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Peter Vanags
2340 Cambridge Avenue
Cardiff by the Sea, CA 92007
tel: 970-***-****
abpbdl@r.postjobfree.com
I am a software architect and software engineer, user experience and user interface designer with over 22 years of technology and design experience on a broad range of software, network, server and mobile device platforms.
Most recently, I have been working as a Senior Developer creating Android, GoogleTV and iOS applications and SDKs for video/audio streaming over home networks between DLNA connected devices.
I am seeking a technical leadership position where I can use my broad technology, consulting, engineering and design experience to lead software teams to successful product releases.
PROJECT SKILLS
Software and Systems Architect: SDKs and software frameworks, mobile and desktop application, server, network and systems architectures.
Software Engineer: mobile, desktop and web based application development, with a special emphasis on user interface engineering.
User Experience Designer: needs and task analyses, hardware and software prototyping, usability testing, documentation and specifications.
User Interface Designer: conceptual design, graphic design, art direction, illustration, mockups, final production art.
EMPLOYMENT
PacketVideo, Inc., San Diego, CA
Senior Member of Technical Staff
2008-present
Senior developer responsible for software architecture, mobile app engineering, SDK and framework APIs for DLNA multimedia home networking.
Over four and a half years, was a principal contributor on nearly a dozen successful product, mobile application, and SDK deployments to global wireless carriers, CE product manufacturers and consumers, including the product line of multi-platform media sharing and streaming applications and the DLNA applications on the GoogleTV appliance.
Deployment platforms included iOS, Android / GoogleTV, Windows, Windows Mobile, Brew, Symbian, and Linux. Languages included Java, Objective-C, C++, C, SQL, and Flash / ActionScript / Flex.
Dakar Technology Inc., Carlsbad, CA
Product Designer
2007
Responsible for a broad range of product design and implementation tasks including overall user experience, hardware and software user interface design, industrial design, hardware specification, software architecture, hardware and software prototyping, market research and more.
U dot I, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Senior Human Interface Architect
1994-95
Senior designer and consultant to U dot I's clients (included in Consulting Clients list). Actively participated in ACM SigCHI conferences, workshops, and ACM research papers.
Arnowitz Studios, Mill Valley, CA
Interface Designer and Programmer
1990-94
Lead user interface designer for the Studio's early groundbreaking multimedia projects, kiosks, and commercial CD-ROMs. Sole programmer or member of the programming team for many of these products.
Clement Mok Designs, San Francisco, CA
Designer and Programmer
1989-1990
Designer and programmer for Apple CD-ROM publications, people finder kiosks for the TED conference, and other early-era multimedia projects.
COMPANIES OWNED
Electronic Ink, Cardiff by the Sea, CA Owner 1988-present
Electronic Ink has been my consulting and software publishing business for most of my professional life. The company started as a graphic design, illustration and digital prepress consulting firm. Over the past 24 years, the business has taken on diverse projects in graphic design, digital pre-press, exhibit design, interactive CD-ROM production and more. Electronic Ink's current software projects include publishing a suite of Xtras for Macromedia Director. http://www.printomatic.com
Thin Air Software Company LLC, Crested Butte, CO Owner 1997-2005
Thin Air is a web technology design and development company that I founded in 1997, ran for 7 years, then handed off to new owners in 2005. Thin Air's primary business is to build and host client web sites based around a proprietary suite of web application frameworks, components and services. All of Thin Air's technologies were designed and developed by me. http://www.thinairweb.com
CONSULTING CLIENTS
Full Swing Golf, Inc., Rancho Bernardo, CA
2007-2010
Software consultant to Full Swing's Research and Development group. Responsible for architecture and integration of the company's next generation real-time 3D golf simulator product prototype, including plugin design and development, proof-of-concept testing, debugging, UI and display architecture, DirectX integration and frame rate optimization. http://www.fullswinggolf.com
3VR Corporation, San Francisco, CA
2006-07
User Interface Designer and Programmer, responsible for designing and programming UI styles, skins and widgets for the next generation of 3VR's product user interface. Created widget designs and mockups, then implemented them as a collection of finished C#/.NET base classes. http://www.3vr.com
Visto Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA
2006-07
User Experience contractor, responsible for product design, interface design, software architecture and web application engineering for Visto Mobile: a new web based, consumer oriented product offering from Visto.
Document Express, San Diego, CA
1998-present
User interface and software engineering consultant for the Document Express email and contact management product. Designed both Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X versions of the product's user interface and desktop icon family, and assisted the company in refining the product s feature list and shaping its functionality.
Organic, Inc., New York, NY and San Francisco, CA
1998
Special project assisting the Organic executive team in the selection of an enterprise project management system. Needs and task analyses, on-line user surveys, final white paper report.
Intervista Software, San Francisco, CA
1997
Windows human interface and application programmer (C++/MFC/Java) for 3D VRML editing tool.
The HyperMedia Group, Emeryville, CA
1996-97
Software architect and lead programmer for a series of K-6 classroom learning tools on 12 CD-ROMs, published by Simon & Schuster.
Apple Computer, Cupertino, CA
1990-1996
A wide range of projects for many internal clients, including trade show exhibit design, CD-ROM design and development, human interface design, knowledge navigation design for Apple's programmer technical documentation, and other consulting.
Paramount/Viacom, New York, NY and Mountain View, CA
1994-95
Human interface design, system specification, and video prototyping for interactive television pilot project at The Paramount Media Kitchen and Viacom New York.
Ex Machina, Inc., New York, New York
1995
Human interface design and specification and software engineering for Ex Machina's entire wireless messaging product line.
Northern Telecom, Mountain View, CA
1994
Human interface design, artwork, specification and style guide for network management tools.
Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
1994
Design for an interactive geology kiosk in Gem & Mineral Hall.
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SKILLS
Language/Environment Proficiency Years
Java / Android app development expert 4
iOS / Objective-C app development advanced 1
Object-oriented software architecture, SDKs & frameworks expert 22
C++ programming expert 22
Macintosh OS X application programming expert 9
Windows Win32 programming expert 15
Adobe Director / OO Lingo programming expert 20
Adobe Director Xtras development (Mac/Win) expert 18
WEB DEVELOPMENT SKILLS
Language/Environment Proficiency Years
Web Application architectures (ASP / JSP / PHP / ColdFusion / MySQL / MSSQL / etc.) expert 15
DHTML / Ajax / XML / Web 2.0 authoring expert 8
HTML / JavaScript / CSS authoring expert 15
Adobe Flash Authoring / ActionScript programming advanced 7
Adobe Flex / ActionScript programming advanced 3
ColdFusion / CFML programming expert 15
SQL / MySQL / MSSQL programming expert 15
AWARDS
2009 CES Innovations Award: Design & Engineering Showcase Honors (TwonkyMedia Manager)
Silver Apple Award from the National Educational Media Network (AstroWord)
International and Regional Gold CINDY Awards from the International Association of Audio Visual Communications (AstroWord)
Gold World Medal, New York Festival's Sixth Annual Interactive Multimedia Awards Competition (AstroWord)
Three education products chosen by the US Library of Congress as pioneering examples of multimedia learning for its permanent Interactive Media collection in Washington DC. (St. Louis Zoo, Computer Dimensions, The Animals!)
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley, CA
1987-88
NBA/ARCO Merit Scholarship Recipient
1987
National Merit Scholarship Finalist
1987
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Peter Vanags • 2340 Cambridge Ave • Cardiff by the Sea, CA 92007 • Tel: 970-***-****