Aaron Ardiri

Current

CTO at Appear Networks
President at Mobile Wizardry (Self-employed)

Past

CTO / Director of Research at Medhand International AB
Lecturer / Research Assistant at Högskolan i Gävle
Software Architect / Engineer at CitiKey AB

Contractor at H.O.T.S. Ltd
Software Engineer at ADI Limited
Statistical Analyst at University of Western Australia
Software Engineer at Sigma Systems Pty Ltd

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Education

Curtin University of Technology
Morley Senior High School
Balga Senior High School

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Aaron Ardiri’s Summary

Entrepreneur / Visionary / Consultant

Qualifications:
1996: Bachelor of Science (Computing Science)
1997: Oracle DBA Certificate
1999: Java Certified Programmer
2003: Palm OS Certified Developer
2008: Scrum Certified Product Owner

Publications:
1999: GENTEX: Genetic Algorithm Textures
1999: Security in Set-Top boxes
2000: Palm OS Platform: Software Protection

Aaron Ardiri has spent years focusing on research and development in the area of mobile entertainment using personal electronics with mobility or wireless capabilities. He has a reputation for pushing the boundaries of the mobile hardware to its limits; proving what is defined as not possible - always is possible.

Aaron Ardiri has proven his capabilities working with some of the largest companies in the mobile sector. If your looking for a competent technology lead or professional advice in the mobile arena - look no further.

Australian and Swedish Citizen (dual nationality).

Aaron Ardiri’s Specialties:

Palm OS, Pocket PC, Microsoft Smartphone, Java, J2ME, mophun, android, Symbian Series 60, Symbian UIQ, Playstation Portable (PSP), Nintendo DS, Gizmondo, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OSX, embedded Mac OSX (iPhone, iPod Touch), Relational DBMS

Aaron Ardiri’s Experience

CTO

Appear Networks

(Computer Software industry)

February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

Appear is the leading provider of context-aware software infrastructure designed to power the next generation of mobile applications and services.

Using situational information (context), the AppearIQ suite of products transforms ordinary wireless data networks into rich multimedia channels that deliver information, voice, video and messages to mobile computer users.

By collecting and sharing context, Appear’s solutions eliminate information overload and ensure users have exactly the information they need, when and where they need it.
President
Mobile Wizardry (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

April 1999 — Present (10 years 4 months)

Architect / Consultant

Known for "making the impossible, possible" - a co-author of the first GameBoy emulator for the Palm OS platform, recognized as a serious low-level developer, for reverse engineering API calls and system hacks.

Pioneered and created the SHARK development kit - a true multi-platform development kit utilizing a single source code base utilizing abstraction of devices.

Provided various independent consultancy services to:

- Commando Format AB
- Combra Systemutveckling AB
- Digital Media Cartridge
- Gambit Studios LLC
- G-TECH Limited
- Mobile Digital Media
- Ogilvy UK
- Palm Inc
- PalmSource EMEA
- Pointsec Mobile Technologies AB
- Reflex Instrument AB
- Tapwave Inc
- Textalive Media Technologies
- Verobon Solutions

Offered range of consulting services from concept prototyping to complete application development. A complete list/portfolio of work can be made available on request.
CTO / Director of Research

Medhand International AB

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

December 2000 — January 2008 (7 years 2 months)

Co-founder / System Architect.

MedHand International AB produces the Dr Companion™ product; a patent pending professional working tool for physicians - which has been successfully released in Sweden, The United Kingdom and partnerships have been finalized for a United States release.

Dr Companion™ is available on Palm OS, Pocket PC, Mac OS X and Windows platforms utilizing a universal cross-platform data driven approach, from a single source using combined USB-SD memory cards. Complete with a DRM solution; the architecture can be licensed to third parties.
Lecturer / Research Assistant

Högskolan i Gävle

(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

July 1998 — June 2002 (4 years)

Java / C / Object Orientation.

Initiated the push for Java in the educational arena, building the path to make the university campus one of the first "Java Campus" within Sweden. Focus on computer graphics research, and the use of new technologies.
Software Architect / Engineer

CitiKey AB

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

October 1999 — May 2000 (8 months)

Palm Prototype Developer

CitiKey AB, founded in 1998; provided a location based city guide designed for handheld and mobile phone use. Complete with interactive digital maps and a city search engine that is very simple to use; the Palm prototype allowed the securing of $11M USD in funding to make a heavy push into the multiple european markets.

Under a failed managerial team, CitiKey filed for bankruptcy in the end of 2000.
Contractor

H.O.T.S. Ltd

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

March 1998 — May 1998 (3 months)

Java Engineer / Oracle DBA (3 month contract)

Implemented the Oracle JDBC backend solution for one of Australia's first Object Orientated e-commerce systems built for hospitality goods and services trading.
Software Engineer

ADI Limited

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

July 1997 — March 1998 (9 months)

Java / Database Architect

Key member of the architectural team of a VRML / Java EAI software solution for the creation of interactive virtual 3D worlds - known as Special Recovery Command Support System (SRCSS) . It was specifically designed for the Australian Special Armed Services (SAS) under tender for counter-terrorism simulation for use origianally during the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
Statistical Analyst

University of Western Australia

(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

September 1996 — July 1997 (11 months)

SPSS Data Mining

Performed statistical analysis on aged care data, collected quarterly, and co-edited an annual report showing such statistics to the ACAP National Data Repository.
Software Engineer

Sigma Systems Pty Ltd

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

January 1995 — May 1995 (5 months)

Statistical Analyst Programming / Turbo Pascal

Developed a stock market trading simulator complete with configurable options to perform brute force stress testing of numerous trading indicators at intra-day trading level. Combined mathematical statistics with stock market theories (partner) to create various types of unique and compelling trading indicators.

Stress testing performed on the All Ordinaries Index (Australian) futures market.

Aaron Ardiri’s Education

Curtin University of Technology

Bachelor of Science , Computing Science , 1993 — 1996
Morley Senior High School

Tertiary Entrance Exam (TEE 408/TER 98.05) , 1991 — 1992

Australian Mathematics Competition:
1992: Distinction
1991: Distinction

Activities and Societies:

Computer Club (founder)
Balga Senior High School

High School Diploma , 1988 — 1990

Australian Mathematics Competition:
1990 Credit
1989 Distinction

Australian Computing Competition:
1990 Merit
1989 Participation

Activities and Societies:

Computer Club (founder)