Client Testimonials
"We engaged Aaron and the team at Catapult Consulting for an extremely time-sensitive iPhone app development project that required working virtually non-stop for several days. Not only did Catapult Consulting deliver exactly what was promised, they did so under budget. The entire process from start to finish was professional, clearly communicated, and painless. I strongly recommend Catapult Consulting to take care of any and all of your iPhone development needs."
-- Dave Onkels, Principal, DotVita LLC
Get to Know Us
The Catapult team currently consists of three staff, all of whom are highly motivated iPhone/Cocoa developers and can act in a general development capacity. However, each member also has complimentary specialization that helps to provide the team with even greater bench strength. Collectively, they have over 30 years of experience with Objective-C and Cocoa. The team has also contributed on other startup efforts that are still under wraps.
Aaron Morse, Managing Partner
An almost 20-year veteran and entrepreneur of the Silicon Valley software industry, Aaron provides both breadth and depth to Catapult's technical team. Aaron started his career at NeXT Computer, where he participated in all facets of the software business including consulting engineering, product marketing, quality assurance, and support.
In the mid 1990's, Aaron was one of the first software professionals pioneering web-based systems for the enterprise on the Internet using NeXT's WebObjects middleware. His clients included AT&T, Walt Disney, Motorola, Multiva, Banco Bradesco, and The Sharper Image. Aaron transitioned to Apple Computer when Apple acquired NeXT. At Apple, Aaron continued in his role as a consulting engineer for Apple's clients and also made technical contributions to the original on-line Apple Store.
At the end of the 1990's, Aaron applied his technology expertise in the mortgage industry as the CIO/CTO for MILA, a Washington-based lender. In his three years at MILA, Aaron implemented four major software systems that automated the company's business and fueled over 40x revenue growth while only increasing staffing by a factor of three. After leaving MILA, Aaron returned to his passion for coding and provided software engineering services to Apple on the iTunes Team. Aaron is a graduate of the University of Alaska with a Bachelor of Arts in Business/MIS.
Dawn Morse, Managing Partner
Dawn's IT experience ranges from software engineering with Apple Computer and AT&T Wireless to project and documentation process management, and technical editing. In the mid-nineties, Dawn managed the documentation process for AT&T's Technology Infrastructure Architecture Team during the creation of a new architecture for the company's software applications. As a software engineer, she designed user interfaces and enhanced client applications for the AT&T Wireless Fraud Management System.
Dawn then moved to Apple Computer, where she assisted with the migration of Apple's spare-parts ordering system from a custom, dial-up interface to the Internet via a web-based application. Dawn graduated with Honors from the University of Alaska Fairbanks with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages.
Jazon Burnell, Managing Partner
Jazon, founder of SpiffyWare, is a software developer currently living in Anchorage, Alaska. He has a Bachelor degree in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics. He has been developing full time for the iPhone since the SDK was first announced in March (and actually several months before that on hacked iPhones before 2.0). His main specialty is in user interface design and 3D graphics, and his primary languages are Objective-C and Java.
Jazon's main interest and hobby has been the development of games for the iPhone, but he has also come to greatly enjoy designing user interfaces in general as well and having worked on various projects with several different companies.