The Hershey Company

Senior Analyst - iOS Development, Retail Solutions
Hershey, PA: April 2020 - present

  • iOS architect for complex enterprise retail execution app used by Hershey sales representatives across the United States and two other countries
  • Architected and implemented update of legacy iOS networking system from Objective-C to Swift by developing Swift packages for local persistence and networking. Designed and wrote specifications for the corresponding rewrite of REST APIs to support syncing updated data only.
  • Designed and implemented feature flagging system to configure iOS app features based on user country and job title, allowing a single iOS app to be used for retail execution across multiple countries and job roles.
  • Wrote technical specification and implemented app changes to allow use of retail execution app in a new country. This project made possible the retirement of a legacy system and brought the capabilities of the modern platform to the country’s sales team.
  • Developed iOS build and test automation system on Azure DevOps that saves two hours per week

Bixelcog LLC

Founder and iOS Developer
Lancaster, PA: August 2014 - present

  • Consulting for iOS development projects
  • Lead iOS developer on Steinway Spirio, an iPad app that controls music playback on Steinway’s player piano system. Steinway Spirio was featured in Wired. August 2014 - March 2016
  • Lead iOS developer on ArkivMusic Streaming, an iPad app used to stream classical music. August 2014 - March 2016

The Hershey Company

iOS Developer, contracted through System One
Hershey, PA: October 2012 – March 2015, December 2015 - January 2020

  • Develop and maintain a suite of apps for Hershey’s field sales team to use as part of effort to move all sales activities to iPad
    • iPad app used by sales representatives during the store call process: scheduling, placing orders, writing credits, taking notes, managing contacts, and more
    • iPad app used by sales merchandisers for all aspects of the store call process: scheduling, placing orders, writing credits, taking notes, managing contacts, checking product distribution, and more
    • Universal iOS app used by managers to approve time and expenses
    • Universal iOS app used by sales managers to create performance evaluations for sales representatives
    • Universal iOS and watchOS app to convert between dates and manufacturing day codes
    • Universal iOS employee directory showing employee manager and direct reports that makes it easy to call, message, or email coworkers
    • iPad app used by sales representatives to enter their time and mileage

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Economics

Teaching Assistant
Chapel Hill, NC: August 2010 - May 2012

  • Taught recitations, graded homework and exams, and assisted with running classes with over 500 students

Arch Insurance Group

Actuarial Intern
New York, NY: Summer 2009

  • Blended industry data with Arch loss experience to select Loss Development Factors, set up Arch LDF Library, presented findings to Corporate Actuarial group

Elizabethtown College, Department of Mathematical Sciences

Math Lab Tutor Elizabethtown, PA: 2008 - 2009

  • Assisted students with mathematics homework