Technical summary

Dr. Kurt R. Matis

kurt.matis@platformagilesoftware.com

(518)274-3985

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  Over 20 years of Professional Software Engineering experience, Architecting, Designing, Developing and Implementing Web-based, Desktop and Mobile applications using multiple Technologies, Languages and Platforms
  
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  Strong experience in Object Oriented Design techniques and Service-Oriented Architecture
  
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  Particular expertise in rescuing application projects involved with Xamarin and employing best practice solutions
  
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  Full life-cycle (design/implementation/maintenance) of commercial products with stringent reliability and quality requirements
  
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  Extensive experience in Microsoft Technologies, including C# and the .Net Framework and prior application technologies
  
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  Visual Studio 2017 and .Net Standard
  
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  Strong skills in Requirements Gathering, Assessment & Analysis and Design
  
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  Collaboration and Effective Communication with Stakeholders to Define and Reconcile Goals / Strategy
  
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  Highly skilled in writing understandable project documentation; developing training materials and delivering training
  
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  Common-sense approach to balancing agility with discipline in software development
  
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  Strong Leadership and Communication Skills in Mentoring junior developers, white boarding technology and making significant individual hands-on contributions to development efforts
  
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  Track record for strong team player attitude
  
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  https://github.com/Platform-Agile-Software/PAF-Community
  

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  Helping client connect a .Net Core/ Xamarin application to low-level native MacOS facilities to replicate Windows behavior.
  
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  Developed additional abstractions on top of .Net Core to reach down to low-level Mac OS infrastructure.
  
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  Developed workarounds for .Net Core features that were not available on Mac or simply did not work.
  

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  Managed and directed a team which developed a Mobile App for control of buildings through BACnet/BLE.
  
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  Personally reverse-engineered and resurrected unreliable, undocumented legacy BACnet and BLE libraries.
  
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  Taught the team about Xamarin architectural best practices and general software best practices.
  
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  Monitored and advised team members in connecting Xamarin to native code in Java and Objective-C.
  

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  Upgrading a major system/framework originally based on “mono” (.Net for UNIX).
  
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  Taking advantage of .Net Standard to compactify code while maintaining backward compatibility with legacy code.
  
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  Converting certain .Net/mono desktop functionality to run in Xamarin.Forms on mobiles.
  

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  Analyzing existing Xamarin project code and developing prescriptions for repair/rewrite.
  
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  Taught software staff the art of balancing agility and discipline in software engineering.
  
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  Rewrote key portions of code base to exemplify proper coding and architectural practices, including MVVM.
  
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  Taught management the concept of “Balancing Agility and Discipline”
  

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  Porting a major cross-platform framework “Platform-Agile Framework” (PAF) to .Net Standard.
  
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  PAF supports Xamarin Forms and Universal Windows Platform.
  
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  Repository at: https://github.com/krogerma
  

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  Analyzed end clients errant Xamarin application and provided a complete plan for re-architecting and rebuilding.
  
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  Assisted client in establishing “rules of the road” and development standards for all future applications.
  
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  Assisted client in establishing vetting procedures for high-quality software developers.
  
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  This was general “Project Rescue” work.
  

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  Responsible for constructing a development methodology and coordination plan for all facets of a major project.
  
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  Vetted various 3^rd-party tools for incorporation into the product.
  
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  Indoctrinated the team in various Ultra-Rapid Application Development (URAD) techniques.
  
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  Programmed various needed extensions into a C# cross-platform framework to support the product.
  
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  Developed a replacement for Xamarin-iOS “storyboards” that provided more flexibility.
  
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  Set up a full Xamarin continuous integration and delivery system, including Team Services, Xamarin Test Cloud, HockeyApp and modified NUnit environment.
  

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  Confidential
  

Design review for a new major initiative to program mobile devices

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  Reviewed the existing rough design for reasonableness.
  
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  Fleshed out details and provided design documentation for the project.
  

Built a new Xamarin.Android app for home maintenance

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  Developing REST client and consulting on REST service data shaping for efficiency.
  
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  Using our existing code infrastructure to build functionality for client.
  
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  Screen design.
  
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  Developing unit tests.
  

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  Putting special diagnostic probes into Xamarin.Mac runtime do more fully analyze crashes.
  
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  Tutored employees on stochastic testing issues.
  
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  Developing tests for the code base.
  
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  Performing code audits for thread-safety.
  
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  Reformulating code base as a Service-Oriented Architecture
  

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  Prepared existing code base to be “platform-agile”. Rewrote code to better enable code sharing between Windows, Android and iOS platforms.
  
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  Tutored employees on cross-platform issues and thread-safety issues. Wrote C# cross-platform unit tests for the shared code portions.
  
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  Integrated the app with Rest-based Web services.
  
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  Converted the applications to Xamarin Forms.
  

Working WITH Xamarin Corporation to clean up their cross-platform application samples to provide a vehicle to demonstrate our “Platform-Agile Framework”.

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  Updated samples to run with Visual Studio 2013 and to provide better documentation.
  
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  Rewrote code to better demonstrate code sharing between Windows, Android and iOS platforms.
  
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  Wrote C# cross-platform unit tests for the shared code portions.
  
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  In the process of integrating our PAF into their samples to provide ability to more easily share code between Android, iOS and Windows Phone.
  

Working with Bloomberg Chief Technology Office to develop a cross-platform solution to enable new security capabilities to be added to Mac, Linux and Windows platforms.

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  Developed a cross-platform security mechanism for worldwide customer login and authentication.
  
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  Developed a demonstration prototype on Apple Macintosh platform – new platform for Bloomberg.
  
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  Developed a complete cross-platform framework to serve multiple future applications.
  

Under contract to re-engineer Windows C# code to be platform-agile. The goal was to allow integration of Macintosh computers into a Microsoft Windows based network.

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  Studied the current code base to discover security issues.
  
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  Rewrote code to maintain existing functionality exactly while closing security holes. Simultaneously partitioned code base into platform-independent portion (most of the code) and platform-dependent plugins.
  
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  Prepared comprehensive unit tests, functional tests and system-level tests to ensure correct and secure operation on both Windows and Mac platforms.
  

Under contract to reverse-engineer and re-implement a large-scale case management system in use within the Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS) of New York State. Called in on an emergency basis to assist in some tough issues in the conversion from VB6 to VB.Net using WPF. The new system incorporates WCF services to communicate data to an Oracle database backend. Design of the system was complicated by the fact that it must support up to 20,000 case workers simultaneously.

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  Studied the current system to determine the logic involved in allowing only certain case workers in certain districts to see and/or input certain data, depending on authorization.
  
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  Designed new WPF infrastructure in support of an evolving NYS-developed MVVM Architecture.
  
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  Built new WPF controls and repaired existing controls that were written by individuals who (apparently) were not familiar with Microsoft’s concept of the WPF design workflow, including interfacing to visual designers.
  
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  Built new interfaces to existing WCF services.
  
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  Built sophisticated tests to establish the fidelity of new windows and infrastructure functionality in comparison with old VB6 system.
  

This endeavor concerned the re-development and deployment of a major Eastman Kodak software system from Microsoft Windows .Net to run on Linux and Macintosh platforms.

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  Studied the current system for various cross-platform inconsistencies that would encumber building and running the software on the other platform.
  
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  Developed a work plan document with tasks and schedules for the modification/enhancement of the software in order to run well on all of the platforms we wish to support.
  
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  Researched current techniques in cross-platform technology for remoting, concurrent operations and several other critical technologies.
  
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  Provided access to ICUCOM’s cross-platform open-source project, Goshaloma and performed enhancements/customizations needed for Kodak’s project.
  
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  Developed new build platform for continuous integration builds on three platforms. This platform is Mac-based with builds and unit tests performed on Linux and Windows through use of virtual machines running under VMware Fusion.
  
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  Consulted on all aspects of cross-platform development, including building and testing of managed and unmanaged code modules and designing unit and performance tests.