John Fricker Resumé

john.fricker@me.com 541–601–7284 http://johnfricker.com/

Well rounded software generalist passionate about software development, leadership, quality code and team development. Over 20 years of professional software experience.

Objectives

• My objective is to participate in a successful and growing engineering team where I can create high quality software for iOS and OS X. As an experienced generalist, I am able to participate in a variety of roles in an organization from coder to reviewer to tester to leader. I can participate in product strategy and provide insight into capabilities and requirements. I appreciate management by milestone and project tracking by scorecard to facilitate team communication. I build collaborative, creative and enjoyable work environments for my teammates as I believe the best code is written when the team is enjoying the process.

Work Experience

• Trilobyte Games, LLC. (Medford, OR)

  Lead developer, CTO, co-founder (2010–2012)

  • Develop product strategy
  • Port ancient games to iPhone and iPad
  • Lead independent contractors in development and testing
  • Design and create new games
  • Set technical direction for company

• John Fricker Software (Talent, OR)

  Sole proprietor (1992–2012)

  • Develop iOS and OS X software for customers and clients. Over 20 apps created. Partial list of clients:
    • Cozybits, Inc (San Francisco, CA)
    • Starmaker Studios, LLC (San Francisco, CA)
    • Liquid Buddha Studios, LLC (Ashland, OR)
  • Develop Windows software in C, C++ and Java on contract. Partial list of clients:
    • Brammo, Inc (Ashland, OR)
    • Wells Fargo (San Francisco, CA)
    • Bear Creek Corporation (Medford, OR)

• Musician’s Friend, Inc. (Medford, OR)

  Manager IT Quality Assurance, 2005–2008

  • Created new department for enterprise
  • Handled all capacity planning and performance
  • Lead acquisition team through purchase of Harmony-Central.com
  • Created ecommerce and ERP test strategy for development and migration
  • Lead first response team for $400m revenue stream
  • Received Innovator Award 2005
  • Recognized for outstanding service with President’s Award 2006

• Musician’s Friend, Inc. (Medford, OR) Web Programmer, 2003–2005

  • Write Perl for large and busy LAMP ecommerce site
  • Received Employee of the Month November 2004
  • Received Innovator Award 2004

Education

• Clarkson University (Postdam, NY)

  B.S. in double major Computer Science/Social Science, 1986

Skills

• Objective-C - 4 years
• C - 20 years
• C++ - 10 years
• Agile and TDD practices, refactoring magic, Git
• Leadership, recruiting, team building, management

Interests

• Road cycling and professional cycle sports
• Games, puzzles, strategy
• Hiking, backpacking, camping and wilderness