Nathaniel Hamming
Director & Biomedical Eng. at Tidepool.org
Rothesay, New Brunswick, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolNathaniel Hamming is a Director and biomedical engineer with 11+ years building clinical and consumer-facing health solutions, currently leading technical work for Tidepool and contracting with Roche on diabetes device systems. He combines deep engineering fundamentals (EE and CS degrees) with a Master in Clinical Biomedical Engineering to bridge device interoperability, cybersecurity, and app-level chronic disease management. A hands-on iOS developer and open-source contributor, he has contributed significant CGM and insulin-delivery integrations to the widely used Loop/LoopKit projects and worked on RileyLink BLE frameworks. Nathaniel’s background includes leading clinical engineering teams at UHN, driving bedside vital-sign capture and remote monitoring pilots, and shaping IEEE/Bluetooth medical device standards—skills that position him to translate clinical workflows into robust, standards-compliant products. Licensed as a professional engineer in New Brunswick, he brings rare cross-domain fluency across standards, embedded systems, and user-centric mobile software.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering at University of New BrunswickMaster of Health Science, Clinical Biomedical Engineering, Master of Health Science, Clinical Biomedical Engineering at University of Toronto
Github Skills (19)
ios10
mobile-development10
swiftui-app10
user-interface10
loops10
ui-design10
mobile-application10
uid10
front-end-development10
swift10
swiftui10
healthkit9
bluetooth-le9
btle9
bluetooth-low-energy9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
LoopKit/Loop
Sep 2019 - Nov 2022
An automated insulin delivery app for iOS, built on LoopKit
Role in this project:
iOS Mobile Developer
iOS Mobile DeveloperContributions:151 commits, 4 PRs, 1 comment in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Nathaniel primarily contributed to the iOS mobile application, making significant changes to implement CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitor) plugin loading and integration. The commits also included modifications to UI elements within the app, such as those related to displaying glucose readings, and the user was responsible for incorporating a status bar to provide key information. Further contributions involved handling user interface enhancements and applying new code related to alerts.
delivery-appapp-templateiosinsulinswiftui
LoopKit/LoopKit
Sep 2019 - Nov 2022
A set of iOS tools for building closed-loop insulin delivery apps
Role in this project:iOS Mobile Developer
iOS Mobile DeveloperContributions:121 commits, 6 PRs, 3 comments in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Nathaniel primarily contributed to the UI elements and functionality of the iOS application, likely related to insulin delivery management. They implemented public access for UI elements, integrated UI updates for Dexcom integration, and updated various UI components like labels and views. Furthermore, they were responsible for migrating common UI elements from Dexcom UI to LoopKitUI and adding new SwiftUI views. The developer also added features to support the display and management of a cgm including lifecycle progress.
insuliniosclosedloop
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