Bill Maya

 
"Always be in beta."

My Experience

Mobiquity  December 2016–October 2017
Technical Delivery Manager

Lead dynamic remote development teams creating Android, iOS, and Alexa experiences for client projects.

• The Children's Place - Specialty retail catalog, purchasing, and account management mobile app
• IHG/Crowne Plaza - Alexa room automation, concierge, and guest services (goo.gl/bWDZso)
• BioPay/Six Capitol - Social health and wellness mobile app for Singapore and Indonesia

• Project Responsibilities

• Owned technical projects from requirements through delivery. Recognized SME of required features/functions. Managed project scope, anticipating potential issues. Worked closely with Mobiquity and client PMs to report status and resolve meta-team issues
• Worked with design, architecture, and business stakeholders to decompose epics into appropriately sized user stories for backlog. Wrote majority of user stories. ead backlog grooming
• Coordinated pre-build "Sprint 0" activities, making sure build infrastructure (Jira, GitHub, Jenkins, HockeyApp, Google Drive, Zeplin, Slack) was correctly initalized and configured. Administered as required
• Led daily standups. Helped team arrive at accurate level-of-effort estimates through sprint planning. Removed daily roadblocks and lead sprint retrospectives, enabling team to meet and maintain necessary velocity
• Motivated and supported delivery team members. Delegated tasks and responsibilities to appropriate individuals. Provided additional design and documentation of technical solutions where needed. Identified and resolved conflicts within team

CVS Health  April 2014–June 2016
Manager, Mobile Application Development

• DevOps

• Responsible for Android/iPhone mobile security compliance tied to monthly releases for entire smartphone portfolio&mdashRetail Pharmacy, Caremark, Specialty

• – Triaged weekly Veracode scans. Proposed mitigations after code review
• – Worked with internal/external developers for unmitigatable code fixes
• – Single point of contact for enterprise security group and project SRAs
• – Used REST utilities and RTC to streamline workflow

• Insured all project work included in monthly releases by implementing SVN branching/merging strategy based on Flow of Change/TOFU concepts. Attempted Git migration and implementation of new branching/merging process
• Improved current ExtraCare iPhone code quality and expansion potential by indentifying debt in current codebase (17,874 LOC). Managed developers making changes

• Project Management

• Managed, coached and mentored Android/iPhone onshore & offshore teams. Vetted developer resumes prior to interviewing potential candidates
• Introduced all teams to Agile—user stories, product backlog, sprints, standups&mdashto build a better product and foster developer accountability and ownership
• Successfully delivered multiple concurrent enterprise-level CVS smartphone projects for Retail Mobile (goo.gl/Cbcviw, goo.gl/JGrqAG)

• – Created actionable user story backlog from Waterfall requirements
• – Reduced rework by demoing software early and often
• – Encouraged cross-team conversations to anticipate and manage change

• Retail Pharmacy Project Highlights

• – Complete mobile web-to-native conversion of ExtraCare experience
• – Reduction in mobile security vulnerabilities from triple to single digits
• – Implemented Scrum for small project (SMP) process with offshore developers
• – Delivered product scanning project on time despite extremely agressive schedule

• Facilitated weekly status reporting to business by creating Trello/JavaScript utility. Streamlined resume intake using Trello

MojoTech  February 2012–July 2012
Product/Project Manager

• Managed 60% of current projects, freeing founders to concentrate on business dev
• Refined client designs into acceptable user stories for Agile development
• Managed developers across multiple time zones. Monitored daily progress. Resolved roadblocks. Worked with design staff to meet project milestones

Wampum & Womantum Creations  2009–Present
Mobile Software Developer/Designer (P/T)

Smartphone/tablet apps, games, and prototypes

• Campaign Puppets – iOS/Android political debate game (goo.gl/TjZXyZ)
• Viand – Food shopping list Android/iPhone app with Azure backend (goo.gl/XDpZLF)
• Where’s George – iPhone Twitter client for pets (goo.gl/6J7CnW)
• Balance of the Planet – iPad environmental management simulation (goo.gl/NQozxb)
• Teen Talk – iPhone/iPad social simulation game (goo.gl/I6WDx9)
• Camelot – iPhone political primary simulation game (goo.gl/kEzU0V)
• The Curatorium – Android/iPhone prototype leveraging retail web site (goo.gl/7UBMDn)
• QuickGifter – Gift management iPhone app (goo.gl/Czlo6z)

Trimble Navigation, Ltd.  June 2006–April 2014
Mobile Software Engineer

• Geospatial/Mapping & GIS


• Primary advocate of Xamarin platform. Achieve 60%-70% code reuse
• Developed native iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile clients using Xamarin/MVVM (goo.gl/JpUV1m)
• Developed ASP.NET MVC components for web-based AWS data collection platform (goo.gl/6J1nVm)


• Direct Store Delivery


• Developed product roadmap for Windows Mobile, Android, and iPhone
• Evaluaded 3rd party DSD platforms for quicker time-to-market. Rebooted current .NET development to meet alpha/beta milestones
• Gathered functional bulk delivery requirements to determine expansion viability
• Created product manager job description to qualify potential candidates


• Market Solutions Team


• Prototyped potential “boxed products” with Trimble customers to solve real-world problems. Transition prototypes to internal product management groups after field testing


• – Developed Shetland Windows Mobile prototype (see below)
• – Integrated MobileGNSS Field SDK into ArcGIS Windows Mobile app
• – Prototyped iPhone designs from existing Windows Mobile field data collection app


• Evaluated existing Trimble and 3rd party hardware/software for possible bricolage. Researched potential markets (smartphone, submersible, solar energy installation) for market potential

Shetland Prototype

• – Managed entire project concept-to-prototype. Owned client relationships
• – Gathered requirements. Developed functional/technical specs and documentation
• – Devleoped Shetland Windows Mobile app using internal proprietary SDKs. Supervised ArcGIS development
• – Performed prototype-to-product due diligence with portfolio manager


• Utility Field Solutions


• Product owner and scrum master on Fieldport/UtilityCenter portmanteau project. Coached team on Scrum
• Performed quality assurance on UtilityCenter components


• Mobile Resource Management


• TrimForm/TrimFlow (goo.gl/fUpJZg)


• – Kickstarted TrimForm project. Created product backlog and release plan. Scrum master. Provided product and technical direction as needed
• – Developed Visual Studio visual domain-specific language (DSL) editor to allow non-devs to create/modify XML workflows
• – Enhanced TrimFlow workflow engine with wizard-based navigation, jump prerequisites, jump behaviors, and persistent step states using NUnit (TDD)


• Windows Mobile .NET


• – Developed Workbench editors for Field Service/Maintenance mobile app by non-devs
• – Developed pricing and promotion engine for Direct Store Delivery CPG mobile app
• – Developed desktop database, deployment, and reporting utilities for FS/M mobile app



Global Payments, Inc.  May 2002–June 2005
Software Engineer

• Project lead on Oracle 9i/Oracle 11i Applications Suite integration project
• Reduced two-week manual monthly billing to four hours as Omnis 7 billing automation project lead
• Developed numerous enhancements to Omnis 7 customer service/inventory/logistics system for POS terminals. Hired and managed contractors

Contractor - Mobile Development  May 1998–May 2006
.NET CF, Visual Basic, Mobile VB

Development of the following mobile software applications

• Visual Basic McDonalds coffee quality maintenance call surveys (Ken's Beverage)
• Embedded Visual Basic generic field data collection (Ken's Beverage)
• Mobile VB Burger King quality maintenance call surveys (Ken's Beverage)
• Embedded Visual Basic McDonalds quality maintenance call surveys (Ken's Beverage)
• Visual Basic lead mitigation clearance application design (RI Housing Resource Commission)
• MobileVB activity/expense manager Nokia 9210 (AppForge)
• MobileVB invoice billing prototype (Sara Lee Coffee & Tea)
• MobileVB retail jewelry MLM tracking (Premier Designs)
• Visual Basic CE McDonalds QMC Survey (The Coca-Cola Company)

Contractor - Client/Server Development  November 1994–May 2001
Visual FoxPro, FoxPro, Visual Basic, Omnis 7

Software development and maintenance on the following software applications

• Visual Basic front-end loan processing enhancements (Alltel)
• Omnis 7 McDonalds QMC scheduling/tracking (The Coca-Cola Company)
• Visual FoxPro telemarketing prospect/pledge management (JAK Productions)
• Foxpro HR OCR data valiation (Equifax)
• Omnis 7 permanent/locum tenens medical recruiting and billing (Jackson & Coker)
• Visual FoxPro accounting and human resources (Salvation Army)
• FoxPro/Mac advertising management (Federated Dept. Stores)
• FoxPro month-end financial reconciliation (MCI/Worldcom)

Keane/GE Consulting Services  August 1990–October 1994
Consultant

• Team leader of FoxPro telecom billing system refactoring team (GE Exchange)
• System developer on FoxPro telecom order entry/tracking system (GE Exchange)
• Fortune 500 1st & 2nd level software, hardware, networking help desk support

Application Developer  November 1988–March 1990
Clipper/dBase, HyperCard, THINK Pascal

• Clipper/dBase maintenance on retail POS application (Seaport Software)
• Developed HyperCard educational software (University of Rhode Island)
• Developed THINK Pascal framework for monthly Mac disk magazine (Uptime)

CERTIFICATIONS

• Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) .NET certification – April 2006
• Microsoft Certified Applications Developer (MCAD) .NET certification – Jan 2006

EDUCATION

• BFA, Film & Television, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
• Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

OTHER

• Eagle Scout, BSA – “Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, etc.”