Hal Mueller

Current

part-time instructor (Mac programming) at University of Washington
software entrepeneur/indie developer at Mobile Geographics, Seattle, Washington

Past

Scientific Programmer/Ecological Modeler at US EPA Lab (contractor), Corvallis, OR
Ecological Modeler at Texas Agricultural Experiment Station/Texas A&M University
Research Programmer at US Naval Research Laboratory (contractor)

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Education

University of Rochester

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Industry

Computer Software

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Hal Mueller’s Summary

Independent Mac and iPhone developer with experience in mobile platforms and scientific computing.

Expertise in mapping, navigation, GIS, remote sensing, and simulation. Great GUI and visualization design sense. Shipped multiple apps for handheld, Mac OS X, and web. Excellent presentation skills. Experienced in business, marketing, and technical areas.

Hal Mueller’s Specialties:

Platforms: Mac OS X, iPhone.
Languages: Objective-C/Cocoa, OpenGL, PHP, MySQL, C, Fortran, Lisp, Perl, Mathematica.

Hal Mueller’s Experience

part-time instructor (Mac programming)

University of Washington

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

March 2009 — Present (10 months)

Advisory Board member, and instructor for the first of a 3-course certificate program in Mac/iPhone programming using Cocoa. Designed curriculum, vetted instructors, publicized program, screened applicants. Will teach beginning in September.
software entrepeneur/indie developer

Mobile Geographics, Seattle, Washington

(Computer Software industry)

December 1998 — Present (11 years 1 month)

Navigation and maritime apps for web, Mac OS, and handhelds.

Products: MapTap map tool for iPhone. SkunkTracker AIS tool for Mac OS X; sailwx.info web-based worldwide ship tracking; CelestNav navigation calculator for PalmOS; MapTap Atlas for PalmOS; IQBooster utility for Garmin PalmOS devices.
Scientific Programmer/Ecological Modeler

US EPA Lab (contractor), Corvallis, OR

(Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Research industry)

April 1995 — September 1998 (3 years 6 months)

Wrote and maintained software simulations for global climate change scenarios. Created visualizations of simulation results. Managed GIS databases, software, and simulation production runs.
Ecological Modeler

Texas Agricultural Experiment Station/Texas A&M University

(Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)

May 1989 — September 1994 (5 years 5 months)

Led development of object-oriented ecological modeling environment. Trained visiting scientists in applications of system. Trained GIS technicians, directed geo-database design and creation. Sysadmin for mixed network of Sun, Apple, and Microsoft workstations.
Research Programmer

US Naval Research Laboratory (contractor)

(Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Military industry)

June 1985 — January 1989 (3 years 8 months)

Wrote supercomputer simulation of imaging radar. Developed visualizations for simulations and other research results. Implemented image processing algorithms. Supervised 6-10 contract programmers and technicians.

Hal Mueller’s Education

University of Rochester

Mathematics

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Hal Mueller’s Interests:

geographic visualization, cartography, navigation, scientific computation and simulations, GIS, AIS, traditional music and dance, tall ships, sailing, beekeeping, aviation, ham radio