I primarily develop for iOS; I've dabbled with other platforms such as Android and Web.
University of Waterloo alumnus of the Honours Software Engineering Program [Co-op] (Class of 2014).
Mobile Developer @ Working on all aspects of the core Kik iOS client. From January 2013 to Present (3 years) Mobile Application Developer @ • Led the development of the Toronto International Film Festival app for Blackberry from
concept to launch. Shipped Aug. 27, 2012. (http://tiff.net/app)
• Maintained and developed the 1Thing app iOS front end. Shipped Aug. 22, 2012.
(http://1thingapp.com)
• Led an initiative to evaluate integration testing frameworks for use in the mobile development
process.
• Participated in an internal experiment to evaluate the pair programming development
technique From May 2012 to August 2012 (4 months) Developer @ · Started creation of a new version of the Rocketr application for iPad; user interface created primarily
using XIBs, as well as utilizing new features provided by iOS 5.0.
· Designed and implemented a CoreData instance to serve as the persistent storage for the
application, involved communication with lead web developer on a RESTful API for both the
mobile and web application.
· Spearheaded large-scale refactor and port of existing iPhone logic to the revised model of the
iPad version.
· Responsible for adding new features into the iPhone version, as well as bug fixes. From September 2011 to December 2011 (4 months) Programmer / Analyst @ · Returned for second work term with the INOVAS team.
· Developed embedded proprietary media player using the DirectShow library.
· Enhanced program functionality with Excel automation using COM Interop.
· Designed and implemented new application navigator using GDI+ .
· Tasked with database management and reporting through SQL Server and Crystal Reports. From January 2011 to April 2011 (4 months) Programmer / Analyst @ · Worked closely with the Lead Developer in implementing new features and bug fixes to the
INOVAS product, a ~500'000 line of code, mission-critical enterprise software system.
· Significantly improved the core UI aspects of the product; implemented a "ScreenPanel"
control that allowed for modularity of the UI and improved overall aesthetics.
· Prepared the product to be localizable and assisted in the first localization to the German
language.
· Created dynamic reports for statistical data stored in SQL databases.
· Learned the inner workings of "fleet management" for public transport systems. From May 2010 to August 2010 (4 months) Instructor Assistant @ • Educated students in various levels of mathematics
• Conducted training programs for new assistants From September 2007 to June 2009 (1 year 10 months)
Bachelor's Degree, Software Engineering @ University of Waterloo From 2009 to 2014 Diploma; AB @ John G. Diefenbaker High School From 2007 to 2009 Anthony Wong is skilled in: Objective-C, iOS development, Xcode, C, C++, C#, Java, VHDL, MIPS, Visual Basic, Visual Studio, Android Development, Eclipse, Github, Version Control
Websites:
http://awong.ca