Contact me (alex@hopmann.org)
I am available for contract work including technical due diligence, technical staff evaluation and interviews, and product development consulting including architecture and prototyping help.
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1990-1996 ResNova Software, Inc. Huntington Beach, CA
President and Founder
- Founded small software company which created client and server software for Macintosh and Windows and grew to 17 employees
- Involved with most aspects including product development, marketing and PR (5-star product review from MacWeek), business development, customer relationships
- Sold to Microsoft in November 1996
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1996-1997 Microsoft Corporation Redmond, WA
Development Lead, Mac Internet Group and Outlook
- Shipped Microsoft version of acquired products as part of Mac Internet Explorer 4.0 product family
- Involved with Internet Standards work- HTML, HTTP, early XML
- Prototyped future storage concepts for Outlook (port to SQL)
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1997-2001 Microsoft Corporation Redmond, WA
Lead Program Manager, Exchange Server
- Created XMLHTTP, key component of AJAX platform and built first true AJAX application (Outlook Web ACcess for Exchange 2000)
- Lead program management team for protocols, Outlook Web Access, developer platform
- Initiated Exchange Front End servers and rearchitecture of Outlook Web Access to meet customer needs and grow business > $50 million
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2001-2005 Microsoft Corporation Redmond, WA
Group Program Manager, Avalon
- Developed program management team for Avalon frameworks (higher level APIs, controls, layout, data, web support)
- Involved in architecture team, focusing on making sure that Avalon follows its key principles and works cleanly for real application and web developers
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2005-2006 Pure Networks Seattle, WA
Director of Program Management
- Lead team in design and execution of Network Magic 2.0, a major new release that included a personal web server, universal router support, licensing and retail support in 6 months
- Played important role in recruiting key talent to the company
- Prototyped redesign of Network Magic as a web-service with AJAX-based web UI and cloud and local-based services
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| Education |
1989-1993 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
- B.A. Physics, concentration in Computer Science.
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| Other |
- Granted 14 patents, 5+ others pending.
- Contributed to design of HTTP 1.1, HTML 4.0, XML 1.0, WebDAV, AJAX, CDF/RSS.
- Co-Author of Internet Standards MHTML, PICS
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