MARCUS NEEDHAM

**** * **** **** **** #***-****, Las Vegas, NV 89108

720-***-****

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Professional Experience

Mountain Dynamics Inc., Tucson AZ

President & CEO, 2005-PresentFounded company to create

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ski resort maps and services for handheld GPS receiversCreated database, website, and software processes for map creation,

publication, distribution, and maintenanceCreated and published over 75 US/Canadian resort mapsLicensed and published over 450 European resort mapsLicensed and published snowmobile trail maps of 27 US states as

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GPS ski statistics and tracks serviceEstablished relationships with development partners, resorts, retailers, and GPS manufacturersPrimary tools/formats: PHP, Perl, MySQL, XML, JavaScript, AJAX, CSS, HTML/XHTML,

Garmin MPC, Magellan MSDK,

Authorize.net, GlobalMapper, GPSMapEdit, GPX, KML, DEM, Shapefile, TeleAtlas,

NAVTEQ, Facebook App API, Google Maps API

The River Internet Access Co., Tucson AZ

President, 2004-2005Managed and consummated sale of company to DFW Internet Services, Inc. for $3.34MRetained by DFW to run The River as subsidiary

Co-Founder, VP of Operations, 1995-2004Researched, designed, and implemented all technical aspects of an Internet Service Provider (ISP)Highly skilled in TCP/IP networking, Cisco router configuration, and Linux, BSD/OS, and Windows server environmentsDeveloped database-oriented web sites using ColdFusion, JavaScript, CGI/Perl, VB/ASP, PHP, and HTMLOversaw growth of company to peak annual sales of $5M

Quality America Inc., Tucson AZ

Senior Software Developer, 1990-1999 Wrote SPC-PC IV, the first port of a Statistical Process Control (SPC) application to the Microsoft Windows platformBecame highly skilled in creating Windows applications using C++Wrote Flowcharting/Cause and Effect and Gage Calibration packages, and supervised development of Design of Experiments (DOE) and 7MP packages

CARE Software Technology Ltd., Reading, UK

Analyst-Designer, 1989-1990Led team of programmers implementing car rental fleet management system using Informix-4GL and C under UNIXWorked on teams creating custom software system for a public utility company, and a treasury management system for a major UK bank

Software Sciences Ltd., Farnborough, UK

Applications Programmer, 1987-1989Worked on team creating program information and scheduling system for major UK TV network using Model204 and COBOL on IBM 4381

Education

University of Oxford

B.A. Physics, First Class Honours, 1987

Other InformationMember of the Advisory Boards of,

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Former member of the Telecommunications Infrastructure Sub-Committee (TISC) of the Arizona Governor's Council on Innovation and Technology (GCIT)Interests include skiing, cycling, hiking and backpackingBritish National, with Permanent Resident Alien status

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