Dan Hale Email & Phone Number

Centerville, Ut

I add features and mini-games to their golfing simulator software, and fix bugs. I write mainly of C++ code ranging from UI to back-end socket communication, and I've occasionally gotten to put my (sadly atrophied) vector math skills to good use here. That's felt good. :DI also got to work on Tesla Effect, the newest Tex Murphy video game. I touched a variety of things in that project including the save game system, various bits of UI, and lots of bug fixes.

At AST I was a C++ Software engineer developing mostly GUIs for networking and communications hardware. I used a lot of Qt and learned some very good coding and documentation practices. My main project was Oasis, a UI for visualizing and managing large networks and all their hardware components.My UI had to communicate with middleware, display real-time and reliable status of the network as a whole and of individual components (including customizable reports and displays), report… Show more At AST I was a C++ Software engineer developing mostly GUIs for networking and communications hardware. I used a lot of Qt and learned some very good coding and documentation practices. My main project was Oasis, a UI for visualizing and managing large networks and all their hardware components.My UI had to communicate with middleware, display real-time and reliable status of the network as a whole and of individual components (including customizable reports and displays), report faults, enable/disable/configure individual components of the system, and reroute signals through the network (e.g. after new hardware or wiring is introduced, or to bypass a fault). I also wrote handy tools for the admins and other developers to save them time and help them diagnose problems more effectively.The software also needed to be able to display signal hierarchy and allow inspecting signal quality, right down to verifying packets (though some of this was handled through separate software). I also wrote widgets for visually graphing signal quality (e.g. spectrograms using the QWT library) and surveying signals. Show less

I worked on SMS, software that visually modeled the flow of water in rivers, dams, etc. I mostly worked on user interface, bug fixing, and adding usability features.

As a gameplay programmer, I wrote the game code and implemented a variety of features, ranging from character movement and interactions, to camera and map modes, and minigames. Our team was responsible for taking a bare game engine, art, and a game design and creating the actual game from them. This involved programming many features and self-pacing to meet milestones on time; interacting with artists, designers, testers, and other programmers to get clarification, assistance and feedback;… Show more As a gameplay programmer, I wrote the game code and implemented a variety of features, ranging from character movement and interactions, to camera and map modes, and minigames. Our team was responsible for taking a bare game engine, art, and a game design and creating the actual game from them. This involved programming many features and self-pacing to meet milestones on time; interacting with artists, designers, testers, and other programmers to get clarification, assistance and feedback; and identifying and overcoming technical challenges presented by the hardware and processing limits of various gaming consoles, as well as ambitious feature requests. Show less

At PF I maintained the openEMR project and provided custom features for client hospitals. I took ownership of the entire application including user interface and DB and each custom version and feature we had created for clients. I became especially familiar with electronic billing using the X12 835 and 837 billing formats, as well as HCFA. During development of the OHF Bridge we worked directly with IBM's people to ensure openEMR properly supported it, and assisted in testing the OHF Bridge… Show more At PF I maintained the openEMR project and provided custom features for client hospitals. I took ownership of the entire application including user interface and DB and each custom version and feature we had created for clients. I became especially familiar with electronic billing using the X12 835 and 837 billing formats, as well as HCFA. During development of the OHF Bridge we worked directly with IBM's people to ensure openEMR properly supported it, and assisted in testing the OHF Bridge throughout its development. Show less

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: I was an active member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) club, and gave 3 presentations on video.

Various Side Interests

I watch courses from The Teaching Company on a regular basis, basically covering interests I've developed since completing college.