Brent is an accomplished software developer, architect, development lead, mentor, and speaker with over 10 years of experience in developing innovative solutions for mobile, web, and desktop platforms. He is well versed in mobile and cross-platform development with Xamarin, Microsoft, and native technologies as well as back-end API development with Microsoft technologies. Additionally, Brent has presented on numerous topics, including Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms, Universal Windows Platform, and native Android development at several technical conferences, code camps, and user groups around the country, including VSLive! and Modern Apps Live! in Orlando and Las Vegas.Brent plays a variety of roles on software projects. Before development begins, he helps envision, plan, and estimate projects to ensure there is a complete understanding of the scope of the work. He also helps guide the decision of the platform and technology to best suit each application.As an architect, he strives to create scalable, testable application architectures with clean separation of concerns. As a development team lead, he juggles the responsibilities of mentoring the team, reviewing their code, coordinating their work, interfacing with other teams, reviewing requirements, and working with product owners and business analysts to ensure user stories are written effectively. As a developer, he aims to develop clean, testable code that meets requirements and will be easy to maintain. As an overall software professional, Brent continually works to learn and improve by keeping tabs on current trends and practices.