MANU CARRASCO MOLINA
Apple Technologist · iOS since 2008 · Swift since 2014 · SwiftUI since 2019
Düren, Germany · +49 160 36 55 761 · m@carrascomolina.com
carrascomolina.com · linkedin.com/in/carrascomolina
🏢 COMPANIES & CLIENTS
Volkswagen / Cariad Apple Deutsche Telekom DHL Vorwerk e.GO Digital certgate DeepUp.ai Klingel Group Carhartt LinkedIn Learning GFU Alcatel Pirelli Seven Principles
- Apple platform developer for 18+ years — deep, continuous Swift and SwiftUI expertise.
- Shipped production apps for automotive (Volkswagen/Cariad), industrial hardware, and sports-tech clients.
- Also a long-time Apple-platform teacher, published author, and conference speaker.
🛠️ Core Skills
Swift (since 2014) · SwiftUI (since 2019) · AI · Claude Code / agentic coding · Bitrig · Combine · UIKit · visionOS · iOS / iPadOS / tvOS / watchOS · Mac Catalyst · macOS · Core Data · CoreLocation · StoreKit / In-App Purchases · WebKit · Swift Package Manager · Git · CI/CD · JSON / REST · Core Animation · CorePlot · MySQL / MariaDB · PostgreSQL · Terminal · Game Center · Photos API · Address Book / Contacts · Push Notifications
💻 Development Experience
Building mostly with AI (Claude Code, Bitrig)
Creating apps for Apple platforms, websites and web apps — and opening up to Android.
COPATec — Senior SwiftUI Developer
SwiftUI work on the GYMReport & Lactate Express fitness apps, used by clubs like Bayern Munich.
Quartett mobile GmbH (Cariad / Volkswagen Group) — Senior iOS Developer
Built features for the myAudi App with a large iOS & Android team.
Pictarine — visionOS Developer
Built a proof-of-concept port to visionOS right after the Beta SDK release.
Alby (Bitcoin wallet) — iOS & macOS Extension Developer
Ported an existing Web Extension to Safari on Mac, then to iOS, iPadOS and visionOS.
DeepUp.ai — Senior SwiftUI Developer
Built app functionality for a hardware platform mapping underground utility pits to centimeter precision.
Klingel Group (freelance) — SwiftUI Developer
Modernised a white-label retail app family from browser-based to mostly native SwiftUI.
Tapwork (SolarDashboard) — Apple Developer
SwiftUI + Combine solar-monitoring app for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac (Catalyst).
e.GO Digital — Senior Lead Apple Technologist
iOS lead for this electric-car maker: managed three junior developers, shipped two apps.
certgate GmbH — Apple Technologist (Lead iOS Dev)
Led frameworks for smart-card security products (OneKeyID, AirID) delivered to integrating customers.
Seven Principles AG (7P) — Apple Technologist (Lead iOS Dev)
First dedicated iOS developer at this 650-person firm; delivered for Deutsche Post/DHL and Vorwerk.
Freelance Apple developer & community builder
It started in 2005 with Pomcast, the first French-language podcast about Apple.
From the first iPhone SDK on, I built countless Objective-C apps for iPhone, iPad and Mac.
I also founded Objective-Cologne, the first Apple-developer conference in mainland Europe.
It grew into today's SwiftConf, where I kept giving talks.
📖 Teaching, Speaking & Writing
Teaching Apple-platform development since ~2010: a 5-day professional iOS/SwiftUI course, plus macOS/device-management training. Clients include Alcatel (Strasbourg), Pirelli, BKA, Polizei Hannover, Carhartt, GFU, LinkedIn Learning, and the Apple Foundation Program.
Author, Apress: a 230-page book on privacy on Apple platforms, commissioned after a talk in 2018.
Speaking at conferences since 2009: NSConference NSSpain Macoun Swift Heroes Pragma AppDevCon iOSDevUK mDevCamp AltConf @ WWDC SwiftIsland Roboto Do iOS Mobilis in Mobile iOSConf SG Conf42 Mobile DevBreak
🎓 Education & Languages
Computer Science — Condorcet, Charleroi 🇧🇪 · Graduated with the mention “Distinction”.
French — mother tongue · English, German, Spanish — fluent · Italian, Dutch — basic · Arabic — learning