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  iOS Development

  Award winning iOS apps using Swift and Objective-C

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  Full Stack

  Ruby on Rails, React, and more for web development and APIs

I am the owner of SharkMonkey Apps, a software development agency specializing in native iOS, cross-platform mobile, and full-stack web apps.

I am Software developer with experience on a wide variety of projects, from brand new apps to maintenance and updates to large older codebases. I specialize in iOS app development, and have full-stack web experience as well. I can build an MVP for a startup, custom software for business, or work on an existing project.

I am based in Denver, Colorado, USA, and available to work remote. I have experience with Swift, Objective-C, Ruby on Rails, React, JavaScript, AWS and other languages and frameworks. Please contact me to discuss what you'd like to accomplish.

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• Mobile Apps
• Web Development
• Custom Software
• Startup MVPs
• Process Automation
• Design and Prototyping
• Consulting and Strategy
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About Me

See why I have the right experience for the job.

Experience:

Inspirato

Senior iOS Engineer: 2021 - 2022

• Had a key role in building a major new feature using MVVM + Coordinator patterns
• Investigated and documented legacy features, and performed refactors to reduce technical debt

Wunderman Thompson Apps

Senior Developer: 2018 - 2021

• Developed new features, oversaw releases, supported junior developers, implemented a dependency injection system to support unit testing, and took a key role in rewriting an Objective-C Core Data stack in Swift, with significant performance improvements on an award winning iOS app for a major airline
• Functioned as key mobile developer and oversaw the creation of a CI pipeline using Jenkins on a React Native app, in addition to work on a PHP/Laravel backend for a major government department
• Developed several new features including creating financial agreements on an iOS app for a major utility group using Swift with multiple Xcode targets and Git submodules
• Made updates to a Ruby on Rails full stack client facing CMS for a major entertainment franchise that managed resources stored in AWS S3
• Made improvements to internal tools to facilitate delivery and installation of mobile apps including reconfiguring tools to work with Google Firebase for push notifications

At this agency I collaborated closely with development teams of varying sizes, multiple project managers, designers, QA, and clients. We utilized a variety of project management styles and tools to suit the needs of the project and I gained experience jumping into large, new codebases

Shark Monkey LLC

iOS Developer/Owner

• Developed the iOS app Shot Log! for tracking progress on film shoots
• Managed App Store Connect account and LLC finance and marketing

Fun fact - I used to work in film and television. My IMDB

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Skills:

• Swift
• Objective-C
• Ruby, Ruby on Rails
• JavaScript/TypeScript
• HTML/CSS/SASS
• React
• SQL
• Git/GitHub
• CI/CD, Jenkins, Bitrise
• AWS
• TDD
• Video/Audio Production, Adobe Creative Cloud

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Education:

Turing School of Software & Design

Backend Engineering

Metropolitain State University of Denver

Bachelors of Scinece - Techincal Communications/Media Production

Rochester Institute of Technology

Film/Video/Animation

Please contact me to schedule a call.