Paul Schreiber
San Francisco CA 94107 · resume@paulschreiber.com
Experience
12/2001–present
Mac OS X Software Engineer
Apple
- Analyzed, documented and tracked improvments to user interface consistency problems
- Spoke at MacHack and Apple Worldwide Developer Conferences
- Represented at Apple at several O’Reilly conferences
- Developed Quicklooks tool, used by dozens of teams to manage test results
- Wrote and designed Radar: A Visual Guide, documenting best practices
- Edited and designed Mac OS X GM Readiness Reviews
- Redesigned and maintained departmental intranet site
- Qualified features for and lived on Mac OS X Jaguar, Panther and Tiger; filed most bugs in division
2004–present
Communications Consultant
Semacode
- Managed presence at trade shows; product demonstrations; systems administration; product testing
2001–present
Internet Software Consultant
- Clients included Imprint Publications, Engineers Without Borders, SFUO
2000
Software Developer
e-incorp
- Codeveloped online incorporation system; built BellZinc.ca cobranded site for Bell Actimedia
2000
Software Engineer
CommerceFlow
- Developed multi-threaded cross-auction search, registration and preferences system
- Integrated cobranded email, image hosting and shipping price comparison services
1999–2001
Cofounder, Software Architect
Community Musician
- Co-founded and built the largest provider of musicians’ classifieds in North America
- Designed database, php backend, html/css front end; web, database, mail and dns administration
Spring 1999
Software Engineer
Alphabit Media
- Architected and developed company intranet; created lightweight relational database framework
- Implemented real-time credit card transaction processing
Fall 1998
iaf/3 Software Developer
Solect Technology Group
Winter 1998
Systems Analyst
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (oise/ut)
Winter 1998
Web Developer
Passport Online
1997–2000
Teaching Assistant
University of Waterloo Faculty of Mathematics
Spring 1997
System Support
Scarborough Board of Education
Summer 1996
Intranet Software Developer
Dofasco
Summer 1995
Support Technician
kpmg Canada
Sept. 1994–June 1995
Junior Systems Manager
Southam InfoLab
Skills
- Communication: proficient writer, editor, proofreader, typographer and designer; experienced with InDesign, Photoshop and QuarkXPress; effective speaker, presenter and researcher
- User interface: in-depth knowledge of design principles and Apple Human Interface Guidelines
- Mac OS X: sixteen years of Macintosh experience; broad and deep understanding of system internals
- Internet: eleven years’ experience; standards-based web development with xhtml/css; application backends with Perl, php, Python; protocol-level development with http, smtp, pop3
- Troubleshooting: skilled at diagnosing and solving network, hardware and software problems via phone, in-person and remotely; data recovery; technical support
- Programming: AppleScript, C/C++, css, html, Java, JavaScript, Objective C, Perl, php, Python, sql, xml; Unix shell scripting; version control; regular expressions
- Systems administration: configuring and maintaining Unix servers; package management
- Database development: FileMaker Pro and MySQL; some DB2, Oracle and PostgreSQL
- Photography: digital slr photography; image editing and color correction
Activities
- Booker and presenter, Sunnyvale House Concerts
- Webmaster for Juno-nominated musician Emm Gryner
- Newsletter editor and graphic designer for Heather Gold’s Subvert
- Photographs used by Peter Adams, Megan Slankard, Tristan Prettyman, Anya Marina, Minibar
- Waterloo: uwstudent.org, Imprint, oco, Warriors baseball, Students Advising Co-op, wcri
- Shad Valley Calgary 1996
- Member, Ice Oasis Hockey Club (advanced division)
- Member, aclu, BayCHI, coba, eff
Education
2001
Honours Bachelor of Mathematics in Computer Science
University of Waterloo
1996
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Nelson High School
- Ontario Scholar; Nelson High School Gold Medal, French, Cowie-Berry and Silver Anniversary Awards