Core Skills

Technical Lead

As a technical lead and mobile developer, I've helped large and small businesses across the world successfully deliver mobile applications.

I've run mobile development teams over three continents, and I'm an experienced technical lead capable of delivering software with developers in the UK and abroad.

I've delivered mobile software on a variety of platforms including iOS and Android, into the consumer marketplaces, into large corporates and into the public sector.

Mobile Payment Applications

My specialization is in payment card applications. My mobile apps have taken tens of millions of transactions, with contactless payments, EMV and swipe.

The applications scale into hundreds of thousands of merchants. I have expertise in PCI compliance, PED integration over Bluetooth (including devices from Miura, Verifone and Ingenico) and hardware integration into Android and iOS over USB.

API Design

Quick, accurate, detailed and precise designs of API to co-ordinate different development teams

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Contact

sjp (at) appmancer.com

skype: samuelpickard

ring: rival

Worldpay

I lead technical product development for Worldpay UK in London. We've been developing mobile payment solutions, and are now producing new hardware and software products.

My Business Hub

The application is available for both iOS and Android, and I have daily hands-on sessions with developers in both areas, providing guidance, support and getting my hands dirty with code where necessary. I work on source code every day, producing PCI-DSS compliant applications.

We've met extremely aggressive timelines to get the solution to market on time and on budget, and the project is now live and rolled out across the UK.

My Business Mobile

Currently being piloted on Android, My Business Mobile is the world's first mobile terminal implementation to be full approved and accredited.

Just as Android Pay lets your Android Phone behave as a contactless payment card, My Business Mobile allows your Android Phone to work as a payment terminal, breaking down the barriers to taking card payments.

Worldpay Total Mobile

For large corporates to add mobile face-to-face and queue busting payments to their portfolio, Worldpay Total Mobile is widely used by large corporate customers in the UK and Ireland.

Worldpay 2013-2018

Technical Lead, leading teams in London, Cambridge and India to deliver a mobile payments solutions. Integrates with devices over Bluetooth, and secure web services. PCI compliant. Micro, SME and corporate markets.

AppMancer 2010-2013

I created the AppMancer SDK for MoSync. These were the missing libraries of high level functions, for downloads, storage, JSON, SOAP, Web Services, DOM and a full UI library

Datilo 2007-2010

Datilo was a full offline data portal. It was a white-label system for creating smartphone like experiences, before smartphones were common.

Motorola 2005-2007

As the sole SME for mobile apps in EMEA region, I worked closely with mobile network operators, broadcasters, banks and media companies to deliver services which have changed their business forever

KPMG 2001-2005

I was the lead mobile developer for KPMG in the UK

Samuel Pickard