Chris Ameter
Founder And CTO at CodePika
Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Ameter is a founder and CTO with two decades of public- and private-sector experience and a focused eight-year track record in software engineering and security. He built and maintained iOS/macOS features for AWS Amplify and contributed documentation and test-driven fixes to high-profile AWS SDKs, demonstrating a blend of product-grade mobile development and developer-experience improvements. With an MS in Information Assurance from Carnegie Mellon and CIO certification experience in the DoD, he pairs deep security knowledge with practical systems delivery. Based in Colorado, he now leads CodePika, translating cloud-native and mobile expertise into startup engineering direction. Notably, his open-source work emphasizes code clarity and maintainability—improving API docs and fixing subtle build and signing issues that benefit large-scale SDK consumers.
8 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Chief Information Officer (CIO) Certification, Chief Information Officer (CIO) Certification at National Defense UniversitySelf-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree, Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree at UdacityMaster of Science - MS Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Master of Science - MS Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at Carnegie Mellon UniversityBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Troy University
Github Skills (9)
uitest10
objective-c10
swift10
ios10
aws10
ui-testing10
documentation10
aws-amplify10
aws-sdk10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
aws-amplify/amplify-swift
May 2021 - Dec 2022
A declarative library for application development using cloud services.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Documentation Specialist
Back-end Developer & Documentation SpecialistContributions:6 releases, 226 reviews, 136 commits in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily focused on improving documentation and adding comments to the codebase. Their contributions included cleaning up API documentation, correcting typos, and adding documentation comments for all language types supported by the Predictions category. Additionally, they updated the SDK dependency and fixed a build error related to a missing import. The user demonstrated a focus on improving code clarity and maintainability through documentation.
cloud-servicesserverlessdeclarativecloudswift
aws-amplify/aws-sdk-ios
Oct 2021 - Dec 2022
AWS SDK for iOS. For more information, see our web site:
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:87 reviews, 18 commits, 103 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Chris focused on fixing issues and implementing new features within the iOS SDK for AWS services. Their commits involved modifying the AWSLocationTests and adding new test cases, demonstrating expertise in testing and validation of the SDK's functionality. They also addressed special character handling in the AWSSignatureV4Signer and implemented changes related to user authentication and deletion within the AWSMobileClient framework. Additionally, the user added support for new languages to the Transcribe Streaming service.
objective-cweb-siteaws-sdk-iosaws-sdksdk
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