About

John Hoford is a highly skilled Software Developer with over 33 years of experience in the field. Currently working as a Staff Software Engineer at Google, he has a broad range of knowledge across various languages and platforms, including ASM/C/Java/HTML/JavaScript, Windows/Linux/Cell Processor/Android. With over 0.5 million lines of code under his belt, John is an expert in Java development and has specialized in architecting scalable medical software platforms. He has published 23 papers in international conferences and refereed journals and has 3 patents pending. John is also a TopCoder Level 1. John's experience in building, training, and leading motivated cohesive software teams is invaluable, and he has supported a large global team of developers in his current role. He has also worked with General Electric as a Principal Engineer, where he defined the strategic plan for simplified UI in emerging markets and developed and guided the central software toolkit development team through 20+ releases to NPI programs across all of GE Healthcare. John has personally developed or led the development of the core software frameworks used by major healthcare divisions, including MR, XRAY, CT, NM scanners, PET, 3D Workstation, and Thin client 3D workstation. He has also developed software for medical imaging research and has negotiated contracts with research teams to develop software needed for clinical research in hospitals such as John’s Hopkins, UC Davis, Children’s hospital of Philadelphia, University Of Iowa, and Philadelphia VA Hospital. John's education includes a BSE in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. His technical skills include Software Engineering, Senior Software Engineering, Android, CNN, Java, SQL, Javascript, Research Scientist, UI, and Infra. Overall, John Hoford is a highly accomplished Software Developer with vast experience in developing and leading software teams and architecting scalable medical software platforms.