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Daniel Bear

Background

I'm a software developer with an interest in user-facing products and services. I enjoy building and prototyping things quickly. My ideal is to work across a variety of components and technologies -- apps, sites, and services.

Lately I've been using C#, Objective-C, and JavaScript/CoffeeScript, but I have experience in Python, Java, Ruby, ActionScript, C/C++, and SQL. I've worked on content experiences for news and video across mobile, desktop, and living room devices. I'm always up for new challenges.

I strive to be an independent worker and capable leader. When I have free time, I enjoy family, playing guitar, cooking, taking my dogs hiking, and reading fiction.

Education

University of California, Los Angeles, 2007
Bachelor of Science (Computer Science, Management) magna cum laude

Experience

Technical Lead, Snapchat Present

Software Engineer, Flipboard 2013 to 2015

Led team that built Flipboard for Windows 8 and Windows Phone
Shipped Briefing app for Android phones and tablets, bundled on Samsung Galaxy S6, Note 4, and other models
Contributor to Flipboard iOS app, implementing various features and bug fixes
Built internal prototypes for experimental product features
Code contributor to other projects: flipboard.com, Android app, internal tools, etc
Primary technical contact for Microsoft and Nokia

Principal Development Lead, Hulu 2011 to 2013

Projects

Led team that built Hulu Plus applications for gaming consoles, set-top boxes, smart TVs, and Blu-ray players:
- Built applications for PS3, Wii U, Roku, Wii, TiVo, Samsung, Vizio, WD TV, LG, RCA, and others
- Web service and client application for AppleTV
- Web service application for Sony Bravia TV and Blu-ray players
- Web service that handles application updates and A/B source targeting
Primary technical contact for Microsoft team building two versions of Hulu Plus for Xbox 360; transitioned codebase to Hulu
Primary technical contact for all OEM, ODM, SoC partner interactions

Lead

Founding lead of Connected Devices group, growing team to 10 developers
Co-founded Seattle office, growing team to 30
Member of dev leads group responsible for tech recruiting, open source involvement, and company engineering practices
Wrote initial version and maintained open sourced Ectyper , a Tornado-based image manipulation service
Participated in Hackathon projects, three of which are used in production
Code contributor to other projects: hulu.com video player (Flash, AS3), external partner analytics portal (C#, extJS, Flex), internal metadata processing portal (ASP.NET), Super Bowl ad zone, etc

Patents

U.S. Patent 8775672 , Architecture for Simulation of Network Conditions for Video Delivery, filed June 2012
U.S. Patent 9055313 , Device Activation Using Encoded Representation, filed May 2013
U.S. Patent Application 20100303440 , Method and Apparatus for Simultaneously Playing a Media Program and an Arbitrarily Chosen Seek Preview Frame, filed May 2009
U.S. Patent Application 20130339500 , Simulation of Network Conditions for Video Delivery, filed June 2012
U.S. Patent Application 20140156805 , Remote Automated Updates for an Application, filed May 2013

Software Engineer, Hulu 2008 to 2011

Hulu Desktop

First 10ft Hulu experience, optimized for use with Apple or Windows Media Center remote controls
Built Flash application with custom UI and playback (ActionScript 3)
Maintained native OS host applications handling system functionality on Windows (C++), OS X (Objective-C), and Linux (C)

Consultant, Deloitte & Touche LLP 2006, 2007 - 2008

Implemented security solutions for enterprise applications and identity management packages
Performed formalized testing of applications/systems and documented findings

Web Chair/Designer, ACM Sigmobile MobiCom 2006 2005 - 2006

Designed/created website , coordinating updates for international organizing committee
Embedded Google Maps to present local area restaurants/attractions (KML, Google Maps API)

Senior Graphic Designer, UCLA Daily Bruin Ad Production Department 2004 - 2005

Conceptualized and created advertisement and page designs
Performed unsupervised night post-production and final QA for daily circulation of 20,000

Side Projects

Bark Monitor Present

iPad app that monitors recorded audio and notifies user of spikes
Used APIs for audio record/playback, CoreData; used Core Plot, AFNetworking libraries
Real-time web portal and mailer service (Rails, MongoDB, Bootstrap, Heroku)

Wood Words 2010

iPhone word game in which a drag gesture is used to highlight words in the grid of available letters
Backend for high scores leaderboard, usage analytics, and bug reporting on Google App Engine

Math Psychic 2009

iPhone simple navigation controller app that predicts the number in mind by using elementary algebra
Integrated AdMob for banner display ads