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Bil Moorhead (@bilm) leads the company in knowledge of Objective-C, APIs, and low-level programming. He creates impossible custom user interfaces, gorgeous animations, and is an expert troubleshooter.

Specialties: Cocoa internals, Core Graphics, Core Animation, concurrency, IPC, in-app purchasing

Daniel Pasco (@dlpasco) defines the company’s creative and strategic direction. He is a former rocket scientist with software on Mars, and an enthusiastic student of Taoist martial arts. He is presently leading the efforts of our product team.

Specialties: Streaming video and audio, GameKit, Bonjour, OpenGL, Core Audio, Accelerate Framework

Dave Wiskus (@dwiskus) brings his broad industry experiences and leadership to our design domain. He is formerly the CCO of Double Encore, CEO of Massively Overrated, and co-founder of Coathangr.

Specialties: Interface, interaction and user experience design

Doug Russell (@halfliterate) makes things for people who sweat the small stuff.

Specialties: Concurrency, Networking, Accessibility

Garrett Kelly (@boontdustie) specializes in application internals and has cultivated a reputation among our clients for industriousness, thoroughness, and reliability. He is relentlessly self-directed and an accomplished autodidact.

Specialties: Network programming, parsing, unit testing, Ruby on Rails

George Dick (@georgedick) enjoys high demand as a developer from our most prominent clients. He is our castellan and client ambassador, and governs business operations.

Specialties: Core Animation, Core Data, Core Location, localization, foreign languages

Jaimee Newberry (@jaimeejaimee) former partner at eatdrink.com, most recently senior manager of UX and Product for Zappos mobile team, Jaimee brings her passion as director of user experience.
Specialties: User experience strategy and design

Jamie Pinkham (@jamiepinkham) writes his best code with his headphones pumping. He prides himself on clean, reusable code that finds the balance between proper abstraction and ease of use. He also really likes loud, fast and hard music.
Specialties include: GCD, Core Data and low level hardware/software interaction

Kris Markel (@krmarkel) brings a discipline forged over twenty years of working in a wide variety of technologies. He derives almost as much enjoyment from teaching others about new technologies as he does using them.

Specialties: Best practices, instruction and training, push notifications, Core Location, performance tuning

Michael "Shep" Shephard (@shephard42) has years of experience as a digital artist in the gaming and software industries. He combines an extremely high standard for artistic craftsmanship with a passion for the problem-solving of design.
Specialties: Digital illustration in Photoshop and Illustrator, UI, icons, and animation

Phil Letourneau (@philletourneau) has a diversified background in design, primarily in Mac OS and iOS interface design. He sweats the details as director of visual design.
Specialties: Visual interface, interaction, & product design

Rick Fillion (@rickfillion) turns mockups into interfaces, and ideas into code.
Specialties: AppKit, and UI Development

Stephan Schier (@stephanschier) identifies and illuminates compelling client brand opportunities on the iPhone and iPad. He is a creative, gifted advocate for both the client and the team.

Specialties: Client relationship management, propaganda and evangelism

the iconmaster (@iconmaster) became so fascinated by Mac software he turned his lifelong pursuit of artistic excellence to icons and interfaces. He has been “the iconmaster” for over a decade but remember – it’s not an honorific, it’s a vocation.

Specialties: Interface, icons