Alexander Appa Email & Phone Number

Austin, TX, US

North Ryde, NSW, AU

Working on some earth-shatteringly rad software! Projects involve bespoke applications and services that elevate experiences in niche markets. Target solutions range from grant management for non-profits to swim meet hosting and results tracking.

North Ryde, NSW, AU

• Led the development of a next generation SDK and supporting infrastructure for studios across the Aristocrat family of companies.
• Led a global, product team of developers and testers responsible for Aristocrat’s next-gen SDK, platform, and tools.
• Coordinated development efforts and managed expectations with stakeholders and customers located around the world.
• Provided architectural oversight and contributed directly to development when needed.
• Owned team messaging as well as critical communications to leadership and stakeholders.
• Owned the team hiring process, drove screening of candidates, and managed the on-site and remote interview process.

North Ryde, NSW, AU

• Led a global team of architects and developers responsible for Aristocrat’s mobile and social SDK for use on iOS devices, Android devices, and desktop browsers.
• Provided regular career guidance, set commitments and goals, conflict resolution, and carried out employee evaluations.
• Owned release management, sprint planning, costing and estimation, and milestone creation in an agile environment.
• Owned the team hiring process, drove screening of candidates, and managed the on-site and remote interview process.
• Architected and implemented next generation SDK features and services in TypeScript for desktop, mobile devices, and Node.js on Google Cloud Platform.

North Ryde, NSW, AU

• Coordinated with client and customer teams located around the world.Implemented core streaming controller library and iOS application in Swift, Objective-C, and C++.
• Designed and implemented interfaces enabling social and mobile scenarios in C++, C#, and ActionScript.
• Carried out initial iOS and Android prototyping and integration effort using C++ and ActionScript.
• Created device drivers for various types of slot machine hardware.
• Conducted research and created white papers for regulatory proposals concerning slot machine hardware and software decisions.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Was a part of a highly agile team tasked with rapid prototyping and deployment of various online services which made use of a variety of technologies such as Node.js, MongoDB, and Windows Azure.
• Additionally developed multiple solutions for data ingestion and conflation used to drive core scenarios across both Bing Mobile and Windows Phone.
• Outside of the rapid prototyping, development generally made use of C#, but did include some Objective-C and iOS development as well.
• Additionally created a variety of tools and infrastructure that enabled quick and robust testing of the team's prototyping.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Developed multiple tools and frameworks for a marketplace catalog system. Development includes automated test case generation and execution, stress and performance testing frameworks for web services and SQL stored.
• Performed detailed analysis of Marketplace catalog performance characteristics that resulted in the identification and resolution of bottlenecks as well as guidance on capacity planning.
• Created full test plans and strategies for multiple functional and performance related feature areas.
• Carried out testing of multiple functional, stress, and performance related feature areas.
• Served as scrum master and managed a 10-person scrum team.
• Managed multiple contract employees.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Developed multiple tools and frameworks for Windows Live Messenger Server. Development includes creating a Microsoft Passport emulator, multiple client communication libraries for functional and stress testing (SIP and.
• Performed detailed analysis of performance characteristics that resulted in the identification and resolution of bottlenecks as well as guidance on capacity planning.
• Created full test plans and strategies for multiple functional and performance related feature areas.
• Carried out testing of multiple functional, stress, and performance related feature areas.