Brian Soumakian
Founder at Fibo Kids Art Academy
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolBrian Soumakian is a founder and seasoned software architect with 11 years of experience building secure, web-based and mobile applications from enterprise security at Symantec to kid-focused edtech startups. He combines low-level C++/C# expertise with modern front-end and PWA stacks (Ionic/Angular, TypeScript) and practical Firebase integrations, having contributed fixes and cross-platform features to popular open-source projects like a Cordova Firebase plugin and the Foundation front-end framework. As CTO of Fibo Kids and founder of WhoAreYou, he blends product-minded engineering with ML/AI and IBM Watson-driven personality analytics to create engaging learning and analytics experiences. Based in Los Angeles and grounded in a CS degree from UCLA, he’s equally at home in security-critical systems and playful, education-focused UX—often translating complex backend needs into simple interfaces for young learners.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Temple City High SchoolUniversity of California, Los Angeles
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Github Skills (19)
javascript10
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cordova10
ui-design10
android-developer10
uid10
front-end-development10
android10
angularjs10
android-developers10
mobile10
frontend10
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
arnesson/cordova-plugin-firebase
Aug 2017 - Oct 2018
Cordova plugin for Google Firebase
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)Contributions:153 commits, 66 PRs, 114 pushes in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Brian primarily contributed to the Cordova plugin for Firebase, addressing issues related to Android and iOS platforms. Their work involved fixing notification-related problems on Android, updating the Firebase SDK version for iOS, and implementing phone verification functionality. Additionally, the user updated test scripts to cover different platform versions, and ensured compatibility with various Cordova versions.
google-firebasecordovafirebaseandroidnotifications
zurb/foundation-apps
Feb 2015 - Dec 2015
The first front-end framework created for developing fully responsive web apps.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:39 commits, 44 PRs, 214 comments in 9 months
Contributions summary:Brian primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and features of the front-end application. They implemented and refined the iconic directive, adding support for dynamic icon changes and data attributes. Furthermore, they addressed and corrected issues, such as autoclose for dynamically added notifications and the copying of attributes from image tags to SVG elements. This work contributed to improving the user interface and experience of the application.
sassdevelopingfully-responsivegulpcss
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