- I have been developing for Android since one can develop for Android.
- Designed and implemented various Android applications being used by millions of users.
- Worked with mobile device manufacturers to integrate my Android applications into their consumer devices.
- Worked with advertising companies to include ads in my existing products.
Specialties: Java, Android, Mobile applications design, User interface design and engineering, Usability
Android Engineer @ Some of the interesting work that I did:
* http://sunrise.am/meet/ From October 2014 to Present (1 year 3 months) Greater New York City AreaSoftware Engineer (Mobile) @ Lead Android engineer for the Swarm app. Implement new features and maintain existing features for the Foursquare Android app. Also did a lot of client side infrastructure work.
Some of the interesting work that I did:
* http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/1/5666062/foursquare-swarm-new-app
* http://live.theverge.com/google-io-2012-live-blog-day-one/#/entry/21921/149000
* http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/01/with-connected-apps-foursquare-firms-its-position-as-the-social-network-for-places/
* http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/10/foursquare-adds-nfc-support-to-its-android-app/
* http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/11/2791435/FourSquare-NFC-Android-Beam-update-app
* http://aboutfoursquare.com/foursquare-for-android-gets-beam-support/
* http://gizmodo.com/5877304/foursquare-adds-menus-as-it-looks-to-eat-yelp-for-lunch From December 2011 to September 2014 (2 years 10 months) Greater New York City AreaFounder @ * Designed and implemented various Android applications being used by millions of users.
* Initiated open source projects to facilitate improvements in the Android development community.
* Worked with mobile device manufacturers to integrate my Android applications into their consumer devices.
* Products include Digital Clock Widget, Mastermind, MaizeHKG, Card Magic, Waterloo for Android, etc. From December 2008 to December 2013 (5 years 1 month) Mobile Developer @ * Design, implement and optimize the AndSpot Android client application.
* Design and implement the AndSpot mobile registration site using HTML, Javascript, jQuery, CSS and JSP.
* Report directly to the CEO and CTO daily and interact with mentors from Google Inc & Xtreme Labs From August 2011 to October 2011 (3 months) Toronto, Canada AreaStudent Developer @ * Designed and implemented an equipment logging application in Java and SQL for the Optoelectronics Research Centre which allows graduate students to record their data results obtained from the usage of lab equipments/machines.
* Designed and implemented an equipment booking application in C# and SQL for the Optoelectronics Research Centre which allows graduate students to make reservations for use of laboratory equipments/machines. From February 2009 to May 2009 (4 months)
Bachelor of Mathematics, Computer Science @ University of Waterloo From 2006 to 2011 William Hou is skilled in: Android, Java, C#, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, SQL, Mobile Applications, Android Development, jQuery