Doug Watkins
Owner at GeekShiz
Nephi, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDoug Watkins is a seasoned software leader and founder with nine years of experience delivering mobile and web applications, currently steering GeekShiz as Owner. He focuses on React Native and cross-platform solutions, helping businesses ship iOS apps fast with Android on the roadmap. His career spans impactful roles at Shopify, Knock, Motion Auto, Inside Real Estate, and Fashionphile, where he rebuilt apps, reduced technical debt, and established coding standards. Known as the "glue" that unites teams, he solves complex problems with a calm, ego-free, solution-driven mindset and a strong emphasis on testable, scalable architecture. Based in Nephi, Utah, he combines entrepreneurial resilience with hands-on engineering to turn ambitious ideas into reliable software.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Management Informations Systems - Database Administration Emphasis - Minor in Computer Science, 3.2, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Management Informations Systems - Database Administration Emphasis - Minor in Computer Science, 3.2 at Utah State University - Jon M. Huntsman School of Business
German, Spanish, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (58)
react-native10
react-navigation10
react10
android9
camera8
ios8
scanner8
qrcode8
instagram7
barcodes7
cross-platform7
qr-code7
documentation6
marks6
ios-simulator6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
dowatugkins/react-native-intercom
Oct 2018 - Apr 2019
React Native wrapper for Intercom.io
Contributions:4 PRs, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
react-nativereactintercom
dowatugkins/MarlinConfig
Feb 2024 - Mar 2025
Configurations for Marlin Firmware
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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