Hi 👋, I'm Ilesh Panchal

🚀 About Me

I'm a passionate Lead iOS Engineer with 10+ years of experience in mobile application design and development. I specialize in building scalable, production-ready iOS applications and leading cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional user experiences.

• 🔭 Currently working on IoT-based solutions with BLE, UWB, and MQTT technologies
• 🌱 Deep diving into Clean Architecture, Combine, SwiftUI, and async/await
• 👨‍💼 Leading development of large-scale router management apps (millions of downloads)
• 💡 Experienced in Product Life Cycle, SDLC, and Agile methodologies
• 🏗️ Expert in MVC, MVVM, VIPER, and Clean Swift architectures
• 🛠️ Building secure frameworks for cross-platform BLE communication
• 📱 Passionate about iOS design patterns, performance optimization, and code quality
• 💬 Ask me about Swift, iOS development, Mobile Architecture, IoT, Database, Animations
• 📫 Reach me at ilesh.panchal1991@gmail.com

💼 Professional Experience

🎯 Current Role: Tech Lead iOS Engineer @ VVDN Technologies

May 2021 - Present

• 🔐 Built production-ready iOS framework for secure BLE communication with cryptographic encryption
• 📡 Developed UWB (Ultra-Wideband) iOS app for precise distance measurement in IoT
• 📹 Created SwiftUI Camera Streaming app with HTTPS live streaming & remote management
• 🌐 Leading development of router management app with millions of downloads
• 🤝 Collaborating with US-based teams using Agile best practices
• 📊 Utilizing Firebase Crashlytics, Optimizely, Glassbox, and Airship for analytics

📈 Previous Experience

• Sr. iOS Engineer @ Silicon IT Hub Pvt. Ltd. (March 2018 – May 2021)
• iOS Engineer @ Tops Infosolution Pvt. Ltd. (July 2014 – Feb 2018)

🛠️ Tech Stack

Languages & Frameworks

Architectures & Patterns

Technologies & Tools

IoT & Connectivity:  BLE, UWB, MQTT, NearbyInteraction
Location Services:   MapKit, Core Location, Google Maps, Mapbox
Data & Storage:      Core Data, SQLite, Realm, UserDefaults
Backend & API:       Firebase, RESTful APIs, JSON, HTTPS
UI & Animation:      Core Graphics, Core Animation, Lottie
Payment & Services:  StoreKit, Stripe, PassKit (Apple Pay)
Frameworks:          Combine, AVFoundation, Vision, CoreML
Testing:             XCTest, XCUITest, TDD
Tools:               CocoaPods, SPM, Fastlane, GitHub Actions

Development Tools

🌟 Featured Projects

📱 Sticker-Image ⭐ 39

Sticker library built in Swift 4+ for adding interactive stickers to images

• Custom gesture recognizers for sticker manipulation
• Support for rotation, scaling, and positioning
• Easy integration with existing projects

📸 InstagramStories ⭐ 23

Stories display library similar to Instagram with image + video support and caching

• Seamless story progression with gestures
• Efficient caching mechanism
• Customizable UI components

💬 MentionsDisplayer ⭐ 7

Smart mentions display system for social features

• Intelligent text parsing
• Customizable mention styling

🎨 StickerView ⭐ 5

Create and manage stickers over UIView or UIImageView

• Drag, rotate, and scale functionality
• Customizable borders and controls

🏆 Achievements & Certifications

• ✨ Starstruck - Created repository with 16+ stars
• 🧊 Arctic Code Vault Contributor - Code preserved in Arctic Code Vault
• 📚 373 Repositories - Extensive contribution to open source
• ⭐ 292+ Stars - Community recognition
• 👥 30+ Followers - Growing developer network

🎯 Current Focus

let currentGoals = [
    "Mastering SwiftUI and Combine framework",
    "Implementing Clean Architecture patterns",
    "Building IoT solutions with BLE and UWB",
    "Exploring Swift Concurrency (async/await)",
    "Contributing to open-source iOS projects",
    "Sharing knowledge through technical blogs"
]

📝 Recent Activity

• 🔨 Working on production-ready BLE frameworks
• 🎓 Learning advanced SwiftUI techniques
• 🚀 Optimizing large-scale iOS applications
• 📱 Exploring UWB technology implementation
• 🤝 Collaborating with international teams

📫 Connect With Me

💡 Quote I Live By

"Code is like humor. When you have to explain it, it's bad." – Cory House

☕ Support My Work

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💼 Open to Opportunities

I'm always interested in discussing:

• 🚀 Innovative iOS projects
• 🏢 Leadership roles in mobile development
• 🤝 Collaboration on open-source initiatives
• 📚 Speaking engagements and mentorship

Let's build something amazing together!