Dave Thielen Email & Phone Number

I'm creating applications for use by the Democratic Party and Democratic Candidates.

I'm presently learning A.I. (mostly machine learning) - it's fascinating.And I'm talking to a lot of people about different ideas on what to do next.I think it's time to do something different so I won't start another company and rather than join a startup I'm hoping to find a way to contribute politically to the country. Either working for the government, and NGO or something political.

Denver, Colorado, Us

This was a transition job, first keeping Windward running well and everyone focused. Second, working to transition the different departments into the appropriate PDFTron teams. And third working with PDFTron as they determined how to blend our product line into theirs.From all reports the transition has gone amazingly well. There really is a close cultural match between Windward & PDFTron. I think as all this is brought together and the Windward Hub work continues that PDFTron/Windward will continue to excel.

Boulder, Co, Us

I Established and built a software company from the ground up, growing it into one of the largest document generation companies prior to acquisition. I developed and launched an innovative document generation system that provided clients with a modern and custom program to administer complex document processes in a simplified manner. Key accomplishments include:• I wrote the entire document generation program from scratch, including architecting, designing, coding, and testing the initial software engine framework and developing new updates and features• I partnered with a team of sales engineers and product managers in implementing and launching user-friendly features, such as SQL/XPath/OData query wizards that made it easy for business users to write selects; and live sub-document importing (displaying the linked document in full, inline)• I evaluated the advantages/disadvantages of converting to subscription licensing to generate long-term revenue streams; consulted with customers to gather product insights and feedback and coordinated with a team of product managers in developing the final subscription system• I recruited, hired, and trained diverse, high-performance, cross-functional teams; delegated and prioritized project tasks based on individual strengths and unique backgrounds to foster professional development and increase productivity • I facilitated Agile development process and product planning meetings to strategize new product features based on customer feedback and to brainstorm future product ideas• Our key clients included financial institutions, government agencies at all levels, manufacturers, and real estate companies, such as Wells-Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Toyota, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the government of SwitzerlandMy greatest pride is the team I built at Windward - it's amazing & can accomplish anythingCEO/CTO - 03/2005 - 05/2009CTO - 06/2009 - 12/2014CEO/CTO - 12/2014 - 04/2021

• Specified, architected, designed, and coded a program that provide automated migrations and merged patches and customizations of ERP systems• Integrated key product updates, including refactoring the core engine and adding an audit trail

Cancer - unable to work during the treatment and immediate recovery period.

• I built the development team from the ground up and managed three diverse teams while ensuring all projects were delivered on time and within the set budget constraints• I designed and created a system that took orders from websites, priced them, and sent them to couriers for same-day delivery as well as offered live updates to the drivers via wireless communication and provided optimal delivery routes; built, tested, and launched version 1.0 on J2EE within four months• I built up a development team from scratch including development, test, program management, database, system admin, and more. Design and create a system to take orders from web sites, price them, and deliver them to couriers for same day delivery. Includes controlling the drivers via wireless communication and providing the drivers with optimal routes. Implemented on J2EE in four months from start to successful launch of version 1.0.• I designed and delivered a solid product on time and under budget. The architecture and design of the product is modular and clean. The development was subject to daily builds to keep close control on status and bugs. The program was rigorously tested against thorough and complete test cases.• The development team consistently had very high morale, was extremely productive, and worked very well together.• I was also heavily involved in the company management, strategic direction, monthly board reports, etc. as well as participating in marketing & sales efforts.

• Lead developer creating a massive enterprise server J2EE based system that provides significant new functionality for business-to-business e-commerce. • Among others General Electric was using this for all of their internal purchases as well as purchasing from suppliers. • I implemented this in Java using multiple data sources on the back end, Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs) for the middle tiers, and Java Server Pages (JSPs) on the front-end. We are also using virtually every other enterprise-level Java API including JDBC, JTS, JNDI, etc.• My work included writing the tools that all other developers use to create their EJBs and writing the persistence layer that maps all EJBs to multiple data tables.

Us

• I oversaw all software development operations at the Longmont location, including device drivers, BIOS, legacy emulations, new silicon bring-up, and various development tools• I designed and implemented several policies and procedures to standardize workflows and improve productivity; integrated simplified methods to significantly reduce the number of written program bugs and to resolve remaining customer bugs

• I was hired as the first non-founder employee and built the entire software development from scratch within six months• I led the creation and delivery of a complete test environment for simulating and emulating new chip designs; ported software to the reference platform and delivered all future projects• In under 6 months the software team created and delivered a complete test environment for both simulating and emulating new chip designs, ported software to the reference platform we created, and delivered all products.• I kept morale high under very tight delivery conditions; delivered all software on time and rock solid. Kept individuals focused on their work and balanced job assignments under rapidly changing conditions.

Boulder, Co, Us

• Designer, producer, technical lead, and developer for Enemy Nations. Enemy Nations is generations ahead of its’ competition delivering 24-bit art at resolutions higher than 1280x1024, network support for all major protocols, and a depth of game play far greater than anything else in it’s genre.• This included writing: a pre-emptive multi-threader for Win32s; a combat engine that could handle the latency of the Internet with no degradation seen by the user; a user interface that is intuitive to a Windows user but that looks like a game, not like Windows; creating a single threaded means of interrupting the message pump to keep game response and rendering fast without the overhead of critical sections, and much more.

• Wrote the program that creates a common palette for the 32-bit images used in a scene and then dithers the 32-bit images down to 8-bit using the common palette. The program is also a file viewer allowing users to easily view multiple images simultaneously. Written in C++.• Wrote most scripting for several of the main scenes in Monty Python’s Complete Waste of Time. This includes not only determining how to use the content provided for the product but also defining (and in some case creating) new content to be added.

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Completely rewrote the BIOS and initialization code of the DOS kernel. Also did substantial work in the DOS section of the kernel.• On the Win95 project, wrote a file system, worked on the disk cache, wrote the volume tracking code and floppy disk device driver, worked on the new block device driver spec and design, and designed and wrote the COMM device driver system.• On temporary loan to the Far East division working in Tokyo, Taipei, and Seoul, helping to direct the development efforts of the Far East versions of Windows 3.1. Contributions include modifying the design of the Far East specific sections and incorporating significant improvements; and designing and implementing DOS Box DBCS support using U.S. drivers that do not recognize DBCS characters.• In the work in the Far East I faced three development groups, working in 3 different countries, who initially viewed each other almost as hostile competitors. I redirected them over a period of two months into working on the project as a single team.

• Responsible for all software development within the company. Turned the company from a mini-computer based software company to a Windows/DOS micro-computer company.

• One of the founders of the company. Sole developer of Co-Counsel, a litigation support program for the IBM-PC. Responsible for the marketing and sales of the product. At the ABA Litigation Support Shoot-out, Co-Counsel was used as the standard of measurement.

Bachelor'S Degree, Physics & Math

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