David A. Wilson, Ph.D.

4181 Horizon Court
San Jose, CA 95148
(408) 532-1663
(650) 575-5687 (cell)
wilson99@pacbell.net

Expertise

• Object-Oriented Programming
• Java technologies on the server and client
• Java Swing programming
  
• C++, Smalltalk, Objective-C, and other object programming languages
• XML/SOAP Web Services
• Microsoft .NET Technologies
• Integrated Development Environments and programmer tools
• Distributed Computing, including CORBA and Java RMI
• Graphical User Interfaces and user interface design
• Software Development Processes and Practices
• Software Reuse
• Software Frameworks and Design Patterns
• Artificial Life technologies such as Genetic Algorithms
• Visual Programming Languages
• Digital Photography
• Organizing, summarizing, and presenting complex technical material
• Ultrasonic Imaging Systems for Medical Diagnosis

Professional Summary

Employment History

Independent Consultant [1983 - present]

• Highly experienced technology consultant specializing in object-oriented development.
• Provides technical expertise to law firms specializing in intellectual property litigation.
• Software development using a variety of programming languages, including Java, C++, Objective-C, Smalltalk-80, and Object Pascal.
• Co-developed Spreadsheet 2000, an innovative application that provided the user with a visual programming language for performing complex numeric calculations and financial modeling.
• Co-developed QuickApp, a C++ applications framework used to develop a number of commercial Macintosh applications.
• Co-developed MicroGA – a C++ framework for solving optimization problems using the artificial life technique known as Genetic Algorithms.
• Projects for major clients described below.

Portal Software, Inc: Senior Architect [2000 - 2002]

• Architected and developed Storable Class Editor and other Java-based client applications that allow customization of Portal’s real-time billing system.
• Architected and prototyped various systems monitoring and management tools.
• Architected and prototyped an XML/SOAP-based Web Service to support Portal’s Infranet Content Connector.
• Member of the Architecture Steering Group.
• Defined the software development process used throughout the Product Development organization.
• Lived in Germany for five months, helping with technology transfer between Portal’s European and US-based product development organizations.
• Helped drive Engineering’s mentoring program; helped engineers with career and personal development.
• Developed and presented in-house training on Java, CORBA, O-O Frameworks, XML Web Services, and other subjects

Sun Microsystems: Contractor [1999 - 2000]

• Developed the first hands-on Jini and JavaSpaces programming “Code Camps”. Invented a technique for dynamically assembling GUI applications from independent Jini services.
• Developed Sun’s first “Code Camp” on Java performance tuning. Showed how to make Java clients and servers run faster using performance profiling tools and code optimization.
• Trained three other trainers on how to develop courses and give effective technical presentations.

Sun Microsystems: Contractor [1998]

• In late 1998, Sun introduced their “Java 2” technology with a special press presentation at the Java Business Expo in NYC.
• Developed a prototype "Accessible" Automated Teller Machine for that introduction that featured voice synthesis (for blind users), high-contrast screen display modes (for visually-impaired users), and support for 10 languages including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. 
• This system was demo’ed on stage by a blind user (and her Guide Dog).
• User preferences were programmed into a Java Ring using the JavaCard APIs.
• The user interface was programmed in Swing, while RMI servers delivered functionality to the client.
  

Apple Computer:Contractor [1994 - 1996]

• In charge of all programmer training for the OpenDoc Development Framework (ODF)
• Developed and taught 5-day class on using C++ and ODF to develop new OpenDoc components.
• Wrote many ODF sample programs that were shipped with the product itself.

Apple’s Pink Project/Taligent, Inc.: Contractor [1989 - 1994]

• Programmer training and sample programs
• Hired as the first contractor for Apple’s super-secret Pink project to develop C++ sample programs and assemble hands-on programming classes for new employees, and eventually, for third-party developers.
• Continued in this role when Apple and IBM formed their $200 million Taligent joint venture.
• Developed a 3-day class on Writing Reusable C++ Frameworks , and presented it all over the US, in the UK, in Australia, and at IBM’s Yamato Research Labs outside of Tokyo.

Xerox and ParcPlace Systems: Contractor [1988]

• Developed Smalltalk programming classes
• Developed the first ParcPlace programmer training classes for Smalltalk-80.

Apple Computer: Contractor [1984 - 1989]

• Developed Apple’s classes on Macintosh programming. 
• Trained other trainers to help build Apple’s “Developer University”.
• Trained developers on using Pascal and C to do procedural programming using the Macintosh Toolbox.
• Developed Apple’s classes on using Object Pascal and C++ for object-oriented programming using the MacApp applications framework.

SRI International: Member of Technical Staff; Director, Bio-Engineering Research Center [1978 - 1983]

• Developed research instruments for medical diagnosis and therapy for the National Cancer Institute and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
• Managed a team of 15 researchers in developing new products for biomedical research and ultrasonic imaging.

Hewlett-Packard Laboratories: Member of the Technical Staff [1970 - 1978]

• Helped invent and develop a new real-time Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrophotometer for chemical analysis using an Acoustically-Tuned Optical Filter.
• Researched and started H-P’s first project on real-time, two-dimensional, B-Scan ultrasonic imaging for medical diagnosis. This eventually led to a series of products with which H-P became the world leader in cardiac ultrasonic imaging.

Litigation Support Experience

• Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
• Date: 2002 - 2003
  
• Project: Patent infringement, prior-art research and analysis
• Status: Ongoing
• Howrey Simon Arnold & White
• Date: 2000 - 2001
  
• Client: Sun Microsystems
• Project: Patent/technology survey
• Status: Completed
• Howrey Simon Arnold & White
• Date:1998 - 1999
• Client: Sun Microsystems
• Project: Patent/prior-art research
• Status: Completed
• Howrey Simon Arnold & White
• Date:1997
• Client: Apple Computer (v. Articulate Systems)
• Project: Patent infringement, created expert reports and depositions
• Status: Completed

Education

U.S. Patents

• Patent #4,482,834
• Issue Date:November 13, 1984
• Acoustic imaging transducer
• Assignee: Hewlett-Packard
• Patent #4,442,713
• Issue Date:April 17, 1984
• Frequency varied ultrasonic imaging array
• Assignee: SRI International
• Patent #4,446,740
• Issue Date:May 8, 1984
• Frequency controlled hybrid ultrasonic imaging arrays
• Assignee: SRI International
• Patent #4,471,785
• Issue Date:September 18, 1984
• Ultrasonic imaging system with correction for velocity inhomogeneity and multipath interference using an ultrasonic imaging array
• Assignee: SRI International

Commercial Software Products

• Spreadsheet 2000. A Macintosh application published in 1997 by Casady & Greene. ISBN 1-56482-141-2
• Keep It Simple Spreadsheet. A Macintosh application published in 1996 by Casady & Greene. ISBN 1-56482-101-3
• QuickApp. A C++ applications framework published by Emergent Behavior in 1993.

Publications (1982 to Present)

• Wilson, David A., The Java Guidelines – Creating fast, maintainable, reliable, portable Java programs, published internally by Visa International in 1999 for use by their engineering teams.
• Wilson, David A., et. al., C++ Programming With MacApp, Addison-Wesley, 1990, ISBN 0-201-57021-1.
• Wilson, David A., et. al., Programming With MacApp, Addison-Wesley, 1990, ISBN 0-201-55062-8.
• Wilson, David A., Class Diagrams: A Tool for Design, Documentation, and Modeling, Journal of Object-Oriented Programming, January/February 1990, pp. 38 – 44.
• Wilson, David, The Sordid Truth About Apple: Why Don’t Those Idiots Ever Do Anything Right, MacTutor (now MacTech), December 1990.
• Wilson, David A., Introduction to MacApp & Object Programming , published by MacApp Developer’s Association, April 1989.
• Wilson, David, MacApp Objects, MacTutor (now MacTech), September 1987, pp. 41 – 46.
• Goodin, Sue and Wilson, Dave, Programming the New Macs, MacTutor (now MacTech), May 1987.
• Wilson, David, Resource Formats for Asm, Rmaker and Lisa , MacTutor (now MacTech), June 1986.
• Wilson, David A., et. al., Practical BASIC Programs, IBM Personal Computer Edition, Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 1982, ISBN 0-931988-80-2.

Formal Conference & Panel Presentations, (1988 – Present)

• Wilson, David A., A Framework for Assembling Client Applications from Modular Components, Sun’s JavaOne Conference 2002, San Francisco, March 2002.
• Wilson, David A., Designing Object-Oriented Frameworks, 7th IBM Conference on Object-Oriented Software Development, July 1994.
• Wilson, David A. and Wilson, Stephen D., Writing Frameworks – Capturing Your Expertise About a Problem Domain, Conference on Object-Oriented Programming Systems, Languages, and Applications (OOPSLA) 1993.
• Wilson, David A., Developing a MacApp Application, MacWorld Expo Tokyo, February 1991.
• Dan Shafer, David A. Wilson, Jeff McKenna, John R. Pugh, Adele Goldberg: Panel: Teaching OOP. OOPSLA 1988.
• Numerous Apple World-Wide Developer Conferences and Apple European Developer Conferences.

Professional Associations

• Member, IEEE