Resume for Brent Eric Wood

BRENT ERIC WOOD

365 W. Charleston Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94306

415.424.1336 (H)
415.999.6204 (CELL)
415.424.1336 (FAX)

Email: brentw@best.com

5 Years of MS Windows Programming (7 Total Years Industry Experience), Strong in MFC, Visual C++, Object Oriented Design and Analysis, User interface Development
MS Windows (3.1x, Windows 95, and NT) Software Development in C++, C, Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC 2.5, 3.0), OLE Custom Controls, Visual C++, Borland C++, Visual Basic, and MS Access
Development of World Class User-Interfaces
Development of Commercial Shrink-Wrapped Software
Object-Oriented Application Architecture, Design, and Implementation
Project Management, Staffing, Scheduling, Setting Milestones, Shipping on Time
Excellent Communication Skills, Creative Open Mind, Positive Attitude

illumina, Palo Alto, CA (January 1992 - Present)
President and Senior Software Designer
Founded and funded a consulting group specializing in MS Windows and DOS development. Responsible for specifications, schedules, prototypes, staffing, detailed designs and implementation. Have successfully managed and/or led many small to medium-sized projects. Have consistently delivered software on time and on budget.

Rae Technology, Inc. Woodside, CA (May 1995 - Present)
Principal Windows Interface Designer and Architect
Rae is currently developing a home-banking product for Wells Fargo. I am solely responsible for architecting and developing the world-class user interface components that Rae is using for prototyping. All of the components are being developed with MFC, and Visual C++.

Eloquent, Inc. San Francisco, CA (February 1995 - Present)
Senior Windows Interface Designer and Consultant
Developing a multi-media user-interface for a video on demand service. Using Visual C++, MFC, and Video for Windows. The application is a full OLE 2.0 Server capable of in-place-activation. Application integrates seemlessly into Netscape's World-Wide Web browser. Responsible for aesthetics and ergonomics of the user-interface. Eloquent is a start-up company, so many of the details are confidential.

Tandem Computers Corporation, Cupertino, CA (March 1995 -Present)
Senior Windows Interface Architect and Consultant
Currently architecting and prototyping Tandem's new information delivery system. Development tools include OLE 2.0, Internet Protocols (WWW via HTTP), Windows Sockets, Visual C++, MFC 2.0-3.0, the Adobe Acrobat viewer (via OLE automation), and Verity's Development Kit as a search engine. Application uses the World Wide Web and CD ROM as PDF document repositories. HTTP protocols are used as the transport mechanism. Responsible for internal code architecture, user interface design, human factors analysis, and implementation.

SoftKey International, Cambridge, MA (February 1993 - Present)
Seniors Windows Consultant
Key member of SoftKey's flagship product line, Calendar Creator Plus 1.0-2.0, The Muppet Calendar 1.0, and the famous Sports Illustrated Swim Suit Calendar 1.0 and 2.0. Responsible for pleasing millions of users with a simple out-of-box experience and smooth installation process.

Verity Inc., Mountain View, CA (December 1993 - April 1995)
Senior Windows User-Interface Consultant
Developed Verity's new flagship product, TOPIC Agents. TOPIC Agents is the client side of Verity's strategic client-server information retrieval engine. The user-interface is designed for high visual impact, simplicity, and personal customization. I am a principal software designer and developer of the user-interface components. The product was developed using MFC, and Visual C++. Implemented early phases of OLE functionality, including OLE Custom Controls, and OLE Automation.

Snap-On Tools (Through the Windward Group) (August 1993 - April 1994)
Senior User-Interface Consultant
Architected, designed and implemented a C++ application framework specifically for the automobile repair industry. Designed and implemented classes for program events, serial communication, and visual objects (listboxes, bitmap buttons, 3-D animated controls). Included development of highly specialized custom controls, resource editor, and fourth generation language development.

USAA Insurance, San Antonio, Texas (January 1993 - May 1993)
Senior Software Designer and Consultant
Architected and developed a financial planning application in C++. Features of the product include financial analysis, budgeting, asset/liability management, savings goals, printing, and on-line help. Product shipped to 50,000 clients.

SoftKey International (previously PowerUp!), Cambridge, MA (January 1991 - February 1993)
Software Development Manager and Consulting Software Designer
Successfully managed Express Publisher for Windows (desktop publishing package), one of Power Up's strategic products. Managed a seven member team consisting of three programmers, and four testers. Successfully managed the German, French, Spanish and Italian versions of Express Publisher for Windows. Worked with four different overseas translation agencies, two programmers, and two testers. Shipped the localized versions three months after domestic version.

Service Industries Ltd., Amsterdam, The Netherlands (June 1990 - January 1991)
Consultant
Wrote a suite of software to automatically test tape drives, hard-disk drives, and color monitors. Software was written in C/C++. Designed user-interface, wrote the code, tested and verified product integrity. Wrote a suite of UNIX utilities for handling communications between a main server and client applications. The utilities handled address and account information entry and retrieval for a small 20 person business.

Kaiser Electronics, San Jose, CA (April 1989 - May 1990)
Software Engineer
Coded in C, Pascal, and assembler for military cockpit display systems. My code interacted with low-level firmware sub-systems that controlled video and raster functions on a Head-Up Display and a Head-Down Display. Wrote assembly code for mission critical serial communication.

Tektronix, Wilsonville, OR (August 1988 - January 1989)
Software Intern
Developed automated test scripts and other quality assurance tools for Tektronix's first generation of color PostScript printers (the Phaser product line). Developed programs for DOS using the C programming language.