
Senior software designer and programmer
San Francisco Bay Area

Senior software designer and programmer
San Francisco Bay Area
Since 1996, I have been a professional software developer. With strong practical experience in architecture and programming, I have created mission critical distributed systems for many major San Francisco and Silicon Valley corporations.
Some of the clients I have created software for are: Xerox Parc, Marcus & Millichap, NUMMI, San Francisco 49ers, HOK, EQE International, KLA Tencor, Bentley Engineering, State Fund, Edgar Dunn & Company, 501c Services, McCarthy Construction, Baker Places, Action Cellular, Gung-Ho, and Kardin Systems
I focus on creatively helping users, by using open source technologies, proper testing, and agile development practices to create database enabled web applications, network software, system software, and client server applications on the UNIX platform.
Ruby and Ruby on Rails
Java and Java EE
OOP and design patterns
SQL and proper database design
MySQL and SQL Server
Web standards, including XHTML/HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, AJAX, RSS, and web services
UNIX platform, especially OS X and Linux
Unit testing, test driven development (TDD), and continuous integration
A developed style and experience with proper visual design, including experience with both Photoshop and Illustrator
Design and creation of all sorts, traveling, running, long chats about obscure topics, writing, literature, and an unnatural interest in programming language design
Digie Award for my design of a custom desktop publishing application in 2004