As a dedicated Android Applications Developer, I’m elated to introduce myself to your team. I am currently employed as a Senior Android Software Engineer at the University of Arizona and I want to develop the next big thing!

In my position at UofA, I have independently developed six Android apps and currently three of those apps are published in the Google Play Store. All of those apps were developed with Android Studio in Java. I also have built two different story-based games meant for tablet use: Don't Monkey Around with Diabetes and Car Smart. The former was built using Objective-C in Xcode and the latter was built with C# in Unity. Many of my projects also use RESTful calls to allow for more dynamic content. All of my projects are kept in Bitbucket for version control.

In addition, I am currently working on rewriting Arizona Mobile. the University’s mobile experience developed by a third party as a hybrid app. This project is a work in progress, however I would like to share with you the code I have written as an example of my programming abilities. It is significantly larger and more complex than any other app I have had the pleasure of working on. One of my favorite modules to have worked on was the map module. I am using ArcGIS for Android to display and search for buildings and other points of interest. Since it is the most used module, I am working to optimize the speed and offline use to make sure students have the quickest access to information no matter where they are.

One of my favorite Android apps to build was AZiCATS NOW. This app had to be built in just five business days, since it was a last-minute addition to a grant-funded project. AZiCATS NOW allows for offline use of clinical trials offered by the University of Arizona. Because of this short time frame, development was intense with the team meeting at least twice per day to make sure we were all working towards the stated goals of the application.

I have enjoyed the recognition of my work at Hackathons, which I participate in as time allows. At the 2014 AT&T Connected Car and Home Hackathon, my team, which consisted of my dad, who programs backend communications with RESTful calls for the Android portion of the app I develop, and myself, won several awards including 2nd Place for the “Connect Car Track”. At the AT&T Developer Hackathon during the 2015 CES in Las Vegas, we were awarded Esri’s 1st place win for an app using ArcGIS, "I'm Almost There".

While I have an unconditional love for programming, I am dedicated to giving back to the community I live in. I spend most Saturdays volunteering at a local animal shelter assisting with adoptions, in addition to fostering cats while they await their forever homes.