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About GoNative

Founded in 2014, GoNative provides an end-to-end solution to deploy websites and web-based applications as native iOS and Android apps on mobile devices

Trusted since 2014

GoNative serves thousands of satisfied customers

Apps that power large enterprises to non-profits
GoNative's customers range from early-stage startups to Fortune 100 companies to community organizations - all of whom trust the GoNative platform to build mobile apps that are enjoyed by millions of end-users. See our Examples page to explore some of the many apps that have been built using GoNative and published to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

Create a full-featured native app with only minimal web development
Your app’s dynamic content is delivered seamlessly through your web environment. Using GoNative's Native Plugins you can easily build a full-featured native app with only minimal JavaScript required to integrate the most advanced functionality. Easily add push notifications (e.g. OneSignal), biometric authentication (e.g. Face ID / Touch ID), in-app video calls (e.g. Twilio), and much more to provide your users with an app that delivers an elevated experience.

Leverage Full-Service to launch your app quickly and easily
GoNative’s client services team works directly with customers to develop apps using our platform. Press the fast-forward button and your app will be live in days not months compared to traditional app development. Need help getting your app in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store? GoNative's Publishing Team has helped publish over 3,500 apps with a 98% approval rate. Let our team manage the process end-to-end; including preparation of app store listing metadata and screenshots, and facilitation of feedback with the app store reviewers. We offer a 100% money back guarantee if your app is not successfully approved.

Maintain your apps without in-house iOS or Android developers
Your app is now live and your users are experiencing the convenience and added features offered. What happens when there are new mobile devices available, new iOS and Android releases, new vendor SDKs? Our team stays up late so you don’t have to. GoNative maintains our core app codebases and all Native Plugins to ensure your app will always be compatible with the latest mobile hardware and software. With an active App Updates plan your app can be rebuilt online in seconds. This enables you to maintain your apps stress-free without ever maintaining any native code.

Secure Enterprise apps
GoNative provides enterprise-level app features, engineering services, and support and maintenance plans backed by an SLA for eligible corporate customers. Deploy apps for employees and customers that meet all IT security requirements. GoNative.io LLC is a US-based company and will satisfy IT vendor compliance requirements for any industry; we have experience serving clients in healthcare, education, financial services, insurance, government procurement, and more.

More questions? 
Check out our FAQ and our Blog.

3,500+

Mobile apps published by GoNative

98%

Approval rate submitting to the
Apple App Store and Google Play Store 

Meet the Team

Teamwork is essential to delivering our industry-leading product and exceptional client services. GoNative's team of experts is dedicated to helping clients achieve their app development goals.

Weiyin He

Chief Technology Officer

Weiyin He is the Chief Technology Officer at GoNative. He oversees the development process, establishes code standards and processes, and designs the technology architecture.
Since teaching himself C from a book with his first 486 PC, Weiyin has always been passionate about the entire technology stack, from electrical circuits and CPU design to network architecture. Before starting GoNative, Weiyin previously worked in finance at Goldman Sachs and Blackstone.

In his free time, Weiyin enjoys running, biking, and building gadgets with microcontrollers and IoT chips. Weiyin has a bachelors degree in Mathematics from Princeton University.

Weiyin He

Chief Technology Officer

John Snyder

CEO

John is a co-founder and the CEO of GoNative since 2014. He helps drive the strategy priorities for the company, and ensures that our growing team has the resources it needs to deliver a great product and exceptional value to our customers.

Prior to GoNative, John started his career in finance at Blackstone in New York. He is a graduate of Princeton University with a degree in math, and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. When not working, he enjoys getting outside with his family in Seattle.

John Snyder

CEO

Kingsley Gifford

COO & Director of Client Services

Kingsley is GoNative’s COO & Director of Client Services. He is responsible for day-to-day operations of the company, along with our product strategy. He also assists our enterprise and agency clients who are using GoNative to deliver apps for millions of end users.

Kingsley enjoys solving challenging problems with the GoNative team and our clients, and continuing to grow and improve our offerings. Kingsley has had a wide range of experience prior to joining GoNative:, he is a registered professional engineer in Canada, and has worked in management consulting and private equity internationally.

Kingsley Gifford

COO & Director of Client Services

Eamonn Gogan

Head of Customer Success

As the head of Customer Success at GoNative, Eamonn acts as the main channel of communication for both new and prospective clients. He also creates educational content that helps them build only the highest quality, feature-rich apps. 
Eamonn is driven to help clients fully understand our products and services, and assist them on their onboarding journey. 

Before joining GoNative, he graduated from both the University of Guelph and McGill University, has worked in the non-profit space, and has even guided canoe trips in Northern Canada.

Eamonn Gogan

Head of Customer Success

Abdullah Abul Hossain

Software Engineer

As a Software Engineer at GoNative, Abudullah designs, develops, and maintains databases, server-side logic, and APIs to ensure our scalable, high-performing backend system. Working closely with our front-end developers, he helps guarantee a seamless experience for clients using the GoNative online app builder platform.

Abdullah earned a Bachelor of Engineering (Computer) from Memorial University. Before joining GoNative first as a Software Engineering intern, he gained valuable customer-facing experience working in client services, providing them with computer-related technical support and guidance.

Abdullah Abul Hossain

Software Engineer

Samantha Mehra

Director, Content and Communications Strategy

Sam is a senior content leader with over a decade of experience building compelling content machines for people, private companies, and nonprofits – from the ground up. No matter the topic or industry or medium, she believes high-quality, audience-first content benefits us all.
 
Sam is an educator at the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies where she leads copywriting, digital storytelling, and social strategy courses. She is also a National Magazine Award nominee, with credits in the Canadian Encyclopedia, Oxford Journals, and the Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. She enjoys puns.

Samantha Mehra

Director, Content and Communications Strategy

Anuj Sevak

Software Engineering Intern

Anuj joined GoNative in 2021 as a Software Engineering Intern as part of the Computer Engineering Co-op program at Memorial University. Since then, he has been a hands-on project manager, supporting in our core application, adding new features to our website, and developing and managing some of our native plugins.

Before joining GoNative, Anuj freelanced as a web developer during his high school days in India. Now, as an engineering student, he enjoys his free time by playing table tennis with his campus peers.

Anuj Sevak

Software Engineering Intern

Jefrey Silang

Front-End Developer

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Jefrey Silang

Front-End Developer

Zach Marasigan

Android Developer

Zach is an Android Developer working mostly on the core GoNative application. Studying and integrating SDK and APIs are part of his day-to-day life, aside from implementing modules and features for the Android app.

In addition to being  a graduate of the University of the Philippines Manila, he has 8+ years of experience managing and developing web and mobile applications, mostly in fintech.

As a remote Software Engineer, he found a new interest in traveling, and eventually started collecting cacti as a new personal hobby.

Zach Marasigan

Android Developer

Hunaid Hassan

Director of Engineering

Hunaid first joined us in 2019 as a senior developer, and now works in core engineering design, where he creates and improves infrastructure, and oversees the development of other GoNative projects.

Before joining us, he earned a Bachelor in Software Engineering from University of the Punjab in Pakistan, and has previously worked as software developer in various product-first companies. He spends most of his free time with his family, and occasionally plays a match of his favorite online game.

Hunaid Hassan

Director of Engineering

Kevin Mercado

Developer

Kevin is an iOS and web developer who wears a lot of hats at GoNative: he’s charged with core iOS updates, the integration of GoNative plugins to the iOS app, fixing bugs, and implementing new features for the app-builder website.

Pre-GoNative, Kevin earned a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of the Philippines Diliman, and has developed and published games and web and mobile applications. In his free time, Kevin will most likely be playing online chess, creating mobile games, or playing his guitar.

Kevin Mercado

Developer

External Advisors

Jes Ellacot

Branding Advisor

Jes is a content and brand leader who leverages over a decade of experience and a background in journalism to build compelling narratives, scale content programs, and evolve brands across a range of industries and clients.

Her work is built on the belief that trust, empathy, good stories, and great copy are the untapped superpowers of marketing and that audience-centric strategies are key to great business results.

Jes Ellacot

Branding Advisor

Max Ott

Publishing Advisor

Max brings more than 10 years of mobile app management and publishing experience across many industries and verticals to GoNative. He helps clients with getting their apps approved by Apple and Google and the whole publishing process and pipeline.

He holds a bachelor in Sociology and Political Sciences from the Catholic University in Eichstaett/Ingolstadt in Germany and a MBA from the HS Wismar.

Max Ott

Publishing Advisor

Thomas Waites

Sales Advisor

Thomas is an Advisor to the GoNative team for Sales. Thomas has successfully built and scaled mass market B2C and B2B sales teams in American renewable energy, Canadian residential real estate, and global SaaS HR Tech spaces.

Thomas also volunteers as a mentor for the Women In Tech Sales Bootcamp, as a Subject Matter Advisor (Sales) for Communitech's Future of Health program, and as a Director of the Wilfrid Laurier University Alumni Association.

Thomas Waites

Sales Advisor

Why GoNative?

Build immersive fully native iOS and Android apps with only minimal web development

Build in minutes

Create your app in minutes using the GoNative App Builder. Preview in our browser-based simulators or download to test on a physical device.

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Get source code

The source code for your app can be downloaded at any time. GoNative’s iOS and Android codebase is also available on GitHub.

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Services available

Our experienced team is available to build and publish your app, or for custom development projects.

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Enterprise friendly

GoNative provides enterprise level support plans backed by an SLA for eligible corporate customers.

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Native plugins

Add native device features and functionality, from push notifications to biometric authentication

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JavaScript Bridge

Communicate with and control your app, and the underlying mobile device, directly from your website.

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Seamless updates

We guarantee compatibility with future iOS and Android updates so you never have to worry about maintaining code.

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Native UI

Build a rich native app experience such as a launch image, native navigation, dark mode, and more.

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Designed for design

Select an icon, in-app images, fonts, and colors to build a visually stunning app aligned with your brand identity.

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