I am a Full-Stack Web & Mobile Engineer.
Name:
Christopher D. Robison
Location:
San Francisco, California, USA
I have a passion for leveraging technology to solve real world problems. I had my first paid software development job at age 15, building an application for a local inventor for tracking his investors and sales. I am a full stack engineer who is just as comfortable configuring a Linux server, adminstrating a database or adding CSS3 transitions to a website as I am depoying a Java application, writing a websocket server for node.js or managing a team of software engineers. My mobile development skills include both iOS and Android environments with published apps in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
I am personable engineers who actually listens and understands how to balance business needs with those of the end user. I have enough experience to be able to see the big picture yet still hands-on enough to implement everything myself if necessary. I have many years experience managing software development teams of various sizes but I still like to get my hands dirty with some coding. Software engineers are notorious for being difficult to manage but, being one myself, I know how to speak their language. I am currently looking for my next career adventure someplace where my extensive experience and skillset can be used to its fullest capacity.
“Protons give an atom its identity, electrons its personality.”
- Bill Bryson, A short history of nearly everything
March, 2020 - December, 2020
Chief Technology Officer [CTO]
July, 2010 - March, 2020
Manager, Software Engineering
Having worked at the same company for 10 years I wore many hats and performed many roles. By the time my team was cut due to COVID-19, I was responsible for architecting the infrastructure and code that serves millions of mobile and rich media ads each day. The following are descriptions of just a few of the roles and accomplishments I feel highlight my time there.
Sept, 2007 - July, 2010
Web Architect
Initially brought in for a 3 month contract to architect and migrate the Mindjet website from PHP to an ASP.Net solution. My role quickly grew into heading up Mindjet's foray into the Software as a Service (SaaS) arena-- Mindjet Catalyst. Mindjet Catalyst is web-based mindmapping software that allows real-time multi-person sharing, collaboration and editing of mindmaps without leaving your browser. The Catalyst client canvas is written in Flash and written to via Javascript frameworks and API's which handle communication with the server. The system has been designed such that it is poised to utilize only open standards with HTML5, CSS3, canvas/VML and SVG. Server-side built with Java/JSP however a large portion of the account handling still resides on the .Net platform requiring the definition and build-out of RESTful services to bridge the two systems.
April, 2006 - Sept, 2007
President / Founder / Architect / Engineer
August, 2004 - April, 2006
Technical Director
December, 2001 - June, 2004
Technical Director
May, 2000 - November, 2001
Software Architect / Technical Director
In addition to the engineering and administration duties listed above, I was also responsible for the architecture of their network infrastructure in addition to developing the software and business processes to manage and maintain the companies website, stock trading web application, customer service web application and the corporate intranet. Lead team of developers and engineers to build out a customized NetOASIS web-based CRM application, a trouble-ticketing systems (for automated work flow and business process automation), a web based site administration tool and a number of other web-based applications which empowered the end-user to perform much of their own administration (such as changing passwords, mailing list memberships, etc).
April, 1998 - May, 2000
Senior Web Developer / Administrator
June, 1996 - March, 1998
Web Engineer
Slip.Net Account Control Center: OFFLINE Slip.Net Signup Wizard: OFFLINE Find POP Modem Dialup Number: OFFLINE
May, 1995 - May, 1996
Founder / Chief Developer
December, 1994 - July, 1995
Senior Developer / Systems Administrator
Aug 1988 - Jun 1991
Computer Science Chico, CA
Aug 1989 - Jun 1991
Computer Science / General Education Oroville, CA
“Life without knowledge is death in disguise.”
- Talib Kweli
“You can do anything you set your mind to.”
- Benjamin Franklin
An online multiplayer variation on the old classic. Simple yet fun!
Tags:
Development, Games, Messaging
A labor of love, this website is a compilation of published poetry written by my great-grandmother, Helen Frazee-Bower, during the 1920's and 1930's.
Tags:
Development, Poetry, HTML5
This game is what would happen if Tetris and Scrabble had a baby. Available in the App Store and Google Play.
Tags:
Development, Games, Mobile, App
“Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.”
-Stephen Covey
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses. ”
- Henry Ford