Blain Hamon
1550 Bellomy St. Apt. #16
Santa Clara, Ca 95050

Tel: 408.750.7219
blainhamon@mac.com
http://unlogica.com

PROFILE
Software Engineer with over 7 years of varied experience with low- and high-level languages. Currently pursuing a career with programming for the Macintosh, including Cocoa programming in Objective C. Previous experience includes interfacing hardware and application-level programming with user interface concerns.

SKILLS
Current Software Languages:	C (6+ years), Objective C (3 years), C++ (3 years)
Previous Software Languages:	Motorola 56301 assembly, InstallShield, Visual Basic, perl, bash shell
Programming Environments/compilers: 	Xcode, Visual Studio, Visual Basic, GCC
Other:	Strong verbal, written, problem solving, crisis management, and people management skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Software Engineer Consultant, GroupSmarts LLC.,  http://memoryminer.com	2007-present
* Designed and developed help system for companyÕs flagship product, MemoryMiner, for the MacOS X
* Researched and created libraries to interface with AdobeÕs XMP, spanning Cocoa in Objective C, Core Foundation in C, and XMP in C++

Software Engineer, subcontracted by MB Consulting, Santa Clara, CA	2002-2006
* Tested and debugged prototype PCI laser-light-show controller card, routing around defects in production
* Ported assembly code to a new DSP processor, including adding new features and working around hardware defects
* Updated C-based hardware-interfacing program that served as the driver to the controller card

Software Engineer, Input, Pixel Translations, and ActionPoint, San Jose, CA	1999-2001
* Maintained and designed InstallShield-based installer software for most of companyÕs products
* Redesigned and strengthened C-based license-key code used in one of companyÕs core products, ActionPoint Dialog Server
* Designed, implemented, and supported contract-winning product, IAStamp, from design to completion

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

Personal Project: Historian	2006-present
* Designing and implementing a source-code-management client, written in Objective-C based Cocoa for MacOS X
* Created multi-threading architecture that uses the subversion repository API to access multiple repositories


Personal Project: NavigatorMouse	2008-present
* Designing and implementing Objective-C based virtual driver for the 3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator for MacOS X
* Created architecture that uses the C-based SpaceNavigator API to create events using AppleÕs CGEvent API

Site admin, unlogica.com	2007-present
* Design and maintain personal blog, ÒCode and Cars,Ó viewable at http://unlogica.com/blog/
* Wrote articles covering usability, programming techniques, and business strategies

Site admin/host, unlogic.dyndns.org	2002-2003
* Installed and maintained NetBSD 1.5.3 on dedicated server, including compiling and patching.
* Set up and hosted site that provided web space and other services for approximately 20 users.
* Designed perl and bash shell scripts for various automated activities.

EDUCATION
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering, 1999