Tom Arra
Founding Operations Lead
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Arra is a seasoned software and product leader with 11+ years building mobile-first products and scaling program teams, currently serving as Founding Operations Lead at Shorebird in Chicago. He has a track record of creating and growing Program/Product Management functions—from founding VGV’s program team to standing up the first Product Development group—and driving company-wide tooling and process migrations for measurable business efficiency. Tom led adoption of Flutter at BMW, shipping MyBMW/MINI to multiple markets with flawless launch execution, and contributes full-stack improvements to notable open-source Flutter projects like Google I/O’s Pinball. Comfortable toggling between hands-on engineering and strategic ops, he combines delivery discipline with a product mindset and a penchant for endurance sports, which mirrors his focus on sustained, repeatable performance.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
CIS Computer Programming with a concentration in Computer Forensics, CIS Computer Programming with a concentration in Computer Forensics at DeVry UniversityMaster of Business Administration with concentration in Information Systems Management, Master of Business Administration with concentration in Information Systems Management at Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
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Github Skills (15)
flutter10
flutter-game10
firebase10
flutter-apps10
firestore10
google-tag-manager9
web-development9
html9
javascript8
google-play-console6
datetime6
css6
google-play6
webservice6
cicd4
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
flutter/pinball
Apr 2022 - May 2022
Google I/O 2022 Pinball game built with Flutter and Firebase
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 41 commits, 5 PRs in 13 days
Contributions summary:Tom contributed to both the front-end and back-end aspects of the project. They added and updated Google Tag Manager implementation for web, including changes to the `index.html` file. Additionally, the user worked on firestore rules and configuration adjustments for production. These changes also involved updating URLs and removing unnecessary files, demonstrating a focus on deployment and configuration.
pinballfirebasedartflutterpinball-game
CloudgateStudios/BikeBuddy
Apr 2019 - Jul 2021
An iOS app using the CityBik.es API to get access to bike sharing programs around the world
Contributions:3 PRs, 22 pushes, 7 branches in 2 years 3 months
apibike-sharingios-appsharingbike
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