Kishan A. Gonawala

- Architected production iOS apps for clients, managing the full lifecycle to App Store. - Designed custom MapKit clustering, boosting geolocation performance by 65%. - Built real-time Swift and SignalR/REST features supporting 10K+ users at <200ms latency. - Cut release cycle from 3 days to <6 hours using Fastlane automation.

– Took ownership of an existing Objective-C codebase and led its refactor to Swift/SwiftUI (MVC/MVVM), reducing technical debt by 50% and improving build times by 35%. – Applied rigorous debugging and regression testing, cutting post-release critical bugs by 45% across 5 concurrent product lines. – Optimized SQLite queries and Core Data relationships, improving data retrieval performance by 50%.

– Led an 18-month legacy Objective-C to Swift migration on a live production application, keeping crash rates under 2% throughout. – Integrated 15+ third-party SDKs and REST APIs into an existing production app without disrupting active functionality. – Reduced app launch time by 55% and memory warnings by 70% on iOS 12+ devices through performance optimization. – Directed engineering squads of 4–6 developers through enterprise app delivery.

– Developed and launched 5+ custom iOS applications using Swift, Objective-C, and UIKit, from concept through App Store submission, averaging 4.5+ star ratings. – Maintained a 99% code review pass rate within Agile Scrum/Kanban workflows.