Lextech Global Services

We have a great opportunity for a Director of New Business Development to join our team at Lextech Global Services! In addition to getting the chance to work in an exciting industry on the forefront of technology, you would be working alongside some of the smartest, kindest people I know. Full-time remote position. If this sounds like something you'd like to explore or you know someone who would be interested, send me a message!

https://boards.greenhouse.io/lextechglobalservices/jobs/5337635002

Does your job give you the *freedom to do your best work* while serving some of the most prominent brands in aviation, pharma, and more? If you're ready for a new challenge, consider applying for one of our open positions! These roles are 100% remote/distributed. We're growing our team and have openings in nearly every area of the business.

- Design Lead
- Senior Designer
- User Experience Researcher (contract)
- Software Engineer (iOS)
- Tech Lead Engineer
- Senior Software Engineer (node.js + AWS)
- Web Engineer (contract)
- and more!

You can view all our active openings here:
https://lnkd.in/dHzt5gG

Lextech Global Services

We are excited to announce that Lextech turns 20 this week! So much has changed in the tech industry in the past two decades. We kicked off the celebration in this week's town hall with a surprise video message from Steve Wozniak, who congratulated CEO and Chief Geek Alex Bratton on reaching this rare milestone.

As we help our customers and partners adapt to the New World of Work, we wanted to thank the employees, partners, customers and friends who made this achievement possible.

We are thrilled to announce Lextech has been named number 7 in the Best Places to Work in Illinois competition for 2021!! This is our 4th year in a row being awarded this honor, and we moved up in rank from number 16 last year. A big thank you to our team and our clients, who together make Lextech an awesome place to work and grow!! Achieving this award after a year where we all faced a global pandemic is a real testament to our team's strength and resiliency.

https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20210519/companies-named-best-places-to-work-in-illinois

Companies named Best Places to Work in Illinois The Daily Herald Business Ledger has announced the rankings of 69 companies in three categories of competition that are being honored as the 2021 Best Places to Work in Illinois.

Probably the spookiest costume of the bunch!

Time for our annual Halloween costume contest! Here are some of the great costumes our team is wearing today.

So excited to share Emily is joining our team as an employee!

App to it – Community College Daily When McHenry County College (MCC) student Emily Rainer enrolled in MCC’s mobile design development program, her new knowledge and high-level skills enabled her to start working in her career even before she graduates this week....

Getting ready to watch

I don’t think we’re biased at all in saying we have the best team!! 😉

A couple of fun dinners tonight — One group went to & one went to 🥳

Fun happy hour in the office last night

Kicking off with an all hands welcome meeting reviewing the successes and awesome contributions our team has made in 2019 so far! 🥳 There was a surprise welcome from a character, too! Can you tell who it was from the photo??

Helpful post about Model-View-Controller (MVC) in iOS from our awesome tech lead, Felipe Laso-Marsetti https://www.raywenderlich.com/1000705-model-view-controller-mvc-in-ios-a-modern-approach

Model-View-Controller (MVC) in iOS – A Modern Approach Learn some tips and tricks to go one up on MVC, Apple’s recommended architecture pattern, and modify your code to be scalable and extensible!

"Redesigning the dreaded no-parking sign" -- Great post about parking signs and the JTBD framework from Lextech Design Lead, Brian

https://medium.com/.mila/redesigning-the-dreaded-no-parking-sign-601e736f9d74

Redesigning the dreaded no-parking sign Using Jobs to be Done to redesign the most dreaded sign in cities

3 Keys for Digital Transformation Success by our CEO & Chief Geek Alex Bratton

https://lextech.com/2019/03/3-keys-digital-transformation-success/

3 Keys to Digital Transformation Success - Lextech I’m just returning from a Digital Transformation (DT) conference that brought together a wide range of digital leaders and put a hard spotlight on what it takes to be successful with DT. I wanted to share the most common key drivers amongst the speakers, panelists and attendees when talking about ...

NetworkConnectivity, a Swift Package for Connectivity State by Lextech Tech Lead, Matt Eaton
https://lnkd.in/egYesnG

NetworkConnectivity, a Swift Package for Connectivity State NetworkConnectivity, a Package for Advanced Network Connectivity detection.

Developers: How do you make sure you conduct a thorough code review?

Learn about how Lextech Tech Lead, Matt, does it on his blog --> http://bit.ly/2VWuyFf

Performing Effective Code Reviews Performing an effective code review can be a crucial aspect of working with any team, whether it is a private team or an open source community. Learn some of the tips that I have learned along the wake make code reviews more productive and meaningful.

We are thrilled to announce Sandy Jennings has joined the Lextech team! With over 23 years experience working with multi-billion dollar clients in the pharmaceutical industry, Sandy will serve as the Managing Director of Lextech’s Life Sciences practice. Please help us give Sandy a warm welcome!

http://bit.ly/Jennings-lextech

Holiday/Marvel/Lextech History trivia winners 👏🏻

Ugly sweater contest at our team holiday party 🎉

Gingerbread cookie decorating at our team holiday party

If you're in the Life Sciences or Healthcare industries, you're going to want to know the differences between the Apple technologies HealthKit, CareKit, and Research Kit! This video provides an easy to understand overview to get you up to speed quickly.

https://lnkd.in/egpMYcG

Alex Bratton on LinkedIn: "I've been asked many times recently about the difference between Apple's HealthKit, CareKit and ResearchKit and where they should be used. I recorded this quick overview (on my iPad of course) to help clarify how these... November 2, 2018: Alex Bratton posted on LinkedIn

Will you pick up the new Apple Watch Series 4 or iPhone Xs or Xs Max?

iPhone Xs & Xs Max: More durable glass screen, super retina display, 2 display sizes at 5.8in & 6.5in, wider stereo sound, faster algorithms & secure enclave, A12 bionic chip can process 5 trillion operations per sec, up to 512GB storage, apps launch up to 30% faster, Siri shortcuts, Core ML up to 9x faster with 1/10 the energy, ARKit2

Watch OS5 will be available on September 17th.

Apple Watch Series 4: New complications and faces, 30% bigger screen, digital crown with haptic feedback, 50% louder speaker, relocated mic, improved cell reception, 2x faster performance, fall detection, low heart rate and heart rhythm detection, and FDA approved ECG functionality.

All team town hall for team week 2018

Apply for our new Senior iOS developer position here!

Are you an iOS developer who wants to create enterprise apps people love and actually use? A few members of our team are out at today. Message us to set up a meeting about a new opportunity working with our team and some of the biggest enterprise brands in the world!!

We are so excited to announce Lextech has been named one of the 2018 Best Places to Work in Illinois!! Thank you to Alex Bratton and the entire team for making Lextech an awesome place to work with the very best people and clients. 🎉

http://www.dhbusinessledger.com/business/20180518/business-ledger-honors-75-companies-as-x201cbest-places-to-work-in-illinois

Business Ledger honors 75 companies as

How does your business prioritize app or tech projects? Is it based on which executive yells the loudest? If you lack an unbiased methodology for prioritizing technology initiatives, you won't want to miss this next Recipe for Success video with Scott A Watson, with special guest Gary Heusner.

https://youtu.be/iJKP6h5mmA0

Why it's critical to have an unbiased prioritization process for app concepts "Pet projects, "shiny object syndrome", and fuzzy success criteria, are symptoms of bias when choosing which employee apps to build or buy. Discover 3 steps ...

Do you understand all the ingredients it takes to succeed with mobile? If not, you're not alone! Join our Alliance Manager, Scott A Watson, and his crew of experts each week as he takes you on a journey through each of the elements of our mobile Recipe for Success.

https://lnkd.in/d26JaAr

The Ingredients You Need to Succeed with Mobile The Recipe For Success Workshop is an interactive 40-minute session that measures how mature your company's mobile strategy is today, and uncovers the ”missi...

If you want to help some of the most well known brands in the world design apps their employees will love, this is the opportunity for you! http://lextech.com/2018/05/new-opportunity-visual-designer/

New Opportunity: Visual Designer - Lextech Lextech wants a Visual Designer/UI Designer to join our family. Does this describe you? You design with focus and intention, and love to defend great design You’re eager to learn new skills that aren’t in your current job description You deliver effective design, whether it’s a low-fi wirefram...

Our CEO shares the processes and gadgets he uses to go 100% mobile (ditching the laptop) in his latest post.

Alex Bratton recommends things like the Jabra Speak 710 UC Bluetooth Speakerphone and the Spigen Ultra Hybrid iPhone X Case.

See his other must-haves in the full post at the link below!

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mobile-exec-gear-101-alex-bratton/

Mobile Exec Gear 101 To get started on your fully mobile journey, you’ll need to make sure you’re properly equipped. Here’s a look at the mobile tech that I’ve adopted for

Learn more about what makes our CEO & Chief Geek tick, and where he sees the future of tech going, in this new Voyage Magazine article. http://bit.ly/2u77B8i

Meet Alex Bratton of Lextech - Voyage Chicago | Chicago City Guide Today we’d like to introduce you to Alex Bratton. Alex, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today? I’ve always had a mixed interest in technology and business. My deep software passion emerged when I started programming at age 10. My dad, an engineer, brought home o...

Arguing native vs. web? Try user vs. developer instead.

http://bit.ly/2GApSMx

Arguing native vs. web? Try user vs. developer instead - Lextech Recently, Aaron Gustafson posted an article detailing the pros and cons of native apps vs. web apps. It’s a question we frequently get at Lextech: Which approach is better, and why? While it was smart and well written, about halfway through Gustafson’s article I realized that we’re asking the ...