Summary
Aron Nelson is a versatile web developer and software engineer with 11 years of professional experience who blends deep technical skills with a lifelong career as a musician and composer. Based in Hawaii, he builds production web and mobile systems — from Node.js/MongoDB backends and Flutter frontends to C/C++ and Objective-C audio apps — and maintains a long-running freelance product, unrealBook, used by touring musicians including on the Billy Joel tour. At the University of Hawaii at Manoa he supports institutional web/IT needs while also running high-traffic community sites he created, like DIYstompboxes.com. His work uniquely intersects audio, MIDI, and music notation with web services, cloud storage integrations, and device-level features such as Bluetooth LE and GPS. Aron’s background includes product-focused roles at Opcode and hands-on server and virtualization management, reflecting strength across full-stack development, DevOps, and embedded audio systems. He brings a creative, musician’s perspective to software design that prioritizes real-world performance and usability.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
San José State University
BA in Music/Performance, Music, BA in Music/Performance, Music at University of Hawaii at Hilo