Anthony Rizk

Current
  • Vice President, Operations at Rove
Past
  • Software Developer at Rove
  • Software Developer at bitHeads, inc.
  • BlackBerry Team Lead / Project Manager at TrueContext
  • Product Development Manager at Idokorro Mobile
  • Software Developer at MKS
  • Software Developer at Solect
  • Software Tester at MDR Telemanagement
Education
  • University of Waterloo
Connections
107 connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Anthony Rizk’s Summary

Senior software developer with strong startup experience interested in working with fast-moving companies and extremely smart people. Expert in wireless software development, and Java and .NET development. Experience managing commercial software products, leading teams, project management and other business areas.

Anthony Rizk’s Specialties:

J2ME (BlackBerry, Nokia, Motorola, Sony-Ericsson, etc)
.NET
Java


Anthony Rizk’s Experience

  • Vice President, Operations

    Rove

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    March 2008Present (8 months)

  • Software Developer

    Rove

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Wireless industry)

    November 2007February 2008 (4 months)

  • Software Developer

    bitHeads, inc.

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

    September 2007November 2007 (3 months)

    Lead developer for BlackBerry project.

  • BlackBerry Team Lead / Project Manager

    TrueContext

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

    September 2006September 2007 (1 year 1 month)

    Led development of the BlackBerry mForms/Pronto client to successful initial release.
    Project manager for release of Pronto forms on phones 1.0

  • Product Development Manager

    Idokorro Mobile

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Wireless industry)

    March 2001July 2006 (5 years 5 months)

    Founding employee and part of team that grew company to market leadership and profitability. Co-developed flagship products, Mobile Admin and Mobile SSH (.NET and J2ME). Managed Mobile SSH through several major releases. Dealt with customers daily, extensive travel for both technical conferences and sales/marketing events, performed roles in most other company areas.

  • Software Developer

    MKS

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; MKX.TO; Computer Software industry)

    January 2000August 2000 (8 months)

    Co-op. Software developer on MKS Change Integrity (Java/Swing)

  • Software Developer

    Solect

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

    May 1998April 1999 (1 year)

    Co-op. Java and C++ client/server development.

  • Software Tester

    MDR Telemanagement

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

    May 1996April 1997 (1 year)

    Co-op.


Anthony Rizk’s Education

  • University of Waterloo

    19952000


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Anthony Rizk’s Groups:

  •    BlackBerry Professionals
  •    BlackBerry Cool
  •    Every Laptop Left Behind

Anthony Rizk’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

  • career opportunities
  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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