With 8 years of exposure to the software development field of the technology industry, I possess deep knowledge of the ins and outs of the software development life cycle, development and testing methodologies, and the process of designing world-class applications, to name a few. I align myself very closely with the philosophy of "winning friends and influencing people," as written in Dale Carnegie's influential book of a similar name.With a background in software quality, I understand the importance of clean, robust and efficient code and its competitive advantages. I practice the Quality Assistance model of work popularized by Atlassian, which requires both software and quality engineers to take responsibility for their collective output and allows them to perform their roles in more meaningful ways.* Demonstrated passion for Android and internet technologies through the completion of projects involving the Android framework, Java, JavaScript, and REST API consumption methodologies, among other tools and paradigms* Reduced the size of a 6-month-long backlog of software quality issues by 45% in less than 2 months upon rejoining Paladin Logic