Brian Myers

Current

• Freelance Software Developer at Open Book Productions

Past

• Vice President of Product Development at Compli
• Software Architect at SoftSource Consulting
• Freelance Software Developer at Open Book Productions

• Application Architect at Webridge
• Lead Engineer at Netscape
• Program Manager at Borland
• Programming Author at Self-employed

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Education

• University of California, Berkeley
• Pomona College

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Industry

Computer Software

Brian Myers’s Summary

I’m a product development leader with over twenty years in the software industry. I have experience with shrink-wrapped products, enterprise products, and consulting projects. I’ve been directly responsible for development, QA, integration, program management, and content development teams, and also for coordinating work with marketing, sales, international, support, and publications. I have engaged directly with customers for extended projects.

I would welcome a chance to contribute to the planning and execution of business strategy at a company with an exciting software idea to sell.

Brian Myers’s Experience

• Freelance Software Developer

  Open Book Productions

  (Computer Software industry)

  October 2009 — Present (3 months)

  I am currently working as a .NET programmer for WebMD helping them update parts of their Personal Health Manager web application. (This is a subcontract through SoftSource Consulting.)

• Vice President of Product Development

  Compli

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  February 2007 — June 2009 (2 years 5 months)

  My team was responsible for software development, content development, quality assurance, product management, and SaaS hosting. We released more than 20 product updates while I was there. Complí’s SaaS application has over 40,000 licensed users and averages 25,000 customer visits per week.

• Software Architect

  SoftSource Consulting

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  April 2004 — January 2007 (2 years 10 months)

  SoftSource offers software consulting services specializing in .NET. I worked with customers to define business and technical requirements and create solutions. Projects included a web-based product configurator (in ASP.NET); a prototype for sharing large amounts of data among processes in a high-performance system (in C++/CLI and Win32 API); and analysis of a large C++ code base in support of a patent infringement case. Usually worked in a tech lead or project manager role.

• Freelance Software Developer

  Open Book Productions

  (Computer Software industry)

  February 2004 — April 2005 (1 year 3 months)

  Took various programming contract jobs, including one building an online product catalog and ordering site for a company that sold stereo speakers.

• Application Architect

  Webridge

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  February 1998 — October 2003 (5 years 9 months)

  Led a small team designing what became the company's main product: an extranet portal application featuring delegated management of secure content. Led the extended team to produce four releases in two years. Companies that purchased and deployed sites based on Webridge Extranet include Xerox, Honeywell, NCR, NEC Technologies, Juniper Networks, University of Washington, Johns Hopkins University, and OHSU. Managed five product deployments. Gathered requirements; wrote process specifications; implemented workflow solutions; wrote test plans; trained clients; managed enterprise customer deployments.

• Lead Engineer

  Netscape

  (Public Company; NSCP; Computer Software industry)

  June 1997 — January 1998 (8 months)

  Worked on NetHelp, Netscape's technology for displaying context-sensitive cross-platform online help. Assumed maintenance of the existing JavaScript-based product while helping to design an entirely new Java-based version. Met regularly with Sun's developers to review their designs for JavaHelp.

• Program Manager

  Borland

  (Public Company; BORL; Computer Software industry)

  September 1993 — February 1997 (3 years 6 months)

  Originally hired as a senior technical writer on the C++ team, I moved after a year to program manager and later to R&D engineer. As program manager I coordinated the work of multiple teams including R&D, QA, Publications, International, and Marketing for two releases of Borland C++ (5.0 and 5.01). I also managed the integration team and another program manager. As an engineer I worked on Borland's ObjectWindows Library (OWL), a C++ framework for Windows programming and I spoke at Borland developer conferences.

• Programming Author

  Self-employed

  (Computer Software industry)

  January 1987 — September 1993 (6 years 9 months)

  Wrote three books and various articles on Windows programming for Sybex. Topics covered include threads, synchronization, memory management, DLLs, memory-mapped files, bitmaps and palettes, structured exceptions, IPC mechanisms, the debugging API, and more. Spoke at developer conferences.

Brian Myers’s Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  Ph.D. , English , 1984 — 1990

• Pomona College

  B.A. , English , 1979 — 1982

  Activities and Societies:

  cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa

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