Dillan Laughlin
Senior Software Engineering Manager at Milwaukee Tool
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDillan Laughlin is a Senior Software Engineering Manager with 13 years of experience specializing in mobile platforms (iOS, tvOS, macOS) and a strong focus on user experience and mentoring. Currently leading engineering at Milwaukee Tool, he has progressed from hands-on principal developer to management and now directs cross-functional teams delivering polished mobile products. A former founder and CTO, Dillan combines entrepreneurial instincts with disciplined project management and analytics-driven decision making. He contributes to notable open-source projects like TTTAttributedLabel, where he improved text sizing and added unit tests—an example of his attention to UX edge cases. Based in Milwaukee, he brings a background in human–computer interaction and a track record of translating research-driven design into shipping products.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Human Computer Interaction, Human Computer Interaction at Iowa State UniversityTransfer, Transfer at Kirkwood Community CollegeBBA Management Marketing, BBA Management Marketing at The University of Iowa Tippie College of Business
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Github Skills (13)
objective-c10
uid10
ios10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
unit-testing9
pasteboard6
uiimage6
file-sharing6
reachability6
uiimagepickercontroller6
iphone6
ipad6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
TTTAttributedLabel/TTTAttributedLabel
Sep 2016 - Nov 2016
A drop-in replacement for UILabel that supports attributes, data detectors, links, and more
Role in this project:
iOS Mobile Developer
iOS Mobile DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 3 PRs, 23 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Dillan primarily contributed to the `TTTAttributedLabel` project by fixing issues related to the `sizeThatFits` method and its interaction with the `attributedTruncationToken`. They added unit tests to verify the correct sizing behavior, especially when the truncation token is used. Furthermore, the user updated documentation and refactored unit tests for better organization.
drop-inuilabeldata-attributesdetectorsswift
EnharmonicHQ/AppDataSharing
May 2013 - Oct 2015
Contributions:5 commits, 3 pushes in 2 years 5 months
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