Tyler Casselman
iOS Developer in San Francisco, CA, United States
Member since October 19, 2012
Tyler is a freelance iOS developer based in San Francisco. He’s been in the mobile industry since 2005 and building iOS apps since 2008. He’s worked in projects ranging from IoT/BLE to photo and video sharing apps to games.
Tyler is now available for hire
Portfolio
- 13bit Consulting, Inc.iOS
- ZyngaiOS, Cocos2D, UIKit, PHP
- TacteliOS, Core Data, OpenGL, Android, Blackberry
Experience
- Objective-C, 9 years
- Vim Text Editor, 9 years
- Core Animation, 7 years
- iOS, 7 years
- Core Data, 5 years
- Git, 3 years
Availability
Full-time
Preferred Environment
Xcode, Neovim, Git, Zsh
The most amazing...
...thing I've built is FarmVille for the iPhone, which was showcased by Steve Jobs at 2010 WWDC.
Employment
iOS Engineer
2012 - PRESENT13bit Consulting, Inc.- Built several iOS apps for various clients. My clients are all very happy with my work.
Technologies: iOSSenior Software Engineer
2010 - 2012Zynga- Developed full-stack features for Cityville, Hometown, and Forestville for iPhone and iPad. Implemented several server-side features in PHP that integrated with Zynga’s back-end services.
- Launched FarmVille for the iPhone, which was showcased by Steve Jobs at 2010 WWDC. Implemented several client-side features that utilized UIKit as well as Cocos2D. Integrated the client with the existing PHP back-end. Challenges encountered included supporting an extremely large amount of content and optimizing load times.
- Invented a patent relating to business logic synchronization between client and server that is filed with the US Patent Office.
Technologies: iOS, Cocos2D, UIKit, PHPSoftware Engineer
2009 - 2010Tactel- Led the development of a map-based iPhone application that utilized Core Data.
- Developed graphics/OpenGL ES for a 3D Android application.
- Developed multiple Blackberry applications.
Technologies: iOS, Core Data, OpenGL, Android, BlackberrySoftware Engineer
2006 - 2009Airplay Network- Designed and implemented real-time client/server mobile applications in JME.
- Converted framework and apps to BREW from JME utilizing memory management.
- Worked on GUI, Network/Protocol and Event Handling systems design and development.
- Built system design and implementation using Ant, Python and J2MEPolish.
Technologies: iOS, Objective-C, JME, Python, J2MEPolishSoftware Engineer
2005 - 2006Hudson Entertainment- Ported applications from reference builds to new handsets in BREW.
- Converted JME applications to BREW.
Technologies: JME, BREW
Experience
- Studies (Other amazing things)
Studied real-time interactive simulation (gaming) with an emphasis on computer graphics for two years. Also learned Assembly programming for embedded systems, Unix, graphics, and networking.
- My Portfolio (Development)
Here are my past projects. I try to keep it up to date as possible.
Skills
Languages
Objective-C, Java, PHPFrameworks
Core Data, Machine Learning, Ruby on Rails (RoR)Libraries/APIs
Core Audio, Core Animation, OpenGL ES, OpenCVTools
Vim Text Editor, Git, Zsh, Rake, RubyMine, RVMParadigms
RESTPlatforms
iOS, AndroidStorage
SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL
Education
- Masters degree in Computer Science2004 - 2005DigiPen Institute of Technology - Washington
- BA degree in Environmental Studies1998 - 2002University of California, Santa Cruz - California
