James Knight
Verified Expert in Engineering
Product Management Developer
A former Googler, James has spent the last six years designing, developing, and marketing products for companies ranging from game studios to startups to Fortune 50s. Over the last three years, he has launched over ten applications to mobile app stores and managed a mobile development agency.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Git, WebStorm, Android Studio, Xcode, MacOS
The most amazing...
...project I've done was leading an effort at Google enabling advertisers to target customers using their location in the sales funnel, making $30M in a quarter.
Work Experience
Owner
Gradient
- Ported the WheelsUp's iOS application to Android. Currently at 5 stars in the Play Store.
- Worked alongside a RAD Corp's iOS team to launch #FIREFIRE and the Hotshot Screen Recorder on iOS and Android simultaneously, with the launches being featured on Product Hunt. #FIREFIRE currently has over 4 stars on the Play Store.
- Wrote a custom PGP encryption/decryption module for the Human Practice's iOS app, a mobile platform that enables doctors to refer and network with their colleagues.
- Ran a two-week product audit and roadmapping strategy session for MINA, a company helping patients share their up-to-date health history with providers efficiently, safely, and securely without filling out multiple paper forms.
- Optimized and expanded Reveal's recording, editing, and video sharing features.
- Built an iOS application for interior design professionals, allowing them to capture, organize, and share items within their teams and with their clients.
- Led company sales and marketing efforts.
- Led product and project management efforts for internal and client teams.
Solutions Engineer
- Led a multi-industry effort known as “Single View of the User,” working to enable advertisers to target their customers based on their location within the sales funnel and generating over $35M of new revenue in a single quarter.
- Organized and led “Lua,” a cross-functional team to scale these engagements across the telecom, insurance, and banking industries.
- Worked alongside the marketing, legal, and engineering teams for a large American bank to help them implement server side conversion tracking, enabling approximately $10M of incremental spend.
- Designed and built an internal Android application that allows co-workers to update their daily location on our team’s shared calendar.
- Designed and developed custom dashboards to help a large American travel company track their $50M in annual spend across various global markets.
Lead Engineer
Romotive
- Constructed an H.264 video streaming library for iOS—capable of transmitting the highest level of H.264 encoding available at 24 fps across local networks.
- Architected and built a cross-platform, native networking library for controlling the Romotive’s robotics platform for both iOS and Android.
- Designed and built the Romotive’s Android application.
- Gained experience growing a software team to five engineers; was the first employee at Romotive to do so.
- Contributed to iOS front-end development.
Junior Programmer
2XL Games
- Designed and implemented Facebook and Twitter integration for the top-selling iOS game Ricky Carmichael’s Motocross Matchup Pro.
- Built UI elements and screens for several mobile and console games across Xbox, PS2, iOS, and Android.
- Helped with game testing and quality assurance.
- Worked with external business partners to build marketing materials for upcoming games.
Owner
Input/Output Productions
- Designed and developed the website for a local entertainment company, City of Lights Entertainment.
- Consulted a local apartment complex on digital marketing and helped them set up Google Analytics.
- Provided hardware support for a local tech importer, Iveo.
Experience
WheelsUp Android Port
http://wheelsup.com/Currently at 5 stars in the Play Store.
#FIREFIRE and Hotshot Android Development
#FIREFIRE currently has over 4 stars in the Play Store.
Reveal Video Streaming Optimizations
MINA Product Audit
http://minaapp.com/Romotive's H.264 and Networking Library
Savel App (iOS)
Currently ranked 5 stars in the App Store.
Skills
Languages
Kotlin, Swift, Objective-C, Java, JavaScript, C++, Python, SQL, HTML, CSS, Clojure, Go, TypeScript, C#
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, RxJava, RxSwift, Google AdWords, Butterknife, Retrofit, Socket.IO, FFmpeg
Paradigms
App Development, Cross-platform, Management, Model View ViewModel (MVVM), Agile Software Development, Functional Programming
Platforms
Mobile, Android, iOS, Web, MacOS
Industry Expertise
Teaching, Project Management
Storage
Realm, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB
Other
Training & Training Content Development, Education, Prototyping, Training, Employee Training, Technical Training, Technical Consulting, WebSockets, Product Management, Consulting, Design, Interaction Design (IxD), Public Speaking, Digital Advertising, Web Development, Product Marketing, Product Strategy, App Design, Web Marketing, Conference Speaking, Networks, iBeacon, Bluetooth, Google Material Design
Frameworks
Rx, Dagger 2, Express.js, Boost
Tools
RxAndroid, Sequelize, Mocha, Xcode, Android Studio, WebStorm, Git, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Education
Graduate Studies in Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA, USA
Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics
Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University - Tempe, AZ, USA
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