Software Engineer Project Management
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Portland, OR *****
****@********.***
linkedin.com/in/rynosoft
MITCHELL J LAURREN-RING
PROFILE
I am a software engineer with over 25 years of varied experience in shipping quality Macintosh software. Comfortable in many product development roles including lead engineer and project management, I am dedicated to excellence and have outstanding verbal and written skills. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Solely responsible for all areas of OS X development on a cross-platform team that included Windows, Linux and server engineers. (Quotient)
• Helped develop an alternative to our NPAPI plugin utilizing web sockets and a loopback server after browser makers began blocking NPAPI plugins. (Quotient)
• Have worked remotely from home with regular California office visits since 2008.
• Chosen as the sole Splash developer to provide warranty-required engineering level support for a product line that dated back to 2001. Worked successfully in this role despite relative unfamiliarity with both the software and the code. (Electronics for Imaging)
• Design and implementation of new features in network kernel extension (NKE), user interface and background components of Safe Eyes for Macintosh, an internet parental control system. (Critical Path Software)
• Design and implementation of full set of OEM–ready CUPS printing software for Lexmark. (Critical Path Software)
• Design and implementation of a Webkit–based article archive viewing engine for MacTech, a popular Macintosh programming journal. (Critical Path Software)
• Supervision and management of a team that shipped the Macintosh software to support a full line of All– In–One devices for Lexmark. (Critical Path Software) EXPERIENCE
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, QUOTIENT TECHNOLOGY (FORMERLY COUPONS.COM), 2011-2017 Responsible for all aspects of the OS X version of a software solution for printing coupons securely from the web. Converted numerous deprecated APIs to modern equivalents including the drawing engine which leveraged Quickdraw. Worked from home and traveled to Mountain View headquarters every 4-6 weeks. SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, 2008-2011 Fixed bugs in drivers, RIP (raster image processor), user interface and remote user interface for Splash RPX-iii, a Macintosh-based software RIP for Xerox color copiers. As a telecommuting employee, was solely responsible for engineering-level support including communicating with worldwide technical support, diagnosing user- reported issues, finding workarounds and providing bug fixes when necessary. SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, CRITICAL PATH SOFTWARE, 1999-2008 Worked with teams of varying sizes to produce commercial quality Macintosh software on a variety of projects. Responsibilities included engineering lead, architecture and design, hardware qualification, localization, project management, build process, installers and coding. Products included internet control for parents, secure printing from a Safari plugin, wireless internet access, consumer level graphics suite, electronic scrapbooking, internet poker client, and printer drivers for twenty models of devices for a major printer manufacturer. SOFTWARE ENGINEER, SPLASH TECHNOLOGY, 1997-1999
Developed a wide format product based on Splash Technology's Macintosh–based PostScript RIP. Major areas of responsibility included color calibration, user interface, device connectivity and color correction. Later worked on the next generation of Splash' color copier RIP including an on–the–fly image color editor and user interface enhancements.
SOFTWARE ENGINEER, LACIE LIMITED, 1996-1997
After doing extensive competitive research and analysis, used PowerPlant and CodeWarrior to design a new user interface for LaCie’s Silverscan scanning software that matched the “platinum” UI of Mac OS 8. SOFTWARE ENGINEER, COLORBUS, INC., 1995-1996
Brought remote access to the Colorbus RIP including designing the client–server protocol, developing a prototype server, coordinating with Windows and Unix engineers and developing the Macintosh network client. SOFTWARE ENGINEER, THE INDUS GROUP, 1993-1995
Performed most of the development on an automated documentation tool that ran on Windows and Macintosh. Later worked on a multi–protocol communications class library and configuration tool for the Macintosh. PROGRAMMER, TECH 7 SYSTEMS, 1991-1993
Hired to assist in customer support and project programming in BASIC. Given many special projects after showing the ability to learn and analyze programs quickly. Often worked independently of supervision. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, SAN DIEGO, CA, 1989-1990
Helped produce content for several computer–based training (CBT) companies using then state-of-the-art audio and video computer hardware technology as well as several authoring environments. EDUCATION
Wartburg College, Waverly, IA Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Philosophy, May 1989 SKILLS
Fluent in C, C++ and Objective-C. Conversant in Javascript, Java, Python, HTML, CSS, Perl, imaging and color science. Very familiar with Xcode, Cocoa, Carbon, Instruments, packaging utilities and other Apple tools. Other tools of the trade include Mercurial, Bash scripting and Terminal. Familiar with agile development and management techniques.
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