iOS consultant.
Clients
Apps
2024 - contract
Alta
Swift
UIKit
Core Image
AV Foundation
Metal
AI
Bazel
Swift UIKit Core Image AV Foundation Metal AI Bazel
—iOS build out with on-device AI camera
Lead a ground up build out of the altadaily.com app
Implemented on-device realtime clothing detection camera
Modularized build out using the Bazel build system and xcodeproj
2023 - contract
amo
Swift
UIKit
RxSwift
Core Image
Core Animation
AV Foundation
Swift UIKit RxSwift Core Image Core Animation AV Foundation
—Created library of camera filters styles and various prototypes
Lead the creation unique camera styled aesthetics
Implemented flow from CaptureOne data to CIFilter
Prototyped sound manipulation of the main menu button
2022 - 2023 —iOS
Peloton
Swift
HID
UIKit
Lottie
RxSwift
SwiftUI
Swift HID UIKit Lottie RxSwift SwiftUI
—Product engineering for flagship iOS app
Took initiative to reduce binary size by 9% to increase downloads by avoiding Apple’s 200mb+ download over cellular warning
Implemented server driven UI for the main home tab
Implemented brand new tab bar design
Lead initiative for supporting iOS 15 and educated design team on new UI features
2020 - now —Principal iOS Mobile Strategy Consultant
Ticker
Swift
NodeJS
GKE
gRPC
CoreAnimation
HID
HTTP3
UIKit
Swift NodeJS GKE gRPC CoreAnimation HID HTTP3 UIKit
—Ideation to launch. An app to make pull to refresh a thing of the past.
Approached by partners at Lightspeed Ventures to turn verbal idea into fully launched iOS product.
Executed full product build life cycle via prototyping and design iterations.
Leveraging the native iOS stack and core frameworks built an app with a small footprint and efficient network performance.
2016 - now —iOS Art & Fashion
The Moments
Objective-C
AVFoundation
MediaKit
Hardware
CoreAnimation
Objective-C AVFoundation MediaKit Hardware CoreAnimation
—Concept to execution
Starting in 2016, Identified a white space in the fashion world linking innovation in human portraiture. Combining a passion for fashion, art, and iOS technology —engineered a camera to take moving imagery. Taking intimate portraits from street to high profile clients such as Christian Dior, Calvin Klein, Oscar de la Renta, and Naomi Campbell.
2016 - 2019 —Principal Mobile Engineer and Lead
Namecheap
Swift
NodeJS
gRPC
CoreAnimation
DNS
HID
Swift NodeJS gRPC CoreAnimation DNS HID
—Mobile rebuild for the 2nd largest registrar
Hired to rebuild the main Namecheap iOS app using modern and native architectures.
Completed a build out of a consumer focused product to millions of customers.
Reported directly to the chief of product to streamline a product driven development life cycle.
Managed the corresponding Android build out to ensure continuity between mobile platforms.
Reduced the steps to purchasing a domain into one tap via Apple Pay.
2016 - 2019 —Principal Mobile Engineer and Lead
Namecheap VPN
Swift
NodeJS
CoreAnimation
HID
OpenVPN
macOS
Swift NodeJS CoreAnimation HID OpenVPN macOS
—Large market VPN implementation
Tasked to design and engineer a multi-platform VPN product. Consisting of iOS, macOS, Android, Windows and backend components. It was my responsibility to build a backend designed to support all platforms, design the front end product, and build out both iOS and macOS apps. Once launched, this solution for Namecheap was a successful addition to the services they provide.
2012 - 2014 —Technical Co-Founder
Milk
Swift
NodeJS
gRPC
CoreAnimation
DNS
HID
Swift NodeJS gRPC CoreAnimation DNS HID
—Technical Co-Founder
Along with found members of Digg — launched an mobile incubator building the iOS app 'Oink'.
Acquired by Google.
2008 - 2012 —Principal API Platforms Engineer
Digg
PHP
OAuth 2.0a
PEAR.NET
REST
RPC
PHP OAuth 2.0a PEAR.NET REST RPC
—Large scale API platform design
Joined Digg during the beginning of web 2.0
Promoted to lead rebuilding the public API
Was on the working group of OAuth.
Partnered with Facebook to build Facebook Connect for launch at f8.