- First iOS engineer for personalized radio startup; built iOS prototype used in securing seed funding- Product featured by Apple under New Apps We Love and as App of the Day - Deeply involved in collaborative process to design product features and UI/UX- Work closely with backend engineers to design scalable, multi-platform APIs- Primary engineer/architect for audio playback; downloads; event reporting system; formalization and iOS implementation of system for driving fully dynamic layouts via back end- Contributor to database design & JSON ingestion; authentication; custom system for tracking app performance over time; almost all aspects of UI- Utilized Swift, AlamoFire for HTTP, duplex websocket communication, Facebook & Twitter APIs, sqlite wrapper for database, 1-click deployment, Bitbucket, Cocoapods, Crashlytics/Fabric, TestFlight, Phabricator

- Built iOS client and back end of app for discovering and following local nonprofits, uploading media posts, and making donations- iOS client (Swift) used AVPlayer for video playback, Core Location for finding local nonprofits, Photos framework for creating new posts; used Twitter & Facebook APIs to enable cross-posting- Back end used Parse framework (JS), push notifications, jobs, and queries

- Led technical development of Knomad, the first app for social podcast discovery- Product allowed you to follow Facebook/Twitter friends and send them episodes or view their favorites within app, plus browse a personalized feed of content enjoyed by people you follow- Worked closely with cofounder to design all features, UI, and visual assets- Built iOS client (objective-c) using AVPlayer, Core Data, REST, Facebook integration & Twitter integration- Implemented preliminary backend schema and API and continued to drive API design