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In my years of being a BlackBerry enthusiast and blogger, I developed many apps for BlackBerry OS & BlackBerry 10 smartphones using J2ME, Qt (C/C++), ActionScript and JavaScript.
In 2014, I became a BlackBerry Certified Builder for Native Application Development proving my knowledge of C/C++ and Qt.
My app SVIT, Project Gutenberg Ebook Reader with EPUB Support for PlayBook, was the 2nd runner-up for the Best Adobe Flash®/AIR app at the BlackBerry Developer Challenge 2011 (EMEA region).
Between the years 2012 and 2015, I founded and managed the Slovenia BlackBerry Developer Group, which was approved by RIM. I recruited members, educated, guided and supported them, and encouraged them to participate in BB Jams and portathons where they submitted over 200 apps.
The BlackBerry Head of Developer EMEA put a spotlight on me in his blog: Enterprise Developer Groups Spotlight: Roman Verhovsek
I connected with the University of Ljubljana and held lectures about development for the BlackBerry 10 platform to 70 students of computer science. All students actively participated in developing for BB 10 using Cascades. The Faculty of Computer and Information Science became a member of the BlackBerry Academic Program. On my initiative, Research In Motion equipped the university laboratory with PlayBooks.
In cooperation with the University of Ljubljana and RIM, I organized a BlackBerry hackathon that was held at the Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana in March 2013.
You can read the article on the collaboration between the University and the BlackBerry developer group.
I also gave a public lecture about the BlackBerry 10 platform at the MobileMonday event in Ljubljana.