Gene Crucean

Helping build the future of banking.

• Managed a team of 10 engineers and successfully delivered multiple complex projects on time and within budget, which included working with multiple 3rd party vendors.

• Managed a team of 5 external contractors, helped them integrate with the team day to day and foster a healthy culture.

• Implemented a new way to estimate project completion dates and track progress on a team by team basis. Check my website for an article I wrote about this.

• Helped lead hiring efforts for the entire engineering team.

• Helped organize Jira into a more standardized and useful tool for the team which also helped transparency and communication.

• Conducted weekly 1:1's with all team members.

• Monitored the engineering team's progress and helped remove blockers.

• Helped coordinate the marketing site development efforts.

Helped build massively white labeled native app (1000+) to help connect schools and churches to their communities.

• Re-architected >50% of the current app.

• Architected our entire CI/CD pipeline and moved from Jenkins to Gitlab (this was quite challenging and fun because of our scale).

• Helped lead meetings between the backend/api and native teams.

• iTunes Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nelnet-community-engagement/id1548018647

Responsible for drinking extremely good coffee... and also helping create a next-gen grocery shopping experience.

• Built entire client side ApplePay experience.

• Helped build entire checkout experience.

• Helped build entire In-Store experience.

• Helped build entire Scan Bag Go experience.

• Helped build KrogerPay experience.

• Initiated and helped migrate the CI/CD pipeline from Jenkins to Gitlab/Fastlane across 18 different banners (Kroger owned companies).

• Helped coordinate features across many teams via OKR's.

• iTunes Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kroger/id403901186?mt=8

Social Media Influencer Network

• Setup entire infrastructure, (issue trackers, team communication, Continuous integration/deployment, Full AWS stack, Heroku, etc.).

• Developed native iOS client (swift based).

• Creating projections, timelines, schematics, workflow’s, naming conventions, assisted design build proper assets for mobile dev, managing entire backend development, etc. for entire company.

• Architected entire platform (iOS, Android, Backend).

• Environment: iOS 8.0 target, Swift, XCode 7, CocoaPods, Realm, Interface Builder, Instruments, Crashlytics, Charles Proxy, Agile Methodology all based on a Heroku stack consisting of Node.js (sails.js), PostgreSQL, Redis, Web sockets, and more consuming REST based API’s in JSON format.

• iTunes Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vyrl-influencer-network/id1057867611?mt=8

2nd largest distributor of NFL video content worldwide

• Code base was outsourced to India. They decided to bring it in-house and brought me on board. I took over all Apple development and had to sift through a whole lot of unknown code to get the Apple platform up to the same spec as the Windows platform.

• Developed native OSX and iOS clients (Obj-C based).

• Environment: OSX 10.9 and iOS 7.0 target, Obj-C, XCode 6, CocoaPods, Interface Builder, Instruments, Backend was .NET and served a SOAP API.

• App Link: http://desksite.com

Freelance developer based in Los Angeles.

• Mobile app development, tool creation, etc... with experience in Node.js, PostgreSQL, MySql, MongoDB, ExpressJS and AngularJS.

• CTO leadership skills. Proud member of the LA CTO Forum.

• Clients: Heinekin, Turborilla, Desk Site, Motocross Boss, Value Stack, MX Live Timing + more

• Environment: Swift, Objective-C, XCode 7, CocoaPods, Interface Builder, Instruments, Crashlytics, Charles Proxy, Agile Methodology, typically utilizing a Node.js backend delivering REST based API’s in JSON format.

• iTunes Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mad-skills-motocross-2/id695531774?mt=8

• Desktop app Link: http://desksite.com

Demo Reel: https://vimeo.com/12955586

• VFX/CG Supervision, Technical Direction, Script dev and tool creation, lighting and rendering, comping, layout, modeling, digital sculpting (Zbrush) and character creation. Arnold expert. Managed teams up to 45 people on extremely high-stress projects with budgets in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

• Clients: Warner Bro’s, CafeFX, Quietman, Image Metrics, The Mill, Psyop, + more

• Environment: Softimage, Arnold, Nuke, Python, C++, Qt, Windows, OSX, Linux.

• Directed technical aspects of projects.

• Created in-house app’s/tools for projects.

• Created final in-movie assets.

• Environment: Softimage, Python.

• Organized and directed a team of 9 artists and animators on various projects. PDFA, DQ. Monster, Saturday Night Live (lice), Random Pepsi and Cheetos spots among others.

• Additional responsibilities included: Pre-vis, layout, modeling, digital sculpting (Mudbox & Zbrush), unwrapping, texturing, rigging, lighting, rendering, pass setup, plate tracking and fluid sym.

• Environment: Softimage, Arnold, Nuke, Javascript, Python, C++, Qt, Windows, OSX, Linux.

• Organized and directed a team of 5 artists and animators on a 4k x 4k film. Modeled 2 hero characters & 10 variations.

• Additional responsibilities included: Pre-vis, layout, modeling, digital sculpting (Mudbox & Zbrush), mapping, rigging, lighting and rendering. Setup and maintained render farm.

• Environment: 3DS Max, After Effects, Javascript, Windows.