Developed the application that is live on the App Store for iPhone & Apple Watch Built and lead a team of Trainers, Marketing, PR, and business people Raised initial round of funding

Co-Founder / CEO

Developed over 50+ iOS Apps from startups to the Fortune 500. Have done work with clients such as AT&T, General Assembly, Bloc, bottega8, DIRECTV, & Smyte. Mentors young developers in the skills of iOS, Swift, Xcode, and Analytics Built an app in almost every category on the App Store - from Games, Sports & Entertainment to Business & Productivity

President / iOS Architect

Directly managed a 4 person Mobile Engineering team of iOS and Android Engineers. For three months, I was the spokesperson for Engineering. Regularly met 1-on-1 with each person in a 20 person team, and helped the company make strategic decisions on how to invest in our technology. After being there for less than 5 months, the company had two layoffs, and a vision that I no longer believed in.

Mobile Engineering Manager

Lead Game Designer and Developer for three titles Hired Artists, Animators, Designers, and Developers for products I designed Learned Marketing, Branding, PR and other important skills that an entrepreneur needs to know Used Swift Exclusively, becoming an expert in Apple's new programming language

Founder, CEO

Built Product Management skills and learned what it takes to make a tech product successful Developed iOS Applications for various Fortune 500 corporations, as well as personal R&D projects Built a team of excellent people to work with including developers, designers, project managers and interns. Used new business and marketing techniques to make iOS applications successful in the App Store

Product Management / Lead iOS Developer

Developed nearly 20 different applications for various high-profile companies Programmed in different languages including Objective-C, JavaScript, C, and Java. Built a custom drag-and-drop inventory search product for Sonic Automotive. This application had to search 25k cars instantly, using Core Data. Used UIGestureRecognizers to build a 3D viewing model by splitting the object into pictures. This allowed the original iPad to render in full quality, without losing performance. Used Infinite Peripherals Hardware to build two different applications involving barcode signing, and credit card transactions. Lightning Sale won an award at iOSDevCamp in 2010. Learned how to structure time to meet tight deadlines for clients Worked in small teams to accomplish large goals Learned proper workflow for a system engineer within a small organization

Systems Engineer

Close-up magician at locations such as Sanfratello’s Pizza, Durbin’s, Texas Roadhouse as well as parties for both adults and children. Learned the art of misdirection and how to focus people on what you want them to focus on. Worked on focusing a large audience on little things without losing their attention and kept them entertained. Have taken trips to several different conventions to perfect my craft including Las Vegas, NV and Columbus, OH.

Magician

Learned how to position the perfect selling points of a Mac Computer, iPod and iPhone and the ideal way to position someone in buying a computer with accessories. Had several weeks with the most sales in the store. Became very good at suggesting additional products based on the customer’s needs. Learned strong customer interaction and how to address the needs of the customer. Asked to help lead training for every new Apple employee in the entire region.

Mac Specialist

· Learned what it is like to work for a major corporation. · Learned a ticket-processing system, and how to get approvals and take care of problems in my field. · Worked with other ITS individuals learning how to help the end-user in the best way possible for both them and the company. · Replaced, repaired, ordered, and set up hundreds of BlackBerry's connected to multiple BES servers. · Constructed policy for allowing the iPhone and other personal devices to connect to the company network. · Saved the company thousands by deciding to replace parts on the Blackberry's rather than just the entire phone.

Mobile Device Specialist

· Participated in a national competition with the best web designers in our country. · Developed a website for various companies and completed challenges using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and used programs like Microsoft FrontPage, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Dreamweaver. · Have since created/maintained multiple websites for companies and a non-profit organization that is being used on the web today.

Web Design Contest

Learned how to manage stress when dealing with a very busy restaurant on a daily basis while focusing on customer service. Showed my responsibility to always be prepared and on time. Set record in selling $1000 worth of appetizer cards for a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity in one day. Proved that hard work paid off. Have been rewarded with 4 Diamond Suite White Sox Tickets, A trip to Six Flags, and hundreds of dollars in Texas Roadhouse food. Able to improve the efficiency of myself, and the restaurant as a whole by communicating and coming together as a team with my co-workers.

Bus Boy, Host, Food Runner, Prep Worker

I was at WWDC when Swift was announced, and have been using it ever since!

I've built several apps that are on the App Store, and can help out with the basics, or go into higher order functions, with everything in between.

See some of the apps I've built: https://tapfame.com/matthew-knippen/

Published several apps that use this technology and personally supported them.

I've been using Git since college to turn in homework. I've setup a team of 6 developers and came up with branching strategies, as well as handled dozens of merge conflicts.

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