Brock Boland
Senior Engineering Manager at Best Buy
Tacoma, Washington, United States
Summary
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SeniorBrock Boland is a Senior Engineering Manager based in Tacoma, Washington, with 15 years of experience leading iOS and web development teams and delivering reliable consumer-facing software. He blends hands-on iOS engineering expertise with people leadership at scale, currently guiding engineering efforts at Best Buy. Known for dependable, high-quality execution, he has a track record of improving accessibility and component usability—contributions that include enhancements to Venmo’s widely used VENTokenField. Brock emphasizes practical, test-driven improvements and has shepherded teams through production-grade feature work and refactors. Colleagues describe him as a trusted coach who balances technical detail with team growth. He brings a steady, user-focused mindset to product and platform challenges across mobile and web.
15 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (13)
objective-c10
ios10
ui-design9
uikit9
accessibility9
ux-design9
unit-testing8
xcode6
drupal6
authentication6
macos6
php6
phpbb6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
venmo/VENTokenField
Dec 2014 - Jan 2015
Easy-to-use token field that is used in the Venmo app.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:5 commits, 3 PRs, 2 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Brock primarily focused on enhancing the accessibility and functionality of the iOS token field component. They removed publicly exposed properties and added features like a new property for accessibility labels to improve user experience. Furthermore, the user implemented the ability to add an accessory view and improved the collapsing test. The user also updated unit tests to address the collapse function.
tokentoken-fieldfieldvenmo
brockboland/brockboland.github.com
Jan 2015 - Jul 2023
Jekyll blog for BrockBoland.com
Contributions:1 PR, 43 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 7 months
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