Maurice Sharp Email & Phone Number

Holly Springs, NC, US

San Francisco, California, US

A consulting practice specializing in Leadership, Management, and iOS Development. Highlights include:- Fan.TV: Interim management of web and iOS groups. Assist in growing iOS group and engaging outsourced resources.- mobileAge: Implementation of UX and game logic for Gluey.- City of Cupertino Emergency Services: design and implementation of Ready95014, an.

Documenting APIs for third party developers which includes:- Working with engineers to understand APIs and systems- Writing snippets and samples- Providing feedback on APIs

San Francisco, CA, US

- Rebuilt the mobile design and development team: Android, iOS, UX Design- Led the team in producing a completely new app (never shipped due to change in company focus)- Managed the team producing the new upcoming iOS and Android apps for Couchsurfing.- Led team through two significant corporate pivots- Hands on iOS coding

Redwood City, California, US

• Re-architected and implemented the ShopWell App to bring the power of personalized grocery recommendations to your hand where you need it most.
• Collaborated with Product Management, User Experience, and Engineering to identify and implement new features.
• Re-architected and implemented the initial underlying REST model objects for communication with the server.
• Architected and implemented the code for the current user experience
• Designed and implemented the ShopWell customer support processWorking on the iOS ShopWell App, giving the power of the ShopWell website in the power of your hand where you need it most.

Mountain View, California, US

• Built a multi-layer training strategy and associated plan for training engineers on developing for the next generation of SaaS initiatives
• Part of a small team that increased the effectiveness of on-boarding while maintaining optimal technology choices.

• Took over project management of 2 late products, put aggressively realistic schedule in place and shipped on time.
• Increased efficiency of product process.
• Reigned in key infrastructure project and launched in 2.5 weeks
• Documented existing IT architecture and re-architected based on present and upcoming needs
• Managed 60% of the company workforce
• Got business CISP ready

New York, NY, US

• Led a project to design a significant platform documentation set covering over 60 SOA services.
• Took over an internal developer conference aimed at 300+ attendees and set it back on track by: defining the customers; creating top level strategy and messaging; driving logistics
• Created and presented the business case for an AOL Developer Network to the Vice Chairman.

San Jose, CA, US

• Defined and implemented the strategy for the eBay developer support group
• Defined and implemented technical content strategy and processes for developer program
• Increased customer satisfaction from 37% to 90% in first 6 months
• Built and managed a team that performed at 160% of industry standard
• Replaced existing support system enabling group to focus on support instead of systems
• Consulted on developer strategy to Director of eBay developers program

• Managed worldwide programs group spanning 4 countries
• Designed and delivered new business, marketing and technical programs for Palm OS Developers
• Part of the core team for the primary US developer conference
• Managed all aspects of the PalmSource developer forums in Japan and Europe. Forums met or exceeded all metrics. European forums were the first event to come in on budget.
• Originated and led a prototype of a software distribution “ATM” resulting in 2 patent applications

Santa Clara, California, US

• Consulted with licensees on their strategies for third party developers
• Built relationships between Palm OS Platform Developer Services and Licensees developer groups.
• Created and/or gave presentations on the Palm OS platform messages to press, analysts, and others.
• Managed content for main US developer conference (PalmSource 2000)
• Evangelized and recruited key companies to increase Palm’s ability to grow the Palm Economy

Santa Clara, California, US

• Designed and implemented the strategy and content for worldwide developer technical support.
• Built and managed the Development Technical Services group.
• Created and grew the Technical Writing Group.
• Designed the training strategy and secured a writer to create the O’Reilly Palm Programming book.

Cupertino, California, US

• Designed and implemented the prototype of the Newton ToolKit SDK development environment while an intern (used by alpha and beta third party developers)
• Provided in-depth technical support for the Newton Platform to developers and licensees
• Created and delivered presentations on programming for Newton to conferences around the world.
• Designed and implemented more efficient processes for serving and satisfying our customers.
• Spent time on loan to engineering to extend and maintain parts of the the Newton Toolbox API.
• Promoted to manager of the group.

Cupertino, California, US

• Implemented and extended an editor for memory organization packets (Roger Schank and Enio Ohmaye) in an internal LISP-based application framework environment.• Designed the interface and knowledge representation for the editor.• Designed and implemented the prototype for the Newton ToolKit programming environment. The tool was used extensively by early.

A Calgary-based consulting company.• Coordinated the Bioapparatus virtual reality project at the Banff Centre for the Arts.• Conducted a full range of UNIX and Macintosh consulting including troubleshooting, problem solving, client/vendor liaison and custom software at all levels.

• Instructed industry seminars and lab work on expert systems and UNIX.• Instructed Kids Computer Camps.• Prepared lab work materials, created assignments and graded courses including Human-Computer Interfaces, Office Information Systems, and Graphics Programming.

• Implemented KITTEN I, a knowledge acquisition system used to produce rules for expert systems.• Interface design team coordinator for KITTEN II.• Administrative liaison/coordinator for three North American Knowledge Acquisition Workshops (sponsored by AAAI).• Designed and implemented several Macintosh products ranging from a Bibliographic database/end.

Msc., Computer Science, User Interface

Bsc., Computer Science