Michael Ward

iOS Instructor and Consultant Michael Ward comes to the Ranch from behind Apple's Genius Bar, where he spent innumerable hours fixing the Macs he so loves. Mikey brings a mixed background to the team, having received his Bachelor's in Neuroscience from Emory University, and recent work experience as both an EMT-I and Mac Genius.

Mikey's true passion throughout life has been programming ever since he first learned how to boss computers around with QuickBASIC almost 20 years ago, having since worked with C, C++, PHP and Objective-C. He also organizes the Atlanta Chapter of CocoaHeads, a worldwide group devoted to discussion of Apple's Cocoa Framework for programming on Mac and iOS devices.

When not at the keyboard, Michael is likely to be out hiking, fishing or otherwise enjoying the Georgia outdoors.