DTDenzel Tinashe

Product designer + engineer · iOS / web

I turn ambitious ideasinto products peoplewant to use.

From product decisions and interaction design to native iOS, full-stack systems, and launch-quality websites.

SPOTLY5 surfaces · 1 platform
CustomerBusinessDriverStaffAdmin
Shared identity · commerce · delivery · operations
BeforeUScroll native iOS home screen
MEALRECAPType · speak · snap

Natural meal input → structured nutrition recap

REAL PRODUCTS2026
4deep product case studies
8deployed website projects
iOS + webnative through full-stack
Public sourceselected engineering on GitHub
SELECTED SHIPPED WORK
GoCreate / Wichita StateFPC WichitaKDYMSt. Mark CathedralPOM ChurchOil City ChurchAftershockHACIA
01 / PRODUCT WORK

Proof before polish.

Four projects selected for the decisions underneath the interface: native frameworks, platform architecture, operational data, security boundaries, and the tradeoffs required to ship.

01Native iOS · AI nutritionActive product build

MealRecap

Make food logging feel like telling a friend what you ate.

A SwiftUI food journal that accepts ordinary language, speech, and meal photos, then resolves them into a structured daily nutrition recap.

ROLE / OWNERSHIP

Product direction · iOS UX · SwiftUI engineering · backend architecture

TIMELINE

2026

PROOF IN THE BUILD
  • SwiftUI + HealthKit + Speech
  • Server-side OpenAI through Firebase Functions
  • USDA + Open Food Facts nutrition sources
  • StoreKit 2 subscription architecture
02Multi-surface commerce platformProduction platform

Spotly

Five product surfaces. One operating network.

A Next.js/Firebase platform spanning customer, business, driver, staff, and admin products with shared identity, marketplace operations, delivery, payments, kiosk workflows, and protected operations.

ROLE / OWNERSHIP

Product architecture · full-stack engineering · auth design · operations UX

TIMELINE

2026

PROOF IN THE BUILD
  • 5 production product origins
  • Secure cross-subdomain session bridge
  • Marketplace + delivery + kiosk workflows
  • Firebase + Paynow + Resend + Vercel
03Operational intelligenceOperational analytics

GoCreate Insights

Turn messy operational evidence into decisions you can trust.

A source-aware analytics system that reconciles membership records, applications, tracker activity, and historical paper sign-ins without pretending every source has the same precision.

ROLE / OWNERSHIP

Data model · reconciliation logic · analytics UX · privacy controls

TIMELINE

2026

PROOF IN THE BUILD
  • 2,383 master member records
  • 2,125 application rows
  • 513 detected paper sign-in rows
  • PII-safe browser analytics payloads
04Native iOS · Screen TimeActive native iOS product

BeforeUScroll

Design friction on purpose—before distraction gets the first move.

An iOS attention product built around Apple Screen Time frameworks, app and web-domain shielding, Device Activity monitoring, custom shield actions, and timed unlock/relock behavior.

ROLE / OWNERSHIP

Product concept · interaction design · SwiftUI engineering · system extensions

TIMELINE

2026

PROOF IN THE BUILD
  • FamilyControls + ManagedSettings
  • DeviceActivity monitor extension
  • Custom shield action + configuration
  • Timed intentional unlock + relock
02 / DEPLOYED WEB

Sites that have to work for real organizations.

Not every project needs a platform architecture. These builds show conversion, art direction, responsive implementation, content systems, live media, forms, SEO, and production constraints.

FPC Wichita project mediaFPC WichitaLIVE ↗
Visitor conversion · live media · multi-route church platform

FPC Wichita

A conversion-led church experience built around reducing first-visit uncertainty and exposing real service media.

St. Mark Cathedral COGIC project mediaSt. Mark Cathedral COGICLIVE ↗
Production site · forms · live services · app-ready APIs

St. Mark Cathedral COGIC

A production-oriented church platform with live YouTube data, structured metadata, secure forms, and public endpoints designed for a future app.

POM Church project mediaPOM ChurchLIVE ↗
Production Next.js website · conversion · SEO infrastructure

POM Church

A full information architecture and production rebuild with local photography, metadata, contact delivery, and launch infrastructure.

MORE SHIPPED WEBSITESLIVE / SOURCE
04Oil City ChurchMotion-forward multi-page church experience
Live ↗Source ↗
05Calvary Apostolic ChurchOriginal responsive church-site concept
Live ↗Source ↗
06KDYMEvents · registration · media platform
Live ↗Source ↗
07HACIAEducation website redesign
Live ↗
08AftershockCampus ministry website · brand + conversion
Live ↗Source ↗
03 / CAPABILITIES

One product mind across the whole build.

Less translation between product, design, and engineering. More continuity from the original problem to the shipped behavior.

01

Product definition

Clarify the audience, core problem, product shape, constraints, and smallest version worth shipping before implementation gets expensive.

Flows · priorities · prototype direction · technical plan
02

Native iOS

Design and engineer SwiftUI products where system behavior, interaction, backend constraints, and launch requirements are considered together.

SwiftUI · Apple frameworks · APIs · subscriptions
03

Web apps & platforms

Build operational products, dashboards, marketplaces, portals, and authenticated systems without divorcing interface quality from backend decisions.

Next.js · React · Firebase · auth · payments
04

High-conviction websites

Create websites that explain the offer quickly, establish credibility, and give an organization a distinct, responsive digital identity.

Strategy · art direction · motion · SEO · performance
04 / APPROACH

Make the right thing. Then make it excellent.

Visual polish matters. It matters more after the product logic, constraints, states, architecture, and user path make sense.

01

Define

Get exact about the person, problem, desired action, constraints, and what “done” has to prove.

02

Shape

Turn the problem into flows, interaction rules, visual direction, and a technical plan before committing to the full build.

03

Build

Keep design and engineering connected so the implementation does not become a diluted handoff.

04

Validate

Test real states, failure paths, responsiveness, accessibility, performance, and the assumptions most likely to break.

05

Ship + learn

Release a real product, observe the evidence that matters, and improve from what actually happens.

05 / EXPERIENCE

Real work, real constraints.

A concise professional timeline for hiring teams. The product case studies above show the craft; this shows where the operating experience comes from.

2024–2025

Wichita State University / GoCreate

IT Technician (ITS)

Systems support, workflow digitization, operational integrations, and cross-functional delivery in a live high-usage environment.

2024–2025

Kansas District Youth Ministry

Media & Branding

Brand systems, motion/video content, campaign execution, and digital platform work.

2024–2025

FPC Wichita

Media Creatives & Branding

Visual/media systems and web-facing communication delivered under real event and ministry deadlines.

2024–2025

Aftershock + HACIA

Website Design & Development

Responsive web experiences focused on hierarchy, maintainability, performance, and discoverability.

2022

PosCloud

Full-Stack Developer

Laravel backend functionality and React frontend implementation using object-oriented patterns.

Portrait of Denzel Tinashe
Denzel TinasheWichita, Kansas → worldwide
06 / ABOUT

Design-minded engineer. Engineering-minded designer.

I like ambiguous projects where the hard part is figuring out what the product should be, not just implementing a predetermined screen.

I work best when I can move between product decisions, interface behavior, architecture, and implementation without losing the thread. I prototype early, surface tradeoffs explicitly, and care about the details users notice—and the infrastructure they should never have to notice.

PRIMARY STACKSwiftUI · Next.js · React · Firebase · Vercel
EDUCATIONComputer Engineering · Wichita State University
PUBLIC CODEgithub.com/sparkdeveloping ↗
07 / START SOMETHINGAPP · WEB APP · WEBSITE

Have something complicated that should feel simple?

Build it
properly.

Start a project
© 2026 Denzel Tinashe
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