Experience

OTR Performance

• United States
• Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Software Engineer

  • May 2023 - Present



Pluralsight

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• iOS Senior Software Engineer

  • Jul 2019 - May 2023

  Work on the iOS, macOS and tvOS apps in a TDD and paired programming environment. Accomplishments: * Enhanced deep linking by creating a router, with redirect support, that works for both UIKit and the latest navigation support in SwiftUI * Improve development scalability by enhancing the architecture to utilize micro frameworks * Reduce time to deliver features by consolidating the macOS and iOS source into a single project * Delivered several enhancements to the iOS, macOS and tvOS apps in a TDD and paired programming environment Show less



Molbie LLC

• Orem, UT

• Founder / Software Engineer

  • Jun 2016 - Dec 2022

  Develop really cool things. Accomplishments: * Created a highly performant and scalable crypto bot system that utilizes Swift, SwiftUI, Protobuf and gRPC * Ported the Cosmos blockchain SDK, written in TypeScript, to Swift * Created various crypto bots utilizing TypeScript and NodeJS * Published a website, using Angular and TypeScript, that presents trending data along with maps and various overlays to help visually identify geographic locations for real estate investing * Created an open source JSON parsing and extraction framework for iOS. * Created an open source constraint framework for iOS. * Published a website that utilizes a 3D rotation effect similar to the Apple TV. Show less



Ancestry

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• iOS Senior Software Engineer

  • Nov 2014 - Jul 2019

  Work on the family history and DNA iOS apps and provide modular frameworks for the other mobile teams. Accomplishments: * Created a shared database framework, written in C++, for use in both Android and iOS apps. * Created a code generator for a theme/style framework used in iOS apps. * Helped implement improvements to engineering career ladders in coordination with a committee compromised of engineers, managers and members from our people department. * Continuously proposing ideas for leaders to embrace native mobile features. * Encourage team collaboration and knowledge sharing to improve everyone on our team. * Created a training program to help non-mobile developers become mobile developers. * Updated the DNA iOS app architecture to scale horizontally so that each feature is implemented as an independent framework. * Mentored peers by reviewing algorithms, explaining processes, commenting on pull requests and always being available to help out. * Helped Android developers by learning the the JNI bridge and setting up patterns for code generation. * Contributed to the initial watchOS version of the family history app. * Migrated family history iOS app to Swift 3. * Explored additional platform options by creating a timeline tvOS hack day project. * Helped bring life to the DNA iOS app by creating a hack day project for evaluation by the company leaders. * Encouraged peers to collaborate with others. * Helped bring mobile importance to the forefront by showing off platform capabilities with Memorials hack day project. * Participated in architecture discussions and implementations to maximize the best possible solutions for the mobile apps. * Contributed to the increased ratings (2 to 5 stars) on the DNA iOS app. * Simplified architecture processes to a set of easier digestible guidelines in order to help peers conform to standards. * Enabled CI and unit test execution for the DNA iOS app using Jenkins. Show less



ElectricMicroTransit.com

• Salt Lake City, UT

• Director of Software Engineering and Mobile App Development

  • Mar 2017 - Jan 2019

  Develop a platform that included backend services and mobile apps. Accomplishments: * Architected and implemented a high availability, scalable network on AWS. * Implemented a containerized microservice solution utilizing server side swift and docker that communicates with a PostgreSQL server. * Created several shell scripts to automate creation, testing and releasing swift apps in docker containers. Develop a platform that included backend services and mobile apps. Accomplishments: * Architected and implemented a high availability, scalable network on AWS. * Implemented a containerized microservice solution utilizing server side swift and docker that communicates with a PostgreSQL server. * Created several shell scripts to automate creation, testing and releasing swift apps in docker containers.



Rutile Interactive

• Founder / Software Engineer

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2016

  Develop mobile apps for the iOS platform. Accomplishments: * Created and published Army Guys, a strategy war game for the iPhone, that utilizes SpriteKit, Game Center and iAd. * Created and published Drawables: Etches, a universal lineography drawing app that was written in Objective-C and Xcode, for iOS devices. * Created and published Drawables, a universal drawing app that utilizes Core Data for saving state and infinite undo/redo operations, for iOS devices. Develop mobile apps for the iOS platform. Accomplishments: * Created and published Army Guys, a strategy war game for the iPhone, that utilizes SpriteKit, Game Center and iAd. * Created and published Drawables: Etches, a universal lineography drawing app that was written in Objective-C and Xcode, for iOS devices. * Created and published Drawables, a universal drawing app that utilizes Core Data for saving state and infinite undo/redo operations, for iOS devices.



Luxottica

• Italy
• Luxury Goods & Jewelry
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lead Mobile Developer, glasses.com

  • Jun 2013 - Nov 2014

  Develop and maintain the glasses.com and internal mobile apps for the iOS platform. Accomplishments: * Increased ratings in the iOS App Store for the glasses.com app by stabilizing the code. * Created an OTA Enterprise Distribution Server to help facilitate Continuous Integration. * Participated in discussions and implemented features to improve conversion rate. Develop and maintain the glasses.com and internal mobile apps for the iOS platform. Accomplishments: * Increased ratings in the iOS App Store for the glasses.com app by stabilizing the code. * Created an OTA Enterprise Distribution Server to help facilitate Continuous Integration. * Participated in discussions and implemented features to improve conversion rate.



Rivetal

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Developer

  • Nov 2009 - May 2013

  Collaborate with a team of project managers, graphic designers, programmers and Rivetal’s customers to define and develop web sites, applications and internal development tools. Accomplishments: * Created and published Buddy Battle, a multi-player desktop tank game written in C and Objective-C, for iPad devices. * Created a Mac app that was used to convert an iOS game engine plist config file to JSON format. * Created a raffle bar-code scanning app for Sorenson Communications, written in Objective-C and utilizes Core Data, for iPad devices. * Created an iPad app for Sorenson Communications that digitizes various support forms with the employee and customer being able to optionally sign-in with a bar-code. * Created an iPad sales tracking app for Utopia that saves data locally to Core Data and does two-way syncing with a PHP and MySQL web-service. * Created an iPad drawing app that publishes drawings to a web-service for an interactive Kinect experience at the LDS Church History Museum. * Created a BrightScript framework that parses XML files to generate a dynamic UI for several multimedia Roku experiences for the LDS Church. * Ported a multimedia Roku channel for the LDS Church, written in BrightScript, to an HTML and JavaScript Samsung Smart TV experience. * Support developer for a CakePHP and PostgreSQL website. Fixed PHP calculations, HTML / JavaScript form validation and centralized PHP pricing algorithms for the elitewarrantyinc.com website. * Created a custom MVC content management system, written in PHP, for the papercoterie.com website that utilized dynamic database objects to fetch data with parameterized stored procedures using MySQL. * Created an ActionScript component library to rapidly generate kiosks for the LDS Church. * Created a LAMP server with a focus on security to reduce hacking attempts. * Created Bash shell scripts to pull remote website code and automate website code backups. * Managed an SVN server with migration to a Git server. Show less



Opinionology

• Market Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Mar 2004 - Nov 2009

  Responsible for maintenance, upgrades, architectural decisions of new/current core system software using various programming languages. Coordinate with our IT department on web server maintenance, upgrades and installation. Accomplishments: * Coordinated feature development and maintenance using both local and international engineers. * Support developer for a custom PHP survey engine that saved data to an Advantage Database server. * Ported the custom PHP survey engine to utilize a MySQL database. * Support developer for a programmer IDE, written in Delphi, to parse a custom templating language and generate PHP surveys. * Support developer for several internal finance apps written in Delphi and saved data to an Advantage Database server. * Created several PHP website portals used for reporting client survey data. * Created a dedicated IIS and PHP server farm for a clients reporting portal. * Created a data migration app, written in Delphi, to migrate live survey data to an Advantage Database server farm being utilized for reporting website portals. * Worked with IT department to create a server farm with PHP and Apache optimally configured and compiled from source. * Ported several internal Delphi apps to utilize the more modern C# language. * Support developer for a PHP reporting portal which utilizes the Zend Framework. * Configured a Flash Media Stream Server with server side ActionScript scripts focusing on content protection. * Created an ActionScript video player with a focus on content protection. * Created a heat-map, written in FLEX, that identified website clicking behavior. * Support developer for a server diagnostic and monitoring app, written in Java, that visually identifies server issues and pushes updates to a marquee sign. * Trained international PHP programmers via IM, video/phone conferencing and travel. * Helped convert a backup system comprised of directories on a server to a source control system utilizing SVN. Show less