Larry Aasen is a seasoned software engineer with 14+ years of production experience and a deep specialization in mobile development, currently building mobile apps at Car IQ while maintaining indie apps through Moonwink Software. A long-time Flutter enthusiast since 2018, he’s the author of the popular upgrader package on pub.dev (1,500+ likes, ~99% popularity) and has shipped multiple Flutter apps across iOS, Android and macOS. He has led and scaled mobile teams at enterprises like Gannett and Capital One, delivering consumer apps used by millions and driving CI automation for mobile releases. Larry combines hands-on coding, open-source stewardship, and architecture-level thinking from decades of work across platforms (iOS, Android, tvOS, watchOS, Tizen) and languages. Known for mentoring engineers and collaborating with product, UX and platform partners, he also has a track record of getting features featured by app stores. Based in Chantilly, VA, he blends independent product-building instincts with enterprise-grade delivery and reliability.
14 years of coding experience
36 years of employment as a software developer
Fork Union Military Academy
Bachelors, Computer Science, Bachelors, Computer Science at Old Dominion University
A Flutter package for prompting users to upgrade when there is a newer version of the app in the store.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Contributions:103 reviews, 343 commits, 129 PRs in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Larry primarily contributed to the development of a Flutter package designed to prompt users to upgrade their apps. Their work focused on the creation of the `Upgrader` package, including refactoring and improvements to the UI, added new functionality, and implemented unit and driver tests to verify the functionality of this package. The user's commits also included creating and modifying examples and test files within the project.
Contributions:115 commits, 1 push, 1 tag in 1 year 8 months
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