Mikey Ward
Instructional Designer at Apple
McLean, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMikey Ward is a senior software engineering manager and seasoned iOS/macOS developer with over a decade of experience building and leading mobile teams. He co-authored two widely used Big Nerd Ranch guides on Swift and Objective-C, and has taught more than 150 iOS bootcamps worldwide, blending deep technical craft with a passion for mentoring. At Capital One he leads engineers building consumer mobile apps, after directing training and engineering at Big Nerd Ranch and running his own consultancy. He brings a rare mix of hands-on app architecture, curriculum design, and people development, helping teams ship maintainable products while growing individual careers. Trained as a neuroscientist, he applies a disciplined, user-focused mindset to solving product and learning challenges. Based in McLean, Virginia, he’s equally comfortable in code, classrooms, and executive conversations.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Neuroscience, B.S., Neuroscience at Emory University
Github Skills (81)
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
wookiee/monkeydo
Aug 2017 - Feb 2019
Menulet for simulating typed snippets. Useful for screencasting, live demos, etc.
Contributions:8 releases, 70 commits, 4 PRs in 1 year 7 months
typedlive-demossnippets
CocoaHeadsAtlanta/cocoaheadsatlanta.github.io
May 2016 - Dec 2022
Contributions:111 commits, 101 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 7 months
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