Rosco Adams

Hi, I'm Rosco Adams. Welcome to my profile!

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Currently Rosco Adams is working in iOS Development for the mobile payments platform ZapZap. ZapZap is a revolutionary ad-free mobile utility app that lets you keep your money virtually, right inside your mobile phone. Shop quickly and easily, both in-store and online. Send and receive funds from friends, family, colleagues and Facebook friends instantly with just a few taps. Simply download, register, top up, shop and explore the possibilities! http://www.zapzap.mobi/download.html Past: Development for the Landbou Branded iPad application. Widgets I developed include building the 3-axis spirit level with GPS and altitude features designed for farmers for installation of Solar panels and ground gradient measurements. Another Widget includes a Spray Tank Calculator, in which the mixes required to fill a tank / calculate mixes need for a particular area etc, based on tank size, irrigation rate, product required and the size of the land. Other personal projects include writing iOS wrappers for an HTML5 game to have the entire game run natively. I have successfully created, submitted and approved releases of applications inside the app store. I have submitted numerous version updates to the app store and had them approved. Past Experience: Worked in Process Integration with SAP and third party systems. Developed SAP PI interfaces and integration to replace the existing Retail system. Project Involvement includes integration design, development, implementation and testing with a larger focus on interface development. Retail experience with Buying / Product sourcing systems, as well as integration between existing Retail systems and Store systems on a technical level. Specialties: Informix SQL, Informix 4GL, ESQL/C, C/C++, Unix, Unix Shell, SAP PI, Retail knowledge, Objective-C, iOS, XCode,

iOS Developer (Mobile Development) at Touchlab

November 2011 - August 2012

Working in Objective-C to develop applications for iOS devices (iPad). Taken ownership of the Landbou brand application developing new widgets (apps inside of the app), maintenance, performance enhancements and recently all code for the redesigned UI for release. Widgets (apps within app) developed include building a 3-axis spirit level with GPS and altitude features designed for farmers for installation of Solar panels and ground gradient measurements. Another Widget includes a Spray Tank Calculator, in which the mixes required to fill a tank / calculate mixes need for a particular area etc, based on tank size, irrigation rate, product required and the size of the land. Other personal projects include writing iOS wrappers for an HTML5 game to have the entire game run natively. I have managed the creation, submission and release approval of applications inside the app store. I have successfully submitted numerous version updates for approval and had them approved by the App store.

Team Lead PI Team - Software Developer. at Shoprite

July 2009 - November 2011

Team Lead Shoprite PI Support - Software Developer. Maintenance and Development of the Branch Distribution system for 5 months [ Technical ESQL/C]. Joined the SAP Process Integration team for the conversion of current IT Buying systems to SAP Retail, and configuring the communication to legacy systems. Additional tasks include Standby for Legacy Buying System and Branch Distribution System. Resolving Defects and change requests. Developing interfaces and assisting in Integration design, development and implementation.

Junior programmer at Shoprite

July 2008 - June 2009

Maintenance and Development of the Branch Distribution system (Extended SQL in C, Unix, Unix Shell and Informix SQL). Integration between Buying Systems and Store servers (RE and BlueCube stores). 24/7/365 Standby.

Trainnee Programmer at Shoprite

July 2007 - June 2008

Working in the Buying Retail System, handling of incidents, user support and extract requests [Informix SQL, Unix Shell, Unix]. Maintenance of Branch Distribution System [ESQL/C].

Co-op Student at Shoprite

January 2007 - June 2007

Co-operative Training.

Software Developer (Mobile/Web developer) at Global Kinetic

September 2012

Development for ZapZap. ZapZap is a revolutionary ad-free mobile utility app that lets you keep your money virtually, right inside your mobile phone. Shop quickly and easily, both in-store and online. Send and receive funds from friends, family, colleagues and Facebook friends instantly with just a few taps. Simply download, register, top up, shop and explore the possibilities!

SAP

2010 – 2010

Courses Attended

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

2009 – 2010

Bachelor of Technology: Information Technology

Concentration: Software development

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

2004 – 2007

National Diploma: Information Technology (Cum Laude)

Concentration: Information Technology - Software Development

Gardens Commerical High School

1998 – 2003

Matric Endorsement

Arduino prototyping