About

Jen Person is a highly skilled Developer Relations Engineer with over 6 years of relevant experience. Currently working at Google, she is responsible for building and maintaining relationships between developers and the company. She has a proven track record of success in leading teams and developing courses in iOS development. Jen's past experience includes working as a Training Specialist for ASG at Google where she developed the first Google iOS course, Firebase in a Weekend, in partnership with Udacity. The course achieved 100% more enrollment than comparable courses in the first 6 months of release. She also led a team of 8 iOS engineers, course developers, and video producers through agile development processes. Jen was awarded the "Make their Day" bonus award for achieving 3000+ enrollments in the new iOS course in the first month. Additionally, she constructed a real-time chat platform, FriendlyChat, to enable communication between users in less than 1 second utilizing Firebase DB, Storage, Authentication, UI, Analytics, and Remote Config. She also engineered Green Thumb, a tool for gardeners using iOS, Swift, and tableView to display detailed plant data, enabling horticulturists to purchase seedlings through a shopping cart constructed with Core Data. Prior to her work at Google, Jen worked at Apple as a Family Room Specialist where she won the Ovation Award for most improved Net Promoter customer feedback. She consistently performed at the top of a 30 person team by managing technical requests more than 75% faster than the team-wide average. Jen holds a Nanodegree in iOS development from Udacity, a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Central Connecticut State University, and completed the Java Programming and Software Engineering specialization created by Duke University on Coursera. Jen's technical skills include iOS, Swift, and UI development. With her extensive experience in software engineering and training, she is an asset to any team.