Allen Pike’s Resumé

Burnaby, BC, Canada - Cell 604.614.8992

Core Competencies

Software Skills

  • Over 5 years’ industry programming experience
  • Serious development expertise with LAMP1
  • Extensive CSS and Javascript web design experience, including Ajax and Prototype
  • Object-oriented experience with C++ and Java
  • Basic experience with Python, Ruby, C, C#, and more2
  • CSS and Ajax web design experience
  • Nearly a decade of self-directed game development
  • Comfort with various source control systems

Workplace Skills

  • Gathering and refining requirements
  • Using Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux
  • Managing small projects, including estimation
  • Speaking, presenting, and proofreading
  • Creating basic art with Photoshop and Illustrator
  • Focusing on usability and open source
  • Paying attention to details

Work History

2008-presentSoftware Engineer, Apple

  • Works in the Productivity Applications division

2003-2008Software Developer, Discovery Software

  • Initiated, designed, and managed intranet system based on LAMP
  • Reviewed code and helped train other developers as needed
  • Assigned tasks and otherwise managed other developers occasionally
  • Gathered requirements and drove development iteratively
  • Developed a web-based game primarily in Javascript
  • Mentored other developers in PHP and SQL
  • Managed a series of small programming contracts, including estimates
  • Developed and managed public web presence
  • Presented sessions at conferences occasionally
  • Assisted with logos, testing, marketing, hiring, and other tasks

2005-2008 VP Operations and more, SFU CS Student Society

  • Starting as Secretary, went on to be VP Operations and Acting President
  • Assisted with the first NTCU technology conference
  • Led One Laptop Per Child project at SFU for one semester
  • Won a scholarship for these contributions

2000-2006Self Employed, Altering Time

  • Estimated and completed freelance web contracts
  • Maintains and administers AlteringTime.com, a PHP-based community website
  • Wrote two web-based strategy games with 100+ players
  • Broke 10,000 monthly unique visitors threshold

2001-2003Customer Service and intranet developer, Uniserve Online

  • Initiated, designed, and developed dynamic intranet
  • Wrote training and knowledge base articles and guides
  • Solved billing and technical problems

2001Work experience student, Radical Entertainment

  • Enhanced a 3D viewing utility using Visual C++

Education

2003-2008Computing Major, Simon Fraser University

  • Received B.Sc. in Computing Science
  • 3rd-year studies included operating systems, AI, networking, and HCI
  • 4th-year studies included graphics, databases, and distributed systems
  • Was awarded scholarship to the Apple Worldwide Developers’ Conference in 2006
  • Won first prize in 3rd-year AI competition

2002-2003CIS Major, University College of the Fraser Valley

  • Took one year of Computer Information Systems program and found it lacking
  1. Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP web development. []
  2. Learned QBasic as a child, and did Haskell, Prolog, and MIPS assembly at SFU. []