Ryan Christensen

Current

Sr Web Developer / Interactive Developer / Engineer at Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment
Owner at drawk llc

Past

Senior Application Architect/Director Products and Technology Innovation R&D at eMarketing / Bridgeware
Research Developer at PrizeLogic, LLC
Web Architect and Media Designer/Programmer at iPhysicianNet

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Education

Arizona State University
University of Phoenix

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Ryan Christensen’s Summary

web, interactive, game + mobile application developer, designer and architect.

I thrive on new technology markets and platforms that are business ready today and futures based for tomorrow.

Ryan Christensen’s Specialties:

software architecture, product ideas and development, media development, game development, game design, web design and development, financial software, encryption, user interface, consumer software, business to business enterprise software, configuration management, team software, community software, syndication services, marketing systems, interactive technologies (flash/silverlight/haXe), 3d technologies for the web (Flash/Unity 3D,/Torque 3D), standards, RFC implementation and more!

Ryan Christensen’s Experience

Sr Web Developer / Interactive Developer / Engineer

Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment

(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

Work on Cheyenne Mountain Games properties such as Handcranked Games, Firesky Publishing and other web games and online communities.

Web development, game development, interactive development, research and development, data and architecture, web services RESTful. Flash, Unity3D, Director, Python, PHP, MySql, Google AppEngine, Facebook, OpenSocial, and more.
Owner

drawk llc

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1999 — Present (10 years 2 months)

Consulting, design and development shop that primarily contracts or subcontracts for professional programming and design.

*drawcode (drawcode.com) specializes in web services, web applications, web development, and web design on web standards. Clients in (X)HTML, Javascript, Ajax. Web services in web-ready APIs for syndication and platform creation with REST or SOAP. Interactive and web applications in Flash (Actionscript3), Silverlight, Ajax/jQuery. Apps for iPhone. Python, PHP, .NET/Mono/C#, Ruby. Cloud/document databases CouchDB, BigTable, SimbleDB or RDBMSs MySQL, MSSQL, Postgres, Oracle.

*drawlabs (drawlabs.com) is a web, mobile and multiplayer game development studio developing, designing and progressing games and game engines in Flash (AS3), Silverlight, Unity 3D, Torque 3D and more. Mobile games for iPhone.
Senior Application Architect/Director Products and Technology Innovation R&D

eMarketing / Bridgeware

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

June 2000 — May 2008 (8 years)

Developed SDLC enterprise code for Kraft, ACCO, GP,Novartis, Forever Living, Schiff Vitamins, others using .NET, Java, Python, PHP and backends MS SQL, Oracle, MySql, PostgresSQL and cloud DBs couchDB, BigTable etc.

Developed websites, games, game engines and interactives in Flash, Silverlight and (X)HTML/Javascript/AJAX such as games for advergames and online promotions.

Develop and research original code base for prizelogic.com online promotions promotion engines and clients.

Developed and research original code base and systems for sampletize.com mobile content products.
Research Developer

PrizeLogic, LLC

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2004 — 2008 (4 years)

Architected and developed first iteration of Prizelogic instant win engine, server and clients. Developed many apis and services for use in all platforms (.net, php, java, python). Developed and designed many games and game engines used in promotions.
Web Architect and Media Designer/Programmer

iPhysicianNet

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1995 — June 2000 (5 years 1 month)

Developed and designed website, intranet, illustrations, marketing materials and strategy, and tools to manage e-detailing with video conferencing between doctors, pharmaceuticals.

Manage media, configurations, media programming for visual aids. Integrate Flash, PDF, Video into eDetailing system for keeping media technology up to date and effective.

Ryan Christensen’s Education

Arizona State University

MSE , Software Engineering / Computer Science , 2007 — 2009

MSE in software engineering/computer science from ASU.
University of Phoenix

BS CS , Computer Science / Technology , 2003 — 2006

Attended MCC, SCC in quest for college degree. Originally had a scholarship in illustration/design for 2 years, switched to computer design/systems and then got job in software/media programming to eventually pay for the rest of college, finished BS at UoP to move on to ASU.

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Ryan Christensen’s Interests:

programming, technology, designing, illustration, media, software as a service, programming platforms, virtual machines, flash, games, website development, haXe, frameworks, marketing tools, 3d, rendering, vector technologies, standards, software development