Mikey Ward
Senior Software Engineering Manager at Capital One
McLean, Virginia, United States
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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
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Neuroscience, B.S., Neuroscience at Emory University
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Github Skills (102)
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Programming languages (11)
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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