Profile

I am a software developer relentless in the pursuit of engineering elegance. I make it my goal to design technology with the human in mind, crafting a usable and intuitive user interface experience and highly readable and easily maintainable source code for efficient development.

I am intensely passionate about, and skilled in, engineering Mac OS X software using Cocoa and Objective-C. I have been fluent with the frameworks, language, and development tools since 2004. Combined with my rich knowledge of Cocoa’s APIs, programatic conventions, and style, I strive to echo the elegance of the platform in my own work and ultimately design truly polished technology.

Professional Experience

Camino Web Browser Project - Open Source Software Engineer

(caminobrowser.org) [2006-present]

• Developed key features for our 1.5 release. Focused on the popup blocker, in-line spell checking, crash detection, drag & drop, usability, accessibility, CJK font support, built-in search engine management, and search plug-in parsing with auto-discovery.
• Regularly review my peer’s source code.
• Constantly submit new bug reports.
• Pinpointed and solved one of our most wide-spread crashing bugs to date.
• Currently implementing Anti-Phishing, a major feature of our 2.0 milestone.

Murphy Jewelers - Director of Technology & Networking

Pottsville and Hamburg, PA [1999-present]

• Solely responsible for managing all aspects of technology/software/hardware at a multi-store jewelry business.
• I have been the sole source provider of technology support for the past 8 years.
• Custom built all computer systems and wired a LAN for each store.
• Established a reliable VPN to securely synchronize business operations between stores.
• Provide friendly and helpful daily technical support to all employees and managers.
• Administer nightly off-site backups and in-house emailing lists.
• Design print, billboard, and web advertisements using Photoshop.

Murphy Jewelers - Web Designer

Pottsville, PA (murphyjewelers.com) [2001-present]

• Following strict standards-based web design with XHTML and CSS, developed a highly praised web presence.
• Hosted web and email with an on-site FreeBSD-powered server for two years.
• Authored a unique online catalog viewer using Adobe Flash/Actionscript.

Cover Me With Love - Web Designer and Systems Administrator

Sag Harbor, NY (covermewithlove.org) [August 2006-present]

• Volunteered my services and developed a fashionable, standards-based web site for a non-profit organization.
• Host a webmail system for the staff.

Schuylkill Women in Crisis - Digital Video Editor

Pottsville, PA [August 2007-present]

• Produced two commercials and two 30+ minute educational videos for a local non-profit organization.

Pottsville Housing Authority - SUMMER CAMP Counselor


Pottsville, PA [june-august, 2004 and 2005]

• Taught underprivileged children various computer skills as part of a summer recreation program.
• Coordinated games and other activities for the kids.

Hawk Shadow Equestrian Center - Ranch Hand

New Ringgold, PA [january 2007-present]

• Responsible for the care of eighteen horses.
• Work involves feeding, watering, cleaning/bedding all 18 stalls, grooming, and leading.

Other Experience

• Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, 2006.
• C4 Independent Mac Developer Conference, 2007.
• Very active in helping other developers on Apple’s Cocoa Development and Xcode Users Mailing Lists:
  http://www.google.com/search?q=site:cocoabuilder.com+%22Sean+Murphy%22
• Author of technical articles about software development on my website: http://seanmurph.com/writings/
• Lead Adobe Photoshop designer on my high school’s nationally recognized and award winning yearbook team.
• Provide technical support for local businesses, family, and friends (mostly windows centric).

Technical Knowledge

• Strength and passion: developing Mac OS X software using Cocoa and Objective-C.
• Rich awareness of and strict practitioner of Cocoa coding conventions and style.
• Complete comprehension of memory management in Cocoa.
• Use of Xcode with complex projects.
• Extensive knowledge of C.
• Low-level programming aspects such as machine structure, linking, and loading.
• Object Oriented Design Patterns and how to apply them to Objective-C.
• The importance of readable code, by using clear, explicit method and variable names and effective commenting.
• How to design cohesive objects, incorporate abstractions, and rely on encapsulation to isolate and guard against change.
• Daily interaction with version control software. (Mercurial for my own work; familiarity with Subversion.)
• Web standards, including XHTML and CSS.
• Adobe Photoshop, for web graphics, print advertising, and UI mockups.
• FreeBSD from a user and administrator standpoint.
• Able to troubleshoot just about any Windows XP problem.

References are available upon request.

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