Summary
Doug Peterson is a Lead iOS Developer with 17 years in software engineering and five focused on shipping consumer iPhone and iPad apps, currently leading mobile efforts at the Zappos Family of Companies. He has delivered high-profile apps at AOL (TechCrunch, AOL.com, Engadget Mini) and built polished products at Savvy Apps and independently (Kill the Dragon, Draw with Strangers, Task Ninja). Comfortable across native iOS (Objective-C, C/C++), Ruby on Rails, and tooling like Xcode and git, he blends product-driven craftsmanship with backend familiarity. Known for moving between startup-style indie projects and larger corporate teams, he brings pragmatic, full-stack perspective to mobile architecture and developer workflows.
17 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Virginia Tech