Resume

GEORGE CLINKSCALES JR.

Software Engineer  ·  (832) 441-0065 | [email protected]
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Summary

Software Engineer and co-founder of CH Studios LLC with production apps on the App Store. I build accessible, HIG-compliant products.

Professional Experience

• Co-Founder & Developer · CH Studios LLC  ·  Detroit, MI · April 2026 – Present
  Co-founded CH Studios LLC and secured a client contract to build CommonSight, an iOS app for Detroit community organizations using SwiftUI and Apple Intelligence APIs with spatial mapping and on-device AI tooling.
  Presenting feature updates and technical progress to investors and senior stakeholders during high-stakes demo sessions.
• iOS / Android / Web Engineer · Tripsetta  ·  Detroit, MI · April 2026 – Present
  Hired to maintain and ship feature updates across iOS, Android, and web platforms for an early-stage travel startup, working directly with the founder across the full product surface.
• Engineer Intern · We Change Community Consulting  ·  Detroit, MI · Feb 2026 – Present
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  Shipping iterative features for the CommonSight iOS app in a cross-functional agile team alongside designers and a PM.
• Lab Assistant · CSU Wheat Breeding Program  ·  Fort Collins, CO · Jun 2022 – Mar 2023

Projects

Full technical documentation and demos available on portfolio.

• CoastCast  ·  FastAPI · CoreML · Swift Concurrency · SwiftUI · WidgetKit  ·  Mar 2026 – Present
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  Shipped iOS frontend for a 54-beach conditions platform with Python FastAPI backend; built custom map clustering, weighted scoring engine, and on-device CoreML/XGBoost crowd prediction with 12 engineered features, covered by a Swift Testing suite with 120+ parameterized test cases. Added Siri Shortcuts, WidgetKit, Dynamic Island Live Activities, and a three-tier BGTaskScheduler notification system.
• SavingsCalculator  ·  CoreML · WidgetKit · SwiftData · Swift Testing  ·  Apr 2026
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  Engineered an on-device ML forecasting engine with FRED API integration and a WidgetKit extension for real-time rate monitoring, backed by a Swift Testing suite covering complex financial logic and edge cases.
• Detroit Sports AI Agent  ·  Python · Claude API · Agentic Tool-Use · Streamlit  ·  Apr 2026
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  Built an agentic AI analyst using LLM tool-calling and few-shot prompt templates to orchestrate real-time REST API fetches and extract structured data from unstructured responses — deployed on Render with a Streamlit frontend.
• TakeFlight — A Bird's Life  ·  SpriteKit · iPadOS · macOS · App Store  ·  Jan 2026 – Feb 2026
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  Architected a 5-in-1 SpriteKit survival game with full keyboard support, haptic feedback, and granular audio management — shipped to App Store for iPad and macOS.
• Stamped! — A City Passport  ·  Swift Concurrency · i18n · Spatial Mapping · App Store  ·  Nov 2025 – Feb 2026
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  Developed an i18n travel app with live API data syncing and offline caching for reliable use in low-signal areas.

Open Source Contributions

• Tandoor Recipes  ·  Django · Vue.js · Docker  ·  Apr 2026
  Contributed to an open source meal planning app; diagnosed a feature request blocked at the library level (vue-simple-calendar lacks day-period support), documented findings on the issue to save future contributors time, and submitted a separate PR adding a missing Back button to the Ingredient Editor matching existing codebase patterns — currently open for review.
• Handmade Network  ·  Go · HTML Templates · CSS  ·  Apr 2026
  Submitted PR to HandmadeNetwork/hmn (#37) resolving Go-template logic errors for featured post states and auditing typography utility classes to ensure design system consistency.
• Streamlit  ·  TypeScript · React · CSS-in-JS  ·  Apr 2026
  Submitted PR to streamlit/streamlit (#14864) adding border radius rounding to st.video and st.map components for visual consistency with Streamlit's design system.

Technical Skills

• iOS Dev: Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, Foundation, Apple Intelligence, SwiftData, MVVM, SpriteKit, CoreML
• Web & Backend: HTML/CSS/JS, Python (FastAPI/Flask), Render (Deployment), Firebase, Supabase, REST APIs
• AI & ML: CoreML, XGBoost, ONNX, on-device inference, Agentic Tool-Calling, Few-Shot Prompting, Ollama, Modelfile configuration
• Tools: Xcode, VSCode, Git, TestFlight, Sketch, Accessibility (VoiceOver/Dynamic Type), Claude Code, Docker, Open WebUI

Education

Engineer Participant · MSU Apple Developer Academy | Detroit, MI

Sept 2025 – May 2026

B.S. Horticulture · Colorado State University | Fort Collins, CO

Aug 2019 – May 2022