Daniel Burgess

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Summary

Daniel is a full stack software engineer with a broad set of skills and experience in numerous languages, platforms, and frameworks. Whether it is mobile, backend, or web, Daniel’s experience allows him to rapidly learn new tech and gain a working understanding of complex systems quickly. With an entrepreneurial background, he has a rare understanding of how to balance a meticulous approach to technical design and implementation with practical business needs.

Experience

2013-present Fitnet: Lead Software Engineer | Blacksburg, VA

Technical architect and leader of agile development team of five people creating award winning app (and infrastructure) with 400k+ downloads, numerous prominent App Store feature positions by Apple, promotional partnerships with Google, etc.
Oversaw five major releases and dozens of updates / prototypes of iOS & Android apps (Swift, Objective-C, Java, Lua, Corona).
Managed Fitnet API & supporting infrastructure, scaling to peak 10k+ daily active users (PHP, MySQL, Python, AWS, Firebase).
Built numerous internal / prototype web apps, such as trainer tools and org dashboards (Javascript, React, Redux, Node).

2011-2014 FreshAiR / MoGo Mobile: Co-Founder | Blacksburg, VA

Responsible for all day-to-day operations, including: software development, code review, server management, technical support, finance, legal, human resources, management, sales, marketing, business development, etc.
Created iOS augmented reality app, which was then ported to Android (Objective-C → Java).
Created web-based augmented reality editor & infrastructure (HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, MySQL, MongoDB, etc).
Integrated vision-based AR prototype with animated 3d model rendering in FreshAiR (C/C++, OpenGL ES, Vuforia).

2008-2011 GAMeS Lab at Radford University: Senior Programmer | Radford, VA

Designed & created initial framework for an augmented reality development platform, allowing easy AR authoring.
Awarded first runner up in Governor’s Apps Development Challenge for an educational iOS game which challenged students’ to determine relationships among fractions, decimals, percents and improve fractional computation (iOS, Objective-C).
Created a modular augmented reality game engine for educational research that ran on handheld devices by interfacing with GPS. The engine allowed creation of engaging game narratives played in a real physical space (Flash, ActionScript, XML).

2002-2008 Hawthorn Suites: Night Auditor & Front Desk Clerk | Blacksburg, VA

Daily audited transactions to verify ledgers balanced, with yearly amounts totaling over $1 million.
Trained half a dozen employees on how to perform the audit between 2004 and 2008.

Education

May, 2010 Radford University | B.S. Computer Science & Technology

Concentrations: Software Engineering | Database GPA: 4.0 / 4.0
Involvement: Association for Computing Machinery, Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi & Cru

May, 2008 New River Community College | A.A.S. Information Technology

Specialization: Computer Graphics & Web Design GPA: 4.0 / 4.0
Involvement: Virginia21 & Phi Theta Kappa (Treasurer 2006-2007, President 2007-2008)

Technical Skills

Swift
Objective-C
Javascript
React
Redux
HTML
CSS
PHP
MySQL
Corona
Lua
Java
Firebase
Python
MongoDB
Node
C/C++
& More!

Other Skills

Video & Audio Production
Graphic Editing
Team Leadership
Customer Service
Presentations

Honors & Awards

2015 Appy Awards: Award Winner, Health & Fitness category.
2013 Google Fiber + US Ignite: Best overall application out of 14 teams, demonstrating gig network capabilities.
2012 RBTC: People’s Choice Award for FreshAiR; also nominated for Rising Star and Innovation Awards.
2011 Distilled Intelligence 1.0: FreshAiR chosen as one of the top 22 startups out of over 100 companies.
2009-2010 Radford University: Dean’s Scholar, Artis Scholarship in IT, Mary Jane Dudley Scholarship.
2009 Virginia Department of Education: First Runner-Up, Mathematics App Development Challenge.
2008 All-Virginia Academic Team: First Team (Top 10 Statewide).
2007 Phi Theta Kappa: Leaders of Promise Scholarship (1 of 30 Nationwide).
2007 National Science Foundation: ATE Student Award for Excellence (1 of 50 Nationwide).