Meet the Team
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| Rod Burns – Rod Burns has been working in mobile for more than 13 years and working with mobile app developers well before the iPhone revolutionized the space (when app pre-installs were the holy grail for developers). He worked on the platform side with Symbian, the device side at Sony, and helped games developers make amazing experiences at Marmalade, giving him a good perspective on all pieces of the mobile puzzle. Most recently he has been working with WIP, helping mobile developers be awesome through events like WIPJam and helping companies build communities around their developer programs.
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| Chiu-Ki Chan – Chiu-Ki is a mobile developer with a passion in speaking and teaching. Her mother tongue for mobile is Android, acquired while working on Android Maps at Google. Now she runs her own mobile development company, producing delightful apps such as “Monkey Write” for learning Chinese writing and “Heart Collage” for snapping photos to stitch into a heart. When she is not writing apps, she can be found traveling the world, sometimes sightseeing, sometimes dispensing Android tips on stage at various tech conferences.
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| Doug Chavez – Doug Chavez is Senior Vice President for Universal McCann Worldwide where he focuses on emerging technology with an emphasis on social and mobile media business strategy. Doug has strong has proven track record of leading marketing transformation with clients such as Del Monte Foods, McDonald’s, Yahoo!, Charles Schwab and Ghirardelli. Prior to UM, Doug was vice president of global marketing at RadiumOne, an ad platform that leverages social sharing insights to expand audience segments across the web and mobile landscape. Doug is a frequent speaker about mobile and social strategy and how brands are evolving their conversations with consumers with strong mobile and social strategies.
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| Dan Counsell – Dan Counsell is the founder of Realmac Software, an award winning independent Mac and iOS development studio based in Brighton, UK. He’s been designing, building and shipping apps for over ten years, these include Clear, Ember and RapidWeaver.
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| Ben Johnson – Ben has been building apps and thinking about mobile since the beginning of the App Store. Before Raizlabs he founded his own mobile consulting company and created a breakthrough calendar app, Free Time, which was recognized by Apple as a New and Noteworthy iPhone app. At Raizlabs he has been involved in dozens of projects helping clients push the envelope with innovative mobile technology. Ben is also a co-organizer of Boston’s premier mobile meetup, Drinks on Tap and has spoken at a variety of mobile conferences on the benefits of animations in mobile software.
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| Kevin Kim – Kevin Y. Kim is a founder and partner of AppOrchard LLC, a Tipping Point Partners company focused on sustainable iOS development. After graduating Carnegie Mellon University, Kevin was first exposed to the NeXTStep computer (the ancestor of today’s iPhone) while a programmer at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and has been hooked ever since. His career has spanned over 20 years developing systems in finance, government, biotech and technology, including Apple where he managed the Apple Enterprise Services team for the New York metro area. His latest book, More iOS 6 Development: Further Explorations of the iOS SDK, is currently available through Apress. He resides in the Alphabet City section of New York City with his wife and a clowder of rescued cats.
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| Mike Lee – Mike Lee was a Mac developer whose religion changed when iPhone was announced. He grew up in Hawaii and learned to code in Seattle, but moved to California to work at some startups and a local fruit company before traveling the world and ending up in Amsterdam making educational games. He is frequently seen on stage talking about life, the universe, and iOS.
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| Leigh Momii – Leigh is a Product Manager at HTC. Her background is in computer science. She worked in aerospace and consulting as a software engineer prior to coming to HTC where she started out as a developer evangelist. She then transitioned into product management to gain experience in a different facet of the mobile industry. She is a proud Seattle native. When she’s not geeking out on my laptop or HTC, you may find her journeying to remote places of the globe in search of the best eats and hangouts. She is also a huge sports enthusiast, and enjoys martial arts, board games, and video games.
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| Kyle Richter – Kyle Richter is the founder of Dragon Forged Software an award winning iOS and Mac development company, and co-founder of Empirical Development a for-hire iOS shop. Kyle began writing code in the early 90s and has always been dedicated to the Mac platform. He has written several books on iOS development including Beginning iOS Game Center Development, Beginning Social Game Development, and iOS Components and Frameworks Advanced Programming. He manages a team of over 30 full time iOS developers and runs day to day operations at 3 development companies. Kyle travels the world speaking on development and entrepreneurship, currently he calls the Florida Keys his home.
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| Dan Shapiro – Shapiro was the founder and CEO of Ontela (now Photobucket), the leading mobile imaging platform. Previously he managed product for Wildseed, the creator of the first linux-based cell phone. He’s also the founder of Sparkbuy (sold to Google) and Robot Turtles, the best selling board game in Kickstarter history.
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| Michele Titolo – Michele Titolo is a software engineer who ships great products. She has lead development teams to success in the App Store, and raised and maintained quality standards on the projects she works on. She is a Core Team member of CocoaPods, and organizes for both Women Who Code and Appsterdam in SF.
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| Conor Winders – Conor Winders is the CEO and co-founder of Redwind Software, Ireland’s leading mobile apps and games developer. Releasing his first iOS game back in 2008 when the App Store launched, Conor has worked on over 150 apps to date. Redwind builds and publishes original titles as well as working with some of the worlds biggest brands including Heineken, Elvis Presley, Paddy Power and Deal or No Deal. A tech-enthusiast and self-proclaimed Apple fanboy Conor lives and breathes mobile.
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