Eli Hodapp, Editor in Chief of TouchArcade

Eli Hodapp

Oh, hello. I grew up in the Chicago suburbs, but the flexibility of working online has afforded me the ability to live all over the United States and even Europe. I spend my days managing site content and the team of writers that make up TouchArcade. I'm also the iPhone Editor for Electronic Gaming Monthly, and contribute both to the online EGMi as well as the print copy of the magazine. I camped out for the original iPhone release, and have played a part in iOS gaming since before the launch of the App Store in 2008. I've always had a passion for mobile games of all types, and looking at how far we've come, I can't wait to play an even bigger role in whatever comes next.

I was a web developer and server administrator in a previous life, focusing on enterprise web apps back before anyone even thought of calling them "web apps." I went on to work for startups during the tail-end of the .com bubble, overseeing all levels of enterprise deployment from purchasing and installing the actual hardware in datacenters to training end-users on site before taking a more active role in the business development side of things. I've also worked in the medical software industry, specializing in ANSI 837 electronic claims processing, data security, legacy migration and HIPAA compliance, as well as managing teams of both in-house and foreign outsourced developers.

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