About the Technical Reviewers

Ron Natalie has 35 years of experience developing large-scale applications in C, Objective-C, and C++ on Unix, OS X, and Windows. He has a degree in electrical engineering from the Johns Hopkins University and has taught professional courses in programming, network design, and computer security.

He splits his time between Virginia and North Carolina with his wife, Margy.

Ethan Mateja is a software engineer currently working as an iOS mobile architect for Ubiquiti Networks and providing private consulting support to a wide variety of clients. With 12 years of experience as a full stack engineer, Ethan’s experience spans writing server-side software for the U.S. Department of Defense to significant mobile projects with Actian Inc, Paypal, Salesforce, and other Bay Area startups.

As a husband and father of two, Ethan enjoys living in the heart of the San Mateo County redwoods where his passion for discovery and wonder of nature are a part of daily life. Citing his natural surroundings as an inspiration for his love of problem solving, Ethan regularly embraces long hikes in the woods to ponder the most impenetrable engineering challenges.