Glenn Howes
Senior IOS Developer Lead at Apple
Windham, New Hampshire, United States
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Top SchoolGlenn Howes is a Senior iOS Developer Lead with 12+ years building native Apple experiences and a long-standing background in Swift, Objective-C, and framework design. He currently leads iOS efforts at Apple after contracting as a SwiftUI and UX liaison, and he simultaneously runs Generally Helpful Software, where niche apps like TV Towers USA and a Swift keyboard extension demonstrate product-minded craftsmanship. Previously he set iOS standards and led Swift adoption at The Weather Company, mentoring teams and integrating modern Apple technologies across products. A seasoned Mac developer with a PhD in Analytical Chemistry, he brings rigorous problem-solving from academic research to performance-sensitive rendering and UI work—evidenced by his SVGgh rendering library on GitHub. Known for optimizing energy use and responsiveness in mobile apps, he blends hands-on engineering, architectural leadership, and independent product shipping. Based in Windham, New Hampshire, he balances enterprise-scale collaboration with indie app entrepreneurship.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Analytical Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Analytical Chemistry at University of Wisconsin-Madison
English
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Github Skills (28)
printing10
artwork10
pdf10
sdwebimage10
uiview10
svg10
ios9
uiimage9
iphone9
uikit9
swift9
cocoa-touch9
coreanimation9
parsing8
rasterizer8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
GenerallyHelpfulSoftware/Scalar2D
Aug 2016 - Mar 2019
Pure Swift implementation of SVG Parsing and Rendering Library (Early Development)
Contributions:67 commits, 2 PRs, 94 pushes in 2 years 7 months
svgpure-swiftparsingrenderingswift
GenerallyHelpfulSoftware/SVGgh
Jan 2014 - Sep 2019
A framework for using SVG artwork in iOS Apps. Includes a UIView and a button class, printing and PDF export.
Contributions:1 release, 265 commits, 17 PRs in 5 years 8 months
printingexportpdfsymbolssvg
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