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.