Kevin Long

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Director Of Engineering, Mobile at CNN; Formerly @ Amazon Music, ZipRecruiter, Ticketmaster, Fox Sports @ CNN
Kevin Long's Location
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States, United States
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About Kevin Long

Experienced Engineering Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the internet industry. Strong engineering professional skilled in iOS Development, Android Development, Mobile Applications, Agile, and Scrum.

Kevin Long's Current Company Details
CNN

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Director Of Engineering, Mobile at CNN; Formerly @ Amazon Music, ZipRecruiter, Ticketmaster, Fox Sports
Kevin Long Work Experience Details
  • Cnn
    Director Of Engineering, Mobile
    Cnn Oct 2021 - Present
    Atlanta, Us
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  • Amazon
    Software Development Manager
    Amazon May 2020 - Oct 2021
    Seattle, Wa, Us
    Founding member of the Podcast team helping deliver the Podcast experience in Amazon Music. Lead a full stack engineering team across iOS, Android, Web, and AWS. After the initial launch, lead the Podcast Growth Experience Team responsible for user acquisition.• Expanded Podcast experience to over 10 countries• Launched the Podcast web experience (desktop and mobile) including full SEO and OpenGraph support.• Launched Social Sharing (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) on iOS, Android, and web experience.
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  • Ziprecruiter
    Manager, Mobile Engineering
    Ziprecruiter Apr 2018 - May 2020
    Us
    Responsible for leading and managing the iOS, Android, and Mobile API engineering teams Software Development Process
• Implemented a CI / CD system to provide consistent builds from a single source
• Implemented a branching strategy to provide consistent commits and branching
• Implemented a consistent release cycle of weekly releases• Reduced the release regression cycle through improved unit tests and UI automation tests.Quality
• Improved crash free quality rate to 99.9% on both iOS and Android apps
• Improved the security quality of the apps through additional security testing
• Implemented a Third-Party SDK Evaluation process to ensure quality in any SDKs included in the apps
• Improved code coverage of the unit tests
• Drove the implementation of UI Automated Testing for the apps
• Improved quality by introducing testing on feature branches through improved unit tests and UI automation tests with each commit.
Hiring
• Improved the quality of the hiring process with HackerRank tests designed for mobile software engineers
• Implemented an on-boarding process for new mobile engineers


Tech: Objective-C, Swift, Java, Kotlin, Perl
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  • Griddy
    Vp Of Engineering
    Griddy Sep 2017 - Jan 2018
    Responsible for leading the iOS, Android, Web, Platform, and QA engineering teams. • Led the recruiting and growth of the engineering team • Improved the maturity level of the development team and processes• Improved the quality and processes of the software development team through test plans, test cases, test automation, and release checklist.Tech: Java, Objective-C, Swift, React, ReactNative, AWS, GoLang, Appium
  • Ticketmaster
    Director, Mobile Engineering
    Ticketmaster Feb 2016 - Sep 2017
    Beverly Hills, California, Us
    Responsible for leading and managing the iOS, Android, and QA engineering teams for Ticketmaster and Live Nation mobile applications. Software Development Process• Implemented a CI / CD system to provide consistent builds from a single source• Implemented a branching strategy to provide consistent commits and branching• Increased the releases to weekly releases• Reduced the release regression cycleApp Quality• Improved crash free quality rate • Drove the implementation of UI Automated Testing• Improved quality by introducing testing on feature branches through improved unit tests and UI automation tests. Projects• Led the design, development and architecture of the Purchase SDK which allowed artists, sports, teams, and venues to allow purchasing of tickets of events inside of their iOS and Android apps.• Led the development of the interactive seat map across across both iOS and Android apps which let to a significant increase in the purchase conversion rateTech: Objective-C, Swift, Java, ReactNative, Appium, XCUITest, GraphQL
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  • Tigerconnect
    Director Of Mobile Applications
    Tigerconnect Mar 2015 - Feb 2016
    Santa Monica, California, Us
    Lead the iOS, Android, and quality assurance teams for the TigerText mobile products. Introduced development processes that provide consistent release cycles while improving the product quality, reliability, and code consistency.TigerText is an app for secure messaging of business information that is compliant with industry regulations such as HIPAA, FINRA, and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX). * Improved the maturity level of the mobile development team and processes* Improved the quality of the product by reducing the open defects to zero defects. Maintained a zero defect per release through improved test cases, unit tests, automated UI tests, and code reviews.* Improved the security of the mobile apps* Improved the consistency of releases to a monthly release schedule through a new branching plan and improved quality controlsTech: Objective-C, Swift, Java, Appium
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  • Fox Sports
    Manager, Mobile Engineering
    Fox Sports Sep 2012 - Mar 2015
    Built the mobile engineering team from the ground up to a team of 10 engineers that was responsible for delivering creative and innovative apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, FireTV, and Android TV apps. These include the FOX Sports TV Everywhere (TVE) app FOX Sports GO, the streaming radio/podcast app FOX Sports Listen, and FOX Sports Mobile.Tech: Java, Objective-C, Android, iOS
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  • Self-Employed
    Ios / Android Consultant
    Self-Employed Apr 2010 - Aug 2012
    A consultant and developer on a number of iOS and Android apps including FrontFlip, Krispy Kreme Donuts, Sporting KC (Kansas City’s Major League Soccer team) in-venue app, Trivia with Pals (iOS), Yellowbook inside sales app, Sprint, EPIQ, Atlantic Magazine, Ebony Magazine, a la Mode, and Copia.
  • Perceptive Software (Now Lexmark)
    Software Architect
    Perceptive Software (Now Lexmark) Aug 2001 - Mar 2010
    Responsible for designing and developing products that have generated over $100 million in sales. Some of the products that I have been lead developer / architect include:* WebNow – a web-based client for Perceptive Software’s enterprise content management system ImageNow using Java Swing in an Applet that communicated with Java Servlets. * WebNow was key to the growth of Perceptive Software by providing a zero-install client that can be used remotely.* ImageNow Email Agent – a Windows service that would import incoming emails into ImageNow using Java and JavaMail. Using web server scripts, ImageNow Email Agent is able to capture web form data. This product was the first expansion to capturing data beyond images and files.* ImageNow Server Administration – a Windows application to administer and configure ImageNow using Java and Swing. This product was key to the maturity of the ImageNow Server by providing a graphical user interface to easily administer the ImageNow Server. This reduced the knowledge level needed to manage an ImageNow Server.* ImageNow Mobile – an Android app using Java and an iPhone/iPad app using Objective-C that communicate with a Java servlet. This product is key to the future growth of Perceptive Software by providing a client that allows users to view and approve documents from anywhere.Provided usability and user interface design services to the development team which included creating UI design standards and performing usability tests.
  • Island Labs
    Founder
    Island Labs 2000 - 2006
    Designed and developed games and productivity applications for PDAs and mobile phones including Blackberry, Sony Ericsson P800/P900, Nokia Communicator, Pocket PC, Palm, and Sharp Zaurus. Managed partner relations including licensing agreements and contract negotiations.
  • Investment Intelligence
    Software Developer
    Investment Intelligence Feb 2000 - Apr 2001
    Developed a Java-based client for the analytic server JSheet using Java, Applet, Swing, and CORBA. Designed and implemented JSP custom tags to access data from the JSheet analytic server.
  • Digital Archaeology
    Software Developer
    Digital Archaeology Apr 1998 - Feb 2000
    Designed and developed a web based client for the Digital Archaeology analytic server using Java, Servlets, HTML, and JavaScript.
  • Informix
    Software Developer
    Informix Jun 1989 - May 1997
    Us
    Designed and developed user interface standards for all Informix products. Performed usability tests on Informix products. Team lead and designer for the Informix Enterprise Command Center. Designed and developed Informix-4GL Form Designer for Windows and Informix-4GL Debugger for Windows using C++.
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Kevin Long Skills

Android Objective C Mobile Applications Mobile Devices Web Applications Java User Interface Design User Experience Agile Methodologies Iphone Ios Development User Interface Javascript Enterprise Software Cloud Computing Scrum Ipad Json Software Design Software Development Usability Testing Management Enterprise Content Management Leadership Sql Xml Mobile Iphone Development Streaming Media Live Video Streaming Android Development C++ Software Development Life Cycle Ios Mobile Tv Ott Php Wordpress Graphql Team Leadership Strategy

Kevin Long Education Details

  • University Of Missouri-Kansas City
    University Of Missouri-Kansas City
    Computer Science

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Kevin Long's current role is Director Of Engineering, Mobile at CNN; Formerly @ Amazon Music, ZipRecruiter, Ticketmaster, Fox Sports.

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Kevin Long attended University Of Missouri-Kansas City.

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Kevin Long has skills like Android, Objective C, Mobile Applications, Mobile Devices, Web Applications, Java, User Interface Design, User Experience, Agile Methodologies, Iphone, Ios Development, User Interface.

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