Preston Farr Email & Phone Number

Provo, Ut, Us

As the Software Development Manager in Field Operations at Vivint, I had the honor of working alongside the best collection of developers, QA, program managers, product managers, senior leadership and overall tech professionals I could ever ask for. While leading the engineering efforts and creating a high-performing team that always delivers, I was over the installation tech application. I had the honor of contributing to the team in the following ways (above and beyond the normal manager's call of duty): - Fostered a strong sense of trust, loyalty, and community in my team and with any others I interacted with.- Enabled developers to complete work, challenge the status quo, and drive excellence in anything we did.- Pioneered several greenfield initiatives, leading the team to both meet and exceed planned KPIs.- Strategically expanded the documentation library to be more robust, and easy to find data with Playbooks, driving clarity for seasoned, and junior team members alike. - Spearheaded implementation of Jellyfish on our team to help Senior Leadership track capex / opex

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

As the Software Development Manager at Velosimo, I was able to empower others in my organization through forward-thinking, positive leadership. During my time I was able to contribute in most facets of the organization, some of which are listed below. Responsibilities: - Pioneered meetings and culture events at Velosimo, such as Deep Dives (lunch & learns), watercoolers (for remote team-building), and monthly 1:1s with every team member - directly increasing team happiness, engagement and productivity from all team-members.- SCRUM Master, and Managed overseeing all engineering initiatives (Atlassian Suite)- Writing user stories/requirements (Gherkin syntax, and Acceptance Criteria)- Illustrating objectives with wireframes, prototypes, and flowcharts (AdobeXD, Draw.io and Figma) - Administrated several IT platforms organization wide: KnowBe4, Rippling, Google Workspace, Slack, AWS, Atlassian (Jira, Confluence, BitBucket, Trello) to name a few.- Reporting to the CEO, keeping him in touch with the Engineering efforts- Hiring / Offboarding as both a manager, as well as on the IT administration side of things- Self-starting initiatives where needs arose, and rallied team members together to meet and exceed goals- Fostering a safe place to innovate, and unleash each individual's unique passion for development, design, and QA.

Tinley Park, Illinois, Us

Working as the principal senior mobile developer for Payroc, LLC I had the fantastic opportunity to take a well-established product to the next level in function, design, and in development best practices. I was given stewardship of the Mobile Design & Development on both Android and iOS and have loved every minute of it. Responsibilities- Overhauled 13 Android and iOS native mobile apps by converting Java to Kotlin, and Objective-C to Swift, fixing idiosyncrasies all along the way for more maintainable code.- Optimized the existing applications to use less space (60% smaller apks), with higher quality images, which further improved overall build times, and app performance. - Standardized our build release schedule, and established clear communication with support and sales teams on new features, bug fixes, and performance upgrades. - Pioneered an all new mobile push payments app (codename ThunderPay), opening a new business vertical, and solidifying a long-term, very lucrative, B2B relationship with ADP.

Alongside my wife Rebecca, we invest in distressed properties to fix and flip them for profit. We jointly created our LLC and continue to find joy in fixing and flipping properties.

San Francisco, California, Us

Layton, Utah, Us

As a Freelance Creative with skills in UX, Graphic Design, Illustration, and Full-Stack Mobile Development I have the opportunity to meet and work with various people in a broad spectrum of markets, including highly regulated ones (FinTech, GovTech).

While working as a remote contractor for Bitesize, LLC, I had the pleasure of engaging with multiple team members and facets of the business. It is my job to keep up with the ever evolving business needs and providing quality solutions. Responsibilities- Develop on over 16 Android (Java) Applications ranging from new apps to bug fixes and regular maintenance- Upload new builds, screenshots, descriptions, keystore, and release notes on Google Play- Develop on over 16 iOS (Objective-C / Swift) Applications ranging from new apps to bug fixes and regular maintenance- Upload new builds, screenshots, keystore files, and release notes to the iOS App Store- GIT repository curation doing pull requests, merges, tagging, etc. for more efficient CI processes.- Gather intel on new features and integrations for both platforms and present ideas on how to move forward. - Creating / editing some of the promotional items for both App Stores (Icons, promo graphics, etc.)- Reducing technical debt to help increase our team's ability to respond and proactively improve the products- Collaborating with the other Android and iOS Developers to see where I can lighten their load and help the team hit our deployment targets targets.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

As Principal UI Designer / Developer at Freightquote (acquired by C.H. Robinson in 2015) I have the opportunity to see many projects from inception to production all within the realm of what I like to call amazification development.Responsibilities- Define what needs to be done with project managers and business analysts- Coordinate Agile development timelines utilizing Jira- Design next-gen user experiences on both legacy and upcoming products with the Adobe Suite- Gather feedback using InvisionApp, and create an open collaborative workflow- Develop and enhance the presentation layer based on mock ups in HTML5, NodeJS, Bootstrap, AngularJs, Mongo, .Net4.5 MVC4, PHP, Wordpress, VBA, SQL, etc. (based on project)- Assist in deployment of code repositories using Docker, Drone, and other Continuous Integration (CI) tools.- Design and create company branded bumpers, videos, and tutorials for internal and external users.- Learn and share proactively with my peers, pluralsight, and some good old fashioned Google Fu.Few of the Publically Available Projects Worked On- Continuous Integration Build Wall (Designed and developed for internal use)- http://fqjobs.com (designed and devloped)- http://freightquote.com (legacy maintenance)- http://freightquote.com/news (created wordpress theme and administrate backend.)- Excel to PowerPoint presentation (auto generation)

Portland, Or, Us

As CTO of a fast paced (SaaS) mobile technology startup, I wear many hats and keep the company momentum moving forward utilizing technology, creativity, and old fashioned hard work. Responsibilities- Managed dev team as product owner, developer, and co-architect.- Drove object-oriented design and reusable layouts with PHP / HTML / SCSS / C#- Developed on both the business and presentation layers for both Android / iOS App and website using C# (Mono), and ZF2 (MVC PHP Framework)- Curated backlog and prioritized project milestones often meeting and exceeding deadlines under budget.- Streamlined new technologies into existing business processes for more efficient customer feedback and smaller time to live for product innovations. - Built and Managed LAMP stacks- Managed Customer service department- Assisted business development and marketing teams by creating videos and training materials- Executed the final acquisition and sale of the company alongside the CEO with full Board support.

As a freelance web developer I have had the opportunity to produce work for a variety of projects and companies ranging from dentist offices through indie game studios. Taking a pragmatic approach to programming, I am always seeking to elevate my craft so I can leave the internet and its code a more beautiful place. Responsibilities:- Built and maintained LAMP and LEMP server stacks on CentOS and Ubuntu- Developed maintainable, responsive websites in PHP for customers ranging from html theme creation to complete ground up structuring/styling for Wordpress, PHPBB, Magento, and other CMS platforms.- Engineered scalable platform in PHP to allow client’s customers to create and purchase custom one-off pillow designs from their website worldwide.

Lake Oswego, Or, Us

As a User Experience Analyst, my team and I helped take feature concepts and bring them to fruition. We achieved this using mockups, detailed designs, and documentation. By carefully balancing company vision with customer demands I drove measurable results. Responsibilities:- Redesigned product interface- Curated documentation library and I18n files for the product- Implemented on presentation layer using .NET / C#- Innovated new products to increase horizontal market- Harnessed the vision of product owner, development team requirements, and customer demands to create new features.

Current Lead Artist Duties: Web Design -Designed the website -Developed the website using HTML/CSS/PHP/Javascript -Maintained the website Visual Development -Layout Designs for Menus -Icon Design -Level Design -Motion Design -Interaction Design -etc. 3D Modeling/Texturing/Rigging Marketing Materials Design Feature Planning (Basically I am the go-to guy for anything visual.)

-GUI Design-Analyzed feature requests, and in turn designed the functionality and visual aspects of the feature to be implemented into the Policy and Procedure Management software.-Verified bug reports, and when necessary designed a detailed solution for each. -Implemented solutions into the Policy and Procedure Management software.-Verified the integrity of all features I designed, that were implemented by the developers, before sending it off to QA for testing.

Rexburg, Idaho, Us

-Supported over 700 computers and over 500 faculty members with all Technological (computer and pda based systems) needs. -Majority of department supported were on Windows platform, while about 20% were on OSX. -Maintained both hardware and software of computers.-Removed viruses, restored missing boot managers, created custom servers, implemented synchronization webs for multiple departments, surplused old machines, blasted/installed new machines, firmware updates on PDAs, etc.

Drove a delivery route during the holiday rush before moving to Idaho to complete college. Regular duties included:- Load/scan all packages onto truck- Safeguard all packages in my possession- Plan route- Deliver packages - Maintain delivery truck- Report delivery manifest each day- Be the most courteous and friendly FedEx guy you could possibly meet.

Richfield, Minnesota, Us

I worked as a seasonal worker, when I was on break from college. They gave me a permanent seasonal position after the first holiday season. -Stocked shelves, and oversaw the upkeep of both the computer and software departments.-Answered any questions from customers, helped them find what they needed, and resolved any problems they might be experiencing. -Went above and beyond in assisting customers, often times answering questions that they would normally need to pay a consultation fee to have resolved. -Continually placed the utmost importance on retaining customers and meeting their needs, rather than selling a product.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa, Illustration

High School Diploma, General Studies