Brian Kirsch

Current

Senior Software Engineer at Apple
Project Manager / Architect and Senior Developer at Camber Corporation

Past

Senior Web / Desktop Engineer and I18n Guru at Open Source Applications Foundation
Senior Java Developer (Contract) at JobFlash
Senior Lead Developer at MetricStream (formerly Zaplet)

Senior Software Engineer and Internationalization specialist at Zaplet
Senior Client / Server Architect at Macrovision
Java Client / Server Developer (Contract) at eBoomerang
Web Services Engineer (Contract) at Appiant Technologies
Server Infrastructure and Protocol Architect (Contract) at Excite@Home
Web UI Specialist and Email Application Engineer (Contract) at Quaartz Inc.
Web Architect at WebTraverse
Web Developer Consultant at Tellem Worldwide
Lead Developer - SETI Program Voyages Through Time at NASA

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Education

San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University

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Industry

Computer Software

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Brian Kirsch’s Summary

I have extensive experience in a broad range of client and server technologies.

My main expertise is quickly diagnosing a problem and implementing a world class solution in a limited amount of time regardless of language or technical hurdles involved.

I am currently developing primarily in dynamic languages
Python, Ruby, Javascript building high performance web
applications although I still enjoy coding apps in more structured languages such as C++ and Java.

Feel free to link to me if we have similar interests or backgrounds.

I love a challenge and learning new things.

Brian Kirsch’s Specialties:

Java, C / C++, Python, PHP, Ruby on Rails, Perl, JavaScript, DHTML, AJAX, XML, Mozilla XPCom, SQL, PL/SQL, SAS, C#, .Net, Microsoft Foundation Classes, Visual Basic, ASP, Microsoft Component Object Model (COM), Encryption / PKI, Ecommerce, Messaging protocols, Internationalization / Localization,

Brian Kirsch’s Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Apple

(Public Company; AAPL; Computer Hardware industry)

May 2009 — Present (3 months)

Working on the MobileMe team bringing that great Apple experience to the cloud.
Project Manager / Architect and Senior Developer

Camber Corporation

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

Architecting and implementing the Department of Defense Personal Safety Metrics Web Application.

A Ruby on Rails data driven site that leverages Microsoft SQL Server, the Adobe Flex Charting API’s, and an AJAX enabled Ext-JS Grid Component to generate and save customizable report metrics for the Department of Defense to track per pay period progress across all the Armed Services branches towards the mandate of reducing Service Installation lost days by 50%.

Architected, designed, and implemented the Camber Deployment Application Suite, a set of highly configurable Ruby API’s tied to a Capistrano deployment front-end. The robust transactional frame-
work, was designed to maintain data synchronization and schema integrity between Camber’s internal ETL, Warehouse, and Staging database servers in Honolulu, Hawaii, and the production database server located in a secure facility with no remote internet access at Fleet Forces Command Norfolk, Virginia.
Senior Web / Desktop Engineer and I18n Guru

Open Source Applications Foundation

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

March 2004 — April 2008 (4 years 2 months)

I have done many projects while at OSAF including

A Java based server and Ajax web UI for managing and sharing calendars, events, and tasks. It implements open data standards including CalDAV, WebDAV, Atom, and Atompub and leverages Tomcat, Spring, Hibernate, Acegi Security, ical4j, Abdera 0.4, and Derby or MySQL for data storage.

- Designed, architected, and implemented Mail client functionality for Chandler Desktop, an Open Source Collaborative Personal Information Management Application that runs on Windows, Linux, and Apple OS X.

- Internationalization Architect for the Chandler Desktop.

- Debugged and fixed core dumps in the C++ WxWidgets API using GDB.

- Core contributor to the Twisted SMTP, POP3, and IMAP4 client libraries including timeout support, MD5 authentication, and error handling. Twisted is an asynchronous Python event-driven engine that provides low-level networking support for Chandler Desktop.
Senior Java Developer (Contract)

JobFlash

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

December 2003 — March 2004 (4 months)
Senior Lead Developer

MetricStream (formerly Zaplet)

(Computer Software industry)

2003 — 2004 (1 year)
Senior Software Engineer and Internationalization specialist

Zaplet

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

July 2002 — December 2003 (1 year 6 months)
Senior Client / Server Architect

Macrovision

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; MVSN; Computer Software industry)

June 2001 — July 2002 (1 year 2 months)
Java Client / Server Developer (Contract)

eBoomerang

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

September 2001 — December 2001 (4 months)
Web Services Engineer (Contract)

Appiant Technologies

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

June 2001 — August 2001 (3 months)
Server Infrastructure and Protocol Architect (Contract)

Excite@Home

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ATHM; Internet industry)

August 2000 — June 2001 (11 months)
Web UI Specialist and Email Application Engineer (Contract)

Quaartz Inc.

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

October 1999 — August 2000 (11 months)
Web Architect

WebTraverse

(Computer Software industry)

1999 — 2000 (1 year)
Web Developer Consultant

Tellem Worldwide

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VIA; Entertainment industry)

1999 — 1999 (less than a year)
Lead Developer - SETI Program Voyages Through Time

NASA

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

January 1998 — December 1998 (1 year)

Brian Kirsch’s Education

San Francisco State University

M.A. , Instructional Technology , 1996 — 1998
San Francisco State University

B.A. , Jazz Performance , 1995 — 1996

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Graduated Magna Cum Laude