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simeon@pobox.com 408.423.8220
     
Summary   Macintosh and Software Engineering; Engineering and Project Management
15+ years experience with Cocoa, Objective-C, JAVA, C, C++, and Pascal
     
Highlights by Category   Web:
  • SocialNet.com
     
    Commercially Shipped Products:
  • eWorld Macintosh client
  • QuickKeys (includes Instant QuicKeys, CEToolbox, QuicKeys extensions)
  • Voyager VideoStack and CD AudioStack
  • CD Companion Series: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
  • CD Companion Series: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
     
   

Shareware Products:

  • BetterHTMLExport – iPhoto web export plugin
     
    Platforms and Languages:
  • Macintosh, Palm, UNIX workstations, Newton
  • Cocoa, Objective-C, JAVA, C, C++, NewtonScript, Pascal, HyperTalk, and Motorola 68000 assembler
     
Press  

QuicKeys

  • The Automatic Mac (Brady Books, 1992)
  • The Little QuicKeys Book (Peachpit Press, 1992)
     
   

BetterHTMLExport

  • O’Reilly: Better Templates for iPhoto's BetterHTMLExport
    http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/04/02/betterhtmlexport.html
  • O’Reilly: Digital Photo Goodies for Mac OS X
    http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/03/12/iphoto_goodies.html
     
Experience  
2Wire
November 2004-Present
   
  • Work on NST, a cross-platform broadband subscriber self support tool.
  • Server side support for some NST features; Java / Struts
  • C++, Ruby, wxWidgets
   
Shareware Author
March 2001-Present
   
  • Designed, specified, and wrote several shareware titles for Mac OS X including:
  • BetterHTMLExport - An iPhoto export plugin that gives users much more flexibility when exporting web pages. (Over 45,000 downloads)
  • NSSegmentedControlPalette - An Interface Builder plugin allowing editing of NSSegmentedControl objects.
  • Directions - An Address Book plugin to generate driving directions.
  • MailLight - A menu extra for easy notification of, and access to, new email received by Eudora.
  • ImageMaker - One of the first GUIs to facilitate creation of Disk Images on OS X.
  • Pronto Transfer - The first Mac application to support upload and download of Phillips Pronto Universal Remote configuration files. Also supports editing of the configuration using tiff images and XML.
   
Macromedia
Contract Engineer
May 2001-December 2001
   
  • Work on Mac OS X migration of Dreamweaver.
  • Specify and implement new features in Dreamweaver MX.
   
SocialNet.com
Founder and Director of Applications Engineering
June 1997-February 2001
   
  • One of two engineers responsible for coding first version of site
  • Managed project and contributed to the migration to middleware technology (completely rebuilding and testing site in 6 months with a team of 10)
  • Acting Vice President of Engineering (twice, totaling 10 months)
   
Apple Computer, Inc.
Internet Marketing Group (Webcasting)
April 1994-May 1997
   
  • Sole engineer responsible for Macintosh software development
  • Wrote calendar CGI (interactive calendar browsing and editing through a web browser)
  • Wrote SpyCam (automated time lapse photography for the web, including FTP and movie building support)
  • Wrote OneButton (tool to help users determine if they have all the software they need to view a specific webcast, including the solution of where to get it and FTPing it to them)
  • Wrote SiteTool (for webmasters to ensure a page or site has no broken links and to get statistics on page size and download time)
  • Wrote QuickTime Plugin (performed initial investigation and wrote Netscape Plugin for viewing QuickTime movies)
  • Development environment: Metrowerks CodeWarrior, C++, PowerPlant
    eWorld Group
   
  • Lead engineer responsible for extending eWorld client functionality
  • Wrote Access Assistant (client-side lookup and configuration of world-wide access numbers for eWorld)
  • Wrote Mail Assistant (rule-based handling of incoming mail)
  • Wrote Saved Mail (filed mail folders added to client)
  • Development environment: Metrowerks CodeWarrior, C
   
CE Software, Inc.
Software Engineer
February 1992-March 1994
   
  • Senior Software Engineer for QuickKeys (a Mac desktop automation tool)
  • Wrote Instant QuickKeys (tool for users to create their own QuickKey shortcuts)
  • Responsible for CEToolBox (driver providing common services to CE products)
  • Wrote several extensions to the QuickKeys toolset
  • Development environment: Macintosh Programmers' Workshop, C, Pascal, and Assembly
  • Winner, "Best New Utility," 1993 MacUser Editor's Choice Awards
  • Honorable Mention, 1992 MacUser Editor's Choice Awards
   
Interactive Multimedia, Inc.
Software Engineer
March 1991-August 1991
   
  • Developed HyperCard prototype of Social Science Navigator (integrated California history curriculum with laserdisk video)
  • Design and programming of HyperCard stacks, including development of HyperCard XCMDs
   
The Voyager Company
Software Engineer
June 1989-October 1990
   
  • Developed HyperCard interactive multimedia stacks (accessed both laserdisks and CD audio discs)
  • Design, programming, and testing of HyperCard stacks
  • Development of XCMD laserdisk drivers in C and Pascal
     
Education   UC-Irvine, BSEE 1991
Emphasis: Digital signal processing, computer vision, control systems. Project courses in CPU design, microcomputer design (including real-time control) and structured programming
     
Honors   Outstanding Achievement Award, CE Software, May 1992
Dean's List, UC-Irvine 1990
     
Activities   Member IEEE, 1988-present
Treasurer, IEEE, UCI Student Chapter,1989-90
     
   
simeon@pobox.com 408.423.8220

Modified January 10, 2005