GitHub: @maustinstar
LinkedIn: in/michaelverges
I'm looking to gain experience on a team that values my mobile skills and challenges me with new inventive projects. Let's make something cool.
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
B.S., Computer Science, expected graduation December 2021
Concentrations in People and Intelligence
Programming Languages: Swift, C, C++ (LLVM and Metal), Python
Technologies: git, iOS Development, Xcode, Figma, UIKit, SwiftUI
2021 Airbnb iOS Intern
- Owned Airbnb’s first iOS widget from design to internal launch
- Built lightweight keychain-authenticated network stack for the widget extension
- Piloted dark mode support, upgrading screenshot-testing infrastructure to support color variants
- Implemented server-driven interfaces on iOS to dynamically render notifications content
- Initiated meetings with cross-platform teams to define and implement requirements
2018 - 2020 Independent Contractor
- Led iOS development of launch-quality MVPs for two startups (queues, lttlmarket)
- Designed, built, and shipped UIKit and SwiftUI apps with intuitive UI and UX
- Interfaced with AWS and advised REST API architecture and algorithmic data processing
2019 Varian Medical Systems Internship
- Researched and developed mobile GPU signal-processing techniques in Metal
- Defined specifications and completed FDA validation testing for an iOS ARKit guidance tool
- Reduced probe calibration time by over 50% using the iOS ARKit guidance tool
2020 The Inventure Prize
- Competed in a live battle-of-the-startups TV show as part of the queues team
- Won first place as lead engineer of the queues mobile app
- See on Vimeo and on App Store.
2019 NSA Secure Software
- Named runner up for the NSA’s secure software practices challenge at HackGT6
- See Zap Pay on Devpost and Github.
2018 GT iOS Club Competition
- Placed third in a competition hosted by GT’s iOS Club
- The submission, SuperRes, is a refined iteration of IRIS
- See IRIS on Devpost and on Github.
2016 - 2018 WWDC Scholar
- Awarded annually by Apple as one of 350 scholars from high school and college STEM students globally in 2016, 2017, and 2018
- Developed technical and immersive Swift applications and playgrounds
- Learned about new frameworks and technologies from Apple engineers in one-on-one labs
2020 - 2021 Swift Compiler
- Authored multiple pull requests to the Swift Compiler
- Fixed bug for Raw String parsing
- Added implicit return statements within if-config declarations
- Expanding variable declaration optimization warnings and tracking through closures
- Construct thorough unit tests and documentation
- Host and participate in community discussions and code review
- Create, distribute, and support three SwiftUI Packages: Shiny, SwiftUI Drawer, and Liquid
- Attract a community with over 990 combined stars and 39 forks on GitHub
Shiny - Shiny uses your gyroscope to simulate lighting and motion effects on colors. Works on almost every SwiftUI View.
swiftui-drawer - A SwiftUI bottom-up controller - like in the Maps app.
Liquid - A Swift package that builds a playful backsplashes in SwiftUI.
Github Actions Xcode CI - A Github Actions script to build and test iOS projects.
Email me at mverges3@gatech.edu.