Kelvin Ling

Experience

• Yahoo! Inc Senior Software Engineer
  Dec 2009 – Jan 2011
  Atlanta, GA
  • Developing mobile applications and prototypes for iPhone and iPad devices. Applications ranging from communicating with tv devices to displaying content to users.
  • Maintaining and adding features to the AT&T U-verse web remote application. This is a tv guide like app for U-verse users.
  • Authoring blog posts for Yahoo! Developer Network and being a Yahoo! technology evangelist in general.
  • http://developer.yahoo.com/blogs/ydn/posts/author/kling/
• Macquarium, Inc. Architect, Front End Solutions
  March 2008 – Dec 2009
  Atlanta, GA
  • Create technical approach documents to specify and describe solutions
  • Create design documents, flow diagrams, UML activity diagrams
  • Create functional documents for solutions
  • Evaluate and select solutions balancing budget, technical constraints, client goals, and timelines
  • Identify risks inherent to particular technology solutions with mitigations and potential workarounds
  • Specify, describe, and estimate solutions with vague requirements and assumptions
  • Break down technical projects into discrete tasks to assist in the creation of a project plan
  • Participate and facilitate meetings with Clients and key project stakeholders to capture requirements and drive the ultimate tech/business solution
  • Provide status and track progress to a Project Manager and assist in managing team and risks
  • Drive code reviews and best practices through the development lifecycle
  • Drive the use of common services and shared components, when appropriate, to reduce complexity and cost, increase re-use and provide maximum flexibility
  • Help define company coding standards based on industry best practices
  • Mentor junior team members and provides technical supervision to the project team
  • Develop re-usable modules/widgets/mashups, leveraging open APIs, e.g. Yahoo! Maps, Flicker, Answers, etc
  • Have worked on projects with key clients such as Yahoo!, UPS, Cox Communications, CNN, ChoicePoint, Emory University, GM, GMAC, Home Depot, and a host of others
• Macquarium, Inc. Manager, Front-End Development
  Oct 2007 – March 2008
  Atlanta, GA
  • Manage a team of fulltime front-end developers and contractors
  • Oversee the front-end direction of each engagement, providing thought leadership for internal and external company communication, and mentoring development teams
  • Provide project estimates and assist in the creation of project plans
• Macquarium, Inc. Senior Front-End Developer / Software Engineer
  June 2006 – Oct 2007
  Atlanta, GA
  • Technical lead on projects, develop designs that other team members will code
  • Design and write code for the visual portion of an application
  • Co-authored and led a coding standard effort for Front-End Developers
  • Performs unit-testing of the code written for the web applications
  • Maintain and modify existing applications
  • Designed a modal dialog box class using Javascript and CSS similar to Lightbox and Greybox framework
• EnvisionWare, Inc. Software Developer
  May 2002 – June 2006
  Duluth, GA
  • Work with a team to write object-oriented code using Test Driven Development (TDD) techniques
  • Write cross-platform application using the QT framework on Windows, Mac, and Linux OS
  • Write and maintain C/C++/Qt programs leveraging database technologies, including MS Access, ODBC, and SQL and leveraging TCP/IP socket communication
  • Maintain software projects consisting of multiple source code modules and both internal and end-user documentation using Microsoft Word and DOxygen
  • Write and maintain project specifications including database table layout and network communications protocols as well as UML diagrams
  • Provide 3rd tier technical support troubleshooting complex issues involving network configuration problems, security settings, and multiple operating systems
  • Created a KnowledgeBase system leveraging PHP and MySQL and JavaScript
  • Created a Bug Tracking system and reports using PHP and MySQL
• IBM CORP. / LOTUS DEVELOPMENT CORP. Senior Technical Support Engineer
  July 1996 – Dec 2000
  Atlanta, GA
  • Sole liaison between worldwide Technical Support, Product Management and Development staff for Lotus Organizer and Lotus EasySync
  • Single point of contact for worldwide escalation; third-tier support for Organizer and EasySync
  • Spearheaded support documentation phase of product releases. Responsible for the technical review of documentation used to support Organizer and EasySync worldwide
  • Prepared and reviewed Organizer and EasySync training materials
  • Responsible for researching and prioritizing stop-ship issues; customer advocate in product development cycle
  • Participated in the product cycles of Lotus Organizer and Lotus EasySync from its planning stages to its First Customer Ship
  • Delivered high quality helpdesk support of Organizer, EasySync, Notes, 1-2-3, Approach, Word Pro, and other Lotus products by adapting to various levels of customer expertise and demeanor
  • Created a variety of Visual Basic applications using the Lotus Organizer API for customers
  • Created a variety of Lotus Notes databases for department