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Ben Fortier

IOS Developer / Full-Stack Developer

I am a senior majoring in Computer Science and Mathematics in the undergraduate program at Washington University in St. Louis. Upon my graduation in May 2020, I am looking for full time employment within the software life cycle. I am a full stack and IOS developer.

CoachZone

An NFL based IOS Application. Users can follow NFL games play-by-play. Through selecting plays from a playbook, users get results from an ML model and compete against how NFL coaches actually do. It was launched about 2 months ago and has 500+ downloads. Follow the CoachZone on the app store here or see code samples here

Motivation: Professional

Responsibilities: Sole architect and developer (Independent)

Skills: Swift, Programatic UI, NodeJS REST API, Socket Manager, Docker Deployed R Model API, Redis Clusters, Kafka Cluster, DynamoDB, S3 Storage, Read Streams, Social Login, Advanced UI Animations

Juke Jam

A personal IOS project still under development. It is a more collaborative way to create playlists with friends. Follow production here

Motivation: Personal

Responsibilities: Sole architect and developer

Skills: Swift, Spotify SDK, Social Login / User Auth, Firebase

Data Without Borders

Rural African medical clinics lack the internet to send major clinics medical data. The current process is rural clinics SMS text the major clinics, and the major clinics manually enter in the data.This application allows rural clinics to text a number which will automatically enter the data into the system.

Motivation: Academic

Responsibilities: One of three developers. Touched upon both back and front end.

Skills: Swift, MapKit, Node.JS, Firebase, Twilio

U-Social Login

U-Social is a campus platform for socializing. I was contracted to redesign and implement a new login UI that had social login.

U Social Login

Motivation: Professional

Responsibilities: Sole developer responsible for design and implementation

Skills: Swift, Programtic UI, Social Login

Cubic

Cubic is a platform to connect students in search of storage space with residents of WashU’s surrounding neighborhoods. It is used to help find low-cost, convenient alternative to overpriced summer storage options and a means for homeowners to better utilize the unused space in their homes. Check out the website here

Motivation: Professional

Responsibilities: Replaced one of the two full stack developers to help improve website

Skills: HTML, CSS, Angular JS, Node JS, AWS Lambda, S3

Generopolis

Generopolis is a mashup of Groupon meets Facebook Swap ‘N Sell, where, instead of pocketing the cash from each sale, sellers select their favorite nonprofit to receive the proceeds. Check out the website here

Motivation: Professional

Responsibilities: Sole developer at beginning of start up. Respnsible for launching, mantaining, and updating website.

Skills: Docker, Linux, PHP, WordPress, HTML, CSS

Movie Search

An IOS application that allows you to search for movies. You can see there TMBD rating, favorite them, watch trailers, and rate the movie yourself.

Motivation: Academic

Responsibilities: Sole developer behind design and implementation

Skills: Swift, UIKit, Tmbd API