Mark Alan
Principal Software Engineer Owner at Small Planet Labs
Issaquah, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolMark Alan is a Principal Software Engineer and owner with over two decades of experience leading product-focused engineering teams and shipping high-quality mobile and consumer software. He combines hands-on iOS expertise in Swift and Objective-C with strategic planning, risk management, and Agile techniques to turn customer needs into robust client-server APIs and intuitive UIs. As a founder and engineering manager across startups and established firms—from Apple and General Magic to Jawbone and his own Small Planet Labs—he’s repeatedly built and retained high-performance teams while delivering complex products. Known for blending design sensibility with deep technical craft, he often prototypes interfaces himself and mentors engineers into leadership roles. Based in Issaquah, WA, he brings an uncommon mix of long-term product ownership and tactical execution that accelerates early-stage ideas to production-grade releases.
11 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
BS, BS at Michigan State University
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Github Skills (32)
eve10
eve-online10
intel9
ios7
ruby7
android7
android-apps6
firebase6
flutter6
time-tracking6
dart5
uri5
automation5
fastlane5
react-native5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Jawbone/AFNetworking
Jan 2016 - Apr 2017
Contributions:4 pushes, 7 branches in 1 year 3 months
tvosnetworkingswiftiosos-x
Jawbone/KIF
Jan 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:6 pushes in 5 months
testing-frameworkkeepfunctional-testingtestingswift
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