Résumé

Snapshot

Paris is the co-author of ‘iPhone and iPad Game Development For Dummies’ (in the bestselling technology series), an upcoming Cocoa & Objective-C (for Mac and iPhone) book and a book on Unity Game Development.

Paris is co-founder of Secret Lab Pty. Ltd., leading production and design efforts in the mobile game and app development space. A frequent speaker at conferences, workshops and training sessions, Paris enjoys discussing engineering, product development, design and other facets of the mobile and game development worlds.

Between 2009 and 2011, Paris led mobile product design and development with Meebo, one of fastest growing media companies (Meebo reaches almost half of all Internet users in the US).

Paris is a guru on ‘gamification’ (the annoying buzzword of the moment) and enjoys delivering presentations and consulting sessions on the topic worldwide.

Paris founded and led ithinkitworks P/L from 2001 to 2008, spearheading product development and design efforts on a variety of platforms including desktop Linux, Windows, Mac OS, Palm OS, Windows Mobile/Pocket PC and others.

Paris is also a highly experienced software developer, product and project manager. Key experiences include Objective-C/Cocoa on the Macintosh and iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad platforms, Java on Blackberry and Google Android and C# on Windows Mobile. Open GL ES and Unity are also favourites.

Currently, Paris undertaking a graduate research candidacy (PhD) at the University of Tasmania. His research area is technology assisted information management and tool design. The expected completion date is 2013-2014.

Selected Activities

• 2000 – 2008 – Founded ithinkITworks, Freelance Software Development business. Lead developer on numerous varied projects in C#, .NET, Windows Mobile, Cocoa, Mac, Windows, Gnome, KDE, GTK+, Qt and others.
• 2008 – Founded Secret Lab, a independent game and application development studio for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android, web, Mac and PC.
• 2008 – Java, Programming & Problem Solving, and Programming Data Structures help session leader (teaching assistant/tutor) for Computing students at the University of Tasmania.
• 2009 – Class tutor and marker (teaching assistant) for Artificial Intelligence (third-year unit), Software Construction (second-year unit) and Computer Graphics & Animation (third-year unit) units at the University of Tasmania.
• 2010-2011 – Leading Secret Lab in a variety of ventures based in Australia and the United States while writing iPhone and iPad Game Development for Dummies and Unity Mobile Game Development for Everyone and researching (towards a PhD in Computing).

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts (History) – Bachelor of Computing Combined Degree (Graduated 2007)
• Bachelor of Computing with First Class Honours (Graduated 2008)
• Doctor of Philosophy (Computing) Candidate (Commenced 2009, expected completion 2012)

Selected Conferences and Presentations

• Apple University Consortium /dev/world/2008 – Melbourne- September, 2008
• Three-day Professional Training Workshop – REALbasic – November, December 2008 – Melbourne and Sydney
• Australian Computer Society (ACS) IT in the Club Public Presentation – March, 2009
• State Library of Tasmania, Social Networking Public Presentation – National Youth Week – April, 2009
• UTAS, Public Lecture Series (Social Networking Lecture) – National ICT Careers Week – July 2009
• UTAS, 90 Seconds of Fame – National Science Week – August, 2009
• Apple University Consortium /dev/world/2009 – Canberra – September, 2009
• OZCHI 2009 – Melbourne – November, 2009
• Apple University Consortium CreateWorld 2009 – Brisbane – December, 2009
• Three-day Professional Training Workshop – Unity – Sydney – December, 2009
• Three-day iPhone Boot Camp – Melbourne – December, 2009
• iPad Discussion – iPhone Boot Camp Developers’ Town Hall Meeting – San Francisco – January, 2010
• Three-day Professional Training Workshop – Unity – Melbourne – May, 2010
• Three-day Professional Training Workshop – Unity – Brisbane – May, 2010
• Three-day Professional Training Workshop – iOS – San Francisco – July, 2010
• Three-day Professional Training Workshop – iOS – New York City – August, 2010
• Apple University Consortium /dev/world/2010 – Melbourne – September, 2010
• OZCHI 2010 – Brisbane – November, 2010
• Apple University Consortium CreateWorld 2010 – Brisbane – December, 2010
• XMediaLab Sweden 2011 – Malmo, Sweden – January, 2011
• Interation 11, the IxDA Conference – Boulder, CO – February, 2011
• NordicGame 2011 – Malmo, Sweden – May, 2011
• OSCON 2011 – Portland, Oregon – July, 2011
• UXAustralia 2011 – Sydney – August, 2011
• Swipe Conference 2011 – Melbourne – September, 2011
• TasICT Technology Tasmania 2011 – Hobart – September, 2011
• Apple University Consortium /dev/world/2011 – Melbourne – September, 2011
• WebDirections South – Sydney – October, 2011
• OSDC 2011 – Canberra – October, 2011
• Apple University Consortium CreateWorld 2011 – Brisbane – November, 2011

Publications, Posters and Writing

• The Pile of Least Effort: Supporting Lived Document Management Practices, Proceedings of OZCHI 2009, Melbourne, Australia – November, 2009
• Avoiding Creepy People: Social Networks Increasing the Pleasure of Carpooling, Poster at OZCHI 2009, Melbourne, Australia – November, 2009
• The Hunt for Melbourne: Creating Tourists, Winning poster at OZCHI 2009 for the 24 hour Design Challenge, Melbourne, Australia – November, 2009
• iPhone and iPad Game Development for Dummies, Wiley Inc. – October, 2010
• Prosper, Winning poster at OZCHI 2010 for the 24 hour Design Challenge, Brisbane, Australia – November, 2010
• Gamification Do’s and Don’t for Media Evolution Gamification Pocket Guide – March, 2011
• The Serendipity Engine, Finalist poster paper at OZCHI 2011 for the 24 hour Design Challenge, Canberra, Australia – November, 2011

Affiliations

• Golden Key International Honour Society Member 2004 – present
• TUCS (The UTAS Computing Society) Secretary 2008
• TUCS (The UTAS Computing Society) Vice-President 2009
• TUCS (The UTAS Computing Society) Sponsorship & Community Officer 2010
• ACS (Australian Computer Society) – Executive Board – Tasmania 2009, 2010 and 2011 – present
• Apple University Consortium (AUC) Conferences and Activities

Selected Awards

• Hutchins School Scholarship
• UTAS Dean’s Roll of Excellence
• AUC Honours Scholarship 2008
• AUC Student Developer Scholarship 2008 – 2010
• Tasmanian Graduate Research Scholarship, 2009 – 2012 (PhD studies)
• OZCHI Design Challenge Winner – Melbourne, 2009
• OZCHI Design Challenge Winner – Brisbane, 2010
• Tas ICT Export Award 2010
• Tas ICT Innovation Award 2010
• Tas ICT Digital Media Award 2010
• Tasmanian Pearcey Award 2010
• Tas ICT 2011 Finalist

Technical Skills

• Objective-C, Cocoa on Mac OS X, iPhone and iPad
• Blackberry, Android and general mobile development
• PHP, Python and Ruby
• C, C++ on all platforms
• Java, .NET, and REALbasic
• Cg, GLSL Shader Languages
• GUI Toolits: GTK+, Qt, wxWidgets

Other Skills

• Strong presenter and technical trainer
• Strong object-oriented design and programming skills
• Strong flexible grasp of English, including analytical, research writing and copywriting
• Strong understanding of HCI and usability issues in software design

Other Qualifications

• St. John Ambulance Emergency First Aid (Workplace Level 1)
• United States of America Visa holder, entitled to work in the USA.
• “Hello World” Expert