Vice President - Platform Software at DisplayLink
Greater Seattle Area
- Current
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- Vice President - Software Platforms at DisplayLink
- Past
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- Founder at Leancode
- Software Development Manager at Microsoft
- President at Applix, Inc.
- Education
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- Pennsylvania State University
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Bernie Thompson’s Summary
Software developer and entrepreneur with executive management experience, working on the next interesting problem to solve.
Bernie Thompson’s Specialties:
software development, management, startups, ruby, rails, sql, device drivers, bluetooth, usb, scrum, ajax, lean, agile, embedded, C/C++, C#, .NET, TDD
Bernie Thompson’s Experience
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Vice President - Software Platforms
DisplayLink
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Semiconductors industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
Building an amazing team of driver developers in Seattle for a growing startup with technology that is both exciting and useful (USB/UWB/network attached displays). Work in partnership with Microsoft and Intel.
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Founder
Leancode
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
February 2006 — January 2008 (2 years)
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Software Development Manager
Microsoft
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; msft; Computer Software industry)
May 2001 — January 2006 (4 years 9 months)
2001-2004 Developer and manager in Windows Core OS Team (Bluetooth, USB, PS/2 driver stacks)
2004-2006 Instructor and consultant for Microsoft Engineering Excellence (internal process improvement group) -
President
Applix, Inc.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; aplx; Computer Software industry)
December 1999 — September 2000 (10 months)
President, Applix Linux Division (60 employees)
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Founder
Cosource.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 1998 — December 1999 (1 year 6 months)
Founded and sold this 4-person startup
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Senior Software Engineer
S3, Inc.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; siii; Computer Software industry)
August 1995 — June 1998 (2 years 11 months)
OS/2 and Windows driver development. On-site rep to Microsoft.
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Associate Programmer
IBM
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ibm; Computer Software industry)
June 1994 — June 1995 (1 year 1 month)
OS/2 Development Team. Drivers and Win32 API.
Bernie Thompson’s Education
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Pennsylvania State University
BS , Computer Science , 1989 — 1994
University Scholars' Program. Internship at IBM on OS/2 team.
Additional Information
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Bernie Thompson’s Interests:
programming languages, software tools, software engineering, agile and lean project management
Bernie Thompson’s Groups:
Northwest Entrepreneur Network
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Team OS/2 Alumni
Bernie Thompson’s Contact Settings
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