David Teare
Founder, Developer, And Customer Support Director at 1Password
Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Teare is a seasoned founder and software engineer with 14+ years building security-focused consumer and enterprise products from the ground up, best known as co-founder and long-time technical lead of 1Password. He blends hands-on development—particularly in iOS integrations like the popular 1Password app extension—with customer support and product strategy, ensuring features are usable, secure, and performant. A former CTO and technical architect with roots at IBM and World Vision Canada, he’s comfortable across the stack and throughout the product lifecycle. His background in shipping one of the most-downloaded Mac password managers and running a technical consulting firm shows a rare mix of entrepreneurial grit, deep engineering chops, and customer empathy.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BSc. Computer Science, BSc. Computer Science at Western University
Github Skills (7)
wkwebview10
swift10
ios10
uiwebview9
objective-c9
ux-design8
ui-design8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
agilebits/onepassword-app-extension
Jul 2014 - Aug 2014
1Password Extension for iOS Apps
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:32 commits in 16 days
Contributions summary:David primarily focused on developing features for the 1Password extension within an iOS app. They implemented web view support, allowing the app to interact with web content. The user also worked on integrating the 1Password extension with the iOS app, enabling features like auto-filling login credentials and storing new logins. Furthermore, the user addressed performance issues by adding a delay to the fill process, and optimized the user interface by adjusting font sizes.
1passwordios
dteare/opbookmarks
Feb 2022 - Apr 2022
Export 1Password item metadata to support 3rd party app integrations using the 1Password CLI
Contributions:1 release, 40 commits, 1 PR in 1 month
1passwordcli
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