Jon Kalb Email & Phone Number

I work with companies to custom tailor material that meets the needs of their software engineering teams and present it on-site. I specialize in bringing teams up to speed with modern C++ and presenting advance topics in C++. Commonly requested topics include best practices, generic programming and best use of STL, and performance critical applications.I am an Approved Outside Vender for Scott Meyers training material. http://www.aristeia.com/training.htmlContact me at jon@cpp.training for information about availability and rates.

Aurora, Colorado, Us

I chair the planning committee and am Conference Manager for the newest and largest C++ conference in the world.I recruit committee members and chairs that are responsible for all aspects of running the conference. I recruit volunteers and presenters, help program content, promote to attendees, negotiate with venders, and otherwise do whatever it help the planning committee create the conference.

Westlake Village, California, Us

Served as the Executive Director since the creation of the Boost Foundation.

Served as the Incorporator and initial Chair of the Board of Directors.

I chaired the planning committee and was Conference Manager for C++Now (formerly BoostCon).I recruited committee members and chairs that are responsible for all aspects of running the conference. I recruited volunteers and presenters, help program content, promote to attendees, negotiate with venders, and otherwise do whatever it help the planning committee create the conference.

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb

Undo Software is the leading commercial supplier of Linux and Android reversible debugging tools that enable software developers to record, rewind and replay their C/C++ code to respond quickly to customer critical bugs, increase their productivity and meet their development deadlines. I am advising them on communicating with software developers in the C++ community.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

I'm responsible for maintenance and new features for the search engine used for Amazon's product search features.I added the ability to do "A/B" testing of search engine configurations to support evaluation of new approaches in ranking and other features.

Redmond, Washington, Us

I contributed to several releases of Entourage and the initial release of Outlook for Macintosh, which was based on the Entourage code base.

I supported the conference in a number of ways including presenting sessions, serving as Keynote Chairman, and working with the MacHax(TM) group to put on the annual show.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Each semester I taught one session of a graduate course called, Introduction to Object-Oriented Development Using C++.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Sole engineer working on the Macintosh Messenger client, a C++ application based on Metrowerk's PowerPlant framework.

Responsible for shared files and links web application and general web UI development.

Sole Macintosh engineer on BrioQuery 6.0, a cross-platform Business Intelligence application written in C++.

Self-employed contractor working almost exclusively in C++ (some C) on large scale applications, networking clients and servers, and systems software. Clients included Apple, Netscape, Lotus, and Intuit. Projects include Netscape’s Communicator, Intuit’s Quicken, and Apple’s MacOS.

Bug fixes and final polish on one major and several minor releases of AutoRad, a medical imagining application.

Created several Sybase/SQL client applications in C++ that comprised a front end to HySeq's bioinformatics database. Responsible for all requirements analysis, design, coding, testing, and deployment of client applications as well as some analysis and design for the backend database.

Implemented the user interface for the preferences module on the Macintosh version of Netscape Communicator 4.0 in C++. Also did other user interface work and general debugging including some debugging of the cross platform code base.

Mountain View, California, Us

Implemented a streams-oriented database in C++ for use in Quicken Deluxe. Ported an internet based communications module from its original Windows implementation using NetManage’s Winsock SDK for Macintosh.

Cupertino, California, Us

Developed a design for an OpenTransport implementation of the MacOS PPC Toolbox as a Streams driver.

Brought a problem project to delivery. Extensively debugged a distributed database client written in C++ for Macintosh.

Cupertino, California, Us

Designed and implemented an Active Assistance Manager in C++. Worked with SOM and other new system software technologies to develop this component of Apple’s Copland release of the MacOS.

Developed client and server modules in C and C++ to communicate with Unix/VMS databases over TCP/IP. Used Apple Events and other High Level Events for interprocess communication.

Us

Helped finish “Lotus Organizer Scheduling for Macintosh,” a project in C++ using the ccMail engine. Primary responsibilities were UI and printing.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

* Designed and implemented XDR and RPC modules over MacTCP. This was based on Sun’s source code for UNIX and was required for a Mac NFS client.• Implemented a portable transport independent networking interface over AppleTalk using ADSP. This was part of a project designed to make TOPS a true peer-to-peer, multi-platform product.

New York, Ny, Us

Consultant to Apple Computer.• Implemented the user interface for Apple’s MacSNMP Admin tool using MacApp, Apple’s C++ framework.Consultant to Phillip Morris• Developed a Macintosh application in C++ to send, receive and translate files using Microsoft Mail and a Novell server. The application was built in MacApp with Microsoft’s Mail API and was designed to run unattended.• Built a HyperCard XFCN used to strip duplicate records from query results.

Consultant to The Dow Chemical Company* Wrote a C++ application to simulate Dow’s proprietary process control environment to test and evaluate real-world process control programs.* Created interactive training materials on the Macintosh to acquaint users with internal process of manipulating source code for process control programs.