Daniel Hooper
Toronto, ON
danielhhooper@gmail.com
github: @hoopzsz


I am a professional software developer specializing in native software
for Apple platforms.


Frenzy MIDI Sequencer
2024

https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/frenzy-midi-sequencer/id6478104544
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6ABbV_PK4Q

* Self published tool for music producers
* Uses SpriteKit to create a physics environment which then produces MIDI note data
* UI design and development with SwiftUI
* Uses MIDIKit to send and receive MIDI over the wire or Bluetooth
* Handles receiving MIDI CC data to update both the UI and Physics environment


Splay/
Sep 2022 - Oct 2023

* Design and development of SMS invitation feature
* Design and development of revamped signup/login flow to make it easier and faster to use
* Rebuilt image/text/video detail gallery with custom transitions and interactive dismissal
* Implement "activity" screen to see notifications, and to navigate to corresponding content
* Launch specific views in the app in response to opening push notifications
* Rebuilt image picker tool in the style of Instagram
* Dozens of various bug fixes and UI/design detail enhancements.


Rememe (fka Collage)
April 2022 - Feb 2023

* Day to day bug fixes and feature implementations
* Implement transition from Parse to in-house backend
* Implement new design system, improve UI compatibility between various device types
* Reimplemented text and drawing tools, built new UI paradigms like drag&delete
* Implemented undomanager in the canvas


Limelight Platform, Toronto, ON.
December 2016 - September 2019

* Responsible for the app development cycle: planning, development, and deployment
* Interviewing, hiring and onboarding other developers
* Implemented full redesign and made the mobile app cross-platform to support iPhones
* Built various camera technologies like ID and License scanning, face detection features
* Revamped text search, sorting, and filtering for large guest lists (1,000,000+ attendees)
* Foreign-language support and localization
* Built new tvOS app for custom video/image slideshows
* Various bug fixes, feature implementations, and other redesigns for UI/UX improvements