Brian Robert Merz Email & Phone Number

Hood River, Oregon, United States

Responsible for the development and architecture of Android and iOS applications.● Effectively learned and contributed to a complex system of product codebases 100% remotely.● Architect and lead developer on a ground-up Android application in Kotlin.● Contributed to the enhancement of the Code Review/Pull Request process across the engineering team.

340 Oswego Pointe Dr. Suite 205 97034

Responsible for architecting and developing several applications using multiple languages in both team and solo development environments. ● Re-engineered a non-native iOS application which controlled networked audio input devices (microphone, DI box, etc) for live, distributed mixing of audio on stage or in a studio.● Architect and developer on LifeScore iOS application. Used location data, motion data, and other environmental variables to select and stitch musical audio snippets together for seamless transition creating an endless soundtrack to user’s real-world experience.● Re-engineered and re-designed an iOS bicycle derailleur maintenance application for OTTO Engineering using augmented reality and computer vision leading to a stable product released in the app store. ● Pitched and designed a scalable AWS hosted API and corresponding database for the OTTO Engineering iOS application enabling the customer to determine the effectiveness of key application components.● Architected and developed custom Web Portal for OTTO Engineering enabling employees to manage widgets, data, and users connected to the OTTO iOS app. ● Debugged, updated and refactored an iOS application for K12 following IMS Learning Tools Interoperability Standards to enable students to access content from multiple providers through a single interface. ● Designed and implemented plugin from specs for K12 to interface with Blackboard LTI allowing K12 to import course data.

Portland, Oregon Area

Responsible for leading teams using Agile, mentoring and managing junior developers and developing IOS applications using C# and Java. ● Reinforced Agile methodologies and best practices that enhanced team communication, product definition, release processes and enabled increased customization of applications to user needs.● Assumed informal leadership role on development team by listening to the concerns and triumphs of the individual team members and by being an advocate for the team in standing meetings and Scrums. ● Integrated innovative Regex solutions into parsing functions for Android and Java applications.

Portland, Oregon Area

Responsible for client relations, business development, and software design and development.● Conceived, designed, and developed iOS app to aid in the taking of selfies by remembering your most desirable angle. ● Conceived, designed, and developed iOS app to do custom and live photo editing for social network sharing. ● Developed social media platform interfaces with Soundcloud’s API to increase follower counts for musicians and DJ’s.

Portland, Oregon, United States

Team development of multiple agile software projects spanning web technologies from PHP to JBoss.● Built and integrated multiple Continuous Integration tools into the team development cycle

Lake Oswego, Or

Responsible for SQL database development and management of sensitive medical record databases.● Created SQL scripts to generate boilerplate scripts which removed errors from copy-paste procedures increasing the productivity of the developers.

Portland, Oregon Area

Responsible for plugin development. ● Developed plugins to interface Proteome flagship product with Mass Spectrometer research laboratory software. These plugins allowed the Proteome flagship product access to data for analysis and visualization.

Portland, Oregon

Responsible for developing and maintaining custom software to assist with laboratory research data.● Designed and developed signal/noise visualization software to process Mass Spectrometer XML data. This software allowed laboratory researchers to interpret the vast amount of data produced in a meaningful and efficient way.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering

Studied abroad in London for a year as a student and intern. Participated in theater, choirs, and concert bands. Participated in Resident.

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