Flipboard

•	Collaborated with designers and product teams that ensured a clean handoff to the development team
•	Owned and developed app Widgets using WidgetKit that allowed users to easily see content from the app on the device’s home screen which led to greater engagement with the app
•	Redesigned the compose feature to allow consistency in design and user experience between the iPhone and iPad versions of the app
•	Refactored significant portions of the iOS app to follow SOLID principles making code easier to understand and maintain
•	Strategized ways to make the iOS app modular into Swift Packages to improve dependencies, make the project build faster, and improve clarity
•	Mentored other engineers by teaching iOS best practices and design patterns making the codebase easier to understand and maintain
•	Decreased build times on large hybrid Objective-C and Swift project by 68%
•	Automated build and release process using Fastlane and Jenkins making releases consistent and more accessible to deploy to App Store Connect and Visual Studio App Center for betas, managing certificates, and getting feedback on current unit test coverage

Staff iOS Software Engineer

Revive

•	Collaborated with a designer to create MVP app using SwiftUI
•	Developed a Swift Package to communicate with the Arduino device by creating an API that used the custom messaging protocol sent via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
•	Added automated build scripts using Fastlane to distribute the MVP via TestFlight making it easier to deploy betas to stakeholders
•	Developed Apple Automator script to update the firmware of the Arduino device which improved the time of testing and development of the MVP
•	Collaborated on marketing strategies for selling the hardware with other co-founders

Technical Co-founder

Intuit

•	Added module to allow a TurboTax user to connect with a Live Tax Person using modern Swift architecture and integrated it into the main TurboTax iOS app
•	Designed and developed private Cocoapods for company-wide adoption in multiple different mobile apps which increased the use of modularization of other Intuit iOS products
•	Mentored 8 junior developers on iOS best practices to allow developers to learn how to best create iOS apps

Senior iOS Engineer

Fjord

•	Worked directly with clients, designers, and QA developing several custom native (Objective-C, Swift) iOS and macOS apps
•	Managed client relationships on the technical level which led to the tasks and features being asked for being done correctly and on time
•	Instituted iOS-specific departmental processes and procedures that allowed the iOS team to be more consistent and efficient in their job
•	Led project to institute a process to create a private Cocoapods repository to store custom unique libraries that are generalized to be able to be used in multiple client projects allowing faster onboarding and development of new iOS projects
•	Mentored up to 6 developers to better reach their goals as software developers which led to longer retention time at the company

iOS Engineering Manager/Developer

Chaotic Moon Studios

•	Developed over 5 client projects as lead iOS developer using Objective-C and Swift
•	Developed custom native iOS UIs using Storyboards that used adaptive layout techniques such as auto layout and size classes allowing applications to display correctly across all of Apple’s mobile devices
•	Worked with client teams to develop backend APIs appropriate for mobile applications allowing the best mobile user experience that the client could expect
•	Designed and provided direction on architecture patterns across different iOS native apps that allowed client projects to be easier to maintain and allowed a better handoff to the client at the end of an engagement
•	Allocated appropriate resources of iOS developers for projects that allowed client projects to be successful in the time and budget required
•	Interviewed iOS developers to scale and grow the iOS team to support new client projects

Senior Mobile Software Architect

•	Developed native iOS apps as Lead iOS Developer for over 10 different client projects using Objective-C
•	Communicated with lead Android developers to ensure that all features were implemented consistently across both iOS and Android platforms
•	Collaborated with creative designers to help with the design and user experience of mobile projects
•	Ensured that all CI/CD pipelines were up to date and working which allowed all client iOS apps to be deployed to the App Store consistently and on time

Senior iOS Developer

Zarra Studios

•	Developed features on iOS apps such as social networking capabilities in the Associated Press iOS app and CBSSports.com Mobile
•	Designed and developed a Sudoku app as part of News Corps' The Daily iPad app which was the first daily news app for iPad in 2010

iOS Developer

BAE Systems

- Part of a large team to develop commercial image analysis software written in C++ and using the QT GUI framework.
- Worked on API methods that are used to automate control of the application by using defined patterns and methods already set from previous development.
- Converted project build system from an in house build process that was several hours to build and deploy to an automated build process using Ant and Cruise Control reducing deployment time to 30 minutes instead of 2.5 hours.
- Member of a team to develop a Java Swing C4I application using a full software development life cycle (SDLC).
- Technologies used include: Hibernate, Java Swing, Java Servlets, Microsoft SQL Server 2005. 
- Member of a team to design a Software Security Architecture for a Service Oriented Architecture using WS-* standards such as WS-Security, WS-Policy, WS-Addressing, etc. using BEA WebLogic software such as Aqualogic Enterprise Security. 
- Research and Development on Website and Web Service Security. Specifically open standards such as Liberty ID-FF and SAML for use in Federated Identity and Web Single Sign-on (SSO). 
- Developed multiple prototypes for demonstrations to customers and internal Company Executives. Technologies applied: SOA, Liberty Identity Federation Management, SAML, Web Services Security and Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) deployed in a J2EE environment. Developed solution to use SAML 1.1 to allow Web Single Sign On for SharePoint Portal 2003 into other J2EE Application Servers using Shibboleth and Apache Tomcat Software. Worked with Customer to describe how the technologies would work and behave in their environment.
- Developed prototype for transforming XML data from a Java web service into a database model by using EJB3 , MySQL, J2EE Servlets and Apache Tomcat.
- Worked with multiple different outside contractors and customers.

Principal Software Engineer

Foray Technologies

Independently developed an iPad app for use in the law enforcement community. App uses Core Data, Core Animation, Core Location, and AirPrint APIs for printing data onto supported wireless printers. Designed and developed all Objective-C code independently.

Sequel Pro

•	Member of a team of international software developers to develop a MySQL macOS native client written using the Apple Objective-C Cocoa Framework
•	Collaborated over IRC on freenode.net on channel #sequel-pro which helped with asynchronous communications because of large time zone differences
•	Provided various bug fixes from the Issues database making the project more stable
•	Designed and developed the User Management feature of the application by making innovative use of Core Data in conjunction with saving user data to the MySQL database

Open Source macOS Software Developer

Novetta Solutions / FGM, Inc.

- Designed and developed features for the WebSked Scheduling Web Application using Java Enterprise Edition(J2EE) technologies such as Struts and iBatis Object Relational Mapping framework. 
- Features included user role management across different Enterprise Application Archives (EAR) and generic database views using JDBC Application Programming Interface (API).
- Technical Lead for 3 developers, managing the Data Access Layer. Mentored other team members on using J2EE technologies. 
- Managed San Diego Office IT Services. 15 workstations, 2 Windows Servers, 1 Apple XServe. • Member of the Software Engineering Process Group to improve process quality by assessing current status, plan and implement improvements, and transfer technology to facilitate improvement in practice. Move the San Diego office to CMMI level 2.

Software Developer IV

With over 10 years of experience in iOS development, I am a seasoned and versatile software engineer who can deliver high-quality and innovative solutions for various business needs and challenges. I have designed, developed, refactored, tested, and released iOS apps for various industries and purposes, such as food delivery, rewards systems, streaming video, and hospitality, using Swift, Objective C, UIKit, and other frameworks and tools.

At my last position as a Staff Software Engineer at Flipboard, where I have decreased build times by 68%, refactored significant portions of the iOS app to follow SOLID principles, and implemented features while collaborating with designers and product teams. I also have expertise in SwiftUI and Bluetooth, which I have used to create an MVP app for a custom-made posture tracker device that I co-founded and built. I am passionate about creating modern and user-friendly iOS apps that leverage the latest Apple technologies and frameworks, and that interact with custom-made hardware devices.

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