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Overview
Work History
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Private Clients

Ken Kyger

Winter Springs,FL

Summary

Versatile full stack engineer within the top 11% of StackOverflow user. Experienced with mobile development, as well as Project Management, SRE and DevOps. Self-directed with experience working alone and in varying team sizes. Familiarity and specialization in working with remote teams and the time management necessary to juggle multiple clients and projects. Comfortable building and leading small to medium sized teams both remotely and in person.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Android Engineer

Disney
03.2022 - 09.2023
  • Rebuilt the Bluetooth libraries in use by all of the Disney projects to be more modern, utilizing Kotlin, dependency injection, and Flow patterns.
  • Helped debug and implement features that would later become known as "Car Locator".
  • Worked on integration with the new Magic Band Plus devices before and during launch, including post launch updates for maintenance.
  • Managed the build and release cycle for the Magic Band Plus, Bluetooth, and Location Services projects which were used by other teams within the Disney ecosystem.
  • Helped to debug and determine the cause, as well as helping to design and implement the fix for, multiple high level issues, many with a financial impact of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
  • Helped produce measurable differences in engagement metrics, with issues impacting upwards of 100k users a day, and some impacting up to 40% - 50% of all users on the Android platform.

Android Software Engineer

Papa Johns International Inc.
06.2021 - 02.2022
  • Heavily focused on testing with RoboElectric and Mockito.
  • Encouraged a heavy Kotlin focus on the application, converting legacy Java code wherever possible.
  • Developed UI with modern MVP approach.
  • Coordinated with other engineers to evaluate and improve software and hardware interfaces.
  • Delivered unit-tested systems with required characteristics and within customer-prescribed timeframes.

Android Software Engineer

JPMorgan Chase
11.2020 - 05.2021
  • Worked with current team to implement and test a Merchant Sales platform
  • Heavily focused on testing with RoboElectric, Appium, and Cucumber.
  • Encouraged a heavy Kotlin focus on the application, converting legacy Java code wherever possible.
  • Helped team members with more advanced Kotlin implementations throughout the app.

Android Software Engineer

Intrepid Networks
02.2020 - 04.2020
  • Helped design and develop custom plugins for the ATAK platform.
  • Worked with teammates to provide detailed demonstrations including live streamed feed from the device, videos, photos, and text presentations.

Senior Manager of Android Development

Illumy
06.2019 - 07.2020
  • Lead remote team on a sprint based development cycle
  • Managed biweekly releases to the Google Play Store
  • Coordinated efforts to convert their codebase from Java to Kotlin
  • Pushed for use of, and developed tools to streamline development and release process both internally and externally to Production
  • Advocated for and implemented up to date development patterns and tools such as MVVM and RxKotlin

Software Engineer

Lunar Wireless
03.2018 - 02.2019
  • Helped develop and modify their custom Android-based LunarOS which allowed users to pay per app rather than paying for a full phone contract
  • After the company switched focus, developed an application to handle customer onboarding, allowing them to submit port request and activate their new sim cards immediately from within the app
  • Handled setup of ad campaigns, and experimented with multiple user funnels that allowed us to narrow in on the most effective ads and application behavior

Software Engineer

Zeemee Inc
08.2017 - 01.2018
  • Helped develop the Android client for the ZeeMee platform
  • Integrated video chat, ensuring compatibility with legacy devices
  • Handled daily feature additions and bug resolutions assigned during SCRUM calls

Platform Engineer

NGI Systems
02.2017 - Current
  • Developed their base OS for multiple targets, including Nexus 7 (both LTE and WiFi versions), and Nexus 9 (both LTE and WiFi versions), as well as multiple custom hardware configurations built for their customers
  • Designed custom kernels for all devices with modifications such as OTG and fast charge, as well as methods to securely communicate with the kernel from user space applications
  • Handled any custom modifications to Android firmware required by client specifications
  • Managed CI processes on Bamboo for building, testing, and deploying.
  • Eventually rolled the NGI Systems work into a contract with FutureHax

Software Engineer

UniKey Technologies
01.2015 - 01.2016
  • Worked on team responsible for the Android client that controlled the Kevo smart lock
  • Helped develop SDKs for various app components
  • Scalability and modularity were main focuses

Software Engineer

Cloudspace
01.2014 - 01.2015
  • Built software to client specifications
  • Managed "skunk works" department, focused on developing open source robotics platform available on Arduino and Intel Edison platforms
  • Used software developed in house to create telepresence and first person POV race car bots
  • Designed presentations for, and spoke at many community Meetup events
  • Developed one of the first third party Android Auto applications for SoundCloud and their demo at CES

Software Engineer

Echo Interaction
01.2012 - 01.2014
  • Developed Android applications for in house clients.

CTO

Work Safe Zones
2018 - Current
  • Designed and developed the original prototype backend
  • Designed and managed the development of the final AWS backend system for integration with our mobile clients
  • Designed and managed the development of the front end web client
  • Designed and developed the Android client, including modifications to keep the app up to date over the years
  • Rebuilt the Android client in Kotlin from the original Java implementation
  • Built and lead the team that rebuilt the iOS and Android client, along with the web interface, Firebase backend
  • Setup an in house MDM server for iOS devices
  • Interfaced with companies overseas for product integration
  • Designed the Firebase database structure, as well as the api calls built to extend the database functionality
  • Configured a full CI/CD system with hands off build > test > merge > deploy pipelines for web and mobile platforms
  • Provided biweekly updates and financial reports, assuring that we stayed within budget and on track with our feature set

CTO

Mobile Safe Zones
01.2016 - Current
  • Developed an application to work alongside their custom piece of hardware to prevent usage of cellular devices while driving
  • Migrated to BLE when support for it was added to the Android platform to allow for a much cleaner implementation, allowing for a substantially larger user base
  • Developed new functionality that allowed us to move away from using OBD-2, allowing us to widen the target market to older vehicles
  • Continued development through multiple Android releases, modifying the device lockout to work with each new release
  • Developed final solution leveraging Mobile Device Management tools offered by Google

Founder

FutureHax LLC
01.2015 - Current
  • Founded FutureHax to facilitate freelance development
  • Developed countless Android applications, helping shape their design from the original point of conception, as well as coming in to clean up previous firms work
  • Built and lead teams designed around the needs of individual projects
  • Managed multiple clients worldwide with varying team sizes
  • Streamlined deployment process by developing continuous integration and delivery tools
  • Performed regression and system-level testing to verify software quality and function before it was released
  • Modified existing software to correct errors, upgrade interfaces, adapt to new hardware,and improve performance
  • Developed JWT and OAuth based authentication servers in NodeJS for mobile applications
  • Designed and developed multiple web APIs using NodeJS and SwaggerJS
  • Integration and development of both REST and GraphQL servers and clients
  • Drafted comprehensive reports to document bugs and design flaws
  • Designed new product elements such as audio, video and device-to-device communication
  • Worked closely with clients to establish problem specifications and system designs
  • Identified and suggested new technologies and tools for enhancing product value
  • Collaborated with product owners to design, build and test systems
  • Maintained existing applications and designed and delivered new applications
  • Assessed costs and risks associated with developing new features and products

Skills

Mobile Development

  • Native Android specialist experienced with phones/tablets, Android Wear, Android Auto, Google Glass, as well as custom development boards and hardware
  • Started development on Android 21, and have followed up through to the latest iterations
  • Advanced knowledge of Java and Kotlin
  • Experience with REST APIs, Open API Spec, and GraphQL consumption
  • Familiar with many common Android libraries such as RXJava, Retrofit, Crashlytics, etc
  • Comfortable with Dependency Injection tools like Dagger
  • Familiar with many common Android patterns such as MVVM, MVP, Flow, LiveData, etc
  • Broad experience with Bluetooth Low Energy, NFC, and IoT devices
  • Comfortable with many different analytics platforms, Facebook, Firebase, Mixpanel, LeanPlum, etc
  • Testing tools such as mockito and espresso

Web/Non Mobile Development

  • API design and documentation knowledge
  • Helm project packaging and deployment
  • Api design and development utilizing OpenApi
  • NodeJS server development and deployment utilizing best practices such as DotEnv Vault,

Hardware

  • Experienced with Android Open Source Project (AOSP) customization and development for custom hardware and distributions
  • Embedded development with Arduino, Intel Edison, Raspberry PI, etc
  • Beginning to learn AI processing utilizing CoreAI modules

DevOps/SRE

  • Docker/Kubernetes/Helm experience, utilizing ArgoCD for Helm projects and Gitlab CI/CD for custom deployments
  • Familiarity with the full Atlassian Stack (Bitbucket, Jira, Bamboo, Confluence, etc), and well as Github, Gitlab, CircleCI, Bitrise, etc
  • Release management and process control via CI/CD - Bamboo, Gitlab, Circle, ArgoCD, etc
  • Setting up and managing small to medium sized databases - MariaDB, Minio Object Storage, etc
  • Configuration and management of Docker registry and node package manager,
  • Learning metrics and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana
  • Certmanager and Ingress familiarity for managing web access and load balancing while maintaining privacy over SSL

Timeline

Senior Android Engineer - Disney
03.2022 - 09.2023
Android Software Engineer - Papa Johns International Inc.
06.2021 - 02.2022
Android Software Engineer - JPMorgan Chase
11.2020 - 05.2021
Android Software Engineer - Intrepid Networks
02.2020 - 04.2020
Senior Manager of Android Development - Illumy
06.2019 - 07.2020
Software Engineer - Lunar Wireless
03.2018 - 02.2019
Software Engineer - Zeemee Inc
08.2017 - 01.2018
Platform Engineer - NGI Systems
02.2017 - Current
CTO - Mobile Safe Zones
01.2016 - Current
Software Engineer - UniKey Technologies
01.2015 - 01.2016
Founder - FutureHax LLC
01.2015 - Current
Software Engineer - Cloudspace
01.2014 - 01.2015
Software Engineer - Echo Interaction
01.2012 - 01.2014
CTO - Work Safe Zones
2018 - Current

Private Clients

  • McLear Ltd
  • Lunar Wireless
  • CBros
  • Mobile Safe Zones
  • Work Safe Zones
  • Hot 97 FM
  • NGi Systems
  • P Kapustra
  • Dash SMS
  • DreamTree
  • G2i Systems
  • ZeeMee

Private Clients

Outside of the above mentioned positions, I have done many of small projects requested by clients who have reached out personally to request custom work, from rebuilding an old Eclipse project so that it would work in Android Studio, to creating a Hot97 soundboard. 


  • McLear Ltd
  • CBros
  • Hot 97 FM
  • NGi Systems
  • P Kapustra
  • Dash SMS
  • DreamTree
  • G2i Systems
  • AnthroTronix
  • Clever Real Estate
  • Futuri Media

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