Career

1. Present 2026 → Now · Chicago

   Founder & Executive Director

   The Bolton Foundation

   Chicago nonprofit expanding technology access for South Side youth. First workshop ran July 13, 2026 in Hazel Crest, IL, in partnership with Hip-Hop DetoxX.

2. Present Nov 2021 → Now · Chicago

   iOS Engineer III

   Morgan Stanley

   iOS engineering role at a global financial services firm. Focus areas: performance, accessibility, and consumer-grade polish at enterprise scale.

3. Aug 2021 → Nov 2021 · Chicago

   iOS Engineer

   Deloitte Digital

   Production iOS work in SwiftUI + Combine with an MVVM architecture, on a digital consulting engagement.

4. May 2020 → Aug 2021 · Chicago

   Android Apps Developer

   Motorola Solutions

   Android engineering in Kotlin on enterprise mobile products, with a focus on reliability, testing, and airtight edge cases.

5. May 2019 → Aug 2019 · Chicago

   Android Apps Developer, Intern

   Motorola Solutions

   Summer internship on the same team. Earned my full-time return offer.

6. Jun 2018 → Aug 2018 · Chicago

   Technical Intern (iOS & Android)

   CSG

   First professional mobile internship. Cross-platform iOS and Android work that pointed me toward iOS as a specialty.

7. May 2017 → Aug 2017 · Omaha, NE

   Internet Technology Intern

   Union Pacific Railroad

   First professional software internship. Summer role in enterprise Java on internal tooling.

Candidate

M.S. in Computer Science

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Aug 2026 → Present

Completed

B.S. in Computer Science

North Carolina A&T State University

Aug 2016 → May 2020

© 2026 Romell Bolton · Hand-built with HTML & CSS · Chicago. Views expressed on this site are my own and do not represent my employer.