Developed and maintained native Android features for GMIT’s contributions to the myChevrolet, myCadillac, myGMC and myBuick mobile apps. .Acted as team Scrum Master in 2016 instituting team retros, facilitating team planning and improving team velocity by 70%.Assisted in the development of Android Auto features.Utilized the following tools daily, Android Studio, IntelliJ, Dagger, Mockito, Jira, Bitbucket, Git and more.

Independent Java and Android Application Developer. Developed demo and prototype applications for a boutique IT firm.Developed a Google Fit heart rate monitor app.Acted as the interface with vendor developer programs.Developed apps in Java that utilize Android sensors and Google Fit APIs.Utilize various open source technologies including Greenbot EventBus and Butterknife view injection.Researched and developed for Android 5.0 and Material design standards.Participated in Sprint planning to determine scope and deliverables.

Produced conferences, training and knowledge sharing events for software developers in Metro Detroit.Researched and selected technical content, presentations, presenters and keynote speakers.Sold sponsorships and raised funds from local IT businesses.Co-­managed logistics for events that ranged from 30 to 600 attendees.Coordinated a 400 and a 600 person event with Cobo conference center.Co-­organized teams of up to 15 volunteers.

Organized and led the Detroit JUG, a group of developers who share a common interest in Java technology and meet on a regular basis to share technical ideas and information, in and around Detroit. Promoted and grew the group membership from 10 to over 500 in less than two years. Collaborated with presenters from across the United States. Raised funds from businesses in the Greater Detroit Region. Secured venues and facilitated monthly meetings and events.

Added and maintained features to an e­commerce ordering application for the second ­largest pizza chain in the United States.Investigated and resolved issues related to device fragmentation, SDK versions and programmer error.Researched and designed techniques to provide app security across multiple Android API levels.Collaborated with designers and customers to construct an app for the Signing Agents of the largest independent provider of title insurance in the US.Utilized various open source technologies including SQLCipher, AndroidAnnotations and the Ottomessage bus to reduce boilerplate code, speed development time and simplify service calls.Employed push notifications using Google Cloud Messaging.Used git and github for source code control, Jira and more for project tracking.

Designed, coded, tested and maintained software for Compuware's Technology Products division.Served as a lead for UI development on the Data Privacy Eclipse Workbench pilot project.Collaborated with designers, team leads and developers on a Test Data Generation tool for File­AID/CS.Participated in Sprint planning meetings to determine deliverables.Assisted with the research and resolution of customer issues.Assisted QA staff to understand software functional areas to be tested.Performed sprint demos to fellow developers, managers and C-­level executives.Programmed with JAVA on the Eclipse­RCP Plug­in Framework.

Collaborated with vendors to develop and maintain an invoice imaging and tracking solution for anAccounts Payable Service Provider.Employed VB6, Eastman Software's Workflow Solution on MS­SQL­Server and Ascent Capture Imaging ControlsInterviewed and selected new team members and contractors.

COBOL and RPG3 programmer on an IBM AS/400 Midrange Mainframe.Developed and maintained programs for a major advertising company's national Media Buying units.

COBOL programmer and system operator on IBM AS/400 Midrange MainframeMaintained programs for a small administrator of insurance for credit unions