Alexis Gallagher

My PhD dissertation addresses the question: What are the logical requirements that need to be in place for evolution by natural selection to produce complex life? It develops a novel mathematical formalism to treat rigorously an area that had been covered mainly through verbal speculation. It also touches on many interesting questions, such as whether there is likely to be life on other planets, or life evolved within a computer.

This app is used by hundreds of cosmetic surgeons in Canada to browse and watch encrypted streaming videos of plastic surgeries so they can maintain their medical skills. It has high security requirements, a high-polish design, and a custom back-end. It is also localized in French and English, implements AirPlay, and more.

I led the development of two portfolio apps used by McKinsey & Co. to sell its software services. These codebases have been forked and reused within the firm dozens of times, so that this work is now used globally in elite business settings around the world. However, because of the firm's confidentiality requirements, I can only present this work in a controlled environment where I can offer a sanitized demonstration. (Sorry!)

Unlike every other Drawer View, this component uses child view controllers to allow users to drop a contextual summary drawer over any other view controller. It also lets the user drag and drop that drawer across the screen and includes simulated physics—built before UIDynamics made it too easy!

The ALG keyboard following controller has one job: ensuring that a view pinned to the bottom layout guide with a layout constraint will follow the movement of the keyboard as it comes and goes.

This is just a tiny helper, but I share it as an example of my taste for well-refactored, modular code with attention to UX details–such as how it uses class animation methods to access the truth timing curve for the keyboard's movement.