Chris Ladd
Senior Software Engineer at Better Notes, LLC
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolChris Ladd is a senior software engineer and founder with 15 years building polished mobile products, currently focused on iOS work at Verily and steering his long-running startup Better Notes. He led major mobile redesigns and cross-platform engineering at The New York Times, shipping foundational features like Cooking and an innovative JSON-driven native framework. At Better Notes he designed and shipped consumer apps (ChordBank, TabBank, ScaleBank) that earned Apple features and press coverage, blending product design with engineering. Comfortable spanning design, prototyping, and production iOS development, he brings a journalist’s curiosity from Columbia’s journalism program to user research and product thinking. Based in Boston, he combines startup grit with enterprise-scale experience and a knack for turning editorial and creative workflows into delightful mobile experiences.
15 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
OrbitalPunch Sulzberger Program Business / Journalism, Punch Sulzberger Program Business / Journalism at Columbia University - Graduate School of JournalismBachelor of Arts (BA) Communications and Media Studies, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Communications and Media Studies at Skidmore College
Spanish, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (56)
objective-c10
ios10
swift10
macos10
swift-package9
jquery9
xcode9
cocoapods9
carthage9
photo-library7
audio6
sdk6
iphone6
avaudiosession6
cocoa6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
chrisladd/CGLMediaPicker
Apr 2015 - Jul 2016
Contributions:3 releases, 12 commits, 1 PR in 1 year 3 months
imagecameraandroidimage-processinghandling
chrisladd/DashDashSwift
Feb 2020 - Feb 2020
An unopinionated command line parser for Swift CLI projects.
Contributions:6 releases, 47 commits, 14 PRs in 8 days
commandline-toolargument-parsingparserswift-clioption-parser
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