Eric Chamberlain is a seasoned founder and engineering leader with 15 years of experience building mobile platforms, security programs, and high-availability backend systems. He has founded two startups and led mobile and application security teams at Credit Karma, while more recently steering security architecture and privacy-by-design for AI-focused ventures. Equally comfortable in hands-on engineering and leadership, Eric has driven platform migrations (Objective-C to Swift), CI/test automation, and zero-trust secure development practices across consumer and enterprise products. His open-source contributions to the well-known XMPPFramework show deep protocol-level and iOS expertise, including multi-user chat and background stream support. Based in Cloverdale, CA, he blends product-minded engineering with risk management to build resilient, user-trust-centered systems at scale. Collected across startups and large organizations, his background uniquely pairs realtime VoIP and mobile client experience with modern application security leadership.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Engineering, BS Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Contributions summary:Eric primarily contributed to the XMPP framework, adding functionality and making improvements to the code. This involved adding KVO (Key-Value Observing) compliance methods to various storage classes and protocols, enhancing the framework's responsiveness to changes. They also implemented support for XEP-0009 (Jabber RPC) and XEP-0045 (Multi-user chat), expanding the capabilities of the XMPP framework. Furthermore, they added methods to facilitate running the stream in the background on iOS.
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