Summary
Maurice Sharp is a seasoned developer documentation writer, tech leader, and mentor with over three decades of experience building developer ecosystems and high-performing teams across Silicon Valley and startups. He began at Apple as an intern prototyping the Newton Toolkit and went on to lead developer support and documentation efforts at Palm, eBay, AOL, Intuit, and Apple, later rebuilding mobile teams and shipping major iOS apps like ShopWell and Gluey. Comfortable both coding and managing, he has advised startups, run a consulting practice, and authored a practical book on iOS development while leading content strategy at Okta and FusionAuth. Known for boosting developer satisfaction and team performance (notably raising eBay DTS satisfaction from 37% to 90%), he pairs hands-on engineering with a systematic approach to culture change and mentoring. Now semi-retired in the Raleigh/Durham area, he continues to consult on leadership, documentation strategy, and mobile UX while refining methods for assessing and shifting organizational culture.
13 years of coding experience
33 years of employment as a software developer
MSc. Computer Science User Interface, MSc. Computer Science User Interface at University of Calgary