Resume for Dave Scruton                               		 fractal@maui.net
          	       115 W. 20th St 		      	     	 www.frak.com
                   Bayonne, NJ 07002			 (917) 731-6903


Summary: Seeking challenging work on creative projects in the iPhone, 3D simulations,
or User interface areas.  Over 30 years’ experience developing applications on all types
of platforms.
	
Skills Set:
- IOS  app development under XCode / Objective C
- OpenGL development on all platforms
- Windows and Mac development simultaneously
- GUI specialist
- Simulations specialist
- Multimedia developer / musician 
- Video Editing Pro
- Pro VJ

Experience:

2010 - present: APP development, creating a new App called "OOgie", an interactive
		3D multimedia musical instrument.  IOS / OpenGL development on 
		Snow Leopard.
2006 - 2009:    Ran my own company, fractallonomy, creating and selling 
		Adobe plug-in software. All plug-ins had complex UI's, and
		most also relied on OpenGL for rendering.
2001 - 2006:    DigiEffects  (www.digieffects.com), Consultant.
                Was the sole developer, responsible for hundreds of video 
                plug-ins for Adobe After Effects. Also responsible for Web Site 
                maintenance, and customer support.
                All software had to be developed and maintained on both Macintosh 
                OSX and Windows NT/2000/etc platforms simultaneously.
		Products of Note: Fantazm (3D effects software)
                                  CineLook II / FilmDamage

1999 - 2001:    Boeing Rocketdyne, Consultant.
                Unix Motif programmer/GUI developer. Responsible for creating 
                dozens of complex networked Display Panels, Control Panels and
		other Displays which controlled all the telescopes for the Maui 
                Space Surveilance System (MSSS).  All software was developed
                on SGI Unix/IRIX systems.

1983 - 1998:	Hughes Aircraft (which became Raytheon)
		MTS and later, Staff Engineer.
                Worked on dozens of "Star Wars" projects, on several different
                types of computer platforms. Work included hardware control,
                3D simulation, GUI's, and scientific software.  Even did NextStep
       Development (got to meet Steve Jobs)
		Projects: AOA, SSTS, BSTS, GSTS, SBIRS lo and hi, many more.

Education: BS EECS UC Berkeley, 1983.  
           Hatley-Pirbhai, 1993 (instructed by Imtiaz Pirbhai).
	   Self-Taught in dozens of other areas.

Skills:
I can program almost any type of software on any popular computer platform,
in any language: C, C++, FORTRAN, PASCAL, etc.


I have been writing software since I was in high school in 1979. 

My specialty is "putting out fires", or solving complex software problems in
short order.  No project is too small or too large.  Legacy code is no problem.
I have a very short learning curve, and am willing to learn new languages and
new platforms in a snap.

When I was at Hughes Aircraft, it was not uncommon for me to work on two or three
projects simultaneously, on different types of computers, and in different languages.  
I also can read and speak Spanish with moderate fluency.

Expert on computer-generated fractals, OpenGL / Inventor / VRML (Virtual Reality 
Modeling Language); also professional VJ (mixing live-generated video to techno music)
    
Other Interests:
I’ve been a victim of the “Tahiti Syndrome” since I went to Bora Bora in 1986.  Was an
avid golver when I lived in California. Also spent way too much time building HO railroad
sets in my teens. Still want to do a massive-screen VJ gig someday, maybe on the side
of a skyscraper or on Hoover Dam.  Would also like to try building my MPTM supercomputer
design someday; fab labs are expensive…