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Day Web Development (1995-present) Principal
Provides technical writing, specifications development, and platform & technology evangelism services. Recent projects include writing source code level documentation, articles, partner how-to materials, and blog entries for clients including O’Reilly Media, Nokia, and Digital Reasoning Systems. Contributes to Wired’s Geekdad.com weblog. Publishes the Java ME Archive. Has taught Java 3D graphics and Wireless development courses as an extension instructor for the University of California Berkeley.
Digital Reasoning Systems, Brentwood, TN (2006-2009) Director of Developer Products
Drove the adoption of DRSI’s innovative approach to finding meaning inherent in human language. Managed cross-company team implementing product performance and quality metrics. Created and delivered multi-day partner technical training on Digital Reasoning technologies. Developed specifications with government and industry partners. Wrote public and customer facing documentation on key components of Digital Reasoning solutions. Helped launch, manage, and write first DRSI corporate blog. Responsible for market definition, customer needs assessment, and evangelism of Digital Reasoning products and developer tools.
Nokia, Mountain View, CA (2004) Head of Technical Services & Consultancy, Forum Nokia Americas
Managed a distributed team of engineers supporting and evangelizing Nokia Developer Platforms to ISVs, network operators, third party device manufacturers, and independent software developers. Empowered partners to design, create, and deploy successful C++, Java, and script based applications by developing and delivering technical sessions at key developer and decision maker events while orchestrating Nokia Developer Platforms technical articles and demo coverage worldwide.
Sun Microsystems, Menlo Park, CA (1999-2004) Technology Evangelist / Staff Engineer
Created and delivered keynotes, technical sessions, and code level Hands On Labs worldwide. Published widely on Sun technologies and initiatives. Created and maintained the Java ME Archive to drive adoption of that key Sun platform. Responsible for communicating Sun’s wireless, grid computing, and security strategies to developers, network operators, and manufacturers worldwide.
Silicon Graphics, Mountain View, CA (1996-1999) Software Engineer
Designed and implemented Java interfaces for MediaBase streaming media server product. Set corporate strategy as a member of the SGI Java business team. Designed and executed test suites for SGI’s version of the Java Media Framework and the Cosmo Code Java IDE (one of the “Top Ten Software Products of 1996″ according to IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications magazine).
Additional Experience
- Honeywell Technology Center, Minneapolis, MN (1996) Student Aide, Real Time Execution Environments/System Engineering and Integration
- Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre, Edinburgh, UK (1995) Summer Scholar
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA (1994, 1993) Summer Research Fellow
Honors, Activities, and Education
- Contributor to Wired’s Geekdad.com blog
- Served several years as an Association for Computing Machinery Distinguished Speaker, speaking to ACM chapters on a variety of topics
- Creator of the #1 independent J2ME site on the Web, the Java ME Archive
- Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris Operating System
- Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform
- Graduate studies in Scientific Computation, University of Minnesota, 1996 (National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow)
- Bachelor of Science Aerospace Engineering (BSAE) with French minor, University of Oklahoma, 1995 (Summa Cum Laude, National Merit Scholar, Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society)
