TY - JOUR T1 - Proving the Expertise of Freelance Android Developers JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2011 A1 - Igor Sales A1 - Aparna Shanker AB - Android continues to grow in popularity as a mobile operating system. With this constant growth in popularity comes a demand for skilled, specialized platform and application developers rather than just generalists that are currently provided by outsourcing firms. This article describes a business opportunity where a collective of proven experts can be used to fulfill this need for specialized developers. A key aspect of the proposed solution is the provision of proven expertise by certifying and guaranteeing the level of specialization of developers in the collective. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/443 IS - May 2011 U1 - Carleton University Igor Sales is a freelance software developer and entrepreneur in Ottawa, Ontario. He holds a Master's degree in Software Engineering from the University of Ottawa and is currently a graduate student in the Technology Innovation Management program at Carleton University. Igor has coded device drivers, frameworks, and applications as well as interfaced directly with customers to solve their technical challenges. He is now focusing on mobile software frameworks and applications. U2 - Carleton University Aparna Shanker is a network engineer with Alcatel-Lucent in Ottawa, Ontario. She is currently a graduate student in the Technology Innovation Management program at Carleton University and holds an undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering from Queen's University, Kingston. ER -