Christopher A Mason Email & Phone Number

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

- Lead the development team in the creation of a secure cloud application using microservices and no-SQL databases - Created a real-time experience, messaging application where users can communicate quickly and securely with teammates or clients. - Continually evaluated new technology and utilized bleeding-edge cloud capabilities to improve the application. - Designed, implemented, and maintained the Android client of the application as well as support for the web and iOS clients.Key Accomplishments: ✓ Proposed and implemented a re-architecture of the existing application allowing for rapid growth and improved developer morale. ✓ Dramatically sped up the development of the application by increasing the ease of change and addition of new functionality ✓ Improved the security of data for the company as well as for the end user by implementing industry leading authentication. ✓ Proved the decisions in architecture and technology with the continues ability for the application to meet the ever changing needs of the market

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

- Designed, implemented, and maintained the most popular suite of personalization applications in the Play Store becoming one of the top 50 Android developers in the world. - Capitalize on enhancing monetization through advertisements, paid applications, and in-app purchases while conducting research and implementing all projects in the native Android SDK. - Evaluate current reporting trends to sustain popularity and strengthen monetization plans. - Remained up-to-date on the latest in all things Android, including best practices and design patterns.Key Accomplishments: ✓ Efficiently managed risk and creative business strategy to launch a successful Android App development company using no starting capital and minimal ongoing expenses. ✓ Successfully established one of the most downloaded Android personalization app companies, focusing on managing a portfolio of Play Store development accounts and various styles of applications. ✓ Maintained consistent app revenue by continually perfecting several advertising network strategies. ✓ Achieved a developer ranking position in the top 10 for the United States and top 50 worldwide for monthly downloads among all Play Store developers. ✓ Efficiently handled more than 250 applications, which obtained over 200,000 installs daily.

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

- One of a few key executives involved in the company start-up which involved selecting a group of individuals to utilize emerging mobile technology; and overseeing the company’s design, development, publishing, and maintenance of all applications. - Served as the intersection between business, technology and user experience for all projects. - Evaluated all reporting and optimized application user interface (UI) for usability and monetization while guaranteeing appropriate application behavior in being able to pass independent application certifications. - Introduced a comprehensive library of native Android and hybrid applications, an advertising network, and an affiliate network through Scrum software development. - Practiced effective version control to manage the release and maintenance of more than 25 projects. - Utilized several key programming tools including Spring, Maven, Amazon Web Services, Tomcat, various database technologies, and Sphinx/Solr to create complex services capable of handling data at a large scale.Key Accomplishments: ✓ Drove efforts in implementing numerous methods of monetization such as premium SMS, Google in-app billing, and direct credit card subscriptions; as well as comprehensive reporting and analysis to provide split testing in all changes to applications. ✓ Attained 10,000 converting customers daily by utilizing Scrum management in managing projects and effective split test optimization. ✓ Played an instrumental role in accomplishing 100% code coverage and automated testing of critical web services, which decreased errors and improved effectiveness. ✓ Expertly designed the most downloaded out-of-market Android antivirus application in the world that monetized users with direct billing subscriptions and premium SMS. ✓ Contributed in devising a fully tested Spring Web Service that managed over 1 million requests per day.

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

- Led the Java Development Team in aiding customers reporting and importing large datasets using web applications written in Java, JavaScript, and Scrum Agile method of development. - Managed the international team of developers in India providing requirements and feedback on all ongoing projects. - Collaborated with the Implementation Team to collect requirements and design specifications for transferring large-scale data sets. - Took charge of large-scale project and refurbishing of reporting framework to permit it for expanded functionality and deliverability. - Worked closely with customers in creating complex reports to meet their expectations. - Gained expertise in several scripting languages including AWK, Bash, and Perl for efficient data manipulation.Key Accomplishments: ✓ Constructed a new framework for importing data to lessen development time and errors; as well as a new reporting framework to create more complex reports in less time. ✓ Alleviated time and energy from senior developers by effectively managing an international team to handle import and export data tasks and maintenance tickets. ✓ Demonstrated competency in using the latest Oracle, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server methods to produce simple datasets for retrieval.