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I am an exceptional software developer and technology consultant with
unique experience in a range of technology fields. Please review my skill
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- iPhone SDK 4 completed apps created and released with over 7000 copies sold (spring 2009)
- C/C++ (16 years) including Windows (Microsoft Visual C++ 6, 2003, 2005, 2008), Linux
(gcc 3.x, gcc 4.x, Intel ipp), and Hi-Tech PICC for Microcontrollers. Source control with
Perforce. Including cross platform with wxWindows and Objective-C development
for OS/X native applications.
- SQL Databasing (12 years) include Microsoft SQL Server 2000-2005 and MySQL 3.x, 4.x, and
5.x with many millions of records.
- C# / Microsoft .NET (6 years) including .net Framework 1.1, 2.0, and 3.0. Linux mono
deployments. Numerous toolkits including DevExpress, Exontrol, Chilcat, and CJ.
- Client / Server (10 years) including numerous high availablity, high performance custom
c/s applications.
- HTML/Web Technologies (15 years) hand coded HTML, most web technologies such as
PHP, Perl, XHTML, Ajax, Javascript, DHTML, Actionscript, Flash, and ECommerce.
- VOIP (6 years) including large scale telephony, video and audio conference solutions,
codec development, codec certification, call center setup, Asterisk, Cisco, SIP, RTP, and
other protocols.
- Internet Protocols (16 years) all basics such as POP3, IMAP, FTP, SMTP, NNTP, RTP, as well
as newer protocols such as Gnutella, Bittorrent, Streaming, and Secure Transactions.
- Cloud Computing Pioneer (4 years) leading cloud computing experience with Amazon EC2,
S3, OnGrid, and custom solutions for large scale cloud deployments.
- Virtualization Specialist including custom sandboxing systems coded from scratch,
virtual server management under Windows and Linux, and hardware level VM.
- RCE Guru with IDA Pro, Ollydbg, GDB, Windbg, and custom tools
Here are some key strengths written in short buzz-word filled quips.
- First-to-market rapid application development
- New technology development
- Collaborative development with strong sales and marketing input
- Simple, creative, and innovative solutions
- Concept to product development cycle
- Wide-spread team development
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- Award-winning user interface design
- Excellent interpersonal communications
- Boardroom and 'C" level presentations
- Experience in many different industries
- Published author with 85+ technology related articles
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Here are just a few of the awards and achievements I have had
- Glowing reviews for internet based software appeared in The Wallstreet Journal, PC Magazine,
C|Net online, Playboy, NBC's Today Show, and many other places.
- User interface design awards from Sun Microsystems and others
- Innovation awards from Sun Microsystems, Novell, and others
- Patents pending in the field of automatic object processing within a 3D Space, a method for
delivering radio services over the internet, a method for collecting witness statements at
crime scene, and a method for preventing loss in hardware rentals.
- Given technical and sales presentations in 5 different countries
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