Leo Dion

CEO and Founder of BrightDigit

Leo Dion is the founder of BrightDigit (https://brightdigit.com), a full-stack Swift development company he's been running since 2012.
He specializes in end-to-end Swift solutions—from iOS/macOS/watchOS to server-side Swift—and has shipped multiple App Store apps including Bushel (macOS virtualization for developers) and Heartwitch (Apple Watch health streaming). He's an active open source contributor with Swift packages including swift-build (popular GitHub Action for Swift CI/CD), MistKit (CloudKit REST API), SyntaxKit (code generation), DataThespian (SwiftData concurrency), PackageDSL, and SyndiKit (RSS parsing). Leo hosts EmpowerApps.show (https://empowerapps.show) and has been speaking about Swift since its launch.
He lives in Michigan with his wife Betsy and six kids. Watch his previous talks here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVXvIso24Sc&list=PLmpJxPaZbSnBTtrr4V6bksOfLVK4uK9q6

Building Scalable Swift Automation: From CI to App Store Distribution

Managing Swift projects at scale demands systematic automation—from CI to multi-platform testing to App Store distribution. This hands-on 80-minute workshop teaches automation patterns refined across 128+ repositories, from open-source libraries to commercial apps.

Part 1 (35 min): Reduce GitHub Actions configs from 100+ lines to 5, add intelligent caching for 65–85% faster builds, and run matrix testing across Swift versions and Apple platforms—implemented live in your own repo.

Part 2 (35 min): Build packages that work across iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS, Linux, and Android, using Swift Testing's conditional traits to skip platform-specific tests gracefully. We close with a TestFlight distribution demo (Fastlane + GitHub Actions, 30 minutes down to 3).

Bring a laptop, a GitHub account, and a Swift package or app. You leave with a working pipeline.