Sacramento, California Area
- Current
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- Application Architect at Lighting Science Group Corporation
- President & CEO at Exodus Development, Inc.
- Past
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- Sr. Software Engineer at Mirra
- Chief Windows Architect at Talkway Communications
- Consultant at Sinia
- Contract Sr. Software Engineer at ViLink division of PMSC
- Sr. Software Engineer at Wayfarer Communications
- Sr. Software Engineer at Electronic Arts
- Sr. Software Engineer/Assistant Manager at Marketing Resources Plus
- Software Engineer at Optimized Systems Software
- Software Engineer at Ross Systems, Inc.
- Software Engineer at DataTrak (Formerly Diversified Electronics)
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Michael Curry’s Summary
Michael Curry’s Specialties:
GUI development, fat- and thin-client design and implementation.
COM, ActiveX, .Net, Win32 hacking, plug-in extensibility frameworks.
Web tech like ASP, ASP.Net, PHP, Javascript; CMS systems such as Drupal, scripting.
Michael Curry’s Experience
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Application Architect
Lighting Science Group Corporation
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; LSCG; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
June 2007 — Present (1 year)
"Windows Application Development Wizard." Mainly, Improving existing Windows desktop applications and services, and architect for the next generation of desktop applications. I work with a wide variety of internal customers to ensure constant improvement in application quality and performance. I mentor other engineers in software development methodologies other techniques to improve software quality. And more...
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President & CEO
Exodus Development, Inc.
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1998 — Present (10 years 5 months)
Exodus Development, Inc. provides software engineering consulting services to a variety of clients.
Creating web-based community sites: co-founded roadcarvin.com and other sites. See http://exodusdev.com for more information. -
Sr. Software Engineer
Mirra
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Hardware industry)
March 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 6 months)
I created and enhanced Win32 GUI and client components in C++, C#, DotNet, etc.
Worked with the embedded system team to enhance overall system performance and reliability.
Worked with SQE and support teams to improve overall productivity and help educate staff on the nuances of Win32 system configuration, problem diagnosis, and repair. -
Chief Windows Architect
Talkway Communications
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 2002 — September 2003 (1 year 8 months)
Responsible for design and development of VMailTalk messaging technologies on Win32 platforms. Customers using VMailTalk include AT&T WorldNet, British Telecom Openworld, BigGlobe (NEC), @nifty, and Club Internet.
Specialty areas include user interface design and object-oriented plug-in class framework for extending user interface and functionality in third party email and messaging client products, specifically tight integration of video email authoring functionality within Outlook Express, AOL 7/8/9, Netscape Messenger, and other software lacking native extensibility.
Other highlights include design and implementation of DirectShow-based media transcoding framework that greatly expanded VMailTalk capabilities to include importation of
nearly any digital camera video clip, and video scaling filters as part of the transcoding framework. -
Consultant
Sinia
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2000 — June 2000 (6 months)
Designed and implemented a remote admin console using Java, with a little help from expect and sudo
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Contract Sr. Software Engineer
ViLink division of PMSC
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 1997 — October 1998 (1 year 2 months)
Design and implementation of user interface enhancements to web and client applications, which were a part of ViLink's Electronic Commerce Platform, an ISO-9000 certified product.
Highlights include: Participation in numerous release cycles, including design, documentation, development, and testing. Responsible for document management, user rights
management, and publishing application, including design and implementation of user interface enhancements. Improved user interface reliability and usability. Designed and implemented Java Servlet-based document cache viewing system, allowing web-based browsing of proprietary document cache contents. -
Sr. Software Engineer
Wayfarer Communications
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 1995 — September 1997 (2 years 1 month)
Design, implementation, and maintenance of: File transfer protocols. Automatic client application versioning, update and installation capabilities. Client and server side file cache management. Scrolling ticker engine. INCISA Desktop Client user interface elements. Self extracting installer customization system, providing the ability to tailor the appearance of the INCISA desktop installer.
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Sr. Software Engineer
Electronic Arts
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; erts; Computer Software industry)
July 1991 — July 1994 (3 years 1 month)
Lead engineer on PGA TOUR Golf for Windows and other entertainment titles. Team lead. Technical Director. Gadfly.
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Sr. Software Engineer/Assistant Manager
Marketing Resources Plus
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 1987 — July 1991 (4 years 2 months)
PC based advertising management software under MS-DOS, Windows 1.03 and 2.x, C/C++
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Software Engineer
Optimized Systems Software
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 1986 — May 1987 (11 months)
Development tools, utilities for Atari ST (Motorola 68k based system running DR GEM GUI)
Wrote documentation, assisted with product support. -
Software Engineer
Ross Systems, Inc.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 1983 — June 1986 (2 years 9 months)
Enhancements and maintenance to financial software on DEC PDP-11 systems
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Software Engineer
DataTrak (Formerly Diversified Electronics)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1981 — September 1983 (2 years 9 months)
Enhancement and maintenance of construction planning, estimating, and payroll software.
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