Stephen Sowole
Co-Founder, CEO at Icon (YC S20)
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolStephen Sowole is a founder and seasoned iOS engineer with 12 years of experience building product-driven teams and consumer-facing apps from startup to scale. As Co-Founder and CEO of Icon (YC S20) after senior engineering at Slack and leading iOS at Giphy, he blends hands-on mobile engineering with product and company leadership in the Bay Area. He has deep expertise in iOS UI/UX primitives—contributing to the well-regarded PanModal library by adding alert and full-screen modal presentations and improving gesture interactions. Comfortable shifting between code and strategy, he has repeatedly launched ventures (including Dise and Mumble) and navigated early-stage operational challenges. Known for a reflective, design-minded approach to engineering, he focuses on building software that resonates beyond immediate attention.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Bachelor's Degree at University of NottinghamHigh School, High School at Raines Foundation School
English, Russian
Github Skills (5)
swift10
uikit10
user-interface10
ios10
ui-design9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
slackhq/PanModal
Feb 2019 - Oct 2019
An elegant and highly customizable presentation API for constructing bottom sheet modals on iOS.
Role in this project:
iOS Mobile Developer
iOS Mobile DeveloperContributions:1 review, 34 commits, 25 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Stephen primarily contributed to the `PanModal` iOS library by adding new features and modifying existing components. Their work involved creating new alert and full-screen modal presentations, including their respective view controllers and views. They also refactored code to improve the interaction of the PanModal library, particularly around the handling of gestures and user interactions. Several commits focused on improving the library’s overall functionality.
apipresentationsheethighly-customizablecustomizable
ste57/MyFitDiet
Mar 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:60 commits in 2 months
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