Zachary Powell
Head Of Developer Community - US EMEA at next.app devCon
Felixstowe, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolZachary Powell is a developer-relations leader and seasoned Android/Java engineer with 11 years of experience who now heads Developer Community for US and EMEA, focusing on improving developer experience and adoption of AppGallery and SDK tooling. He combines hands-on engineering—having built custom Android and Linux solutions for telecoms and led Java-based product development—with a content-first advocacy approach that spans video, blogs, live streams and conference talks. At Huawei he quickly grew a cross-platform advocacy program and habitual “user 0” feedback loop; at Vonage he moved from senior Android advocate into people and product management for client SDKs. Based in Felixstowe, he blends deep Linux expertise with practical cloud migration and mobile integration experience, and is known for turning complex SDK gaps into accessible tutorials and sample apps.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BSC Computer Science, BSC Computer Science at University of Essex
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (132)
dtmf10
opentok10
tokbox10
messaging10
authentication10
sms10
whatsapp10
messaging-api10
verify10
voice10
api10
sdk10
telecom10
netlify10
verification10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
Vonage/verify-silent-auth-sdk-android
Feb 2023 - Aug 2024
This SDK enables making a HTTP request over cellular even when on WiFi.
Contributions:2 releases, 3 PRs, 10 pushes in 1 year 6 months
devwithzachary/presentations
Aug 2021 - Feb 2023
Contributions:47 commits, 49 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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