Tony Mann

thephatmann@gmail.com
(360) 856-6971  | (206) 218-9303
334 Sapp Rd, Sedro Woolley, WA 98284

Web Application Creator with the leadership, design, and implementation skills to ensure a project's success. Over 17 years of experience on projects of all shapes and sizes.

Experienced software engineer with the ability to solve problems using different languages and environments.

• Designed and developed several unique, innovative web sites.
• Developed a variety of commercial applications, including educational software, PIMs, intelligent search engines, and digital photo applications.
• Designed and implemented specialized application frameworks and core components that were used in a myriad of consumer applications.

Product manager who can translate business requirements into a clear and well-documented design, and then oversee the project from start to finish.

• Collaborated with different vendors, both large and small, to develop software that fit their needs.
• Responsible for the development and overall product design of many consumer applications, including the user interface and the underlying architecture.
• Managed several worldwide distributed teams of engineers.

SKILLS

• Ruby / Rails, PHP, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, SQL, C++, Java
• Agile development (XP), Usage-centered design
• Windows, Macintosh, Linux

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Development Lead, TalentSpring (2010-present)

• Provide support and guidance to the engineering team so they can deliver well-implemented features on schedule.
• Work with product management to determine which features will be implemented in a given development cycle, and then craft concise specs that engineering can use to properly implement these features.

Senior Software Engineer, TalentSpring (2008-2010)

• Implemented the user interface for our candidate search engine using HTML, CSS, and advanced JavaScript.
• Working with another engineer, completely rebuilt our site in order to serve our new business goals.
• Introduced unit testing to the team. We now have hundreds of tests that keep our site quality high.
• Helped manage agile development process. Deployed online tool to manage process and worked with team to measure progress and stay on-track through each iteration.

Web Application Creator, 7actions Development (2008)

7actions Development is my own company that develops unique, innovative, focused web applications. I have designed and built the following sites:

• 7actions, a site for writing down your todos and then finding the actions that move them toward completion (Ruby/Rails).
• MemoirLine, a site for creating and sharing timelines of your life (Ruby/Rails).
• PygmyList, a site for making wish lists that preserve the spontaneity and surprise of gift-giving (PHP).

CTO, Preclick (2001-2008)

• Shipped 11 consumer digital photo applications, for vendors like HP, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, 3M, and Costco.
• Directed product development across the company. Responsible for architecture and design for all products. Chose all development technologies.
• Co-wrote and designed our flagship photo application. Wrote over 8 core and advanced components for many different products, including home photo printing, image editing, and sophisticated photo display widgets. Designed and implemented an application framework that was used in 5 of our major commercial applications.
• Created and oversaw an agile development process that allowed us to deliver interim builds every few weeks and ship high-quality releases on schedule.
• Managed teams of engineers that were located all over the globe.

Senior Project Manager, Webmind (1999-2001)

• Managed the development of a Recommendation System that allowed consumers to find products that most closely matched their requests.
• Managed the development of a browser-based search engine that pulled together several different AI technologies, including Natural Language parsing and machine inference.

Lead Architect, Actioneer (1997-1999)

• Responsible for the development and overall product design of our flagship application, including the user interface and the underlying architecture.
• Authored core components, including a lightweight, programmable natural language parser and an XML-based database. Led the effort to speech-enable the product using IBM's ViaVoice.

Software Engineer, Jump! Software (1996-1997)

• Developed version 2.0 of Piano Discovery System, an interactive commercial product to teach children and adults how to play the piano.
• Created the graphics/animation engine, and wrote two educational games for the product.

Software Engineer, NVen (1994-1995)

• Worked with David Allen (Getting Things Done) to develop a suite of applications for helping people manage their actions and time.

Independent Contractor, Apple Computer (1993-1994)

• Worked for Apple's Developer University on the Code Annotator project, which allowed a user to add notes to code and follow a program as it ran.

Also: Software engineer for NCAC, Bailo Development, Wall Data, Maitreya Design and Portfolio Software. Usability consultant for 3Path. Prior experience includes Windows C/C++ coding, database design, PDA development, game development and usage-centered UI design.

EDUCATION

BS studies, University of California, Berkeley