Resume
SHAYNE PACKER
20714 Highland Hall Drive
Montgomery Village, MD 20886
(240) 631-9440
Proven Internet developer and Macintosh software engineer and manager. Able to deliver products on time and within budget. High integrity and commitment to ethical business practices.
EXPERIENCE
Self-employed Internet entrepreneur. 2004-present
Internet development. Design and develop websites for others. Design and develop my own websites.
Software tools: HTML, PHP, CSS, JavaScript. Also, design and develop blogs using WordPress.org’s blogging software and Drupal. Customize themes.
Self-employed Real Estate investor. 2005-2008
Buy and develop or rehab real estate. Manage projects and contractors. Sell at a profit.
• Designed and developed a luxury loft apartment in Savannah, GA
• Have rehabbed several houses
Kanbay Managed Solutions, Rockville, Maryland. 2003-2004
On-site project manager/delivery manager. Manage the design, development, and delivery of custom Mac OS X software (client/server application for Artesia).
• Participated in creating several due diligence documents and won client contract
• Hired and managed outsource development team in India
• Coordinated knowledge-transfer and on-site training from client to dev. team
• Created project plan and schedule
• Used CMM level 5 processes
• Managed development of design documents
• Demonstrated release of client preview software
• Wrote weekly status reports
Independent Contractor. 2002-2003
Design and develop Mac OS X software applications for clients using Cocoa. Design and program web based software using HTML and Java.
• Developed Mac OS X version of American Heritage Dictionary for publisher using Carbon APIs, integrating web browser using content from web server.
• Designed website to allow customers to upload and manage family history.
Eastman Kodak Company, Lowell, Mass. 1998-2002
Principal software engineer, software lead. Design and develop Macintosh software applications that communicate with Kodak digital cameras.
• Developed Mac OS X application that downloads photos from camera (via USB) and lets users do cool things with their photos. This app is still popular.
• Also developed similar Mac OS 9 app using camera SDK via the serial port
• Helped complete an application for professional cameras to catalog photos and apply Kodak’s proprietary filters (my specific responsibility). Brought in by management to finish coding the project.
• Helped finish version 3 of Macintosh DNA analysis imaging software
• Responsible for final debugging
Iris Graphics, Inc., Bedford, Mass. 1997-1998
Principal software engineer. Design and program Macintosh software applications to control and calibrate high-end ink jet printers. Applications use threads to communicate with database server via TCP, and with spectrophotometer via serial port.
• Successfully released versions 1 and 2 of “ColorZone”
• Successfully released database application written in Java
Transparent Language, Inc., Hollis, New Hampshire. 1995-1997
Principal software engineer.
• Successfully developed and released next version of “Language Now!” for Macintosh, CAI foreign language learning software.
MCI/News Corp Internet Ventures, Lowell, Mass. 1994-1995
Principal software engineer.
• Designed and programmed Internet application for Mac. Used AppleEvents
Digital Technology International, Orem, Utah. 1993-1994
Senior software engineer.
• Programmed newspaper layout software (client/server architecture).
• Corrected major defects: memory leaks, fragmentation, QuickTime.
Adventure Learning Software, Inc., Orem, Utah. 1991-1993
Principal software engineer, chief architect.
• Designed, programmed and released award winning Mac educational series.
• Collaborated with psychology and education experts.
Novell, Inc., Provo, Utah. 1986-1991
Senior software engineer, chief architect, supervisor, development team leader.
• Supervised and delegated to six development engineers.
• Wrote functional specifications, design specifications, and prototypes.
• Personally design and develop the user interface of Macintosh applications.
• Successfully released “NetWare for Macintosh”
EDUCATION
B.S., Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1986
Major: Computer Science. Minors: Instructional Science, Graphic Design.
Several classes taken from the Masters and Doctorate programs.
BACKGROUND
• Volunteer church missionary for two years, Alberta, Canada.
• Multiple leadership awards in Boy Scouts of America.
• Cofounder, Utah Valley genealogy user group, Provo, Utah.
