Instigator
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Instigator at TribalBrands, Inc
- Past
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- Senior Audio Software Engineer, iPod at Apple, Inc
- Systems Architect at Danger, Inc
- Senior Mobile Games Designer at Danger, Inc
- Senior Audio Software Architect at Danger, Inc
- Director of Audio Technologies at Beatnik, Inc
- Owner, Software Architect at Igor's Software Laboratories
- Software Engineer at GO Corp
- Software Engineer at Broderbund Software
- Software Game Designer/Engineer at Synapse Software
- Software Game Designer/Engineer at Starpath, Inc
- Education
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- Las Positas College
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Steve Hales’s Summary
25 years in software. Ranging from early console video game systems, to graphics, and audio. Currently working starting a new studio to build games for mobile devices. See my portfolio for more details.
Steve Hales’s Specialties:
Embedded audio software. Small scale interactive games. Integration of music into consumer products, IP rights around codecs. Media technologies.
Steve Hales’s Experience
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Instigator
TribalBrands, Inc
(Privately Held; Entertainment industry)
October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
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Senior Audio Software Engineer, iPod
Apple, Inc
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; aapl; Consumer Electronics industry)
July 2007 — September 2007 (3 months)
Consulting on various audio technologies.
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Systems Architect
Danger, Inc
(Wireless industry)
August 2006 — July 2007 (1 year )
Contributed to the media architecture to support video.
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Senior Mobile Games Designer
Danger, Inc
(Wireless industry)
March 2005 — August 2006 (1 year 6 months)
Managed a team of 4, plus one outside contractor to develop 5 games in one year for the newly created Danger Catalog.
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Senior Audio Software Architect
Danger, Inc
(Wireless industry)
July 2001 — June 2005 (4 years )
Designed the 1.0 - 3.0 audio architecture for the Danger OS. Mentored 2 replacements.
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Director of Audio Technologies
Beatnik, Inc
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 1996 — June 2001 (4 years 9 months)
Designed the Beatnik Audio Engine architecture, managed a small team, and oversaw the deployment of this technology into web browsers, JavaSound, embedded devices, and mobile phones. Over 200 million copies deployed worldwide.
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Owner, Software Architect
Igor's Software Laboratories
(Computer Software industry)
October 1995 — October 1996 (1 year 1 month)
Designed the SoundMusicSys architecture with Jim Nitchals, and was the first to deploy a MIDI synthesizer that didn't use dedicated hardware. Was bought by Beatnik, Inc to bring it to a wider audience.
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Software Engineer
GO Corp
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1987 — August 1987 (8 months)
Graphics sub system engineer.
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Software Engineer
Broderbund Software
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1986 — January 1987 (1 year 1 month)
Did a complete redesign of Fantavision for the Amiga.
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Software Game Designer/Engineer
Synapse Software
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 1982 — August 1985 (3 years 6 months)
Design, coded software titles: Slime, Fort Apocalypse, Dimension X, Mindwheel, SynAssembler, music tools, copy protection.
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Software Game Designer/Engineer
Starpath, Inc
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
May 1981 — February 1982 (10 months)
Reverse engineered the Atari 2600, wrote one of the launch titles, Suicide Mission for the Starpath Supercharger.
All done in 6502 assembly.
Steve Hales’s Education
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Las Positas College
Computer Science 1979 — 1981
I started in my junior year of high school.
Additional Information
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Steve Hales’s Interests:
international travel, software engineering, biking, game theory, people, creative process, music, politik, and oranges. :)
Steve Hales’s Groups:
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Broderbund Alumni -
Danger Alumni
Steve Hales’s Contact Settings
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- career opportunities
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- new ventures
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