Summary
Chris Adamson is a veteran software engineer and technical author with 12+ years of experience building user-facing macOS and iOS applications and creating developer-facing documentation. Based in Grand Rapids, MI, he currently works at Apple and brings deep expertise in multimedia (AV Foundation, Core Image, Core Audio), Cocoa/Cocoa Touch, and complex UI/UX problems—skills honed by running his own consultancy that delivered everything from realtime chroma-key video tools to Bluetooth-controlled hardware apps. He pairs hands-on coding across Swift, Objective-C, Java, and backend C# with strong writing and speaking chops developed at O'Reilly and as a technical writer. Notably, he has designed threaded, high-performance clients and custom parsers for EPUB/PDF workflows and has experience porting complex systems between platforms. Outside work he streams, writes, and raises children, which he says keeps his multitasking and user-empathy sharp.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
MA, Telecommuincations, MA, Telecommuincations at Michigan State University
AB/BS, English, Symbolic Systems, AB/BS, English, Symbolic Systems at Stanford University
French, Japanese