# Mark Moeykens

> Mark Moeykens is the creator behind Big Mountain Studio, the go-to source for SwiftUI visual learning. A Vermont-born, Salt Lake City-based iOS developer by day and prolific author by night, he pioneered the 'picture book' approach to programming education - combining code examples with visual diagrams so developers remember concepts up to 60,000 times faster. His library of SwiftUI Mastery books has reached 30,000+ developers across 140+ countries, and his free SwiftUI guide alone has been downloaded over 30,000 times.

- **Role:** iOS Developer at USANA Health Sciences; Founder at Big Mountain Studio
- **Organizations:** USANA Health Sciences, Big Mountain Studio
- **From:** Vermont, USA
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Associate's degree in Computer Science, Champlain College, High School Diploma, Rice Memorial High School
- **Known for:** 30,000+ developers use his resources across 140+ countries, 30,000+ downloads of his free SwiftUI picture book, Pioneer of the 'picture book' style for programming education

## Career timeline

- **~1996** — Graduated from Champlain College with Associate's degree in Computer Science, completing the program in just 15 months
- **1998-2003** — Full-stack web developer doing contract/consulting work in ASP.NET and C#
- **2003-2009** — Contract developer at Progressive Insurance
- **2009-2012** — Consultant at S&P Solutions
- **2012-2015** — Domain Architect and Vice President at Citizens Bank, working on internal systems and commercial loan management
- **2015** — Moved from Vermont to Salt Lake City, Utah; joined USANA Health Sciences as iOS Developer; founded Big Mountain Studio
- **2015** — Started posting SwiftUI tutorials on YouTube accidentally as a personal notebook; viewers responded positively
- **2019** — Published first SwiftUI books; appeared on iOS Building Blocks podcast
- **2022** — Transferred Patreon membership subscribers to Coding with Chris to focus on book writing; appeared on AppForce1 podcast
- **2023** — Released Core Data Mastery in SwiftUI; appeared on More Than Just Code podcast episode 358
- **2025** — Soft-launched SwiftUI Charts Mastery from a coffee shop in Mexico City; released AI Mastery in SwiftUI covering Apple's FoundationModels framework

## Achievements

- 30,000+ developers use his resources across 140+ countries
- 30,000+ downloads of his free SwiftUI picture book
- Pioneer of the 'picture book' style for programming education
- Author of 10+ books in the SwiftUI Mastery Visual Picture Books series
- 4.69 average author rating on Goodreads
- Pluralsight course 'iOS Collection Views: Getting Started' rated 4.8/5 from 36 ratings
- 15,700+ followers on X/Twitter as @BigMtnStudio
- Designed over 1,000 SwiftUI views for his library
- Built Big Mountain Studio as a successful lifestyle business from side project

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Soft-launched SwiftUI Charts Mastery book from a coffee shop in Mexico City
- **2025** — Released AI Mastery in SwiftUI covering Apple's FoundationModels framework
- **2025** — Worked on Charts Mastery during downtime while traveling in Thailand

## Links

- Website: https://www.bigmountainstudio.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoeykens/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/BigMtnStudio
- GitHub: https://github.com/bigmountainstudio
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bigmtnstudio
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mjmoeykens/

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Last updated: 2026-04-25