Work Experience

Co-Founder @ Ecordia Studios

Head of Software Engineering @ Volcon

• Instigated business model transition from outsourcing engineering with underperforming vendor contracts to building 100% of software internally
• Managing the development of Volcon’s website, mobile apps, Internal Tools, & vehicle software
• Personally interviewed and onboarded nine stellar engineers
• Lead initiative to develop web-based 3D vehicle configurator in-house saving $160k

Senior iOS Engineer

• Developed and Maintained the YouCanTrade iOS application utilizing SwiftUI, Combine, and GraphQL.
• Worked closely in a cross-functional team including iOS, web, API, and design to plan and develop new features.
• Directly interacted with key stakeholders to determine project scope, feasibility, and best solutions.
• Advocated for and led the improvement of unit, integration, and UI testing within the project.
• Reduced incremental build times by 98.8% for unit tests and SwiftUI preview builds.
• Planned and executed decisions that affected app architecture, UI/UX, and team development practices.

Lead iOS Engineer

• Guided and mentored a team of 5 engineers in the development and maintenance of the THINKERS iOS app, web-app, and supporting backend API.
• Utilized the newest Apple technologies (e.g. CoreML, Vision, VisionKit) to support machine learning, text/ handwriting recognition, and document capture.
• Rebuilt the main UI using iOS 13 features including UICompositionalCollectionViewLayout, UIDiffableDataSource, and Dark Mode Support.
• Since the release of SwiftUI 2.0, all new features built in SwiftUI (Utilizing UIViewRepresentable when necessary).
• Firebase integration included Auth, Firestore, Cloud Functions, Analytics, Crashlytics, and App Distribution.
• In charge of defining and implementing CI/CD pipeline using Bitrise, Fastlane, and Github (iOS & Android).

iOS Engineer

• Maintained suite of native apps utilized by students and staff of the university. These included the main app along with custom apps to support on-campus events and conferences.
• Developed UTD’s first voice-enabled apps (2 Amazon Alexa Skills) and first wearable application on Apple Watch for WatchOS 6 using SwiftUI.Implemented Siri shortcut functionality into iOS app and Apple Watch App.
• Rebuilt the main UI using iOS 13 features including UICompositionalCollectionViewLayout, UIDiffableDataSource, and Dark Mode Support.
• Supported the Android team by developing a new campus dining feature within the core Android app (Kotlin).

iOS Developer

• Contracted to develop/maintain cross-platform React Native app with native iOS integrations developed in Swift.
• Developed in JavaScript, Swift, UIKit, CoreData, Firebase, Crashlytics, Firebase Cloud Functions.