Justin Miller
Freelance Developer & Consultant at Fusion Industries LLC
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolJustin Miller is a versatile freelance developer, consultant, and maker with over 25 years of internet-era technical experience and 17 years of focused professional practice, currently based in Portland, Oregon. He led mobile engineering at Mapbox as an early hire—shaping cross-platform mobile tooling and open-source contributions to projects like mapbox-gl and TileMill—then transitioned to hardware prototyping, embedded firmware, and product design. Equally at home in low-level firmware and high-level UI, he blends systems administration, iOS/macOS development, and OpenGL-backed mapping work with practical devops and founding experience. A digital artist and conference photographer, he exhibits interactive installations and runs a commercial photography business, bringing a maker’s aesthetic to product and hardware design. He advises startups as an angel investor and consultant, helping teams on hiring, technical stacks, and market strategy. Known as a patient mentor and engaging public speaker, he pairs technical depth with the ability to communicate clearly to executives, engineers, and customers.
17 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Argyle Central SchoolMaterials Science and Engineering Electronic Media/Arts/Communication, Materials Science and Engineering Electronic Media/Arts/Communication at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
French
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Github Skills (39)
webgl10
objective-c10
javascript10
ios10
mobile-development10
mapbox-gl10
user-interface10
os-development10
ui-design10
geojson10
osdev10
front-end-development10
maps10
uikit10
maplibre-gl10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
mapbox/Fingertips
Apr 2011 - Mar 2017
Touch indicators on external displays for iOS applications.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:47 commits, 4 PRs, 8 pushes in 6 years
Contributions summary:Justin primarily focused on improving the `fingertips` project, which provides touch indicators for iOS applications. Their work involved refactoring code, updating the project to use Automatic Reference Counting (ARC), and modernizing the runtime. They also made API cleanups, added documentation, and addressed specific issues to enhance functionality. The user updated the project to work with new copyright information, including for the transition to MapBox.
displaystouchswiftiosindicators
tilemill-project/tilemill
Jan 2011 - Jul 2014
TileMill is a modern map design studio
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:386 commits, 2 comments in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Justin primarily focused on modifying and maintaining the OS X-specific code for the TileMill project. The commits show the user adding and updating the handling of the OS X app's browser window, improving the about box, and addressing issues with the application's behavior. They also worked on changes related to the URL cache.
tmsmapbox-gl-jsmap-tilesmap-editormapbox
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