Bob Cowherd

Current

• Senior Software Engineer at Vertigo Software
• President, Technology at Open Bracket, LLC

Past

• Developer at PAN
• Web Developer at Sigma Theta Tau, International
• Software Engineer at RDS

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Education

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

Recommended

1 person has recommended Bob

Connections

55 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Company
• Flagship Product
• Blog

Bob Cowherd’s Summary

I specialize in leading small teams in developing WPF, Surface, and Silverlight applications, particularly in the realm of high quality media delivery.

I enjoy crafting agile, elegant, fast-moving software solutions, both large and small. I believe that the biggest risk is not taking one, and I am an agent of change wherever I go. I am truly passionate about my field, and I believe that scope should always be sacrificed before quality is sacrificed. I believe in getting the customer involved early in all phases of the SDLC, and that shorter cycles of rapid development produce maintainable, user-friendly software. I believe in egoless development, and that helping your peers to grow helps you to grow as a developer. I believe that ethics and integrity must guide everything we do.

Bob Cowherd’s Specialties:

Architecture / Frameworks
Silverlight, WPF
Project Management

C#/ASP.NET
SQL
Business Development

Bob Cowherd’s Experience

• Senior Software Engineer

  Vertigo Software

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  www.vertigo.com
  
  At Vertigo, I get the opportunity to work with some of the world's best designers and developers to build groundbreaking software for high profile events. In my time at Vertigo, I've largely worked on Silverlight video players for events with massive traffic, such as the Democratic National Convention.

• President, Technology

  Open Bracket, LLC

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

  October 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)

• Developer

  PAN

  (Computer Software industry)

  October 2005 — June 2006 (9 months)

• Web Developer

  Sigma Theta Tau, International

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  August 2004 — October 2005 (1 year 3 months)

• Software Engineer

  RDS

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

  March 2003 — August 2004 (1 year 6 months)

Additional Information

Bob Cowherd’s Websites:

• My Company
• Flagship Product
• Blog

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