Summary
Roland Masse is a seasoned software engineer with over a decade of experience building payment, retail POS, and secure contactless systems for companies like Apple, IBM, ViVOtech, and JCPenney. He has led architecture and engineering teams, delivered production mobile POS and contactless payment deployments, and worked on integrations between developer tooling and GitHub for IoT platforms. Based in San Jose, Roland balances deep systems and C++ background with hands-on product delivery across startups and enterprise research labs. Now retired, he remains active in fitness and outdoor pursuits while retaining a practical, forensic mindset honed from years of consulting and software investigations. An early adopter of mobile payment tech, he quietly bridged research, retail, and large-scale deployments throughout his career.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
San José State University
Associate of Science (A.S.), ENGINEERING, Associate of Science (A.S.), ENGINEERING at West Valley College