Evan Coleman
President at Blackpaw Studio
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEvan Coleman is a software leader and founder with 13 years of experience building consumer and mobile applications, currently serving as President of Blackpaw Studio after a long run leading Evan Coleman Software. He brings deep iOS and macOS expertise—authoring the popular Orbis weather app and driving mobile engineering practices as a technical lead for 20+ engineers at The Knot Worldwide. Evan combines hands-on backend work (notably contributing HomeKit X10 device support to the widely used homebridge project) with ownership of CI/CD systems and app stability improvements that once cut crashes by 72% at Timehop. Trained as an aerospace engineer, he blends rigorous systems thinking with practical product delivery and a knack for pragmatic automation. Based in Brooklyn, he’s equally comfortable shipping polished Mac apps, architecting mobile platforms, and contributing to open-source smart home tooling.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Aerospace Engineering, Bachelor's Degree Aerospace Engineering at University at Buffalo
Github Skills (4)
apidoc10
homekit10
javascript10
api10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
homebridge/homebridge
Apr 2015 - Apr 2015
HomeKit support for the impatient.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 4 days
Contributions summary:Evan's contributions primarily centered around extending HomeKit support by adding functionalities related to controlling X10 devices within the homebridge ecosystem. They implemented methods for setting power states and brightness levels, which suggests the development of logic for controlling smart home accessories. Additionally, the user updated and modified service types and characteristics and made relevant improvements to the functionality.
homekit-accessory-protocollibfdk-aachomekithomekit-supporthomekit-bridge
evandcoleman/Lights-Legacy
Feb 2013 - Jun 2013
Contributions:28 commits in 3 months
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