Ken Ho
Digital Nomad in Latin America |-| https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-ho-16824a77
Profile
A reliable, adaptable, and self-motivated individual seeking a challenging and evolving role in mobile development
which will allow exploration of new technologies and further development of the technical, communication, and
leadership skills acquired from over ten years experience as a software engineer.
I have acquired knowledge and proficiency in key programming languages and applications as both a member and
leader in various teams tasked with delivering cross platform mobile solutions through the use of various software
development processes notably scrum.
Notable achievements include being awarded the employee of the year award, receiving the highest performance
rating for the year, solely responsible for development of an Android app for a Berlin-based start-up now with almost 1
million downloads on Google Play, and the creation of my personal travel app with over 50k organic downloads.
Skill Set
Programming Languages
Java (10 years), Kotlin (5 years), Dart/Flutter (5 years), Objective C (3 years), Swift, C#, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Tools & Technologies
Android Studio, Git, Bitbucket, Figma, JIRA, Slack, Trello, Firebase, Supabase, AWS Amplify, Google APIs (e.g.
Maps, Charts, Vision, Analytics), Facebook SDK, Xcode, Visual Studio, Branch, Braze, Mapbox, Eclipse, OCR, Stripe
Libraries
Jetpack (e.g. Room, LiveData, Navigation, Compose), Data & View Binding, Retrofit2, RxJava2, Dagger2, Butterknife,
Timber, Picasso/Glide, Riverpod, Provider, Bloc, Purchases, Sqflite, RxDart, Dio, GetIt, Notifications, Social Signins
Portfolios/Repositories
https://bit.ly/benkodev-github | http://bit.ly/bingko-fl-profile | https://bit.ly/bingko-bitbucket
Employment History
Feb 2016 - Present
Self Employed, UK, EU, LATAM - Freelance Android & Flutter Developer
Developed Android apps available on Google Play through freelancer platforms such as Upwork, Fiverr and
Freelancer.com, including my personal application Travel Mapper with over 50k organic downloads.
Developed Flutter apps deployed on multiple platforms such as the Web, Google Play store and Apple App
store. E.g. FOQ U, RV TechLink (Ridesharing functionality) and a Travel Planner App
Dec 2016 - Jun 2018
familynet GmbH, Potsdam, Germany - Android Developer, Head of Technical Development
Solely created, developed and maintained the Looping mobile application from scratch.
Provided leadership, coordination, and guidance for the technical team and cross-team (backend, QA,
product, UX, marketing) by assuming responsibilities from the previous CTO (~4-5 months).
Looping was featured in PCWelt as among the best calendar apps for Android (2018).
Nov 2015 - Aug 2018
Angol Falu & Angloville, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland - Volunteer English Teacher/Mentor
Mentored students (teens and adults) who had to work on 10 minute presentations in English.
Taught grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary during practical 1-on-1 and group sessions with students, in
addition to completing a 120 hours online TEFL course.
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Jan 2015 – Jun 2015
Retriever Communications, Houston, USA - Project Lead
Led and trained a new mobile development team in Houston coordinating all cross team collaboration within
the engineering teams, product owner, and stakeholders in Sydney.
Praised by the MD, for producing higher quality and scalable code with more frequent deliverables whilst
reducing the maintenance costs for Retriever's core mobile apps adopting scrum and agile best practices.
Led the mobile team to win the company's first hackathon during the second day in the new role by providing
the vision and training for a team which had no previous experience in Android development.
Facilitated and provided training, mentorship and performance assessment for graduates within the team.
Aug 2014 – Jan 2015
Retriever Communications, Sydney, Australia - Senior Software Engineer & Project Lead
Performed the role of scrum master and leader of a cross-functional team
Coordinated all cross-team/departmental communication e.g. collaborative design meetings & code reviews.
Received the highest performance review rating within the engineering team for the year.
Implemented back end server framework for communication with key customer ERP systems such as Maximo
and Pronto through web services, SOAP, and RESTful APIs.
Jun 2010 – Aug 2014
Retriever Communications, Sydney, Australia - Software Engineer & Graduate Software Engineer
Worked in rotation within several Sydney engineering teams, designing and maintaining the API for the
enterprise software used for mobile cross platform development on iOS, Android, and Windows Phone.
Drove the development and maintenance of all products on iOS including screen flippers and prototypes for
sales demos, and the submission of the company's first application to the Apple app store.
Up skilled graduates in Objective-C and iOS dev by organising and running practical training sessions.
Increased the code coverage and quality of existing code base through unit testing with TDD & BDD.
Developed tailored enterprise mobile apps for Retriever's key customers, in particular the Norfolk Group,
Retriever's largest and most important user base to date receiving the Employee of the Year Award.
Projects
Looping (Dec 2016 – Jun 2018, Android, https://www.go-looping.com/en) - http://bit.ly/looping-android was featured
on PCWelt at http://bit.ly/looping-pcwelt, reached ~250k downloads during my tenure.
FOQ U (Feb 2021 to present, Flutter Android/iOS) - https://www.foqu.com, currently wrapping up the project for Q1.
Travel Planner App (Jan 2020 to present, Flutter Android/iOS) – wrapping up final stages of MVP, name still TBD.
Travel Mapper (Jun 2019 to present, Android) - http://bit.ly/travelmapper-gplay, more than 50k organic downloads.
Vingineers (2020, Android MVP) - https://www.vingineers.com
RV TechLink (2019, Flutter MVP, Android/iOS) - https://rvlink.wixsite.com/mysite
Balloon Fiesta - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.balloon.albuquerque
VPN4Test - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.free.vpntest
MarineCargo, Satm8, ACLS-BLS etc - various private business/start up projects and other enterprise apps
Aug 2013 – Jun 2016
Retriever Barking & Paperbark (iOS/Android/WP8) - Software Engineer, Project Lead
Norfolk Group Enterprise Mobile Application (iOS/Android) - Graduate Software Engineer
Enterprise Products - Scheduler, Form Builder, Retriever ADE (build multi-platform mobile apps)
Education
Jan 2004 – Jun 2010 Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Bachelor of Information Technology
Languages
English & Cantonese (Native) | Spanish (~C1) | Portuguese & German (~A2)
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