Profile
Ohio-based engineer working remotely, with 16+ years building production software and deep roots in iOS and Swift. I rebuilt AspectAvy’s iOS and web apps and built its backend and production infrastructure, and have shipped at Dropbox. My work spans native apps, full-stack web applications, backend APIs, AI integrations, and developer tools, with a focus on clear architecture and rigorous testing.
Selected impact
- Embrace Pet Insurance: Built the iOS app solo from the ground up. Designed and built the entire Embrace Pet Insurance iOS application from File New to App Store release as the sole developer, 100% in SwiftUI and The Composable Architecture, with a fully modular feature architecture, comprehensive test coverage, and the complete CI/CD and release pipeline.
- Independent practice: Client products, platforms, and mentorship. Since 2022, partnered with founders and product teams to ship native iOS apps in Swift and SwiftUI, built a Swift/Vapor workflow-automation platform with PostgreSQL, multi-tenant RBAC, and AI connectors (309 tests across 57 suites), and mentored Apple-platform developers at every level.
- Lumen: Local-first AI LifeOps platform. Designing and building Lumen, a local-first AI cockpit that orchestrates coding agents and layers personal AI workspaces on top: knowledge, mail, ops, and a full career vertical, built with TypeScript and Effect across desktop, web, and server.
- Author, instructor & educator. Authored two iOS development books with Packt Publishing, taught a five-star-rated Udemy course to 1,000+ students, and built an educational YouTube channel with 1,000,000+ video views, helping developers worldwide grow their Swift and iOS skills.
- Leafly: Full app rewrite (Objective-C to Swift). Led a team rewrite of the Leafly iOS app to Swift using ReSwift, MVVM, dependency injection, and TDD, then partnered with IDEO on the UI, shipping without disrupting millions of users.
- Dropbox: WWDC accessibility recognition. Audited and overhauled VoiceOver and accessibility across the file browser, sharing, and notifications; the work was recognized by Apple and featured at WWDC.
Nov 2024 - Present
Principal Architect · Embrace Pet Insurance
Remote · Full-time
- Rebuilt the entire iOS application from the ground up as sole developer using SwiftUI and The Composable Architecture, owning architecture, modularization, the full CI/CD pipeline, crash reporting, and App Store release.
- Established a fully modularized codebase with isolated feature modules and comprehensive, targeted test coverage across the application.
- Delivered policy management, claims submission, document uploads, and real-time account information for pet owners nationwide.
Sep 2022 - Present
Principal Engineer & Consultant · Independent Practice
Remote · Consulting
- Partner with founders and product teams across industries to design and ship native iOS apps in Swift and SwiftUI, from architecture and the latest Apple APIs through App Store release.
- Built and maintain a Swift/Vapor workflow-automation platform with PostgreSQL persistence, multi-tenant RBAC, built-in AI connectors, and a code-generation CLI, backed by 309 tests across 57 suites.
- Design and build my own products and open-source tools, including Lumen, a local-first AI platform built with TypeScript and Effect, and the developer tools featured on this site.
- Publish educational content and mentor Apple-platform developers at every experience level.
May 2020 - Nov 2020
Senior iOS Engineer · Tek Systems (via Lululemon)
Seattle, WA · Contract
- Embedded with Lululemon as a contract iOS engineer, implementing new features, optimizing the existing architecture, and maintaining a high-traffic consumer iOS application.
Oct 2017 - Mar 2020
Senior iOS Engineer · Leafly
Seattle, WA · Full-time
- Managed a team rewriting the Leafly iOS app from Objective-C to Swift, adopting ReSwift (MVVM), extensive dependency injection, and a test-driven development methodology.
- Collaborated with the IDEO design studio to revamp the UI and interaction model, translating design-system specifications into production code.
Feb 2016 - Oct 2017
Lead iOS Engineer · The Action Network
San Francisco, CA · Full-time
- Sole iOS engineer; built the entire sports-data application from scratch in pure Swift, owning core architecture, networking, data mapping, deep linking, and all UI.
- Designed the core data-processing layer for real-time sports statistics aggregation, ensuring low-latency updates across the UI.
Jan 2015 - Feb 2016
iOS Engineer · Dropbox
San Francisco, CA · Full-time
- Joined the Dropbox iOS team via the CloudOn acquisition; shipped production features including file copy, link sharing, custom in-app notifications, and a keyboard extension, with unit and automation tests.
- Designed a custom forced-migration system for Dropbox for Business users, working directly with the Business team for a seamless enterprise transition.
- Accessibility work on the Dropbox iOS app was featured by Apple at WWDC.
Skills
Apple
- Swift, deepest expertise
- SwiftUI, deepest expertise
- The Composable Architecture (TCA), deepest expertise
- UIKit, deepest expertise
- RxSwift, deepest expertise
- Objective-C
- Combine
- Swift Concurrency, deepest expertise
- Core Data
- Instruments
- SwiftData
- SQLite
Backend
- Vapor (Swift), deepest expertise
- REST API Design, deepest expertise
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- WebSockets
Web & Frontend
- TypeScript
- Next.js
- React
- HTML / CSS
Tools & Platform
- Git, deepest expertise
- Xcode, deepest expertise
- Docker
- Caddy
Languages
- Swift, deepest expertise
- TypeScript
- Python
- Ruby (Rails)
Design
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Figma
Education
BS, Computer ScienceUniversity of South Florida2013
AS, Computer ProgrammingHillsborough Community College2011