   * Ham In The Fridge
    * U of MN    * Hennepin Theater Trust  * Lab 651   * Space Mace Games


==== work experience =======================================================

Abstract Puzzle LLC
Owner / Lead Developer                                     6/2012 to present
Contract iOS and custom Game Development
    * Custom programming & development — native iOS & cross-platform Unity
    * Manage client projects, app store releases, budgets & subcontractors

Code 42
Senior Software Engineer                                    9/2011 to 6/2012
    * Product Development, Prototyping, Brainstorming, Architecture & Design
    * OS X & iOS Software Development

Recursive Awesome
Senior Software Developer                                   2/2011 to 9/2011
    * iPhone and iPad apps in Objective-C

Bitstream Underground / Marketing Bridge / Gage Marketing / Clockwork
Web Developer / Programmer / Senior Programmer              5/2000 to 2/2011
    * Early internet frontend web development in html, javascript, photoshop
    * Server-side programming in PHP, JSP, Perl, Java
    * Collaborated on large MVC PHP codebases managed in SVN, including CMS
    * High profile clients like Symantec, Microsoft, Nestle, Nascar
    * Began developing iPhone apps in Objective-C and C++ in 2008


==== education =============================================================

University of Minnesota                                         1995 to 1999
    * Honors Program
    * Undergraduate Research Opportunities (UROP) Grant recipient
    * Web production work experience for the UofMN Daily (newspaper)
      as well as websites associated with the English department.


==== links =================================================================

    * mastodon    * linkedin    * github    * Stack Overflow


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last updated 2024-06-05