Java Developer with a strong interest in consumer electronics and startups
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
- Past
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- Software Engineer (Contract) at Washington Mutual
- Software Engineer at Logictier
- Software Engineer at Marimba
- Software Engineer at Starwave
- Education
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- Univ. of Delaware
- Purdue University
- Purdue University
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- Industry
- Consumer Electronics
- Websites
Carl Haynes’s Summary
User interface developer with a strong interest in making consumer electronics easy to use. Worked on on major platforms including TiVo and Motorola cell phones. Write primarily in Java but many web projects have been PHP. I prefer smaller companies to larger.
Carl Haynes’s Experience
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Software Engineer
Tivo
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; tivo; Consumer Electronics industry)
January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)
Worked on many high profile applications currently live on the TiVo service. These include Universal Swivel Search, TiVoCast, Amazon Unbox, & Music Choice.
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Owner
apps.tv (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Consumer Electronics industry)
2006 — Present (3 years )
apps.tv develops applications that run on the TiVo dvr. We also run a public directory of 3rd party applications for the TiVo.
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Chief Scientist
Kiva.org
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
March 2006 — January 2007 (11 months)
Lived and worked in Uganda while re-writing much of the kiva application to have a more sustainable MVC structure. Written in PHP with MySQL.
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Software Engineer
TiVo. inc
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; TIVO; Computer Software industry)
November 2004 — March 2006 (1 year 5 months)
Helped launch the HME platform. Wrote many of the original applications (still running) for the tivo service. Wrote SameGame and Wordsmith games.
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Software Engineer
Motorola
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MOTO; Computer Software industry)
April 2004 — November 2004 (8 months)
Worked on the user interface platform for Motorola's next generation phones. Coordinated effort with teams working in China and Brazil. Wrote many of the widgets for the platform.
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Software Engineer (Contract)
Washington Mutual
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WM; Banking industry)
June 2003 — April 2004 (11 months)
Worked on project to coordinate the rollout of software updates across all of Washington Mutual's computers. Primarily written in PHP and MySql.
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Software Engineer
Logictier
(Computer Software industry)
April 2000 — May 2001 (1 year 2 months)
Worked on front end of customer portal detailing stats and other info. Logictier was an ISP designed for high use sites (one customer was the Salt Lake Olympics)
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Software Engineer
Marimba
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
September 1996 — April 2000 (3 years 8 months)
Primarily responsible for the user interface for Marimba's flagship end-user product, the Castanet Tuner.
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Software Engineer
Starwave
(Computer Software industry)
August 1995 — September 1996 (1 year 2 months)
Worked on espn.com, outside.com, mrshowbiz.com, family.com and many other sites under the starwave umbrella. First engineer hired to write java applets.
