Comprehensive Project List

ACIUS (1987-1990):

  • Employee #4, Served as a Technical Support Engineer

  • Worked on 4th Dimension, an integrated multi-user relational database development environment

  • Collaborated with Guy Kawasaki on MiniFans, a personal contact management system

  • Provided telephone and email technical support to the worldwide community of 4D Developers

  • Wrote numerous technical notes, created sample applications, and presented sessions at annual developer's conferences

  • Worked closely with high-profile customers on solving particularly challenging application development issues

  • Envisioned, designed, and developed Skeleton, first developer framework for rapidly building database applications

  • Designed and created Fans from scratch (using 4th Dimension), our internal CRM that ran the entire company (Customer, Orders, Invoices, Phone Call log, Customer history, etc)

Apple Computer (1990-1992):

  • Modified the Apple University Registration System for online class registration

  • Adapted a database application to interface with a HyperCard-based enrollment system for Developer University

Rae Technology (1992-1996):

  • Co-founded the company and served as VP Products

  • Designed and developed Rae Assist, a free-form personal information manager for handheld tablet computing devices

  • Led the development team and served as the primary architect for the object-based application framework

Various Consulting Projects (1995-2002):

  • Haley Associates: Provided network administration and application support, converted a Macintosh database application to Windows 95

  • Amgen Inc.: Architected a multi-user meeting planning and trade show management system

  • Co-op Technology: Designed and implemented a multi-user database for managing co-op advertising claims

  • Shaman Corporation: Developed cross-platform routines for publishing dynamic HTML data

  • Lockheed Martin: Resolved network performance issues and added custom features to existing databases

  • Netscape Communications: Developed a custom database application for Netscape Technical Education

  • Landor Associates: Developed a custom database for managing client information and corporate assets

  • Storm & Company: Designed and implemented a multi-user database application for executive recruitment service

  • University of California, Berkeley: Designed and implemented a multi-user database application for tracking departmental budgets

  • California Endocurietherapy Cancer Center: Designed and implemented a database application for gathering cancer patient information

Garage Technology Ventures (1997-2003):

  • Designed and developed a hybrid web-based database application for gathering and publishing information about entrepreneurs and investors

  • Implemented a custom in-house multi-user CRM application with web and desktop interfaces

Apple - PowerSchool Division (2003-2004):

  • Designed and implemented key features for the PowerSchool Student Information System, including:

    • Year-end processing algorithm

    • Attendance management system

    • Object-oriented data caching mechanisms

Cisco (2005-2008):

  • Designed and implemented an internal Business Continuity Plan document management system

  • Designed and led the development of a web-based dashboard for Manufacturing Crisis Management

Phoenix Technologies, Inc. (2008-2009):

  • Created sketches, wireframes, user flows, and interactions for HyperSpace, a Linux-based consumer virtualization product

  • Designed and developed user experience flow for Windows-based installer

WebEx, Inc. (2008):

  • Provided interaction and user experience design for the Small Business Platform initiative

MightyDB, Inc. (2007-2009):

  • Developed product requirement documents, functional specifications, wireframes, and mockups for a web-based graphical database management system

eBay Marketplaces: Motors (2011-2014):

  • Led design for eBay Motors Parts & Accessories and Vehicles

  • Designed significant features including:

    • Motors home page

    • Sell-your-item (SYI) process

    • SEMA iPad app

    • Tire Finder

    • uShip integration with vehicles buy flow

    • BID-BIN-BO (bid, buy-it-now, best offer) redesign

    • Template redesign for Parts Center vendors

  • Conceived and designed eBay Garage, a community platform for automotive enthusiasts

Apple - Marcom Interactive (2015-2022):

  • Led design for an internal content management system (CMS) for publishing Apple product content globally

  • Designed custom utilities for content delivery pipeline on apple.com

  • Led design for the Retail Sales Tool project, a web application to manage Apple's physical stores

Apple - World Wide Sales Finance (2023-present):

  • Lead Application Designer for internal data warehouse application

  • Redesigned and modernized a legacy desktop application into a web application for processing and analyzing sell-through, inventory, and transfer data from Apple's retail sales partners