Keith Alperin
Founder at Helium Foot Software
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKeith Alperin is a founder and hands-on mobile software engineer with 14 years building delightful iPhone, iPad, Android and Mac apps through his firm Helium Foot Software. Based in Chicago, he has a strong track record of client-focused contract work across agencies and enterprises, repeatedly delivering polished iOS and iPad experiences since 2007. His background includes early web and Java work, giving him cross-platform perspective and pragmatic engineering discipline. He also spent time as an iOS instructor, translating complex topics into practical, learnable skills for new developers. Trained in molecular & cellular biology and philosophy at Northwestern, he brings analytical rigor and creative problem solving to product and UX decisions. Known for sustained solo- and small-team delivery, he excels at turning ambiguous client needs into elegant mobile software.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BA Molecular & Cellular Biology/Philosophy, BA Molecular & Cellular Biology/Philosophy at Northwestern University
Github Skills (14)
mhealth8
over-the-air7
clinical-research6
mobile-application5
modeling2
android2
sage2
android-ui1
python1
outlook1
sdk1
particle-system1
mobile1
salesforce1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
heliumfoot/swift-java-coder
Apr 2021 - Oct 2025
Swift-Java Encoder Decoder
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 1 push in 4 years 6 months
codabledecoderencoderswiftencoder-decoder
NU-MSS/BridgeApp-Apple-SDK
Aug 2020 - Oct 2023
Shared code for developing ResearchSuite applications using Bridge services.
Contributions:2 PRs, 5 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 2 months
bridgedevelopingshared-code
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