Akshay Yadav

Akshay Yadav is a Software Engineer working on Health Special Projects at Apple. He has been with the company since September 2016, based in Cupertino, California.1 Yadav's professional background includes experience in mobile development and a strong focus on iOS technologies.

Education

Akshay Yadav completed his education at the University of Iowa, where he earned:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (2011-2014)
• Master's degree in Computer Science (2014-2016)1

Professional Experience

Prior to joining Apple, Yadav held several positions that contributed to his expertise in software development:

• iOS Developer at College Meal Solutions (May 2015 - August 2016)
• Teaching Assistant at the University of Iowa (August 2014 - May 2016)
• Software Development Intern at ACT (June 2015 - August 2015)
• Undergraduate Research Assistant at the University of Iowa (January 2014 - May 2014)
• Software Development Intern at Pearson (June 2013 - August 2013)
• Technical Support Engineer at ACME DIGITEK SOLUTIONS Pvt Ltd (June 2009 - July 2011)1

Skills and Achievements

Throughout his career, Yadav has demonstrated proficiency in various technologies and frameworks, including:

• iOS development
• Alamofire, CoreData, AVFoundation, SwiftyJSON
• Web technologies (HTML, CSS, JS, jQuery)
• Unity3D game development
• Database management
• Play Framework, Twitter Bootstrap, Java

He has also received recognition for his work:

• Won first prize for the best prototype during his internship at ACT in 2015
• Received the "Most creative use of Firebase" award at HackIllinois 2014
• Ranked 6th out of 100 projects at the Boilermake hackathon at Purdue University in 20151

In his current role at Apple, Yadav has been involved in projects related to health and research frameworks. He has contributed to the development of ResearchKit and movement disorder APIs for watchOS 5, as evidenced by his participation in Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) presentations.2