Roles: Developer, Architect, Tech Lead

Platforms: Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, BREW

Tech: J2ME/CLDC, Groovy/GANT

Mobile Banking is an application allowing users to check account balances, pay bills, and transfer money from their mobile device (cell phone). It was developed by the Atlanta-based startup Firethorn which was acquired by Qualcomm.

I worked on this application from early prototyping through product, the acquistion and several subsequent releases. Over the course of the project, I developed a complete low level UI framework, and later lead an architectural movement to support multiple platforms with maximum shared code. The application has been live for over 2 years and is running on several hundred thousand devices.

Roles: Design Consultant

Platforms: Windows Desktop

Tech: Photoshop, Java/Swing, JavaWebStart

Ballista is a small financial startup on Wall Street that built a peer-to-peer options trading system. The system provides a venue for traders to easy complete otherwise complicated trades.

I worked with Ballista from their earliest startup days (two people in a paper storage room) through their launch. Through combination of prototypying techniques, I designed their complete user interface, a custom look and feel and the beginnings of their branding experience. Before they had a full time development team, I also built Swing client prototypes for VC demos laying the architectural groundwork for the production client.