Kristy Welsh
Scottsdale,AZ
Summary
Highly talented Android Developer who partners solid business acumen with extensive experience as a consultant and trainer to successfully accelerate companies’ efficiency and enhance the customer experience. Proactive, talented communicator well-versed in all aspects of mobile app development. Results-oriented with more than 20 years of experience in IT industry, 9 years Android Development. Solidifies client relations and growth through improved workflows and enhanced features.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Android Developer
Edward Jones
10.2022 - Current
- Senior Android Developer working on the DBX Team for the Calendar app
- Android app tech stack: Android JetPack Compose, Room, Hilt, and Kotlin coroutines
- Works with Android team, product and Design to develop an Android app for use in branch offices to schedule appointments for financial advisors
- Made architectural recommendations to Senior Leadership for Online Access app, which is used by EdwardJones clients
- Mentored junior developers in tackling new Android Architectural patterns
- This position is 100% Remote.
Senior Android Developer
TextNow
05.2021 - 10.2022
- Senior Android Developer working on the Growth Team for the TextNow app, which is a free calling, texting and video replacement for regular phone service
- Android app uses is highly modular with a Koin, Android JetPack, Room, Compose, and Kotlin coroutines tech stack
- Responsible for app architecture
- This position is 100% Remote.
Senior Android Developer
Green Dot
07.2020 - 05.2021
- Senior Android Developer leading a team of developers on a banking app
- Participated in Agile story writing given requirements
- Android app uses is highly modular with a Hilt, Dagger, Android JetPack (including navigational components, data binding), and coroutnines tech stack
- Being a bank, we do not persist data but rely on extensive secure API calls from and to our backend servers
- Responsible for app architecture
- This position was 100% Remote.
Senior Android Developer
Hypergiant
01.2018 - 07.2020
- Served as staff augmentation Android developer for a variety of apps released to the Google Playstore
- Apps target API 28+, used Java, Kotlin, Retrofit, RxJava, Dagger, and implemented MVP and MVVM architectural designs
- One 6 month contract used a tech stack of GraphQL - Retrofit - AndroidX - Koin - Coroutines - Databinding – Navigational Components
- As part of a staff augmentation, did bugfixing on legacy client apps for which have users in the hundreds of thousands
- Current Project uses Dagger2/RxJava/Room/MVVM
- Also, at Hypergiant, spent a couple of months contributing to a react with node.js web project
- This position is 100% Remote.
Senior Android Developer
BLACK PIXEL
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Worked on sport-themed apps, including the android version of the National Hockey League app
- NHL app was optimized for tablets and phones and used RESTful network calls to populate stats, videos and news articles
- App was tested on all phone and tablet android devices
- Developed and app for the WWE network Android set top box
- WWE app used GraphQL as the basis of the service calls
- Team player in an Agile environment working with multiple teams to support apps for the client
- Remote position.
Senior Android Developer
ASSISTEK
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Developed Android applications serving as the data collection mechanism for pharmaceutical companies doing drug studies
- Primary hardware was a Nexus 7 tablet
- Was lead developer on 5 separate projects, redesigned core base code from scratch, which allows for high customization in future projects
- Application synced data from tablets via web services and SOAP requests to local SQL Server 2008R
- Scaled down application from Nexus 7 tablets to 5 inch and 6 inch phones; extensive experience making layouts operate on different screen sizes
- Remote Position.
Principal Contractor
WEB NATION
01.1995 - 01.2014
- Provided programming support to various clients, assessed existing systems and efficiency of software, and then recommended improvements
- Implemented suggestions and secured buy-in from onsite teams through training to get them moving forward in the right direction before exiting company.
Managing Officer
CYBERMARK INTERNATIONAL
01.2007 - 01.2008
- Managed staff of 10 people to implement best business practices on internal software
- Oversaw rewriting of several businesses with web-based software
- Programmed using PHP, SQL, and MySQL and maintained client database
- Conducted policy strategy.
Education
BS - Aeronautical Engineering Technology
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Tempe, AZSkills
- C
- Java
- Kotlin
- Coroutines
- Hilt
- Jetpack Compose
- Sqlite
- MS-SQL Server
- Room
Databases
- MySQL
- MS SQL Server
- Oracle
- Sqlite
Timeline
Senior Android Developer
Edward Jones
10.2022 - Current
Senior Android Developer
TextNow
05.2021 - 10.2022
Senior Android Developer
Green Dot
07.2020 - 05.2021
Senior Android Developer
Hypergiant
01.2018 - 07.2020
Senior Android Developer
BLACK PIXEL
01.2016 - 01.2017
Senior Android Developer
ASSISTEK
01.2014 - 01.2016
Managing Officer
CYBERMARK INTERNATIONAL
01.2007 - 01.2008
Principal Contractor
WEB NATION
01.1995 - 01.2014
BS - Aeronautical Engineering Technology
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
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