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contact steve dekorte
steve@dekorte.com
san francisco, ca
status happily self employed independent software vender,
but enjoy consulting work related to my open source projects.
summary nextstep developer in early 90s
webobjects and python developer in late 90s
independent software vender since 2002
author of io programming language and several other open source projects
experience independent software vender | san francisco, ca | 2002 - present

  • developed SoundConverter, Shredder, Crypt, WebGrazer and Postcard apps

consulting | san francisco, ca | 2002 - present

  • write note foundation, 2004 - wrote custom music creation sw (io on osx, windows, linux)
  • wicked weasel, 2003 - custom image conversion sw (objc, osx)
  • plangent, 2003 - debugged osx issues with audio filtering sw (c, osx)
  • xerox parc, 2002 - image processing sw for digital image decoding group (java)
  • multi force plus, 2002 - web interface for real estate management (lua, sql, msaccess)

co-founder | yindo | san francisco, ca | 2001

  • led design and toolkit dev for the yindo platform
  • wrote and ported various demo applications
    lua, opengl

senior software engineer | egroups (acquired by yahoo) | 1999 - 2000

  • led overhaul of egroups user interface (used by 7 million end users)
  • wrote template system for localization and partner customization
  • implemented opt-in ad system that generated 30% of annual revenue
  • designed and implemented a sales web interface for a custom ad server
    python

senior software engineer | ipin | san francisco, ca | 1998

  • wrote prototype microtransaction system used to secure investment
  • implemented web based db management app
    openstep, webobjects, eof

software engineer | inquisit (acquired by ask jeeves) | san francisco, ca | 1997

  • worked on email and web interfaces to inquisit search agents
  • wrote custom CRM system
    openstep, webobjects, eof, solaris

software engineer | suite software | anaheim, ca | 1996

  • developed management application for distributed messaging system
  • wrote transparent distributed object layer for suite's messaging libraries
    openstep

associate | marble associates | waltham, ma | 1995

  • wrote db transfer server, client apps, persistance & foundation kits
  • helped write testing tools and loan processing server
    nextstep, sybase

co-founder | symnet isp | tallahasse, fl | 1994

  • developed custom menuing and chat software
    objc, nextstep

research assistant | SCRI computational genetics group | 1992 - 1993

  • worked on intron-exon classification algorithms
  • designed & implemented cross platform frameworks and gui builder
    objc, c, nextstep, irix

programmer | biochemistry department | florida state university | 1991

  • debugged molecular dynamics sw
  • developed novel protein folding algorithms
    fortran90, cm2