Joe Nuxoll

Current

Director of User Experience (contract) at LifeLock
Interaction / Visual Designer (contract) at High Gear Media
Director of Photography, Technical Advisor at Center Line Soccer

Co-Host at The Java Posse (podcast)
Race Driving Instructor at TrackMasters Racing

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Past

Director of User Experience at Navigenics
Software Architect & UI Engineering Manager at Apple, Inc.
Senior Staff Engineer, Product Architect, Java Spec Lead at Sun Microsystems

CBuilderX Product Architect, Strategy Consultant at Borland Software Corporation
Chief Software Architect, Director of Platform Technology at Voxeo Corporation
Chief Technology Officer, Founder at Ready2Build.com
Staff Engineer, JBuilder Product Architect at Borland Software Corporation

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Education

Santa Clara University

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Industry

Computer Software

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Joe Nuxoll’s Summary

I bring a unique mix of extensive technical knowledge, user interface design expertise, great communication skills, and a strong understanding of business objectives. I have a deep passion for both great user interface design and engineering. I have been involved in design, technology, and business throughout my professional history - covering a wide range from designing, architecting, and coding complex commercial software to meeting with executives, investors, and the press. I have run engineering and product design for small companies, and have been a key contributor for much larger organizations. I have excellent communication skills, and am perfectly comfortable speaking in front of small crowds as well as extremely large ones.

I have shipped over 30 global commercial software products as an architect, designer, or key technology driver. Some highlights include Navigenics Health Compass, Annual Insight, and Physician Portal, the Apple Online Store, Sun Java Studio Creator, Borland JBuilder, Borland CBuilderX, Voxeo Designer, the JavaBeans Component Library (JBCL), and Borland Paradox for Windows. I am also a highly regarded industry speaker in the field of Java and internet technologies, and regularly speak at major software conferences around the world. I co-host the Java Posse, the #1 ranked Java technology podcast. I also serve on a few conference advisory boards including JavaOne.

Aside from the hustle and bustle of the software engineering career, I enjoy racing cars, instructing new race car drivers, and taking lots of photographs of pro soccer and nature.

Serious inquiries can be sent to joe at nuxoll dot org.

Joe Nuxoll’s Specialties:

User interface design/direction, software design/architecture, engineering/creative management, race driving, photography

Joe Nuxoll’s Experience

Director of User Experience (contract)

LifeLock

(Privately Held; Consumer Services industry)

July 2009 — Present (5 months)

LifeLock provides an identity theft protection service. I am consulting as a Director of User Experience.
Interaction / Visual Designer (contract)

High Gear Media

(Online Media industry)

April 2009 — Present (8 months)

High Gear Media operates a fleet of automotive websites, which I get to help design.
Director of Photography, Technical Advisor

Center Line Soccer

(Online Media industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

As the Director of Photography and Technical Advisor for Center Line Soccer, I am on the field of every San Jose Earthquakes soccer game taking pictures for the site. This is a part-time volunteer position, as my love of soccer and a field access pass is my only needed payment for this position. :-)
Co-Host

The Java Posse (podcast)

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)

January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

The Java Posse is a popular weekly podcast covering Java news and interviews with folks from the Java industry. It is hosted by Dick Wall, Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, and myself. See http://javaposse.com for more information.
Race Driving Instructor

TrackMasters Racing

(Automotive industry)

January 1996 — Present (13 years 11 months)

Aside from the professional work in software, my real passion is driving high performance race cars. I instruct new drivers (and some more advanced ones) on high performance driving on California race tracks such as Laguna Seca, Infineon Raceway, and Thunderhill. This is a part-time voluntary position, as I am paid for my services with free track time in my own race car.
Director of User Experience

Navigenics

(Privately Held; Biotechnology industry)

February 2008 — March 2009 (1 year 2 months)

Responsible for the all product and website design for Navigenics. Managed and directed a team of interaction and visual designers as well as external design firms. Extensive use of Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and Graffle. Launched a complete redesign of the Navigenics website and services.

Shipping products:

Navigenics Health Compass
Navigenics Annual Insight
Navigenics Physician Portal
Software Architect & UI Engineering Manager

Apple, Inc.

(Computer Software industry)

December 2005 — February 2008 (2 years 3 months)

Manager and architect of the front-end UI engineering group for the Apple online store. Responsible for all HTML, CSS, and JavaScript on the store.apple.com web site. Provided many creative prototypes and interaction concepts that found their way into the #1 online retail store in the world.

Apple Online Store design awards:

Consumer Reports #1 (online electronics retailer / manufacturer)
.net Webzine Awards 2007: Best Site Redesign
Senior Staff Engineer, Product Architect, Java Spec Lead

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2003 — December 2005 (2 years 8 months)

Architect of Sun Java Studio Creator (WYSIWYG web application development tool). Architect of Sun Data Provider API (component-based data connectivity API). Member of Java Ease-Of-Development panel: review Java APIs for simplicity. Submitter / Specification Lead for JSR-273: The Design-Time API for JavaBeans.

Shipping products and APIs:

Sun Java Studio Creator 1.0
Sun Java Studio Creator 2.0 Early Access
Sun Java Studio Creator Design-Time API
Sun Java Web UI Components
Sun Data Provider API
CBuilderX Product Architect, Strategy Consultant

Borland Software Corporation

(Public Company; BORL; Computer Software industry)

August 2002 — May 2003 (10 months)

Second stint at Borland.

Architect of CBuilderX (cross-platform C++ development tool). Initially a 2-week consulting gig to produce a prototype. New product line direct result of market strategy analysis (June 2002).

Shipping products:

Borland CBuilderX 1.0
Chief Software Architect, Director of Platform Technology

Voxeo Corporation

(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

October 2000 — May 2002 (1 year 8 months)

Responsible for software platform and tools. Responsible for developer programs and initiatives. Architect of voice application development tools. Architect of network provisioning API. Participated in W3C standards working group for CCXML (Call Control XML). Served as CTO for a period, as well as Director of Business Development. Presented to VCs, press, and analysts.

Shipping products and APIs:

Voxeo Voice Network
Voxeo Designer 1.5
Voxeo Designer 2.0
Voxeo Designer 2.1
Voxeo Web Services 1.0
Voxeo Application Insight 1.0
Chief Technology Officer, Founder

Ready2Build.com

(Computer Software industry)

September 1999 — October 2000 (1 year 2 months)

Raised $1.5 million in private funding. Grew team to 13 employees including engineering, editorial, and domain experts. Responsible for designing and building the site. Managed external design consulting firm. Completed a fully functional home improvement consumer web solution. Converted to a fully functional ASP-model co-branded technology solution.
Staff Engineer, JBuilder Product Architect

Borland Software Corporation

(Public Company; BORL; Computer Software industry)

August 1993 — September 1999 (6 years 2 months)

Architect of JBuilder (market leading Java development tool). Primary focus on user interface and the OpenTools APIs. Architect of JBCL (Java Beans Component Library) and dbSwing Component Library. Primary JavaSoft (Sun) technical representative for Borland. Received the R&D "Fire-Breather" award for technical excellence. 2-time winner of the Java SuperBowl at SD-West Conference 1998, 1999. 2-time judge of the Java SuperBowl at SD-East/West Conferences 1998-East, 2000-West.

Prior to JBuilder: Lead engineer of internet technology in Paradox for Windows 95 and Windows NT. Created an HTML based template language which was a predecessor to JSP. Lead engineer for the Paradox Experts framework. Responsible for most major UI areas of Paradox for Windows codebase, all in C/C++.

Received the "High-Impact Excellence Award" for extraordinary technical contributions. Received the "Good-Humor Award" for making the work environment a fun place.

Shipping products (JBuilder):

Borland JBuilder 1.0
Java Beans Component Library 1.0 (JBCL 1.0)
Borland JBuilder 1.01 (1.5 feature set)
Borland JBuilder 2.0
Java Beans Component Library 2.0 (JBCL 2.0)
dbSwing Component Library 1.0 (JBCL re-implemented on Swing)
Borland JBuilder 3.0
Borland JBuilder Foundation (completely re-architected and implemented in Java)
Borland JBuilder3.5 for Windows, Solaris, Linux, Mac OS X

Shipping products (Paradox):

Borland Paradox 7 for Windows 95/NT
Borland Paradox 7 for Windows 3.1/Workgroups
Borland Paradox 7.5 (sold to Corel Corp. and shipped as Corel Paradox 8)
Borland Paradox for Windows 4.5
Borland Paradox for Windows 5.0

Joe Nuxoll’s Education

Santa Clara University

BS , Engineering Physics, Electronics , 1993

Activities and Societies:

Advertising Chair, Lead Artist - Associated Student Body

President, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

Volunteer Teacher, NASA's Aeronautic Experience (Space Camp)

Volunteer Teacher, Young Astronaut Program, Toyon Elementary School