JoeyClover

Manchester,UnitedKingdom
07473438638
joey.clover@gmail.com
http://justjoey.co.uk
I'manexperiencedsoftwareengineerwhomspecialisesinMobileTechnologies,
specificallyiOSandAndroidwithastrongerfocustowardsiPhoneapplications.Ihave
extensiveexperiencedevelopingbothcommercialandenterpriseapplicationswithahuge
collectionofinterestingfeaturesandexcitingideas.IamastrongevangelistofOpen
SourceandIspendalotoftimebrowsingthroughotherscodeandlearningnew
techniquesaswellasprovidingmyownwhereverpossible.
IhaveworkedonapplicationsforbusinesseswithalargereputationsuchastheBBCand
SalfordUniversity.Ihaveworkedalongsidemobilesoftwaredevelopers,webapplication
developers,UI/UXdesignersamongstotherstobuildfast,responsiveAndroid/iOS
applications.Ihavealsoworkedindependently,whereItendtospendawhileprototyping
newideasandimplementingtheseideas.
Ibuildnativemobileapplicationsthatarecrossplatform.Ihaveusedawidearrayof
toolssuchasJiraandConfluencefordocumentation,Git/Perforceforversioncontrol
andJenkinsBuildSystemforcontinuousintegrationandautomatedtesting.Ihave
workedwithlegacycodeandspentalotoftimerefactoringandmaintainingotherscode.
Iamfamiliarinworkingwithanagileenvironment.
IhavelearntanumberofprogramminglanguagesincludingC,ObjectiveC,C++,Java,
Actionscript,JavascriptandI'vehadexposuretootherswithoutusingthemmuch.Itake
aninterestinuserinterfacesandexperiencewithinmobileapplications.Ienjoybreaking
downlargerproblemsintoasmallersubsetofproblemsandusingawelldefined
algorithmtosolvethem.Ihavespentsometimeonthewebusingjqueryalongsideother
technologiestotryandwidenmyexposuretofront/backenddevelopment.
Iamalwaysopentolearningnewtechnologiesandsomethatareofinteresttomeinclude
backenddevelopment,embeddedsoftware,C#with.NETandanythingthatcanbroaden
myhorizonsandenablemetolearnmore.
TechnicalSkills
Like: ios,android,mobile,technologies,as3,design,patterns,opengl,oop,php,eventdriven,events,swift
language,ios8
Experience
July2014Current LeadiOSDeveloperRormixLtd
ios,music,afnetworking,afnetworking2,facebook,googleplus
Design,developandmaintainaninnovativeandfeaturerichapplicationforiOS.Ihavebeenresponsibleforrebuilding
theentireapplicationarchitecturefromthebeginning.Ihaveoneresponsibilityandthat'stocreatearesponsiveand
entertainingproductfortheaudience.
I'veworkedcloselywiththeLeadAndroidDeveloperandthedesigners.I'veinfluencedthedesignoftheapplicationand
implementedanyfeaturesthathavebeenrequested.I'veusedahugearrayoftoolswhilstworkingontheRormix
Application.Thelargestbenefitofthisrolewasbeingabletomakemistakesandlearnfromthemandbeingableto
choosehowIimplementfeaturesorwhichfeaturesIbelievedtobetoomuchhassle.
Theapplicationisfast,responsive,welldesignedandhelpsmusiclistenerstofindnewtasteortalentfromartiststhat
arenotpopularenoughtobeconsidered'mainstream'orartiststhatarejustlookingtoincreasetheirreachtoadvertise
toalargenumberofusers.
April2014August2014 SoftwareEngineerRealityMineLtd
ios,android,windowsphone,blackberry,jenkins,certificates,provisioningprofile
Develop,maintainanddeployEnterprisequalityapplicationsthataredistributedtohundredsofthousandsofdevices.
TheapplicationsarecreatedtomonitorconsumerbehaviouronMobileDevicesandwillhelptoadvancetheMarketing
industrysignificantly.
SoftwareDevelopment
IusedtoolssuchasPerforce,JenkinsandJira.PerforcewasusinginharmonywithJiratomanagetheprojectsvery
effectivelyandallowformuchmoreflexiblecodereviews.TheprojectswerecompletedinanAgilemannerandcode
reviewswererequiredforanychangeinthecodebase.Iwasbothsubjecttocodereviewingandbeingacodereviewer.
Jenkinsisabuildserverthatwasusedtomanagethebuildingoftheapplicationonmultipleplatformsandhas
automatedbuildstepswhichsavesasignificantamountoftimeasopposedtodoingitoneachdeveloperslocal
machine.
iOSClientDevelopment
IusedObjectiveCandXCodetodevelopiPhoneApplicationsthatwereperformancecriticalandrequiredsmart
techniquestocompletethetasksthatweregiven.Ihavehadexperiencewithprivateframeworksandexposingthe
lowerlevelhardwareoniOSDevices.Ihadtodevelop,maintain,provisionanddeployapplicationsthroughtheentire
lifecyclewhilstbuildingawhitelabelapplication.IusedtheJenkinsbuildservertomanagethebuildsforthe
applicationsandIwasresponsibleformaintainingthecertificatesfortheapplicationsalongsideusingaprovisioning
server.
AndroidClientDevelopment
IusedJavaandEclipsetodevelopAndroidapplicationsthatweresimilartothoseontheiPhone.Giventhatthe
platformsarecompletelydifferent,IhadfaceddifferentchallengesandobstaclesthatIhadtoovercome.Iwas
responsibletodeveloping,maintaininganddeployingtheAndroidapplications.IusedtheJenkinsbuildserverto
managethebuildingandcertificationoftheAndroidapplications.
September2013April2014 JuniorMobileDeveloperBrightFutureSoftwareLtd
ios,android,mobile,java,objectivec,eventdriven,oop
BBCWhereabouts(iOSObjectiveC)
Developedanddeliveredtheentirefrontendarchitecturefortheapplication.
WorkedalongsideaUX/UIdesignertomakeagreatlookingandveryfunctionalapplication.
Developedanddeliveredtheentirebackendservice(includingdatabases,datastructure(JSONetc).
Strong,ongoingcommunicationwiththeclients.
SalfordUniversity:OnLocation(AndroidSDKJava)(link)
TookresponsibilityasTeamLeaderandheldregularscrumsandmanagedtheprojectusingAgilePM
Techniques.
Managedthepackaginganddistributionoftheapplication.
DevelopedastrongunderstandingoftheYoutubeAPIforAndroid
January2009Current FreelanceGamesDeveloper
actionscript3,web,html,oop,events,eventdrivendesign
FourDraw(WebActionScript3.0)(link)
Createdthegamefromacollectionofbriefsketchesandaverybriefspecification.
Greatclientcommunication.
CreatedalltheassetsandUIalongsidetheprogramming.
TutorialWriting(WebActionScript3.0)(link)
WrotemultipletutorialsusingWebtechnologies.
Explainedspecifictopicsindepthandwithagoodtechniquetowardsteaching.
Respectabletutorialwebsite.
January2009 PersonalProjects
oop,actionscript3,eventdriven,events,web,html
Mr.MooresLastSeconds(Web,Windows,Mac)(link)
Createdinlessthan72hoursforagamecompetition.
Featuredonthefrontpageofalargegamesportal.
Workedalongsideaprofessionalartistandcomposer.
Defender.(Web,Windows,Mac)(link)
Createdinlessthan72hoursforagamecompetition.
Strengthenedskillsinworkinginagroup.
Education
20112013 AdvancedLevelComputingXaverianCollege
EnteredtheLegoMindStormsNXTJuniorRobotCompetitionandcame1stplaceintheregionalcompetition,
andcame3rdinthenationalcompetition.
Createdagamethatgotfeaturedonahugegameportalandcamewithinthetop10ofaprestigiousgame
competition(LudumDare)
Projects&Interests
January2013August2014 GitHubAdvanced_Joystickhttps://github.com/SpringMissile/Advanced_Joystick
actionscript
AsimpleJoystickfortheStarlingFramework.GreatforMobileUse.
Programmer
May2013 GitHubAchievehttps://github.com/SpringMissile/Achieve
actionscript
OpenSourceAchievementAPIforAS3
Programmer
Mr.Moore'sLastSecondshttp://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/624242
as3,starlingframework,gpu
ThelastfewsecondsofMr.Moore'slife.Thisisagamethatwascreatedinlessthat72hoursfortheprestigiousLudum
Daregamecompetition.
Programmer
Defenderhttp://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/617109
as3,flash,web
AdefendergamewithaGameBoyfeel!Canyoudestroythecube?Thiswasagamethatwasmadeinlessthan72
hoursfortheprestigiousLudumDareCompetition.
Programmer
OnLocationAppv1(Android)http://onlocation.org.uk/app/
java,android,youtubeapi,googleapi
ThisapplicationwasmadeforSalfordUniversityandallowstheuserstoselectorrecordmediatopostto
YouTube/SalfordUniversityandthenviewitonaninteractivemap.
Programmer
Tools
FirstComputer: SNES
FavoriteEditor: SublimeText