Experience Level
Language
English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Intermediate
French
Intermediate
Portuguese
Intermediate
Work Experience
Lead Developer at Sweet Lilies
November 1, 2024 - PresentLead developer and designer of customer-facing iOS and Android apps, and internal macOS app for fashion retailer to provide order taking and management solution. Built fully-featured iOS and Android apps using Skip; leveraged Firebase Cloud Messaging to improve customer retention and provide order status updates; developed comment and review systems using Firebase Firestore.
Lead Developer at Litley (Simonds Productions LLC)
January 1, 2025 - April 1, 2025Lead on native iOS book discovery app that uses the Google Books API and ChatGPT to display detailed insights, as well as native macOS admin app. Implemented reliable, multi-category book analysis using structured output from ChatGPT; integrated Superwall to provide subscriptions and remotely-managed paywalls; leveraged On Demand Resources to securely fetch OpenAI API keys at runtime.
iOS Developer at Goodmojo Corp
May 1, 2024 - September 1, 2024Developer tasked with reducing technical debt and adding new features to inherited iOS health-care app. Overhauled navigation in the app by implementing coordinator-based solution; enhanced architecture and modularity by leading transition to dependency injection and composition root; authored notification system in the app which included automatic updating of read-status for notifications based on the user’s navigation.
Lead macOS Developer at Ensemble (Independent)
June 1, 2021 - PresentSwiftUI-based language learning platform tailored towards user customization. Created visual flashcard editor which allows users to craft cards using numerous styling options; implemented podcast feed and player which interact with OpenAI’s WhisperAI to transcribe episodes; added ability to create and export customer-formatted, bilingual eBooks from lessons.
Lead iOS Developer at ZipTips (Beachead Technologies, Inc)
April 1, 2019 - August 1, 2021Led all iOS development on ZipTips, a tutorial-based UIKit app that teaches Swift & iOS development. Designed and implemented tutorial page that uses sophisticated scrolling and includes an Xcode-like code section as well as a content section which supports HTML-backed rich text, images, gifs and videos. Created GraphQL schema and employed AWS AppSync for all database operations, including live updates. Used RevenueCat to provide users with a reliable multi-device purchasing experience for both subscriptions and consumable in-app purchases. Integrated MixPanel for tracking user activity, engagement and logging errors. Leveraged OneSignal to send rich push notifications.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at University Of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
August 15, 2011 - July 1, 2015B.S. in Computer Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2015Qualifications
iOS Lead Essential Certificate of Completion
January 11, 2030 - February 3, 2026Industry Experience
Software & Internet, Education, Gaming, Real Estate & Construction, Other, Media & Entertainment, Retail, Professional Services
Experience Level
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