Francisco Ryan Tolmasky
714.224.6179
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EDUCATION
University of Southern California
B.S. in Computer Engineering Computer Science, May 2006.
Graduated Cum Laude
Academic GPA: 3.681/4.0 Major GPA: 3.789/4.0
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SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SKILLS
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6 years experience with C/C++ and STL components and 4 years experience with Java.
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5 years experience with Objective-C and the Cocoa frameworks including extensive use
of the Application Kit and auxiliary components (such as AddressBook, WebKit, etc.).
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Work experience with Mozilla technologies including XPCOM and XPIDL.
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Experience in network programming with BSD sockets, Distributed Objects, and Apple's
Rendezvous/Bonjour technology.
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Extensive experience in Client side web technologies, such as HTML, XML, CSS, and
Javascript (DHTML/AJAX), as well a working knowledge of PHP/MySQL and Perl.
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EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE
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Apple, Inc. (www.apple.com), June 2006-December 2007
Software Engineer, iPhone Mobile Internet Technologies
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Was involved in writing and designing major portions of Safari for iPhone and
the associated web development platform. I handled such tasks as creating a web
event model that made sense on a multi-touch screen, as well as architecting a
number of developer oriented features, such as the viewport meta tag and the debug
console.
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Arcaeum, LLC, 2005-Present
Founder/President, Head Developer
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Started a software development company and lead the development of a major
product yet to be released in 2006. Aside from design and programming work,
I also did a great deal of managing of the corporate side of the company
and was responsible for securing the necessary angel capital to start it.
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Tryst Open Source Project (www.trystx.com), 2003-2004
Head Programmer/Founder
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Created an open source and freely available program for broadcasting and
collaboratively watching movies over a campus network that employs Apple's
Bonjour (formerly Rendezvous) networking technology.
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California State University Fullerton, 2002
Programming Assistant (Unpaid Intern)
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Managed and implemented conversion of MANIA gene-sequencing application
from hyperstacks to Mac OS X and Cocoa.
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Freelance Web Design, 2000-2004
Self-employed
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Created web sites for a number of scientific and educational
institutions, including SDMG (San Diego Microbiology Group) and the
National Center for Biotechnology, Spain.
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HONORS AND AWARDS
- University of Southern California Trustee Full-Tuition Scholarship
- Rose Hills Foundation Scholarship
- WWDC 2005 Apple Student Scholarship
- Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society
- Upsilon Pi Epsilon Computer Science Honor Society
- Golden Key International Honor Society
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REFERENCES
Available upon request.
