About

Who is behind Atheenea?

I am a health scientist with a focus on health behaviour and management. After several years working in health promotion, I wanted to go further and put tools directly into people’s hands that make navigating health clearer, simpler, and more in their control. Digital apps, built with genuine clinical understanding, felt like the most direct way to do that. And if I’m honest: I had always wanted to build something of my own.

So I decided to learn to code. It’s not easy, but when you do, it opens the door to a huge and creative world. And the learning never stops. I am also someone who constantly looks for ways to do things better, more intelligently, more simply, and more logically. Building digital tools turned out to be a perfect expression of that.

My first app, NextBook, came from a simple personal need: a book release tracker that didn’t exist yet. It became my learning ground, from first lines of code to the App Store. But health is where my heart has always been. As a health scientist, I bring a science background to every product decision, which means accuracy and usefulness matter as much to me as user-friendly and beautiful design.

Why Atheenea?

Atheenea takes its name from Athena, goddess of wisdom, knowledge, craft and independence. She felt like the right archetype for a woman in tech who wants to build something intelligent and genuinely useful on her own terms. The olive branch in the logo is another reference to Athena as it represents peace, wisdom and prosperity, which she gifted to the people.

Atheenea is my personal studio and a space for everything I create independently. It’s just me, my ideas, and good coffee.

What I work with

• Swift & SwiftUI
• Xcode
• SwiftData

And a strong belief in privacy because your data belongs to you.

Get in touch

Feel free to reach out (contact at atheenea dot com) with feedback, questions, or just to say hello.

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