Brendan Duddridge
President at Tap Zapp Software Inc.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolBrendan Duddridge is a seasoned software entrepreneur and the founder-president behind Tap Zapp Software, best known for Tap Forms, a highly rated macOS and iOS organizer available since 2008. With over two decades of experience shipping native Apple-platform apps, he combines deep expertise in Swift, Objective-C, Cocoa, SwiftUI and WebObjects with hands-on product stewardship. He has led engineering teams and startups as CTO and contractor, translating real-world needs into secure, searchable data-driven experiences across Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Brendan’s product has earned App Store features and in-store exposure, reflecting a rare blend of sustained indie success and polished user experience. Based in Calgary, he pairs disciplined engineering with entrepreneurial grit and an evident attention to detail — a former WebObjects/Java practitioner who smoothly transitioned to modern Apple stacks. Outside work he’s an enthusiast of fast cars, a personal passion that echoes his taste for performance and refinement.
12 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BCSc Honours, Computer Science, BCSc Honours, Computer Science at University of ManitobaMurdoch MacKay Collegiate
Github Skills (120)
database-engine10
realm10
nosql-database10
swiftui10
software-update10
swift10
database10
json-api10
tvos10
pie-chart10
nosql9
javascript9
couchdb9
charts9
api9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
brendand/UnzipKit
Jan 2016 - Jun 2020
An Objective-C zlib wrapper for compressing and decompressing ZIP files
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes in 4 years 4 months
zipobjective-czlibzip-files
brendand/mbtablegrid
May 2014 - Jul 2020
Contributions:61 commits, 38 pushes, 50 comments in 6 years 3 months
gridgrid-tablespreadsheet
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