Chris Marinacci                                                                          308 River St. #D30, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

marinacci@earthlink.net • Home 831-429-4242

 

Summary of Qualifications

Project Manager/Senior Programmer with over 20 years experience in the software industry. Strong leadership and successful team building skills. Excellent technical, communication, presentation, and customer service skills. Resourceful problem solver with proven ability in getting up to speed and fixing bugs in pre-existing code, redesigning and re-implementing systems when necessary.

Technical Skills

  • Languages: Delphi, C#, C++, C, BASIC, HTML, SQL, Java, JavaScript, Perl, assembler
  • Databases: MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Access, Oracle, dBase, Paradox, DBISAM
  • Development environments: Delphi (Win32 and .NET), Visual Studio, Dreamweaver
  • Operating Systems: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Unix
  • Other: Windows Forms, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, User Interfaces (UI), DirectX, Flash, VCL, TCP/IP

Professional Experience and Accomplishments

Australian Design Group, Australia                                                                                           2005 to Present

Lead Programmer

 

  • Currently converting the world history board game “7 Ages” to the computer, including Internet play and computer AI.

 

 

International Rescue, Redondo Beach, CA                                                                                    2004 to 2005

Chief Technical Officer

 

  • Designed and programmed an online classified ad portal using ASP.NET and MySQL.

 

 

Cosmi Corporation, Rancho Dominguez, CA                                                                                 1995 to 2004

Director of Research & Development / Senior Programmer

 

  • Managed, developed and completed over 20 mass-market consumer software products, using components, rapid application development, and object-oriented programming. 

 

  • Developed programs that ultimately sold more than 15,000,000 units over the last 10 years.

 

  • Devised a sophisticated desktop publishing engine that made it possible to create numerous retail products from one code base, which significantly reduced company expenses by saving literally thousands of hours of development time and eliminating the need for extra manpower.

 

  • Researched and purchased development tools based on value, efficiency and speed to bring projects to quick completion.

 

  • Researched competitors' products and determined feasibility for proposed similar Cosmi projects based on time requirements and development costs; made recommendations and submitted project plans and projections to top management.

 

  • Consulted on and resolved technical issues for other programmers as needed.

Mayor Jerry Brown, Oakland, CA                                                                                              1994 to Present

Consultant

 

  • Created and maintained mass mailing database and application used for the “We the People” organization, two Oakland mayoral campaigns, and the California Attorney General campaign.

 

  • Researched and recommended new hardware and software purchases.

 

  • Consulted with the City of Oakland police department on crime prevention software.

 

  • Consulted with the mayor on city hardware and software contracts.

 

 

Cosmi Corporation, Rancho Dominguez, CA                                                                                 1992 to 1995

Contract Programmer

 

  • Developed mss-market consumer software products based on specifications made by marketing, sales and management.

 

 

Purart, Inc., Boston, MA                                                                                                               1990 to 1992

Programmer

 

  • Provided programming services as specified by administration.  Added new features and fixed bugs for company's existing core products (Turbo Debugger, Turbo Profiler).

 

  • Advised management of market trends in the software industry and made recommendations for new products.

 

 

Borland International, Scotts Valley, CA                                                                                        1988 to 1990

Research & Development Project Manager

 

  • Supervised two development teams located in four different international locations.  Successfully managed all aspects of the Tools project group from start to finish, including designing new features, establishing project goals and timelines, motivating staff, assigning tasks, solving technical problems and monitoring progress to completion.  Provided additional programming as needed.

 

  • Used talent for recognizing potential and promoted promising engineers who later went on to become major forces within the company and in the software industry (Chuck Jazdzewkski, Matt Pietrek).

 

Borland International, Scotts Valley, CA                                                                                        1986 to 1988

Quality Assurance Engineer / Manager

 

  • Supervised up to six quality assurance engineers and oversaw all daily operations of the Tools team. Verified all bug reports, delegated tasks to appropriate engineers. Created and maintained a bug database to effectively streamline the development process by eliminating discrepancies and providing easily accessible information.

 

  • Instituted and enforced a one-day turnaround time on all bug fixes, streamlining procedures and increasing productivity of R&D staff by eliminating unexpected downtime for programmers dependent on the tools.

 

  • Played a key role in thwarting a competitor from taking market share of Borland's flagship product by quickly implementing revolutionary new product features.

 

 

Borland International, Scotts Valley, CA                                                                                        1985 to 1986

Technical Support Engineer

 

  • Solved technical problems for customers over the phone and through correspondence in an effective and timely manner.  Retained customer loyalty by providing courteous and efficient resolution of complaints.

Awards

PC Magazine Technical Excellence Award (Developer Tools)

References

Mayor Jerry Brown (We the People, City of Oakland)

(510) 238-3141

 

Herb Kraft (International Rescue, Cosmi Corporation)

(310) 798-7087

 

Additional references are available upon request.