ROLAN MARAT

I am Lead Software Engineer with 16+ years of experience in the industry working in Canada (Montreal, Quebec) and United States (San Francisco Bay Area / Silicon Valley).I have been developing iOS apps and games since 2009. I worked for different small and large companies such as SoFi, Zynga, SAP, Quizlet, Ericsson, Nuance Communications/ScanSoft, Fuzzy. The largest iOS projects were development of Words With Friends that reached at its peak 12M DAU and Quizlet which reached 60M MAU. I filed more than 20+ patents with the US PTO and European Patent Agencies,  12+ of them became fully accepted patents.As an instructor I had an opportunity to work as Teacher Assistant for graduate level courses at Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. Also, I was mentor and instructor at CodePath bootcamp. As an entrepreneur, I co-founded several startups with my friends in the gaming, pet food and fitness health industries. I was a speaker at multiple international conferences such as IEEE (Baltimore, MD, US) and Mobile Growth Summit in Berlin, Germany and San Francisco, CA.I graduated from Concordia University with Bachelor in Engineering (Software Engineering) and Masters in Applied Science (Software Engineering, thesis option) in Montreal, QC, Canada.I love teaching, mentoring and sharing my experience, knowledge with other students. I volunteered at many organizations in the United States and Canada.