Tyler Freeman is an inventor, engineer, designer, and artist who specializes in creating interfaces that bring the body closer to the machine.
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9/2005-6/2007Santa Cruz, CA |
Digital Arts and New Media M.F.A. University of California, Santa CruzThesis project: Doodler, an online social network based on collaborative drawing and art, written in Flash and PHP. |
9/2001-6/2005Santa Cruz, CA |
Computer Science B.A. University of California, Santa CruzGraduated with Highest Honors in the Major and College Honors (GPA: 3.9) |
Proficient in: Java, Kotlin, Typescript/Javascript, React/Angular/jQuery/RxJS, three.js/WebGL, d3/dataviz, Python, C/C++, C#, SQL, Postgres, PostGIS, Objective-C, PHP, Max/MSP/Jitter
Platforms and frameworks: Android, Wear OS, iOS, Amazon Web Services, Firebase, Google Cloud, Machine Learning/Tensorflow, ARM microcontrollers, Arduino, Processing, OpenFrameworks, Microsoft .NET, ASP, Reactive Programming, Flash/Actionscript, Photoshop, Sketch, Figma, After Effects, Final Cut Pro.
12/16 – currentSan Francisco, CA |
Senior Software Engineer & UX Designer Google - Wear OSSenior UX engineer and SWE on the next Wear OS smartwatches.
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1/16 – 12/16San Mateo, CA |
Software Engineer & UX Designer Cronologics (Acquired by Google)Smartwatch startup that developed and shipped the CoWatch.
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4/13 – 1/16San Francisco, CA |
CTO & Co-founder Tappur
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9/12 – 9/13San Francisco, CA |
Software Architect BandPage
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3/11 – 9/13San Francisco, CA |
CTO & Co-founder MondoWindow
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7/07 – 3/11San Francisco, CA |
Web Developer Mediatrope Design StudiosBackend/frontend programming, art production, database admin, web server admin, hardware troubleshooting. Website Samples:
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1/10 – 8/10Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Artist in Residence The Patching ZoneCollaborating with other artists on digital art projects, teaching urban youths about digital art and technology with workshops. |
4/06 – 6/06, 1/07 – 4/07Santa Cruz, CA |
Teacher’s Assistant for Music and the WWW Music Department, UCSCSetup before class, grading, help students with projects/questions in lab. |
9/06 – 12/06Santa Cruz, CA |
Teacher’s Assistant for Intro to Digital Art Film and Digital Media Dept., UCSCLeading discussion sections, grading, helping students in office hours, writing tutor. |
3/06 – 6/06Santa Cruz, CA |
Installation Engineer Unnatural Selection Project Group, UCSCCreating hardware and software for motor control, projected visuals and sound processing. Building installation in a gallery space. |
6/05 – 12/06Scotts Valley, CA |
Software Engineer Borland SoftwareProgramming scripts for building various help formats from XML. Developed and maintained DocBuilder, a program used to automate and simplify build scripts for end-users. |
6/04 – 6/05Scotts Valley, CA |
Tech Writer Borland SoftwareTech writing help files, tutorials, and example programs for Web Services in Delphi and C# for Microsoft .NET |
1/06 – 3/06Santa Cruz, CA |
Teacher’s Assistant for Music, Politics and Protest Music Department, UCSCSetup before class, grading, help writing exams. |
10/03 – 9/05Santa Cruz, CA |
Web Developer and Sales/Technology Associate JR TechieSales, customer service, website design, building and fixing computers. |
1/02 – 3/05Santa Cruz, CA |
Web Developer Instructional Tech. Center, UCSCDesign websites, tech support, teaching faculty about various technologies. |
6/98 - currentSan Francisco, CA |
Owner/Web Developer Absolute Zero Web DesignWeb design, sales, customer service, advertising, bookkeeping Supervisor: Tyler Freeman, Owner |
1/03-3/03Santa Cruz, CA |
Computer Programming Tutor/Grader Computer Science Department, UCSCGrading, help students with homework and programming. |
6/98-7/01Truckee, CA |
Photographer's Assistant/ Videographer Freeman PhotographyAssist photographer at weddings, portraits. Also film weddings and take pictures as secondary photographer. |