Van Simmons
Senior Consultant at Harvard University Extension and Summer Schools
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVan Simmons is a senior consultant and founder who leverages 11+ years of mobile and systems experience to build elegant, real-world IoT and iOS solutions from Cambridge, MA. As President and CEO of ComputeCycles and a long-time consultant for clients like the NFL, Cerner, Nike and BNP Paribas, he blends hands-on Swift/Objective-C engineering with product-focused architecture for high‑scale, real‑time mobile apps. He has led healthcare- and enterprise-grade projects requiring HIPAA compliance and supported millions of concurrent users in production. An experienced instructor at Harvard Extension and Nashville Software School, he translates deep technical knowledge into practical training on iOS and IoT development. His background spans finance systems, embedded interfaces and cloud‑mobile integration, reflecting a rare mix of low‑level engineering and business leadership. Expect a practitioner who moves comfortably between prototype hardware integrations and mission‑critical software delivery.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bremen High SchoolMBA, Operations Management, MBA, Operations Management at Vanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of ManagementBachelor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering at Vanderbilt UniversityEngineering, Engineering at Lipscomb University
objective-c, java, swift
Github Skills (54)
playgrounds10
raspberry10
compile10
libfdk-aac10
swiftui10
programming-language9
armhf9
playing9
swift9
macos8
bluetooth-low-energy8
energy8
toolchain8
binaries8
ios7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ComputeCycles/mosquitto
Apr 2019 - Mar 2022
Eclipse Mosquitto - An open source MQTT broker
Contributions:22 pushes, 19 branches, 11 tags in 2 years 11 months
brokermosquittomqtteclipsemqtt-broker
CSCIX65G/SwiftCrossCompilers
Apr 2019 - Dec 2022
SPM toolchain to cross compile Raspberry Pi (arm64) and Amd64 Swift binaries on macOS
Contributions:6 releases, 61 commits, 19 PRs in 3 years 8 months
raspberry-piraspberrycross-compilecompilebinaries
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