Jim Dovey

Current

• iPhone Developer at pinch/zoom
• Freelance Software Engineer at Alan Quatermain (Self-employed)
• Lead Developer at Morfunk, LLC

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Past

• Software Development Manager at Hi Resolution Software, Inc.
• Senior Software Engineer at Informal Ltd.

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Computer Software

Jim Dovey’s Summary

Systems and applications software engineer, working mostly with Mac OS X. I have worked on various levels, from raw ABIs and linkers to networking protocols to application UIs. I have previously worked on Windows, Palm OS, and Linux. My recent work has been chiefly focussed around the iPhone and the Apple TV. Also known by the alias of 'Alan Quatermain', under which name I have written software for the Apple TV and taught others to do the same, as part of the AwkwardTV project.

Jim Dovey’s Specialties:

C family of programming languages (C, C++, Objective-C)
Macintosh development (Carbon & Cocoa)
Network protocols
Run-time linkers & loaders
Self-modifying code (PowerPC and Intel)

Jim Dovey’s Experience

• iPhone Developer

  pinch/zoom

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  April 2009 — Present (9 months)

  Brought into the team along with David Kaneda as principal native iPhone application developer.

• Freelance Software Engineer

  Alan Quatermain (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  After leaving Hi Resolution I launched my own freelance software business, and have undertaken contracts involving the Macintosh, iPhone and the Apple TV.

• Lead Developer

  Morfunk, LLC

  (Computer Software industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  Morfunk, based in Philadelphia, was formed to create iPhone applications, initially based around the web
  services of developer 37signals. Our first product, Outpost (www.outpostapp.com) is under active
  development, due to be released in September 2008, and will provide native on- and off-line management of
  Basecamp (www.basecamphq.com) projects.

• Software Development Manager

  Hi Resolution Software, Inc.

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  September 2001 — May 2008 (6 years 9 months)

  Designing and implementing network-based computer and user management software for the Macintosh platform.

• Senior Software Engineer

  Informal Ltd.

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  May 1999 — July 2001 (2 years 3 months)