David Scott Howell
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`Inventor • Designer • Entrepreneur • Developer • Expert Witness
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`Digital inventor and designer who has successfully monetized emerging technology for 25+ years.
`I advise and lead high-performing teams to create, extend, and leverage their assets to solve real
`problems elegantly, capture new value, and delight millions of paying customers.
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`CREDENTIALS
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`Cornell University, The Johnson School
`MBA
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`Case Western Reserve University
`BS, Computer Science and Engineering with High Honors
`BA, Music with High Honors
`MS, Computer Engineering (coursework complete, thesis incomplete)
`National Merit Scholarship, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa, Mortar Board, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
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`Speaker: Apple WWDC, National Association of Broadcasters, One More Thing Melbourne,
`CocoaHeads, Voices that Matter Philadelphia, OEN Pub Talks, OEN CEO Panel, Mosaic Vail
`Summit, Data Management Association, Innovations Mobile, REAP, Portland Mac Users Group,
`Clark County PubTalks, Mobile Portland, AltWWDC
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`Guest Lecturer: Portland State University Graduate School of Engineering Management,
`University of Phoenix
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`PATENTS
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`U.S. provisional: Accelerated secondary display system
`U.S. #10,163,422: Accelerated secondary display system
`U.S. #9,058,759: Virtual display device drivers compatible with Windows display driver model
`U.S. #7,643,037: Method and apparatus for titling by applying effects to computer-generated
`characters
`U.S. #7,594,180: Method and apparatus for titling by presenting computer-generated characters
`U.S. #7,199,805: Method and apparatus for titling
`U.S. #8,694,888: Method and apparatus for titling
`U.S. #7,483,041: Method and apparatus for titling
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`EXPERIENCE
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`Avatron
`Founder & CEO, 2008–present
`Bootstrapped startup, funded entirely by app sales, developing innovative hardware and apps for
`iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows. Led a world-class team of 18 engineers and designers to
`support and sell $14M of apps to 2.5M customers, fueled by a culture of solving the harder
`problems, love of design elegance, geeky camaraderie, and a fierce respect for customers’ time
`and productivity. Growing via traditional and guerrilla channel strategies.
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`Curriculum Vitae
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`PRODUCTS
`• Air Sharing: document management and remote file access app. Apple’s first App of the Week
`and #1 top-downloaded iOS app, was installed on 20% of all iPhones after a million downloads
`in its first 2 weeks. $4M+ sales over 5 years.
`• Air Display: patented app that turns an iPad, Android tablet, Mac, or PC into an extra display for
`a host computer. #2 top-grossing iOS Utility app. $9M+ sales over 7 years.
`• True Display: patented hardware adapter that turns a tablet into a Mac/PC monitor.
`• Air Connect: tunnels to remote Mac for screen sharing or file sharing. Launched on Kickstarter.
`• Air Dictate: enabled voice dictation on a Mac via an iPhone mic, before Apple launched Siri for
`Mac.
`• Print Sharing: prints documents to shared printers, using an embedded CUPS client.
`• Avatron Publishing: 50+ apps built with licensed media.
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`Negotiated and performed engineering contracts. Clients included Samsung and Intel.
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`Perfect Company
`Vice President of Engineering, 2019–present
`Leading a world-class team of app and data engineers to reinvent the commercial kitchen.
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`Our projects include:
`• Perfect Bake and Perfect Drink: Patented consumer apps that control a connected digital scale,
`for precise baking and cocktail mixing
`• NutriBullet: An app that controls a patented connected blender, available from CostCo
`• AIM: An advanced ingredient management system to forecast ingredient preparation
`requirements and guide kitchen staff through recipe completion, including control of connected
`appliances
`• PUC: An app, a web API for point-of-sale integration, and a connected cabinet of lockers for
`secure food delivery
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`Apple
`Senior Engineering Manager, Applications, 2002–2008
`Tech giant focused on transforming the mundane into something delightful
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`Managed the FxPlug plug-in architecture for visual effects in professional film & video production
`apps.
`• Developed and documented the FxPlug framework and SDK.
`• Supported third-party and internal FxPlug developers. Hosted developer kitchens.
`• Guided internal Apple teams to integrate FxPlug, Core Image, and After Effects plug-in support
`into Pro Apps suite, including Final Cut Pro and Motion.
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`Managed and led the LiveType engineering team.
`• Led engineering team to turn my India Pro animated-fonts technology into an Apple app.
`• Coordinated the human and visual interface teams with engineering to refine user experience.
`• Invented and implemented support for animated vector-based LiveFonts.
`• Worked with Apple Legal to patent LiveFonts, LiveType, and LiveType Effects titling
`technology.
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`Contributed to engineering on Final Cut Pro, Motion, LiveType, Keynote, Pages, iWeb, Numbers,
`and Aperture.
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`Curriculum Vitae
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`Pablo Media
`Founder & Principal Engineer, 1994–2002
`Boutique software engineering firm with 20+ clients, specializing in making games and tools for
`creative users
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`Negotiated 30+ software development contracts. Led a network of engineers to fulfill the contracts,
`while building a platform for media-creation and image-processing apps. Acquired by Apple in
`2002.
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`SELECTED CLIENTS
`Prismo Graphics: Co-designed and wrote India Pro Special Effects Titler (predecessor of Apple’s
`LiveType), an animated titling app for film and video, with animated fonts, scripted special effects,
`live video preview, and movie compositing. Helped prepare for Apple acquisition. Wrote all code
`for macOS and Windows.
`Sarnoff Corporation: Developed VideoBrush Panorama, a macOS app that seamlessly tiled
`panoramic images from live video capture, using advanced pixel-flow algorithms.
`Lucasfilm, Iomega, Videonics, Xaos Tools, DigiEffects, Burnett Group, Stomper,
`AVerMedia, PicoStar: Developed serial and USB drivers, image-processing plug-ins and
`components for QuickTime, Director, Photoshop, and After Effects. Designed and developed
`video capture, playback, and editing tools.
`Hasbro, Zombie, Westwood Studios, Realtime Associates: Ported games to macOS and Sony
`Playstation. Titles: Candy Land Adventure, Tonka Construction Site, Locus, Young Blood, and
`Legends of Kyrandia.
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`Sonus, Passport Designs, Digitalk, New Video, MetaCreations
`Lead Software Engineer roles, 1987–1994
`Developed tools for composers, video producers, and developers, on the bleeding edge of digital
`technology.
`• Led a software engineering team at the first joint venture funded by Apple and Intel, to create
`the EyeQ hardware and software for full-screen 30-fps video playback, before Apple launched
`QuickTime.
`• Ported Intel’s Indeo video codec to macOS, under contract to Intel.
`• Wrote music composition apps for macOS and Apple IIgs when MIDI was exciting and new,
`and received Electronic Musician’s Most Innovative Software Product award for Master Tracks
`Pro 4.
`• Led macOS engineering for the Smalltalk/V Mac development environment.
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`AVOCATIONS
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`Expert Witness
`Assisting legal teams with software patent infringement and invalidity litigation. Researching
`prosecution history, analyzing prior art, preparing claim constructions, testifying in federal court,
`writing expert opinions.
`Licensed Real Estate Broker, Oregon First, Realtors®
`Advisory Board Member, Swag’r Digital Media
`Advisory Board Member, Bizmati
`Board Member, Chair of Entrepreneur Services committee, Oregon Entrepreneurs Network
`(2 years)
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`Board Secretary and Co-founder, Jazz Society of Santa Cruz County (4 years)
`Helped achieve non-profit 501(c)(3) status, performed as house pianist for a weekly jam session.
`Jazz Pianist, various quartets, trios, big bands
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