Summary
Stephen Tolton is a Senior Mobile Developer with 11+ years of iOS-focused experience and a deep background in web and backend systems, currently driving DrexelOne as the sole iOS engineer for an app with 14k+ monthly active users. He pairs native iOS expertise with ASP.NET, C# Web API and legacy WCF work—having built push notification systems, orientation registration services, and media transcoding pipelines for university-scale use. A co-founder of an indie iOS shop and an organizer in the Philly CocoaHeads community, he blends product-minded development with mentorship and local ecosystem-building through meetups and a developer podcast. Comfortable across the full stack, Stephen brings practical infrastructure experience from his early network administration and PHP/Perl days, giving him a pragmatic edge when integrating mobile clients with complex backend services.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Information Systems, B.S., Information Systems at Drexel University