Jonathan Blocksom

iOS instructor Jonathan Blocksom is the Managing Director for the Big Nerd Ranch in Washington, DC, where he teaches classes to government customers and contractors. A native of Reston, VA, he has been programming since third grade. In addition to mobile software development, Jonathan also enjoys 3D graphics and computer vision, and has been programming in OpenGL since it was just little bitty gl.

Jonathan has worked for such notable companies as Silicon Graphics, SAIC, NFR, and Google. He also founded GollyGee Software, Inc., a small children's software developer that created the award-winning children's 3D modeler GollyGee Blocks. Jonathan received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.