iPhone & Java consultant & owner, MirandaCorp.com, Inc.
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
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- iPhone software architect, designer, & developer at MirandaCorp.com, Inc
- Past
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- Software Consultant at Carmichael Lynch
- Java consultant at UnitedHealth Group
- Java consultant at Starkey Labs
- Consultant at Blue Cross
- Consultant at KPMG Consulting
- Java designer/lead/architect at Life Time Fitness
- Java developer & team lead at PwC Consulting
- Lead Developer at EW Blanch
- C++ designer/developer at Medtronic
- Software Consultant at Analysts International
- Education
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- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
- University of California, Irvine - College of Medicine
- State University of New York at Albany
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Lou Miranda’s Summary
By day, I'm an iPhone app developer and Java enterprise consultant with a web site at http://www.mirandacorp.com
By night, I learn and teach the Irish language (Gaeilge) locally and I host http://forums.greann.com
I'm also a photographer and Apple Aperture user and have given seminars on Aperture and had photographs published
Lou Miranda’s Specialties:
iPhone app development, IBM WebSphere, IBM WebSphere Process Server, IBM WebSphere Integration Developer, IBM Rational Tools (ClearCase, ClearQuest), BEA WebLogic, Java, J2EE, Web Services
Lou Miranda’s Experience
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iPhone software architect, designer, & developer
MirandaCorp.com, Inc
(Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2009 — Present (7 months)
Writing iPhone (and iPod Touch) apps in Objective C for sale in Apple's App Store. 2 free apps are currently available (search for "Greann" in the iTunes App Store), with a third one recently submitted. Apps utilized major Cocoa Touch and Unix technologies such as UIKit, StoreKit (in-app purchasing), SQLite, and mapping. Took the Stanford University iPhone Development course (through iTunes U). Wrote unit tests and used tools such as IB (Interface Builder), XCode (GUI editor), debugger, and Instruments tool (such as Leaks for memory leak detection).
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Software Consultant
Carmichael Lynch
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 2008 — May 2009 (9 months)
Worked on Java back end to client's new web site. Agile development project using Mingle to track process & progress. Developed client web services in Java Enterprise Edition.
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Java consultant
UnitedHealth Group
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; UNH; Insurance industry)
October 2005 — June 2006 (9 months)
(Worked at Definity Health subdivision). Designed & developed Java enterprise bus application for routing messages between existing applications. Used BEA WebLogic.
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Java consultant
Starkey Labs
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Medical Devices industry)
2002 — 2003 (1 year )
Helped re-engineer & rewrite Java application for routing hearing aids on assembly line.
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Consultant
Blue Cross
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year )
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Consultant
KPMG Consulting
(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; BE; Management Consulting industry)
July 2000 — January 2001 (7 months)
Developed application in Java using WebLogic Commerce Server.
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Java designer/lead/architect
Life Time Fitness
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LTM; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
October 1999 — June 2000 (9 months)
Convinced company to move from Microsoft Visual Basic to BEA WebLogic and Java development; lead team of developers in WebLogic development pre-J2EE for Member Management System.
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Java developer & team lead
PwC Consulting
(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; PwC; Management Consulting industry)
September 1998 — September 1999 (1 year 1 month)
Worked at Hutchinson Technology implementing WindChill Java application.
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Lead Developer
EW Blanch
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Insurance industry)
1997 — 1998 (1 year )
Lead developer for Visual Basic application. Trained junior developers in object-oriented design & development.
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C++ designer/developer
Medtronic
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MDT; Medical Devices industry)
1994 — 1997 (3 years )
Designed, modeled, and developed C++ modules for user interface for device that controlled medical devices (defibrillators).
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Software Consultant
Analysts International
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1994 — 1995 (1 year )
Lou Miranda’s Education
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The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
M.S. , Molecular Developmental Biology , 1986 — 1993
- Activities and Societies:
- Editor, "GSBS", student newspaper for Graduate School of Biological Sciences
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University of California, Irvine - College of Medicine
Molecular Genetics 1985 — 1986
Transferred to UT Southwestern after 1 year
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State University of New York at Albany
1981 — 1985
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Lou Miranda’s Groups:
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LGBT Professional Network - Global -
Worldwide Vespa Owners -
Gnó le Gaeilge -
Mobile Twin Cities
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