Kevin Howard
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Kevin is a software engineer with 25 years of experience focusing on mobile applications, cloud computing, operating system design, and server management. He's proud of his proven track record of building and leading engineering teams in full-stack mobile and web products in multiple industries. At work, Kevin is recognized for his ability to deliver winning cross-platform solutions in cutting-edge technology areas across geographically dispersed project teams.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Slack, C#, Unity, Azure, Google Cloud, 亚马逊网络服务(AWS), Android, iOS, Kotlin, Java, .NET
The most amazing...
...我为迪士尼开发了一个3D角色动画系统, 将他们的数百个角色带入Android和iOS游戏中.
Work Experience
Senior Lead Engineer
William Blair
- 指导威廉·布莱尔峰会研究平台的工程, doubling the rate of Summit deliveries and dramatically improving automated test coverage across teams managing billions of dollars in portfolio assets.
- 在我们的投资研究产品中担任技术负责人, 指导团队使用c#交付健壮的新特性 .Net, TypeScript, Vue3, Python, Synapse/ADF, Azure Functions, Static Web Apps, Azure Storage, Cosmos DB, and SQL Server.
- Shipped a new serverless emerging market debt research platform in less than a year, described by one 3rd-party reviewer as "more capable than firms 10x our size".
软件工程副总裁
Trilogy
- Acted as the engineering lead for over a dozen enterprise products hosting hundreds of companies and millions of users daily.
- 设计并领导整个部门的工程计划, 实现成本水平降低1美元以上.5M per year in one product alone using serverless re-platforming and cloud optimization initiatives.
- Led and mentored worldwide engineering development teams working in mixed technical stacks spanning AWS, Google Cloud, Azure和Java实现, C# .NET, Python, Node.js/TypeScript，以及Swift/Objective C.
- 监督核心工程设计, 设定并实现团队里程碑, 制定运营和效率策略, 以及整个产品组合的质量标准.
软件工程高级总监
Ramsey Solutions
- Led engineering managers and architects across several digital product teams in our mobile and browser stack, 包括原生iOS/Android开发, 前端浏览器框架, cloud services, and databases.
- 以不同的技术创建产品和重新设计遗留软件, including Kotlin, Swift, React, Xamarin, Rails, Node.js, Java, .. NET和AWS/Azure服务.
- Partnered with business executives and a cross-functional leadership team on product development, budgets, vendor selection, customer support, 组织结构, hiring, 员工发展计划.
- Mentored engineers across the company in customer-centered development and software engineering best practices.
- Coached and developed engineering team leaders within one of the world's top business coaching companies.
高级软件工程师
GoFormz
- Worked with a talented, 经验丰富的团队建立移动设计模式, development workflow, 为Android和iOS平台的GoFormz原生移动应用编写代码解决方案.
- Led the implementation of automated testing and "test-centric" development for our mobile engineering and QA teams. I also supported Azure micro-services development for our mobile REST endpoints, 支持身份验证和单点登录功能.
- Provided mobile architecture leadership and cross-platform coding expertise for GoFormz products on Android, iOS, and Windows 10.
高级软件工程师
Disney
- 为迪士尼奇幻故事提供技术领导, 一个iOS和Android的城市建造者，有大量的角色动画. It reached the top 10 in the Apple iTunes family game category in September 2016.
- 在Unity3D中设计和交付了许多核心系统. These included an optimized character animation controller and tasking system, 跨平台应用内购买引擎, 还有一个优先级的后台加载程序，将加载时间提高了300%.
- 在Google App Engine中实现服务器功能, including a customer service dashboard for guest experience personnel and a "snapshot" player data backup system.
首席技术官
Coded Velocity
- 领导手机和主机游戏的设计和开发, 在两年内向市场推出了十多款游戏.
- Contributed to our product success in the US which included several accolades on Apple Store, Google Play, Amazon, and Kongregate.
- Earned spots in the Top 10 Monthly Games list on Kongregate for King of Battle (9/2015), the Top 20 Google Play Family Games for Police Car Race Chase Sim 911 (5/2015), 以及前30名的iTunes教育建设 & Play! (12/2014).
- Contributed to full-stack and cross-platform development in mobile native for Android and iOS, Xbox, Windows 8/10/Phone, WebGL, 和Unity Web Player与RESTful api.
Software Architect
HP Inc.
- Provided Windows expertise for "big iron" large-scale x86 server initiative within HP Business Critical Servers (BCS).
- Led experienced technical teams at several West Coast locations in the enablement of platform error handling, power management, cloud computing, and scale-up features.
- 进行竞争分析, 实现需求规范, and oversaw the design and technical implementation of Windows 64-bit server management portfolio from 2-socket servers to the massive HP 64-socket SX2000 “Superdome.”.
- Hosted planning meetings with Microsoft directors and engineers to establish OS features from market requirements and contributed to standards such as ACPI, UEFI, IPMI, and MS WHEA.
- 代表惠普BCS出席活动, project collaboration, 并与客户进行现场培训活动, third-party partners, HP teams, 以及美国各地的客户, Europe, and South America.
- 参与了几个软件交付, including the Itanium version of Insight Management WBEM Providers for Windows and an integration package for HP Systems Insight Manager and HP-SMH.
Experience
EveryDollar浏览器和移动应用程序
http://www.everydollar.com我是这个项目的工程总监, 领导多个移动团队, browser, 以及后端REST API和数据库开发人员. 我领导架构和迁移到更小, simpler, 在我们的客户端和无服务器api上共享移动代码, 后端扩展到每月数百万用户.
I also led numerous technical and cultural engineering changes to increase delivery rate, decrease support issues, and dramatically increase app store ratings and revenue (with a 300% growth in 30 months).
Enchanted Tales
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O2CGWFgmzg我在Unity3D中设计并交付了许多核心系统. 其中包括一个优化的角色动画控制器和任务系统, 跨平台应用内购买引擎, 还有一个优先级的后台加载程序，将加载时间提高了300%.
我也贡献了全栈, 在Google应用引擎中实现REST特性, including a customer service dashboard for guest experience personnel and a “snapshot” player data backup system.
GoFormz
http://www.goformz.com我是这个项目的高级工程师, leading Android and iOS architecture and code in Xamarin as well as REST API and database development in C# .NET. Specifically, 我和我的团队在Android上实现了Material Design UX, SSO/SAML“单点登录”的企业在iOS和Android, 集中用户体验导航与深度链接在两个平台上, 线程和图形改进, 以及其他一些成功的向市场交付的能力.
Education
电脑游戏编程证书
美国华盛顿大学西雅图分校
计算机工程学士学位
Texas A&M大学-大学城，得克萨斯州，美国
Certifications
电脑游戏编程
华盛顿大学
Skills
Libraries/APIs
XNA, WebGL, Windows API, Node.js, React, Ruby on Rails API, REST APIs, Windows窗体(WinForms), Entity Framework, Vue, Azure Blob Storage API
Tools
Hyper-V, Kafka Streams, Confluence, Slack, Apache Maven, Windows驱动套件(WDK), GitHub, AWS Step Functions, Amazon Athena, Plaid
Frameworks
Unity, Android SDK, Unity3D， .NET, .NET Core, iOS SDK, ASP.NET, Spring, Monogame, Windows演示基础(WPF), Entity Framework Core
Platforms
Windows, Xamarin, Mobile, Android, Azure, iOS, 通用Windows平台(UWP), Kernel, HP-UX, Windows Server, 谷歌云平台(GCP), AWS Lambda, 亚马逊网络服务(AWS), Xbox, Docker, Azure Functions, Firebase, Azure PaaS
Languages
C#, C#.. NET, c++， Kotlin, C, TypeScript, Swift, Java
Paradigms
应用架构、微服务、REST、HIPAA遵从性
Storage
Google Cloud, NoSQL, 存储区域网络(SAN), JSON, Azure SQL, Azure SQL Databases, Azure Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL
Other
IT Systems Architecture, Programming, 3D Graphics Engines, Games, 3D Games, Character Animation, 3D Character Animation, Mobile Apps, IAP SDK, In-app Purchases, Character Rigging, Mobile Games, Game Programming, Architecture, Engineering Design, Back-end, Front-end, Leadership, Integration, Cloud, Enterprise Architecture, Serverless, APIs, Software Architecture, RESTful Services, RESTful Web Services, Microsoft Azure, JSON REST APIs, API Integration, App Store, App Store验收流程, Windows 10, Operating Systems, Enterprise Systems, Team Leadership, Analytics, Cloud Computing, Data, Cloud Architecture, Program Management, CTO, Full-stack, Fintech, Persistence, Time Management, Game AI, Game Design, Objective-C++, Device Drivers, Windows Kernel Drivers, BIOS, Firmware, Clustering, Game Development, 2D Games, Urban Airship, Software Design, CI/CD Pipelines, Google Cloud Functions, Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory
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