Career / 2009–Present

A career in building.

More than 16 years across native mobile, full-stack engineering, and technical leadership. From early product launches to systems used in the field.

23Roles & engagements

2009First role

StaffEngineering leadership

Aug 2025–Present
Back end · Native iOS · Native Android · Web

Bridger Aerospace / IGNIS

Staff Engineer

Full-stack engineering on IGNIS for wildfire response: Go back-end development, native mobile apps, real-time aircraft video, and scalable architecture for mission-critical operations.

IGNIS | Wildfire Operations — official App Store screenshot 1 — IGNIS | Wildfire Operations · App Store ↗ Current listing images; may differ from the version I worked on.

IGNIS | Wildfire Operations — official App Store screenshot 2 — IGNIS | Wildfire Operations · App Store ↗ Current listing images; may differ from the version I worked on.

Go · JavaScript · Swift / SwiftUI · Kotlin · Objective-C

Responsibilities & accomplishments

Developed back-end software in Go for IGNIS at Bridger Aerospace.
Architected and delivered real-time aircraft video streaming capabilities, enabling incident-response teams to view live aerial footage and make faster, better-informed decisions during active operations.
Led the development and deployment of a redesigned mobile application, modernizing the user experience while maintaining operational continuity for mission-critical workflows.
Established scalable mobile architecture and engineering standards that accelerated feature delivery, reduced technical debt, and improved maintainability across the application.
Mentored engineers and provided technical leadership through architecture reviews, code reviews, implementation planning, and cross-functional delivery.

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2024–2025
Mobile · Back end

Builder Trend

Senior Staff Engineer

Architected construction-management systems, improved reliability to 99.5% availability, and established engineering standards across mobile and back-end development.

Buildertrend — official App Store screenshot 1 — Buildertrend · App Store ↗ Current listing images; may differ from the version I worked on.

Buildertrend — official App Store screenshot 2 — Buildertrend · App Store ↗ Current listing images; may differ from the version I worked on.

Swift · SwiftUI · Objective-C · React Native

Responsibilities & accomplishments

Architected scalable mobile and back-end systems that supported users while improving application reliability to 99.5% availability.
Established engineering standards for testing, observability, accessibility, security, and code quality.
Partnered with product, design, and business stakeholders to translate complex construction-management requirements into technical roadmaps serving builders, contractors, and homeowners.

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2024–2025
Mobile · AI

YOU'RE WRONG

Senior Mobile and Full-stack Developer

Built an AI-powered mobile product from MVP through persona integration, case submissions, account management, and history tracking.

React Native · Expo · Node.js · Deno · AI Chatbots · AI Integration · Mobile Apps · Artificial Intelligence (AI) · Chatbots

Responsibilities & accomplishments

Identified a unique niche for an app that uses AI-powered personas to provide entertaining and insightful judgments.
Developed a minimum viable product (MVP) to test the core functionality of the app, focusing on a single judgment system ("Am I Wrong?").
Designed and integrated AI judge personas with various personalities and judgment styles, creating a dynamic user experience.
Built a scalable back end to handle user accounts, case submissions, and history tracking.
Created an intuitive and visually appealing interface that makes submitting cases, interacting with judges, and reading judgments straightforward.

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2023–2025
iOS · Health

Albertsons

iOS Senior Staff Engineer

Led six iOS engineers delivering pharmacy and wellness features, including prescription management, HealthKit integration, and technical architecture.

Albertsons: Grocery & Deals — official App Store screenshot 1 — Albertsons: Grocery & Deals · App Store ↗ Current listing images; may differ from the version I worked on.

Albertsons: Grocery & Deals — official App Store screenshot 2 — Albertsons: Grocery & Deals · App Store ↗ Current listing images; may differ from the version I worked on.

Swift · SwiftUI · Xcode · Charles Proxy · Git · Mobile Apps

Responsibilities & accomplishments

Architected and delivered a scalable pharmacy management feature.
Designed and implemented a secure, HIPAA-compliant prescription management system that allows users to refill prescriptions, set reminders, and track medication histories.
Integrated Apple HealthKit and 3rd-party wellness APIs to collect and analyze user health metrics like activity levels and sleep patterns.
Created detailed technical documentation for the pharmacy and health and wellness modules, including API integration guides, architecture diagrams, and feature specifications.
Acted as a liaison between the mobile development team, back-end engineers, QA testers, and product managers to ensure timely and accurate delivery of features.
Managed a team of six iOS engineers to deliver the pharmacy and health and wellness modules on time and within scope.

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2023
iOS · Android

Cached

Senior Mobile Developer

Planned and delivered mobile development with a focused backlog, coordinated back-end integration, and a maintainable application architecture.

iOS · Android · Firebase · SwiftUI · Model View ViewModel (MVVM) · Mobile Apps

Responsibilities & accomplishments

Gathered—drawing on my mobile development experience—requirements and created a focused backlog, leading to a streamlined project plan. My knowledge allowed me to accurately estimate the project length, ensuring a clear/efficient path to completion.
Employed my leadership skills to seamlessly align mobile and back-end development, ensuring robust app functionality. Through effective communication and strategic oversight, I fostered a cohesive workflow, resulting in a high-performing, user-friendly app.
Applied best practices to create a bug-free, easily maintainable, and upgradable app. Emphasizing clean code, thorough testing, and modular design, I ensured its long-term reliability and adaptability.

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2022–2023
iOS · Education

McGraw-Hill Education (Sharpen)

Senior iOS Developer

Built native iOS interfaces for Sharpen and supported product milestones with test-driven development and QA.

Sharpen - College Exam Prep — official App Store screenshot 1 — Sharpen - College Exam Prep · App Store ↗ Current listing images; may differ from the version I worked on.

Sharpen - College Exam Prep — official App Store screenshot 2 — Sharpen - College Exam Prep · App Store ↗ Current listing images; may differ from the version I worked on.

iOS · Swift · QA Testing · SwiftUI · Mobile Apps

Responsibilities & accomplishments

Took designs and UI specs and turned them into pixel-perfect UI for native iOS app views.
Helped plan and manage the team to hit product milestones and launches.
Handled bugs and QA issues by implementing TDD to help make the app stable and usable.

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2019–2023
Mobile · Web

Eth.co

Mobile and Full-stack Developer

Helped launch a Flutter app on iOS and Android, built a Preact and Tailwind website, and integrated crypto-wallet sign-in.

Flutter · React · Elixir

Responsibilities & accomplishments

Helped plan, develop, and launch a Flutter app for the Play Store and App Store.
Built and maintained a website using Preact and Tailwind.
Integrated the sign-in with crypto wallets, allowing users to log in to the website.
Found and fixed bugs and created a QA program to maintain the site.

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2020–2021
Cross-platform mobile

Fedi for pleroma

Lead Flutter Developer

Developed an ActivityPub mobile client in Flutter, coordinated remote developers, and maintained the application.

Flutter · APIs · Social Networking

Responsibilities & accomplishments

Prototyped and developed a cross-platform app for a client that would allow them to use the ActivityPub protocol through a mobile app.
Managed several remote developers who built bug-free features in a timely manner.
Maintained and updated codebase by adding new features as well as fixing bugs.

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2020–2021
iOS

Reel You

Senior iOS Developer

Turned early requirements into a prioritized backlog, estimates, and an MVP delivered on time and under budget.

Reel You: Capture Life Moments — official App Store screenshot 1 — Reel You: Capture Life Moments · App Store ↗ Current listing images; may differ from the version I worked on.

Reel You: Capture Life Moments — official App Store screenshot 2 — Reel You: Capture Life Moments · App Store ↗ Current listing images; may differ from the version I worked on.

Swift · Firebase · Apple Push Notifications

Responsibilities & accomplishments

Gathered project requirements from the lightning start.
Put together a list of features that would be most important to launch MVP based on the client's requirements.
Compiled backlog and provided the client with overall project estimation.
Implemented plan and delivered the MVP on time and under budget.

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2018–2021
iOS · Architecture

MetaCardio

Lead iOS Developer and Architect

Took an iOS product from requirements and platform selection through architecture, development processes, and team delivery.

Fastlane · Firebase · Xcode · Swift

Responsibilities & accomplishments

Interviewed the client and was able to determine the project requirements.
Determined which platform to target for the MVP based on the market fit.
Created MVP requirements and determined project estimates and time.
Constructed an iOS application from scratch, creating project architecture and development processes.
Led the software development team and handled project management to finish the app within the given timeline.

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2019–2020
Mobile · Location

GigSmart

Lead Mobile Developer

Stabilized an existing mobile codebase, resolved architectural problems, and fixed location-related battery performance issues ahead of launch.

GigSmart Get Gigs — official App Store screenshot 1 — GigSmart Get Gigs · App Store ↗ Current listing images; may differ from the version I worked on.

GigSmart Get Gigs — official App Store screenshot 2 — GigSmart Get Gigs · App Store ↗ Current listing images; may differ from the version I worked on.

CircleCI · Xcode · Swift · React Native · Android

Responsibilities & accomplishments

Analyzed the existing codebase to estimate how long the project will take to get to the App Store.
Resolved significant architectural issues that were causing major code instability.
Fixed major core location issues that were causing battery performance issues.
Integrated into an existing enterprise software team to help meet the deadline.
Joined existing teams' daily standup meetings, performed just like an existing resource, and was up to speed writing code on the first day of the project.

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2018
iOS · Android

Cooper Strategic

Senior Mobile Engineer

Translated business requirements into mobile MVP plans, application flows, user stories, roadmaps, and delivery estimates.

Android · iOS · React Native

Responsibilities & accomplishments

Met daily with the team and clients to figure out requirements for a new project.
Analyzed and understood key business requirements and turned those requirements into software features.
Developed a plan for a minimum viable product based on feedback from clients and business requirements.
Took the MVP and created a detailed app structure and flow for users to help create a road map of features and functionality.
Took the MVP and roadmap, estimated the total cost of the project, and helped deliver user stories, project plans, and total project length and resources.

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2018
iOS

Token Drop

Senior iOS Engineer

Established app architecture and automated builds, then implemented analytics, push notifications, and custom animations.

CircleCI · Xcode · Swift

Responsibilities & accomplishments

Created the base architecture for an app so we can easily expand features while maintaining code quality.
Set up a build machine to automate builds and uploads to iTunes Connect.
Wrote excellent code that is easily understandable and implemented analytics and push notifications.
Created awesome animations to improve user interactions.

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2016–2018
iOS · Salesforce

Accent Technology

Senior iOS Engineer

Built and maintained iOS applications, including an admin app, Swift migrations, and Salesforce authentication and data visualizations.

Salesforce · Xcode · Swift

Responsibilities & accomplishments

Created an admin app that allowed updates to the end user's app for a custom experience depending on the client's needs.
Used best practices to create a project that is easily maintainable and scalable.
Integrated with the existing team to create high-quality apps.
Migrated projects to support the latest version of Swift.
Updated apps to support iOS 10.
Integrated Salesforce into their existing iOS app to pull and then create visualizations.
Utilized Salesforce mobile SDK to authenticate users.
Used Salesforce Object Query Language to pull custom data set down for users to analyze sales process and performance.

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2015–2017
iOS

Zugata

Senior iOS Engineer

Improved an existing iOS codebase with API integration, new features, deployment automation, and automated testing.

Cocoa Touch · Swift

Responsibilities & accomplishments

Took the existing codebase and brought quality and standards up to an enterprise level.
Worked with the existing team to integrate the API.
Created new features that increased the user base.
Created build automation tools that streamlined the deployment process.
Created automated testing that reduced bugs.

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2016
iOS · Travel

Emirates Group

Senior iOS Engineer

Built offline location lookup and animated rewards interfaces for the Emirates app while collaborating across an eleven-hour time difference.

Emirates — official App Store screenshot 1 — Emirates · App Store ↗ Current listing images; may differ from the version I worked on.

Emirates — official App Store screenshot 2 — Emirates · App Store ↗ Current listing images; may differ from the version I worked on.

Core Data · Xcode · Swift

Responsibilities & accomplishments

Supported the existing iOS team in building out difficult features for the new Emirates app.
Utilized SVGKit to create an interactive map that allows for offline location lookup.
Created a custom scroll view that displays membership rewards with custom animation.
Successfully integrated into a team eleven hours ahead of my current time zone.
Worked with NSNotificationCenter to sync local core data with a server.

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2016
iOS · Live video

GLOBL

Senior iOS Developer

Modernized a Swift app, resolved crashes and performance issues, and integrated Periscope streams through the Twitter API.

iOS · Swift · X (formerly Twitter) API

Responsibilities & accomplishments

Updated the project to Swift 2.2.
Fixed existing project crashes that were causing low app store ratings.
Updated the app to iOS 9.3 and Swift 2.2.
Utilized Twitter to find periscope URL and grab the stream URL. Once we had the periscope data, we were able to display live streams.
Fixed performance issues.

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2015
iOS · Retail

Poq Studio

Senior iOS Engineer

Led a team building a Swift retail app, developed its API framework, and maintained quality through tests and code review.

Cocoa Touch · Swift

Responsibilities & accomplishments

Led a team in building a Swift-based iOS application.
Built an API framework that communicates with the back-end server.
Worked with an international team distributed in different time zones, maintaining excellent communication.
Used unit tests and test-driven development to maintain bug-free code.
Maintained high code standards with code review.

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2014–2015
iOS · Housing

Roomi

Senior iOS Engineer

Rebuilt the app on a scalable foundation with S3 image uploads, live chat, custom analytics, and team development practices.

Roommates by Roomi — official App Store screenshot 1 — Roommates by Roomi · App Store ↗ Current listing images; may differ from the version I worked on.

Roommates by Roomi — official App Store screenshot 2 — Roommates by Roomi · App Store ↗ Current listing images; may differ from the version I worked on.

Firebase · Parse · Objective-C

Responsibilities & accomplishments

Rebuilt an existing app by creating a scalable foundation that allows for the app to be easily updatable.
Integrated S3 image uploads for room listings.
Created a live-time chat client.
Led a team of developers and created best practices for development.
Deployed a custom analytics solution to monitor user activity.

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2014
Native · Hybrid mobile

Rocksauce Studios

iOS Developer

Developed native and HTML5 mobile apps, fixed crashes and functionality issues, and integrated analytics and social features.

CSS3 · HTML5 · Parse · Cocoa Touch · Auto Layout · Size Classes · Storyboarding · Xcode · Swift · Objective-C

Responsibilities & accomplishments

Developed mobile applications specializing in native and HTML5 app development.
Troubleshot existing projects to fix major functionality and crash issues.
Implemented crash and analytic SDKs, allowing app owners to see live app issues and usage.
Utilized social frameworks to create apps that allowed users to share with their friends and grow the app's user base.
Created apps using Parse, allowing for rapid app development.

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2012–2014
Mobile · APIs

Seven Tablets

Lead Front-end Developer

Led front-end development for native and cross-platform apps, built Ruby on Rails APIs, and introduced continuous integration and code review.

PhoneGap · Ruby on Rails (RoR) · jQuery · Sencha Touch · Compass · Sass · CSS3 · HTML5 · Cocoa Touch · Xcode · Objective-C

Responsibilities & accomplishments

Created Android and iOS apps using native code as well as HTML5, CSS3, and PhoneGap to deliver cross-platform apps depending on business requirements and budgets.
Led a team of front-end developers.
Created custom REST APIs using Ruby on Rails to communicate with iOS and Android apps.
Helped deploy back-end systems on both Amazon EC2 and Heroku.
Deployed a continuous integration process utilizing Git that allowed our team to rapidly develop applications.
Helped create a code review process that improved code quality and app stability.

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2011–2012
Web · Commerce

VRP

Lead Web Developer

Built Magento commerce features, including a one-page checkout with 20% better conversion, and integrated a .NET ERP to replace manual order entry.

ASP.NET · Magento · PHP · .NET

Responsibilities & accomplishments

Created and maintained eCommerce websites for VRP.
Built custom Magento plugins to allow for a single-page checkout process, converting 20% better than the usual four-page Magento checkout.
Ran server support for Rackspace instances.
Optimized sites for mobile experience.
Successfully integrated a .NET ERP system to communicate with the PHP/Magento-based website, where orders had previously been entered manually.

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2009–2011
iOS · Web · Travel

Web Dev Designs

Lead Mobile and Web Developer

Created the Motel 6 iPhone app, developed Umbraco and .NET websites, and built a back end connected to Sabre’s Travel API.

Motel 6: Book Hotels My6 Deals — official App Store screenshot 1 — Motel 6: Book Hotels My6 Deals · App Store ↗ Current listing images; may differ from the version I worked on.

Motel 6: Book Hotels My6 Deals — official App Store screenshot 2 — Motel 6: Book Hotels My6 Deals · App Store ↗ Current listing images; may differ from the version I worked on.

C# · Umbraco · .NET · Xcode · Objective-C · iOS

Responsibilities & accomplishments

Created the Motel 6 iPhone app.
Built custom websites for companies using Umbraco and .NET.
Programmed a custom back-end to communicate with Sabre's Travel API.

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