Harris Shiffman | |
Mountain View, California | http://www.disordered.org |
hank@disordered.org | |
Summary:
Dynamic and energetic product evangelist and technical communicator. Vast experience presenting products and software technologies at conferences, trade shows and seminars worldwide to audiences of 500+, as well as individual meetings with developers, users, decision makers, press and industry analysts. Author of articles, white papers and tutorials on technical topics for a broad range of audiences. Designer/developer of compelling technology demonstrations. Expertise in programming languages (C, C++, Java, Perl), development tools, 3D graphics APIs, multimedia, networking, productivity software and computing platforms: Solaris, IRIX, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP. |
Experience:
Azul Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, California | 2012 - 2013 | |
Maker of high performance Java platform software
Product Marketing Manager / Product
Manager | ||
Cisco Systems, San Jose, California | 2010 - 2011 | |
Maker of network infrastructure and management solutions
Platform Evangelist |
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DataSynapse Inc., Mountain View, California | 2006 - 2008 | |
Maker of virtualization solutions for enterprise applications
Senior Consulting Engineer |
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Cassatt Corporation, San Jose, California | 2004 - 2005 | |
Provider of cluster management software and solutions
for Linux server environments
Senior Systems Engineer |
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Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, California | 2002 | |
Maker of Macintosh laptop and desktop computers and servers
Technical Architect | ||
Dejima, Inc., San Jose, California | 2000 - 2001 | |
Maker of Java-based tools for building natural language user interfaces
Chief Architect | ||
Nazomi Communications Inc., Santa Clara, California | 1999 - 2000 | |
Designer of Java coprocessors for embedded applications
Java Technologist | ||
Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, California | 1995 - 1999 | |
Maker of high performance computers for 3D visualization and other demanding applications
Strategic Technologist | ||
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, California | 1988 - 1994 | |
Maker of UNIX-based engineering workstations and server systems
Marketing Technical Specialist |
Publications: | |
"Wireless Java: Hardware & Software Solutions" in Wireless Design Online, 4/00 "Windows NT and IRIX Interoperability" in Silicon Graphics Developer News, 7/98 "Silicon Graphics JDK 1.1.5: More Than A Port" in Silicon Graphics Developer News, 1/98 "Java Grows Up: JNI, RMI Beans and More" in Silicon Graphics Developer News, 3/97 "Boosting Java Performance: Native Code and JIT Compilation" in Silicon Graphics Developer News, 9/96 "Separating Java Hype From Reality" in Silicon Graphics Developer News, 3/96; also in People & Computers (Computerworld Israel), 6/96 "Moving To C++: It's Not Just Objects" in Black Belt C++: The Masters Collection, edited by Bruce Eckel; M&T Books, 1994 "Developing with Threads" in Sun Catalyst Flash, 6/94 "Exception Handling in C++" in UNIXopen (Germany), 2/94 "Toward A Less Object-Oriented View Of C++" in Dr. Dobbs' Journal - C++ Supplement, 12/92 "Solaris 2.0: A Developer's Perspective" in Software Design (Japan), 9/92 "Templates in C++ 3.0" in SunWorld, 8/92; also in Solaris Magazin (Germany), 12/93 "ANSI C & C++: Making The Choice" in Software Design (Japan), 1/92; also in SunWorld, 6/92 "C++: A Pragmatic Approach To Object-Oriented Progamming" in SunWorld, 5/91; also in SunWorld (Japan), 9/91; and Expert Systems Applications (UK), Vol. 8 No. 11 |
Education: |
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Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester,
New York Bachelor of Technology in Systems Software Science (Computer Science) |