Gary Bennett
Founder of Accelerated Internet Strategies, LLC (xcelMe) in Scottsdale, Arizona. iOS developer, Apress author and AI builder.
I have a bachelor's degree in computer science and spent ten years in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear engineer aboard two submarines. After the Navy I worked as a software developer, a CIO and a company president in the technology and defense industries.
I founded xcelMe in 2006 and started teaching iPhone development in 2009. That teaching turned into the Apress for Absolute Beginners books on Objective-C and Swift, and later into sample code for Apple's developer documentation.
Today I build native Apple apps and AI: assistants that work from a company's own data, running on Claude or on private models I host myself. Away from the desk I photograph the Arizona night sky and monsoon lightning, which is where AstroStorm came from.
Nuclear engineer
Served aboard two nuclear submarines.
Developer, CIO, president
Software development and leadership roles across several companies.
Founded xcelMe
Accelerated Internet Strategies, LLC, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Teaching and books
iPhone development courses, then the Apress Objective-C and Swift for Absolute Beginners books.
Client apps and Apple documentation
Life Time, Choice Hotels, SmartRent, Woodforest and CEREC Doctors apps, plus Apple developer sample code.
Hospital vendor credentialing
iOS development for vendor check-in at hospitals, Bluetooth badges and access hardware.
Mobile and AI development
Native apps, AI assistants and private models.