My name is David.  I am a Principal Architect for Universal Mind where I create enterprise mobile and web applications.  I focus primarily on native iOS/OS X development.  I believe in usability, clean code, and coffee.

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My Role with Full Sail University

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Education has been a topic on this blog many times before.  Between my own time in college and my time working at Georgia Tech, I have had quite a bit of time to look at different programs.  I have often asked myself, “If I were a high school senior and I wanted to be an enterprise RIA developer, what program would I go into today?”.

Any program has to have a great mix of theory, process, and real world development.  Full Sail does a great job of mixing these three so that students have a great deal of knowledge but also are employable the first day after graduation.  In addition, students get a good experience with the overall development process by working on real world projects while at Full Sail. 

This is a part of the reason I have agreed to join the Program Advisory Committee for Full Sail University’s Web Design and Development degree program.  I feel that over my decade in web development I have learned things that can help the next generation of developers, and I am excited to share that knowledge with such a great institution.

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