About Me
In the summer of 2000 Steve got his first software development job in BYU's IT Department. Working on the school's PeopleSoft Team. He then worked for a consulting firm installing a cutting edge PeopleSoft HR plugin at Oklahoma Univerity, University of Houston and BYU EFY.
In the summer of 2008 when Apple opened up the App Store to third party developers Steve could immediate see what a game changer the iPhone would be. After creating one of the first 2000 apps on the App Store Steve quit his job and founded Clever Coding.
Steve's passion at work is learning new technologies and coding as often as he can. Steve did a lot of web development prior to starting Clever Coding but for the first 9 years of the business primarily did Native iOS and Native Android Development. The last few years he has fell in love with creating Reactive Web Apps that use highly scalable Cloud APIs built using Amazon Web Services.
Steve still personally talks to all new potential clients and personally puts together a free no obligation quote based on the experience he has gained estimating and overseeing hundreds of projects.
Professional Experience
AI and Blockchain Advisor
Clever Coding, Lehi, Utah | Dec 2024 – Present
Provide strategic guidance and hands-on expertise to companies in developing AI-driven applications. Lead AI research initiatives, advising on cutting-edge models (LLMs, generative AI, MLX, Llama.cpp). Design and implement AI pipelines optimizing performance for mobile and web.
Founder & Lead Dev, PocketMind (iOS App)
Utah | Oct 2024 – Present
Conceptualized, developed, and launched PocketMind, an innovative AI-powered mobile application providing users with private, local AI capabilities while supporting cloud-based AI services.
VP of Engineering
Nerd United, Lehi, Utah | June 2023 – Nov 2024
Spearheaded the architecture and development of a blockchain governance site implementing on-chain voting. Helped launch decentralized governance for over 10 blockchains and bridged custom native tokens to ERC20/BEP20. Built Node Ownership Oracle using React, Solidity, Python, and Go.
Founder and CEO
Clever Coding, Lehi, Utah | July 2008 – June 2023
Architected, managed, and developed hundreds of large, complex platforms (cloud APIs, web frontends, iOS, Android). Created one of the first 2000 apps on the Apple App Store. Created the 3D game Paper Pilot (2M+ downloads). Led a team of 10-15 employees and spearheaded sales.
Software Consultant
Gideon Taylor, American Fork, Utah | Jan 2007 – June 2008
Implemented custom HR systems at Oklahoma University and the University of Houston.
Senior Developer / Team Lead
BYU, Provo, Utah | July 2000 – Jan 2007
Led development projects within the PeopleSoft platform, including a class registration system for a 100,000+ student body.
Education
BS in Computer Science
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Focused on software engineering, architecture, and core computer science fundamentals.
