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C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E

SCOTT POWELL

1/456 Dorset Rd

Boronia, Vic. 3155

AUSTRALIA

M: 0426 245 052

E: admin@spleenware.com

PERSONALITY

If you find it interesting, I score as the type ‘INTP’. We are just 3% of the general population, and generally classified as the philosopher, architect, creative dreamers, and with unrelenting logic.

SKILLSET – current

GENERAL:
C#, Java, Kotlin, Swift, HTML/JS/CSS/Web, SQL, NoSql(BigTable)

TOOLS:
Android Studio, Xcode, Git, Eclipse IDE, MS Visual Studio 2008, MySQL, Subversion, BASH shell

FRAMEWORKS:
Android 8.0, iOS Cocoa Touch, jQuery Mobile, AppEngine Java SDK, ZK (Ajax) Framework, Google Web Toolkit, .NET 2.0, .NETCF 2.0, J2SE, Blackberry JDE 4.5, ASP.NET 2.0

PLATFORMS:
Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Google AppEngine, Windows Mobile 5/6

OTHER:
Google Analytics, AdMob SDK, Facebook SDK, Twitter SDK, Parse.com (Android) SDK, BaasBox SDK, GCM Push (client and server), Urbain Airship SDK, Flurry SDK, Google Volley, PicoContainer (Java CDI), Symbol/Motorola scanner/industrial phones, GPS device interfacing/NMEA, TCP/IP sockets

SKILLSET – non-current

GENERAL:
C/C++, Intel 386 Assembler, Motorola 68000 Assembler, COBOL, TAL

TOOLS:
Codewarrior IDE, MS Embedded Visual Tools, Sun Wireless Toolkit

FRAMEWORKS:
J2ME, Sun LWUIT, Win32, OS/2 Presentation Manager, DOS systems programming, SAS/Graph,
Novell Netware API

PLATFORMS:
JavaME, Windows IIS server, Palm OS, Windows CE, OS/2, DOS, MVS/XA, Guardian 90

OTHER:
ESRI shapefiles/GIS, US Census Bureau TIGER files

SKILLS IN PROGRESS

PhoneGap, Mono (Xamarin MonoTouch)

HOBBIES/RESEARCH

Arduino, UAV’s, Radio Control Helicopters

CAREER MILESTONES

1999		Developed commercially successful PDA mapping/GPS product called HandMap. Continued success through to 2004.
2003		Won Shareware Industry Award, Best Program for PDA’s http://www.sharewareindustryawards.com/2003awards.php
2007		Designed/architected a ‘mobile widgets’ platform called Sqij. (although not commercially successful)
2009		Successfully designed/developed suite of mobile data capture applications for Utilities client (AMRS/Service Stream).
2010		Designed/architected/developed a platform-independent enterprise mobility application builder.
2010		Designed, wrote and published an arcade game called ‘Go Gorilla’ and a social game called ‘GPS Fox Hunt’, for two handset platforms. Published to Android Market, and BlackBerry AppWorld. GPS Fox Hunt was selected as a Regional Finalist in the 2010 BlackBerry Super Apps Challenge.
2012		Designed and wrote mobile forms platform called SpleenForms, and successfully deployed an instance for home care industry client, Vada Computing, for use with their Haccpac suite of home care worker scheduling software. It has been running smoothly (Android app + App Engine server) for over two years, and has over 150 active daily users. http://spleenforms.appspot.com/

WORK HISTORY

Squareweave

Feb 2015-Feb 2016

Senior Android Developer

Android and iOS development.

Main responsibilities:

involvement in MVP discovery process with clients
R&D into cross-platform toolkits, backend platforms, and iBeacons
architecting and implementing apps, thru entire lifecycle.

Tabcorp Nov 2017-May 2019 Senior Android Developer		Rewrote the Keno Android app, using Kotlin and more modern frameworks like RxJava and dependency injection (Koin). Main responsibilities: architecting the overall project. mentoring junior developers. code reviews architecting the unit testing suite, and Espresso framework for end-to-end tests
ConductHQ Jun 2016-Aug 2017 Senior Android Developer		Android app development. Main responsibilities: assisting in client discussions, requirements, tech constraints, etc architecting and implementing apps, thru entire lifecycle. working with iOS developers to achieve app parity.
Spleenware LTD ongoing (Independent)		Various freelance jobs (Android) via Elance.com. See profile for job history: https://www.elance.com/s/spleenware/ Mobile form-data collection platform – http://spleenforms.appspot.com
Scoopon/Catch Of The Day Feb 2014-Apr 2014 Senior Mobile Developer		Android development.
Dreamwalk Mobile Mar 2011-Dec 2012 Developer		Android development (GPS treaser hunt app), Polopoly CMS development (mmg.com.au), Java web development
Base2 Services Nov 2008-Jan 2011 Developer Spleenware LTD Jan 2010-current (Independent)		Windows Mobile, Android, BlackBerry and JavaME development. Server development in Google AppEngine + GWT. ‘Indie’ game development, for mobile handsets. (Android, Blackberry, Nokia)
Bytecraft Feb 2008-Aug 2008 Developer		Windows Mobile development.
Sqij Communications Nov 2006-Jan 2008 Founder/Developer		Windows Mobile product development. Custom Windows Server development (real-time push/IM application server).
HandMap Company May 1997-Jul 2006 Founder/Developer		Palm OS and Windows CE/Windows Mobile product development. Mapping/GPS/GIS systems development.
Open Software Associates (Germany) Oct 1996-Mar 1997 Developer/Manager		OpenUI Product support manager.
Tattersalls Sweep Consultation Mar 1996-Sep 1996 Developer		OpenUI application development.
Open Software Associates Aug 1994-Jan 1996 Developer		OS/2 developer for in-house product (OpenUI).
Cognito Software (England) Apr 1993-May 1994 Developer		Developed suite of DOS-based productivity products for accountants.
J & J Consultants (England) Mar 1992-Feb 1993 Developer		Developed Windows version of OCR image cataloging product.
Forward Trust Group (England) Dec 1990-Jun 1991 Developer		Tandem COBOL maintenance programming.