Southfield, MI - Feb 8, 2011 - jacAPPS, the mobile application development division of consulting firm Jacobs Media, has hired Kate Levy, a developer of iPhone, Android and Microsoft Windows 7 platforms, and promoted Scott Holliday to director of development and Bryan Steckler to operations manager.

Since 2004, Levy has been a software engineer and director of product marketing for GoKnow, an Ann Arbor-based software company focusing on the educational field. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a double major in computer science and English literature.

Holliday has been with jacAPPS since July 2009. He has developed more than 200 apps in less than two years. Bryan Steckler joined jacAPPS in July 2010 as project manager. Prior to that, he had a similar role at BAM, a marketing company in Montreal.