Career Profile
A vision-driven software engineering consultant with 15+ years of experience designing and implementing software solutions for leading organizations. Growth-focused thought leadership with expertise spanning general software development, mobile app development, customer relationship building, and employee mentorship / training. Designed and re-wrote a flagship consumer Android app from scratch that decreased app size by 40%, reduced daily crash count by 96%, and increased store app rating from 3.5 to 4.6.
Core Competencies
Native mobile development
Cross-platform mobile development
Web API development
App store management
Continuous integration / continuous delivery (CI/CD)
Cloud management
DevOps
Technical lead
Work Experience
- Software engineering consultant specializing in mobile development and general C# development.
- Shown expertise in native Android development using Kotlin.
- Shown expertise in applying DevOps principles to mobile development.
- Shown expertise in cross platform mobile development using Xamarin.iOS/Xamarin.Android and Xamarin.Forms.
- Converting a flagship consumer mobile application from Xamarin.iOS/Xamarin.Android to Xamarin.Forms
- Team lead for the Android development team bridging communication between 5 on-site developers and 3 off-shore developers.
- Established code review procedures, designed and built continuous automated builds, designed high level architecture for MyBSWHealth 4.0.
- Developed and implemented team coding standards and processes.
- Reduced legacy MyBSWHealth 3.0 *.apk size from over 40MB to 24MB.
- Improved legacy MyBSWHealth 3.0 crash count from approximately 300 crashes a day to less than 10 crashes a day.
- Increased Google Play app rating from 3.5 to 4.6 as team lead and main architect for the MyBSWHealth 4.0 re-write.
- Demonstrated expertise in Microsoft .NET technologies and mobile development using the Xamarin platform.
- Re-wrote and deployed the iOS and Android apps for Cinemark Theatres USA.
- Established baseline architecture of the Android app for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana.
- Built trusting relationships with clients through clear communication and delivering solutions to meet needs.
- Communicated effectively with managers and business partners on the strategy, priorities, deliverables, and timelines.
- Mentored, motivated, and trained 5 software developers.
- Created maintained efficient schedules for projects.
- Streamlined processes to improve efficiency and ensure daily goals were met.
- Designed and implemented engineering test software for cooled and uncooled infrared focal plane arrays, uncooled modules, and a variety of test equipment.
- Demonstrated expertise in technologies including the Microsoft .NET Framework (1.1, 2.0, & 3.5) using C# and/or VB.NET, Visual Basic 6, C, and Managed C++.
- Migrated numerous engineering software components from Visual Basic 6 to C#.
- Collaborated with client JCPenney Corporation as a software deployment specialist.
- Demonstrated expertise in Altiris Deployment Solution software to develop software deployment packages.
- Applied expertise in technologies including VBScript, and proprietary Altiris technologies.
Mobile Apps
Mobile applications published on Google Play and/or Apple App Store.
MyBSWHealth for Android
- Developed flagship consumer app for patients and health plan members of Baylor Scott & White Health with features including: Scheduling doctor appointments, viewing health medical records, viewing/paying medical bills, viewing health plan details and claims, and ordering/refilling drug prescriptions through BSWHealth retail pharmacies.
- Built a native Android app using Kotlin, Android Studio, React Native, TypeScript, and Microsoft Code Push for real time code deployments.
- Served as Android Team Lead and designed high level architecture, approved code reviews, developed branching/merging strategy, built automated app builds, and established team coding standards and best practices.
- Demonstrated expertise in SDKs: MyChart EmbedKit, Dagger 2, Retrofit 2, Firebase Crashlytics, Google Analytics.
- Increased Google Play Store rating rose from an average of 3.5 to 4.6 through the program rewriting.
Cinemark Theatres
- Designed the official app for Cinemark Theatres USA that allows customers to search for Cinemark movie theaters, view movie show times, purchase tickets, and earn rewards using CineMode.
- Applied expertise in Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android, and MvvmCross framework.
- Served as main iOS developer and contributing • Android developer.
- Designed and implemented common code sharing techniques (Model-View-ViewModel, Dependency Injection).
- Created automated app builds using Jenkins, and set the baseline for automated UI Tests using Xamarin.UITest and Xamarin Test Cloud.
- Incorporated the following SDKs: MvvmCross, Google Analytics, various Xamarin Plugins (Connectivity, Permissions, etc).
- Improved UI responsiveness and nominated for a Xammy Award for Best Consumer App at Xamarin Evolve 2014 through this re-write.
https://customers.microsoft.com/en-in/story/cinemark-media-and-telecommunications-xamarin
Texas3006 for Android
- Developed a companion app for Texas3006.com which sends Texans who are licensed to carry notifications of businesses where they are not legally allowed to carry.
- Designed features including: proximity alerts using geofencing, users submitting new entries, adding user comments to entries, and viewing submitted entries.
- Demonstrated expertise in Xamarin.Android and the MvvmCross framework.
- Designed and implemented automated builds using Microsoft App Center as sole Android developer.
- Incorporated the following SDKs: MvvmCross, Google Analytics, Microsoft App Center Crash Reporting, Google Maps, Google Places, SQLite.Net, Google Geofencing.
- Achieved average Google Play rating 4.6 with over • 12,000 installs.
DORBA Mobile
- Built an Android application for the Dallas Off-Road Bicycle Association (DORBA) which allows mountain biking enthusiasts in the Dallas/Fort Worth area to view mountain bike trial conditions, trail weather conditions, view upcoming DORBA events, and join DORBA.
- Employed expert knowledge of Kotlin, and Android Studio.
- Designed views, view models, and repositories which consumed RESTful web services hosted on www.dorba.org to make viewing of local mountain bike trail conditions mobile friendly.
- Incorporated the following SDKs: Android Architecture Components (ViewModel, LiveData, Room), Retrofit 2, Kotlin Coroutines, Google Maps, Firebase Crashlytics, Firebase Analytics, DarkSky Weather API
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana
- Developed an Android application which allowed users to view health plan information, view claim details, and search for doctors and urgent care.
- Demonstrated expertise in Xamarin.Android.
- Designed and implemented baseline architecture and code sharing techniques with the iOS developers.
- Collaborated with the BCBSLA team for an in-house take-over.
Skills
C# / .NET Core
Kotlin
TypeScript
.NET Web API
React Native
Expo
Xamarin.iOS / Xamarin.Android / Xamarin.Forms
.NET MAUI
Native Android
Azure App Services
Azure App Configuration
Azure Functions
Visual Studio 2022
Visual Studio Code
Azure DevOps
Visual Studio App Center
App Store Connect
Google Play
Firebase Crashlytics
Entity Framework
Awards
Awarded the RBA Start of Excellence for outstanding leadership and dedication to customer service. 1 of 5 awarded out of 300+ employees.
Inducted into the 2014 RBA President's Club for oustanding leadership, technical expertise, and customer project delivery. 1 of 50 inducted out of 300+ employees.
2nd quarter award for "Best In Show". Delivered the Cinemark Theatres app that was nominated for Xammy Award for Best Consumer App at Xamarin Evolve 2014.
4th quarter award for "Fan Favorite" after receiving numerous commendations from clients.