VIDAL GRAUPERA

Hands on Senior Web & Mobile Developer and Leader

Vidal is a hands on senior software engineer, architect and engineering leader passionate about creating consumer oriented and professional websites and applications. Specifically, he is one of America's leading designers and developers of mobile software applications. Most recently he has been creating web applications using Ruby on Rails, mobile enterprise applications using the Rhodes mobile framework, and iPhone applications. His expertise includes:

• Developing & commercializing multiple, award-winning, mobile consumer software applications
• Product management – from conception to global release and ongoing maintenance.
• Front end development working closely with designers and product managers
• Hands-on Engineering Management – Hiring and leading globally distributed software product teams
• Direct to consumer software sales. Over $10M of his applications have been downloaded and sold.

See below for specific, verifiable examples.

THE VDG GROUP, Sunnyvale, CA 2005 to present Developing community oriented websites and mobile applications with cutting edge technologies

Wrote multiple consumer oriented and professional websites using Ruby on Rails, (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Linux, Apache, Mongrel, Capistrano, RSpec, and MYSQL, e.g. http://contacthero.com (a contact management system for the web, Blackberry and iPhone devices), http://www.5thbar.com (a community oriented website for cell phone enthusiasts), and others listed at http://vdggroup.com/portfolio.

See demonstrations, here: http://vimeo.com/vgraupera/videos and open source projects, here: http://github.com/VGraupera

Notable client projects include:

In addition, consulting with companies in the areas of:

• Software development & implementation of new J2ME, Windows Mobile (C#) & Symbian (C++) applications
• Existing Product Refinement – user understanding, UI analysis, defining upgrades
• Emergency Demo Creation – quickly prototyped J2ME and Symbian demos for VC presentations
• Acting as Chief Marketing Officer

Clients include CellSpin, CNET, Livescribe, Quickoffice, Anoto Group AB, Splash Data Inc., et al.

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER – A2Z DEV (AMAZON.COM), Palo Alto, CA Jan 2008 – Oct 2008 Developing community oriented websites and Facebook applications using Amazon Web Services

Developer on http://unspun.amazon.com a community oriented site built using Ruby on Rails, memcache, Apache, MYSQL, and Javascript (AJAX).

Principal developer Unspun by Amazon http://apps.facebook.com/unspun_lists/ a Facebook application. Funding was cut in Oct 2008 and the websites discontinued. You can see a video demonstration of this work here: http://vimeo.com/1870833.

ENGINEER to CEO – IAMBIC, INC (http://www.iambic.com) , Sunnyvale, CA 1994 to 2005 Innovative developer and marketer of powerful, award-winning, user-friendly productivity-enhancing and entertainment software for handheld devices, smart phones and PCs; integral strategic partner/ supplier to Apple, Sony, Franklin Electronics and Palm

• Grew from start-up, with no outside investment, into a multi-million dollar ($2M+ per year) company with comprehensive product portfolio and strong presence in the US and international markets (Europe & Japan).
• Hired, trained and developed a multinational workforce, 25+ person team (Silicon Valley, France, Ukraine), involved in design engineering, product management, customer support, and quality assurance.
• Managed state of the art e-Commerce processing 50,000+ transactions per year.
• #1 best selling product for Palm platform. Brought to market 3 top selling products.
• Launched over 12 products from conception through end of life on over 5 different platforms
• Developed and negotiated strategic partnerships with Apple, Sony, Franklin Electronics and Palm.
• Closed lucrative bundling deals, e.g. one Apple deal which licensed 40K units in the first 12 months

SR. SOFTWARE ENGINEER – SOFTWARE TRANSFORMATION (now Novell), San Jose, CA	1993 to 1994
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER – FRAME TECHNOLOGY (now Adobe), San Jose, CA	1992 to 1993
MEMBER OF TECHNICAL STAFF – BELLCORE (now Tecordia Technologies), Piscataway, NJ	1988 to 1992
ENGINEERING DUTY OFFICER, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER – US NAVAL RESERVE	1991 to 2004

Education

• Master of Business Administration – Santa Clara University, 2004
• MS, Computer Engineering – University of Southern California, 1989
• BS, Electrical & Computer Engineering – Carnegie Mellon University, 1988

SELECTED BUSINESS & TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Languages and Frameworks:
• Ruby
• Ruby on Rails framework
• JavaScript (prototype, scriptaculous, jQuery), AJAX
• SQL including MYSQL, Postgres, SQLITE, et al.
• (X)HTML, CSS
• C/C++, Objective-C
• php (Zend certified), Zend PHP framework
• Software Engineering and Engineering Management of local and global outsourced teams
• Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows (all versions), Mac OS X, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Linux, et al.
• Mobile Operating Systems: iPhone, Palm OS, Windows Mobile, J2ME, Symbian (Series 60, UIQ), et al
• Object Oriented Design (senior level)
• Handheld devices (iPhone, Palm, Symbian, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, etc.)
• Experience in building and shipping multiple commercial applications.
• Owning the entire product life cycle from design, specification, development, deployment, maintenance and support
• User Interface Design
• Extensive experience building mobile GUI applications with the ability to design and program for resource constrained devices

References available on request and also at http://www.linkedin.com/in/vidalgraupera