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California

• Designed software architecture for embedded realtime synthesizers on Intel and ARM processors. Deployed in Korg's flagship OASYS and KRONOS workstations, as well as the Korg wavestate, modwave, opsix, Grandstage and.
• Developed applications for Mac and Windows including the wavestate and modwave Editor/Librarians, Updaters, and the Sample Builder
• Developed the wavestate native and modwave native plugins
• Developed innovative algorithms for audio synthesis, sound processing, modulation, effects, voice allocation and multi-processor load balancing.
• Developed tools for Windows, Linux and macOS for prototyping and testing components, as well as tools for creating and managing voicing.
• Designed and developed client/server architecture and RPC protocols, using ZeroMQ and google protocol buffers.

El Sobrante, CA

• Developed and marketed a series of software plugins for the Creamware (now Sonic Core) Scope/Pulsar platform.
• Created innovative audio processing circuits in Creamware’s DSP development environment, including the Synchrome synthesizer, Impressor dynamics processor, and Zorba and Psy-Fi effects.
• Designed user interface layouts and components in Adobe Photoshop
• Orbitone users include Hans Zimmer, Jens Gad (Enigma), Jules Bromley (Trailermen).

San Mateo, CA

• Developed the Beatnik Editor, a cross-platform Mac/Windows content creation and editing application for Beatnik’s audio engine and RMF technologies, including comprehensive sample waveform editor and sample-based.
• Developed flexible plugin architecture allowing OEM's to customize the Editor for specific target device capabilities.
• Developed Beatnik Player for PocketPC, a multimedia player and interactive synthesis application for handheld Windows CE devices, in both English and Japanese versions. Pre-installed on all Compaq IPAQ’s in Japanese.

Palo Alto, CA

• Designed an extensive application development environment and object-oriented database system providing the ability to dynamically build cross-platform multimedia applications for Windows and Mac.
• Developed tools enabling non-programmers to create, manage and localize application resources, and build and test user interfaces.
• Participated in design and development of fusion:EFFECTS, a series of cross-platform audio processing plugins for the DirectX Media Streaming and Steinberg VST plugin architectures.
• Created a plugin architecture abstraction to allow a single plugin source to be built with multiple plugin architecture back ends including VST, DirectX and AU.
• Participated in design and prototyping of digital audio workstation application targeted at non-computer-savvy musicians.

Berkeley, CA

• Designed client/server architecture and networking protocol for real-time Internet musical collaboration system.
• Developed multithreaded musical session server, and client application to record, manage and mix digital audio streams.
• Participated in design and prototyping of additive synthesizer to generate several hundred oscillators in real-time with continuous control of harmonic content.
• Participated in leading seminars on ZIPI, a musical networking protocol and Musical Parameter Description Language.

Berkeley, CA

• Participated in design and implementation of a cross platform C++ class library for Windows and Macintosh multimedia application development.
• Acted as primary Windows engineer in development of several major multimedia titles including Berkeley Systems' X-Men screensaver, Strategic Simulation's Allied General simulation game, and a digital audio.

Oakland, CA

• Participated in design of APL's client/server systems architecture.
• Designed tools and libraries for use in client/server development.
• Acted as primary development support and trainer for APL's business application development organization, leading training seminars in US and Asia.
• Designed and wrote cross-platform release manager to assure integrity in production application deployment.
• Developed automated software distribution and configuration system for APL's standard workstation product suite.
• Participated in creation of UNIX administration standards and procedures for APL's international sites.