Hire Karim Varela

Karim Varela, a Senior Product Development Engineer with AT&T Mobility, has over eight years of mobile application development experience. Karim is the Android support lead within AT&T Mobility’s technical developer support team and focuses on Android, Java ME, and U-verse Enabled. Previously Karim held various roles in the mobile games industry ranging from quality assurance and build engineering to porting, and networking engineering.

He also serves as a board member for Java Verified and the Unified Testing Initiative, industry unifying organizations dedicated to improving the quality and usability of mobile applications, as well as the App Developers Conference Advisory Board.

He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of California.

Summary

• Technically skilled, motivational leader with excellent communication skills, incredible drive, and a great ability to think outside the box.
• Well-versed in many disciplines in the mobile industry from application production to network research & development. Have dealt with all major US carriers and European carriers as well.
• Proven web-developer and founder of web-development company with knowledge of both the private and enterprise sectors.
• A self-starter possessing the talents and awareness to succeed and excel in the business and corporate world.
• Excellent public speaker and evangelist.

Specialties

* Software Engineering: Java ME, J2SE, J2EE, Android, XML, Brew MP
* Web Development: HTML, PHP, CSS, flash, javascript, WML
* Database Administration: MySQL, MSSQL, Oracle