Summary
Aaron Rhoads is a seasoned software engineer and owner with over 16 years of professional development experience and more than a decade consulting across finance, education, and enterprise sectors. He has deep hands-on expertise in C# (ASP.NET MVC, WPF, Silverlight) and Objective-C for iPhone, iPad, and desktop, and has held senior technical and leadership roles including Sr. Director of IT and CIO. Aaron has built vendor management and lender-facing portals, led internal process automation projects, and runs his own firm—demonstrating both product delivery and client-facing consulting skills. His career mixes long-term corporate leadership with nimble consulting engagements, giving him a pragmatic approach to architecting maintainable systems. Based in Lone Jack, Missouri, he pairs formal CS training from the University of Missouri–Kansas City with practical experience shipping cross-platform applications. An understated strength is his longevity in both hands-on programming and strategic IT roles, which lets him bridge code-level decisions with business outcomes.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University of Missouri-Kansas City