Mark S. Miller

Experience

Recurved, Inc.

Chief Technology Officer • 2023-Present

Assumed responsibility for a financial services SaaS application based on Rails 7, StimulusJS, and Hotwire.
Rebuilt core computation engine to use modular data “packs” and multi-threading.
Completely rebuilt the UX and all navigation.
Created a new content server to consistently provide documentation, help, and community content to all application instances.
Built completely new layers for reviewer comments, direct messaging, activity tracking, and notifications.

Sharp Stone Codewerks

Owner • 2017-Present

Web technology start-up focused on product development, with contract work being done as well to support primary development.

Products:

Abstretta.com - a dynamic-document approach to résumé creation and distribution. (Rails 6, SemanticUI, StimulusJS)
Bibliogrify.com - an online bibliography system with peer review. (Rails 5, Bulma, StimulusJS)
“Wingate” (in progress) - a next-gen community system incorporating concepts from Twitter, Slack, and WordPress. (Rails 6, Bulma, Stimulus+Reflex)
“Monolith” (in progress) - a distributed, collaborative news publishing system geared for Independent Journalists. (Rails 6, TailwindCSS, Stimulus+Reflex)

DialedIN, Inc.

Chief Technology Officer • 2006-2015

Held sole responsibility for design, development, and deployment of a start-up Web 2.0 marketing management platform: www.dialedin.com. The technology foundation is based on Ruby-on-Rails, jQuery, Flash and iOS technologies with a codebase that eventually grew to almost 1.5M lines of code.

Quadrant 4/DialedIN

VP Technical Services • 2015-2016

Local Television Network, Inc.

Information Architect • 2005-2006

Held sole responsibility for design and deployment of the online presence of a start-up local-interest television network. The technology foundation is based on open-source technology and integrates various content management systems with Flash-based media delivery. Designed and developed the first generation of the site, including creating a complete broadcast episode database and video library, in under 60 days to meet station launch date milestone.

Find-a-Therapist, Inc.

CTO / Chief Engineer • 2001-2015

Developed and deployed the technology for a series of sites which serve as one of the largest directories for mental healthcare professionals in the United States. These sites include find-a-therapist.com, treatment-programs.com, and findhealthpros.com. The original technology was LAMP-based but it was 100% recoded in Ruby on Rails.

Silicon Chisel

Owner • 2000-2007

Held P&L responsibility for a consulting firm that develops web solutions and integrates new technologies to improve computing environments. Specialized in implementing open-source technologies and heterogenous deployments.

Global Children’s Network

Chief Technology Officer • 2000

Led strategic planning and objective definition for the technical aspects of a dot.com enterprise, targeting the pre-teen demographic. Supervised a remote technology center with approximately 12 developers and contractors. Negotiated technology licenses. Completed the development of an innovative portal based on Oracle and Epicentric products on time and within budget.

Motorsport Simulations Inc.

Director of Design and Planning • 1997-1999

Directed a team of software engineers, network specialists, physicists, artists, and 3D modelers to create an online motorcycle racing simulation game. The product, AMA Superbike, was delivered to market within the forecasted duration. During a crisis situation, drafted the complete product manual within 72 hours. Negotiated a license for Marimba technology to provide online game updates. The company was one of the first online entertainment companies to implement “push technology” for updates.

Cisco Systems Inc.

GUI Architect • 1995-1997

Played a leadership role in graphic user interface (GUI) design for the network management business unit. Created and oversaw technical efforts for the “MOJO” (Management Over Java Products) project. Promoted Java technology for network management with field operations. Orchestrated an initiative to develop a uniform look and feel across corporation-wide management applications. Created the first Java-based SNMP layer and router administration console.

Caere Corporation

Senior Staff Engineer • 1994-1995

Served as GUI architect and senior designer for an innovative document management product. Planned and produced the prototype for an Internet-centric document management system, which was similar to the Apple “Sherlock” product released some years later.

Rational Software

Senior Developer • 1992-1994

Led all engineering and GUI architecture efforts to develop a new C++-based product. Redesigned and implemented a Motif-based debugger interface for an ADA development environment. Coordinated and supervised engineering in ease-of-use and consistency-of-interface issues.

AudioFile Inc.

Director/Chief UI Engineer • 1991-1992

Created system architecture for the SyncroMedia product line, a cross-platform, network-aware, multimedia applications engine delivering innovative new capabilities. Served as Representative to the Interactive Multimedia Association (IMA).

Sun Microsystems Inc.

Senior Software Consultant • 1988-1990

Directed a 5-person contract team to develop and execute a project to port and optimize the X11/News window system for the Sun-386i. This version was released along with the SPARC and Motorola platforms. Communicated with customers on behalf of the company’s Director of Window Systems.

Raster Technologies Inc.

Senior Engineer • 1986-1988

Held responsibility for the porting of Sun’s NeWs windowing system onto a new 3D graphics workstation project. Successfully integrated windows system user interface elements into the PHIGS+ 3D library.

GenRad Inc.

Development Engineer • 1982-1986

Held responsibility for the writing drivers and system debuggers for next-generation microprocessor system testing product.

Publications

“SyncroMedia™ Directions - A Strategy for Multimedia Architecture, Rendering, and File Format”, Presented to the IMA, September 1991.

“An Introduction to Performance Test”, ATE Silicon Valley ’86, Santa Clara, CA, October 1986.

“Testability Requirements for Performance Test”, ATE West ’86. Anaheim, CA, January 1986.