Brian Carlos Robles

Mobile Developer - Flutter, Android

Ex-Banker (5 years)

American citizen, California-based

Skills

PLATFORMS

  • Flutter (Provider, BLoC, MobX, Firebase, AdMob, RxDart), Android (Jetpack, Retrofit), Web Development (jQuery, Gulp, Grunt)

LANGUAGES

  • Dart, Java, Javascript, HTML / CSS, Kotlin, Typescript, Python

TOOLS

  • Git, Github, VS Code, Android Studio, Bash

Experience

2019-2021

FRAGRANCE CALCULATOR BY BC FRAGRANCEFreelance project. Developed solo.

Fragrance calculator app written in Flutter / Dart. Formulates & prices fragrances for perfumery businesses.

  • User authentication and fragrance formulation sync via Firebase and Cloud Firestore.
  • Monetization: In-app payment via Google Play Billing API; server-side validation of purchases via Cloud Functions for Firebase. Native & interstitial ads via Google AdMob.
Play Store: Fragrance Calculator by BC Fragrance

2016-2021

BDO UNIBANK INC.

Main Role: Credit Analyst - Assess risks in granting loans to medium/large firms. Analyze financial cashflow models & client’s operations to determine firm’s ability to repay the bank

Additional role: Financial Model Template Developer

  • Developed the official financial template of the unit in Excel & VBA, which can automate analysts’ financial calculation & analysis write-up, in order to increase their productivity. Rolled out nationwide, replacing prior simpler template.
    • Also held User Acceptance Testing. Personally conducted several trainings on how to use the new template’s features. Provided maintenance and technical support.
  • Developed & maintained Python scripts for creating industry benchmarks
    • Notable: Python script that crawls bank’s shared drive & scrapes info from released MS Word reports into an SQL database. Cut benchmark search time by over 70%.
  • Handled all pub-mat (graphic design, posters, email) for the 2017 Group Christmas Party. Also used web technologies, notably HTML with canvas and impress.js, to create an animated Christmas presentation used as the backdrop during the party.

Projects

2021

KARMA FOR REDDIT - “Material You”-inspired Flutter app for browsing Reddit.com

  • Dynamic Material theme that animates to match the currently viewed community
  • Offline-first app architecture with local SQL database acting as single source of truth
Play Store: Karma for Reddit

2014-2018

KARMA MACHINE FOR REDDIT

  • Android (Java) app for browsing Reddit.com posts and comments with Material theme.
Play Store: Karma Machine for Reddit

Awards

2019

GOOGLE FLUTTER CREATE 2019 - HONORABLE MENTION: ELEMENTS APP

  • Flutter app for browsing the elements of the periodic table.

2013

UBUNTU APP SHOWDOWN 2013 - 1ST PLACE: KARMA MACHINE FOR REDDIT

  • App written in QML / JavaScript for browsing Reddit on Ubuntu phone, tablet, & desktop

Education

2011-2015

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES - B.S. Economics, Magna cum Laude