Jason Swaby

Senior Android Developer on the Platform team.

+ Web Application development primarily with: -- PHP & MySQL -- Drupal 4.5 - 8 -- Symfony 2 -- jQuery & jQuery Mobile -- XHTML & CSS. + Native Mobile Application Development with: -- Java and XML for Android -- C, Objective-C, and Cocoa Touch for iOS -- Java 1.4 for Blackberry 4.5 - 6.0 + Working knowledge of standard industry tools and practices: -- Agile -- Scrum -- Test Driven Development (TDD) -- Paired Programming -- Event Driven Development -- Feature Driven Development -- Software Estimation -- Design Patterns in Object Oriented Languages -- Agile Testing -- JIRA -- Git (GitHub), SVN, and CVS -- Google Analytics on iOS and Android -- Zendesk SDK Integration and Customization + Development Environments: -- Mac OSX (Primary OS) -- Windows and Linux (Secondary) -- Xcode (iOS), Eclipse (Android), Android Studio (Android), Netbeans (PHP/Drupal/Symfony) -- MAMP, XAMPP, WAMP -- Vagrant -- Genymotion Android Emulator

SDK Team

Using the latest Android mobile technologies to modernize the logistics transportation industry.

+ Manage Android Development on all Rogers Digital Media Products -- Sportsnet, CityTV, FX, and all radio (music and news) apps on Android + Interviewing candidates to augment the development team + Conducting weekly 1-on-1 with team members + Investing in the career growth of team members + Android platform expert for feature scoping and planning + Managing development relationships with external vendors + Device support management

+ Android Development for Sportsnet -- Android TV (Sony Bravia, nVidia Shield) -- Amazon FireTV -- Custom TV User Interfaces -- TV Input Framework (TIF) -- AndroidTV Home Screen Integration (PlayNext and Channels) -- Phone and Tablet -- Google In App Purchasing (Mobile and TV) -- Product Flavors & Flavor Dimensions -- Custom Build Types -- Kotlin -- Java -- RX Java -- 64-bit compliance -- AndroidX Conversion + Android Development for CityTV -- COVID-19 Emergency content -- Code refactoring -- Amazon FireTV Live Integration (TIF) + Agile with Scum Development Process -- Github -- JIRA -- Pull Requests and PR Reviews -- Release Management -- Daily Stand up, Backlog Grooming, Sprints, and Retrospective -- Crashlytics build delivery with Fastlane -- Canary Channel Android Studio development environment -- Mac OS Development Environment + Project Planning -- Drawing on 10+ years of mobile development experience in many capacities to plan, architect, and execute on a mobile and connected device development project, while staying within the budgeted timelines in a realistic manner. -- Mentoring junior developers in mobile industry generally accepted practices. -- Attending conferences and presenting what I learned in a comprehensive fashion, focusing on how this information helps Sportsnet and other Rogers digital platforms. -- Brainstorming sessions for products and features to improve the platform and the departments process. + Personal Development -- LinkedIn Learning Courses --- Git Essential Training: The Basics --- Git: Branches, Merges, and Remotes --- Git Intermediates Techniques --- Giving and Receiving Feedback --- Developing Your Emotional Intelligence --- Android Studio Essential Training 2020 --- Concurrent Programming with Android: Threads, Workers, and Kotlin Coroutines -- Attending Google I/O Conferences

+ Android Software Development -- Native application and SDK development -- TDD with JUnit -- Material Design -- Fragments -- Support Design Library -- ViewModel -- Room DB -- MVVM with Repository architecture design -- OkHttp for Networking -- Moshi for JSON Parsing -- Picasso for Image downloading / caching + Agile with Scum Development Process -- Bitbucket CVS -- JIRA -- Canary Channel Android Studio development environment -- Mac OSX -- Genymotion Android Emulator

Maintaining and enhancing both Discover and TicketManager Android apps. Improving development practices through proven and trusted processes through years of mobile development experience. + Android Application Development -- Android Studio -- Custom Gradle Tasks -- EventBus -- RESTful API integration -- JSON parsing with Jackson -- Fragments -- Material Design -- Genymotion test integration -- NFC Beam integration -- Google Mobile Vision integration -- Runtime Permissions -- XML drawables -- Widgets -- Services / Intent Services -- SQLite -- Card.io integration -- Quick Settings Tile -- MPAndroidChart -- Transifex Localization API integration using Gradle and curl -- Fastlane build distribution (Crashlytics), and screenshot generation -- Bluetooth Mesh Networking + Agile/Kanban with Scrum -- JIRA -- GitHub -- Stand up, planning, retro based sprints

Lead mobile developer working with the e-commerce team and API team. + Trello + GitHub + Test Flight (via iTunes Connect) + Restful JSON web services + Mobile library development + TDD + KVO + Application State Management + Offline data management + Crashlytics integration + Agile with Scrum + MapBox iOS SDK integration + Auto Layout + Android 4 + Android Notifications + Android Alarm Managers + Quality Assurance and Project Management with Trello and Skitch + Google Analytics on iOS and Android

+ Lead developer on iOS and Android native application development projects -- Objective-C -- Java -- XML + Mobile web developer -- jQuery Mobile -- HTML5 -- CSS 3 + Mac OSX developer + Agile practitioner with SCRUM/Kanban + JIRA guru and evangelist + In-house Mac OS X specialist

+ Native Mobile Application Development -- iPhone & iPad -- Android -- Blackberry & Playbook + Drupal Web Application Development + Some Symfony Web Application Development + Co-Op mentor to the Future All-Stars (Rhino Xpress) + Quality Assurance Super Hero + Software triage as a member of the Strategy and Support Team (SSG) + Freshbooks Time Management Rock Star + JIRA Advocate and specialist.