646 Cheshire Way
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
nick at brosnahan dot org
408-245-5253
Nick Brosnahan
Objective
To work with a group of talented software professionals dedicated to
creating software of lasting value that people love to use and
recommend to all their friends.
Summary
Twelve years of software development experience at several successful
Silicon Valley software companies.
Proven record of building software that consistently delivers value to the
customer release after release.
Breadth of knowledge spanning multiple operating systems, languages, and
frameworks. Experience in consumer, small business, and enterprise
software deployments
Development of diverse software products from device drivers to user
interfaces, from desktop applications to multi-tier, web-based applications.
Skills
Languages: C#, Java, C/C++, XML, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, SQL
Tools: VS.NET, IntelliJ IDEA, Emacs, Subversion, CVS
Technologies: .NET Web Services, ASP.NET, WinForms, DHTML, Servlets,
JDBC, Apache, JServ, Oracle, and others
Operating Systems: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris
Experience
2004-
Tanagra, Inc.
Sunnyvale, CA
Principal Software Engineer
 One of three engineers bootstrapping a software startup company.
2000-2004
Intuit, Inc.
Mountain View, CA
Staff Software Engineer
QuickBooks Online Edition
 Sole developer responsible for managing all projects related to the
reporting feature for ten releases, from identifying requirements to
tracking project schedule to change control. Created new reports and
extended the reporting infrastructure to support customer-requested
capabilities for filtering, display, export to Excel, and delivery through
email.
 Consistently drove performance improvements that reduced
operational load resulting in lower costs and faster response time for
users.
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 Created an internal statistics-gathering module for tracking customer
acquisition and usage patterns, providing more accurate forecasting of
revenue and operational capacity requirements.
 Created a dynamic, user-customizable replacement for the
application’s home page. Users now have the capability to collapse,
re-arrange, and add or remove home page sections.
 Represented team to the CTO organization taskforce focused on
recommending corporate standard development tools and processes.
1997-2000
Marimba, Inc.
Mountain View, CA
Senior Software Engineer
Castanet Product Suite
 Primary developer responsible for managing enhancements to the
Castanet server, including evaluating customer requests, defining
enhancement feature sets, and driving the software to completion.
 Created a content replication system for automatic mirroring of data
between servers, resulting in improved system scalability and faster
distribution to client endpoints.
 Implemented security enhancements for the Castanet system
including authentication, certificate management, SSL encryption,
code signing, and access control.
 Redesigned the publishing component of the Castanet system,
resulting in better usability, faster packaging of content, improved
upload time, and increased security.
1994-1997
Apple Computer, Inc.
Cupertino, CA
Engineer/Scientist II
AppleShare IP Mail Server
 Primary engineer responsible for adding new mail server component
for the AppleShare system.
 Re-architected and extended an existing stand-alone mail server to
add required features for high-performance mail routing, connectivity
over TCP/IP, support for thousands of users, and integration with
AppleShare platform directory and administration tools.
NetWare on PowerPC
 Created a high-performance serial driver compliant with the NetWare
Asynchronous I/O API.
 Enhanced the NetWare Loadable Module linker to allow creation of
applications for both x86 and PowerPC architectures.
1992-1994
Oracle Corporation
Redwood Shores, CA
Application Developer
Oracle Applications - Order Entry Application
 Developed an enterprise sales order management system used by
Oracle applications customers in mission-critical deployments.
Education
1988-1992
Dartmouth College
 B.A., Computer Science.
Hanover, NH
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Interests
Photography, cooking, travel, and a hundred other things
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