Deric Horn

Current

• Mac OS X Software Evangelist at Apple Computer

Past

• Software Engineer at Apple Computer

Education

• University of California, Santa Barbara

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Industry

Computer Software

Deric Horn’s Summary

Experienced developer who has combined in-depth understanding of technology with business insight to successfully expand adoption of the Mac OS X and iPhone technologies & platform.

Deric Horn’s Specialties:

Mac OS X application development, evangelism, technical product marketing, software development, iPhone & Cocoa application development, and, file systems, 64-bit computing.

Deric Horn’s Experience

• Mac OS X Software Evangelist

  Apple Computer

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AAPL; Computer Software industry)

  April 2006 — Present (2 years 4 months)

  iPhone and Mac OS X Application Technologies Evangelist - I help with the adoption and promotion of key Mac OS X technologies. Much of my responsibilities include coming up to speed quickly on the latest technologies, presenting topics at conferences, to engineering directors, and escalating issues and features within Apple. Primary areas include Mac OS X and iPhone software development, software architecture guidence, Cocoa adoption, animation, resolution independence, 64-bit, file systems...
  
  Manage relationships between Apple engineering and external developers surrounding their technical issues.
  
  Organize US, European and Asian technology events including technical briefings, workshops, and build teams to deliver presentations at Apples World wide developers conference.
  
  
  Work cross functionally with internal Developer Programs to craft outbound key messages and programs for new developers.

• Software Engineer

  Apple Computer

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  July 1992 — April 2006 (13 years 10 months)

Deric Horn’s Education

• University of California, Santa Barbara

  BS, Computer Science, Mathematics, 1987 — 1992

Additional Information

Deric Horn’s Groups:

•    iPhone Developers member

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