Software Design Engineer at Microsoft
Greater Seattle Area
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- Software Design Engineer (Windows Mobile - Online Search) at Microsoft
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- Software Design Engineer (Windows Mobile - Connectivity) at Microsoft
- Software Design Engineer (WPF) at Microsoft
- Lead Client Developer at Action Engine Corporation
- Senior Software Engineer at Lockstream (now Irdeto)
- Software Design Engineer at WatchGuard Technologies
- Software Developer at Computer Associates
- Education
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- Western Washington University
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Darin Dishneau’s Summary
Twelve years of software development experience from Mobile Applications, Digital Rights Management and Internet Security Software. I have worked as a founding developer for an early stage startup and also as a valuable team member for one of the biggest software companies in the world.
I have enjoyed running a highly productive software team as a lead software developer but also excel as an individual contributor in a senior developer role.
My primary speciality is mobile software application developement. Most of my experience has been writing native code for Windows Mobile and the Symbian OS (S60 and UIQ), but I also spend time dabling with application development on the IPhone and Google Android devices.
Darin Dishneau’s Specialties:
Mobile client application development
Symbian software development
Cross-platform development
C/C++/C#
Darin Dishneau’s Experience
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Software Design Engineer (Windows Mobile - Online Search)
Microsoft
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
March 2009 — Present (5 months)
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Software Design Engineer (Windows Mobile - Connectivity)
Microsoft
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
May 2007 — March 2009 (1 year 11 months)
Developing several key applications for the new Connectivity and Phone experience for Windows Mobile Seven.
* The new Bluetooth Control Panel and Pairing wizard supporting the Bluetooth 2.1 spec.
* New Connections Control Panel – An application to intuitively create and connect WiFi and GPRS/CDMA connections.
* SIM Security – Application to manage security of the SIM Card.
* Wireless Manager – Control Panel to manage the device radios.
All applications are developed using native C++ code and the Windows Mobile SDK. -
Software Design Engineer (WPF)
Microsoft
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
July 2005 — May 2007 (1 year 11 months)
* Developed the XPS Serialization and Printing APIs for the .NET 3.0 and 3.5 releases.
* Implemented and managed the security for the XPS Viewer hyperlink navigation for Windows Vista.
* Acted as Technical Lead for XPS serialization runtime performance
* Utilized Visual Studio 2005 and the CLR profiler to increase run time performance by 75% in most of our customer facing scenarios
* Created and maintained several SDK samples & conference labs, and actively participated in the XPS forums. -
Lead Client Developer
Action Engine Corporation
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
December 2003 — July 2005 (1 year 8 months)
* Led a five engineer team developing the “Action ADS Platform”. The Action ADS Platform allows mobile operators and 3rd party developers to easily create, deliver and manage a branded suite of applications on a large number of smart devices efficiently. The Action ADS Platform was developed on Windows Mobile, Symbian (S60/UIQ), Brew and Palm OS.
* Acted as a technical lead for several outsourced development pursuits and performed due diligence for potential acquisitions.
* Responsible for updating, porting and maintaining a popular suite of products (Action Backup, Action Update and Action Lock).
* Assisted the sales team by interfacing with customers in Europe to resolve post-sales issues. -
Senior Software Engineer
Lockstream (now Irdeto)
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2001 — November 2003 (2 years 6 months)
* Developed the “Next Generation” of digital rights management solutions for the mobile market.
* Designed and implemented the top level application programming interface for the Lockstream Client Software Development Kit. The SDK was used by 3rd party developers and OEM partners to integrate DRM into their mobile music and gaming applications.
* Performed as team and technical lead for various projects, managing three to four developers.
* Trained and mentored internal engineers on Symbian OS development.
* Interfaced with customers on site and at trade shows to gather projects requirements. -
Software Design Engineer
WatchGuard Technologies
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
January 1998 — April 2001 (3 years 4 months)
* Successfully led this Internet security company’s team and individual efforts to produce the Watchguard Suite of Internet Security products, which received industry awards for its innovation from PC Magazine, Internet Weeks, Datamation, and SC Magazine.
* Developed three core applications for the Watchguard Suite and updated the feature set across multiple releases.
o Historical Reports –Firewall reporting tool which generated dynamic web firewall reports
o Firebox Monitors – Real time firewall resource metric monitoring
o Host Watch – Real time firewall traffic analyzer -
Software Developer
Computer Associates
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CA; Computer Software industry)
April 1997 — December 1997 (9 months)
Darin Dishneau’s Education
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Western Washington University
BS , Computer Science , September 1994 — June 1997
- Activities and Societies:
- WWU Club Ice Hockey (94-97)
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