TLDR..

Mobile Engineering

EnsoData (August 2024 - present)

Chief Technology Officer

Ecordia Studios (Jul 2022 - August 2024)

Head of Software Engineering

Volcon ePowersports (Mar 2021 - Jul 2022)

Senior iOS Engineer

TradeStation (September 2020 – April 2021)

Lead iOS Engineer

THINKERS Manifesto, Dallas, TX - (September 2019 – September 2020)

Indie App Developer

Happii Apps LLC (January 2014 – present)

Full Overview

Mobile Engineering

EnsoData, Dallas, TX - (August 2024 - present)

• Staff Software Engineering responsible for leading mobile engineering, building a BLE connected medical grade mobile app.

Chief Technology Officer

Ecordia Studios, Dallas, TX - (July 2023 - Present)

• Led several engineering pod teams of 1-5 engineers on client software development projects specialized in subscription based mobile apps.
• Coordinated engineering, design, marketing, and quality assurance to launch and iterate projects.
• Implemented and iterated on project management systems following Agile methodologies with various tools such as (Linear, Jira, Trello, and ClickUp).
• Developed (CI/CD) practices and pipelines, reducing deployment times by 50%.
• Interviewed, hired, and onboarded engineers and contractors.
• Defined and taught code review standards + best practices.
• Established company standards for technologies, branching strategies, code review, and pull requests.
• Conducted regular performance reviews and provided mentorship to engineers, promoting professional growth and career development.

Head of Software Engineering

Volcon ePowersports, Austin, TX - (Mar 2021 - Jul 2022)

• Managing the development of Volcon’s website, mobile apps, Internal Tools, & vehicle software.
• Lead business model transition from outsourcing engineering with underperforming vendor contracts to building 100% of software internally.
• Personally interviewed, onboarded, and lead 8 stellar engineers.

Senior iOS Engineer

TradeStation, Dallas, TX - (September 2020 – April 2021)

• 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

THINKERS Manifesto, Dallas, TX - (September 2019 – September 2020)

• 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 Developer

University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX - (January 2017 – September 2019)

• 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).

Indie iOS Developer

Happii Apps LLC, Dallas, TX - (January 2014 – present)

• Solo built and launched 6+ money-making mobile apps (and a dozen other failed apps 🙃)
• Grew multiple apps 5,000+ daily active users (DAU).
• Performed 100+ A/B tests to optimize onboarding, user engagement, and monetization.
• Integrated Google AdMob ad framework with Native, Reward, and Banner ads including mediation strategies.