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Melissa Graesser Boulder, CO [email protected]

SUMMARY Software development professional with expertise in business function research, business function applications and developing efficient, effective user friendly programs. Experience with iPhone/iPad applications, native GUI applications and interfacing with end users. Able to communicate effectively at all levels of an organization to analyze needs and design solutions.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE • Programming Environments Tools: , Jira, CodeWarrior, Visual Studio, NUnit, wiki docs, Bugzilla, Storyboards, xibs, PgAdmin, Sql tools, SVN, Git • Languages: Objective , C, C++, Swift, Java, HTML, JavaScript • Frameworks: Cocoa, , Mapbox, Spatialite, MacApp • Interface design and work flow • Databases and languages: SQLite, Core Data, Spatialite, Postgres, Sybase, FileMaker

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RedZone Software, Boulder, Colorado 2013 – Present Lead iOS Developer ! iOS Apps o FieldMap Suite of Apps – Highly configurable application for offline mapping and data collection used to access client property assets in response to a natural disaster. Retrieves data from server when a data connection is available and then allows users to take device offline with offline maps and data sets retrieved from server to do assessments and transfer data back to server when a connection is available. App provides quick big picture of damage extent to management by collecting data and pushing to server the information so reports can be generated. Used by Insurance firm to access their risk and provide immediate assistance to their clients. o Mobile Map – Provides user the ability to create a project with a given map extent and add points to the project and then perform surveys on the point which can later be transferred to the server. Uses Apple vector maps and mapkit framework.

White Lab Consulting, Boulder, Colorado 2005 – 2013 Partner ! iOS Apps o Savi People/Savi – (June 2012) Social media application uses. Allows iPhone users to associate their address book contacts with their social media contacts. Interfaces to Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Allows user to send text , group messages, and send emails. FaceTime is supported. o iAmReading – Core Data, Educational reading application. Single binary for iPhone, iTouch, and iPad. o iBiofeedback – Wellness application, developed for Digital Six Studios. Uses Core Data to drive the GUI. Integrated with Wahoo HR API. ! Mac Apps o FACSTATION – BD Biosciences, San Francisco, CA. MacApp based suite of applications. Subcontractor for Bench Arts. Member of team that ported applications to run on intel Macs. o RapidReader - Softology IdeaWorks. Updated app using WxWidgets framework to run on the Mac. Created for Mac OS X client. ! Windows Apps o FACSUITE – BD, San Francisco, CA. C Sharp suite of application using .NET. Created test cases using NUnit and C Sharp for the Windows based suite of applications.

Vertis DSG Solutions Group, Boulder, Colorado 1997 - 2005 Member of Technical Staff ! Designed and developed content management system for print and web advertising. Client/Server application ran on Mac OS X and OS 9. Saved clients weeks in Ad prep time, reloading content and money by eliminated recreating content if it could not be found. ! Allowed client to increase advertising and decrease the advertising cycle time without increasing headcount. Awarded by the customer 2002 Supplier of the year award! Acted as liaison and Analyst between Customer, Developers, and Production teams designing an Ad Production web application and Quark Extension for a large retailer of home improvement products and services company to create advertising across multiple markets and price areas. Co- authored a replacement Web application for the Mac and Windows content management applications using custom configurations which dynamically created web based on database configuration. Improved client efficiency by decreasing product development cycle. ! Maintained the Windows content management GUI application using MFC and MSVC++. Maintained Visual Basic and VSS build scripts for 50 NT applications. Decreased development cost by combining responsibility. ! Organized development processes including defects/enhancement tracking system, application versioning and source control management. Enabled developers to prioritize task and management to track time. Enabled support to track customer versions and schedule upgrades or add enhancement request.

Applied Graphics Technologies, Boulder, Colorado 1995 - 1997 /Windows Developer ! Developed port of large Imaging Application from Windows to Mac OS. Client/Server application used for storing, retrieving, and editing photographic images. Resulted in Sale of product to a large company who wanted a Mac Client for the Digital Link System.

KPMG (now Bearing Point) Palo Alto, California 1992 - 1995 Senior Consultant ! Provided designing, coding and testing computer systems for Fortune 500 Clients. ! Member of Development team for a Sales Force Automation System on the Macintosh PowerBook for a large consumer products company. System features include; contact and time management, sale reporting, contract compliance, objectives from management, and customer inventory tracking. The solution design utilized architecture providing a store and forward information exchange mechanism over third-party networks. Decreased turn around time on orders from 1-3 weeks to 1 day. CSX Technology, Jacksonville, Florida 1988 - 1992 Programmer Analyst ! Provided computer services and maintenance for CSX Transportation and CSX Intermodal (Fortune 500 corporation). ! Shared lead responsibility of team development for object oriented Maintenance Image Processing Workstation for CSX Intermodal. Mac/DEC VAX client server application utilized custom-coded IBM PC Fax Receivers, Mac Image Workstation, Mac Supervisor process, Sybase SQL server, batch VAX programs and a Sony Juke box. Saved Company thousands of dollars because they could access claims and pay repairs only once where they used to pay all request. ! Lead Analyst for Work Order Image Document Processing. Designed entire system flow, SuperCard prototype, Sybase database requirements, program specifications, system testing plan, implementation procedures, and coding on the Macintosh. Reduced time searching for Work Orders by 20% providing additional search methods and ease of use for any document.

! Designed, coded and implemented optical disk image archival system using a Sony Juke box and US Design Interface on DEC VAX system. Reduced turnaround time on inquires from requesting disk and waiting 1 to 4 weeks to investigate payment to instantly.

EDUCATION Bachelor of Science in Management Science Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia • Emphasis Management Information Systems and Computer Engineering

Professional Development • Management Consulting Workshop • Newton Toolkit (Apple PDA) • Apple World Wide Developer Conference ( 10 years )