MARCUS NEEDHAM
PO Box 41863, Tucson, AZ 85717-1863
520-319-1720 (voice) 520-989-6018 (fax)
marcus@needham.net
Professional Experience
www.mountaindynamics.com
Mountain Dynamics Inc., Tucson AZ
President & CEO, 2005-Present
- Founded company to create SnowRanger™
ski resort maps and services for handheld GPS receivers
- Created database, website, and software processes for map creation,
publication, distribution, and maintenance
- Created and published over 60 US/Canadian resort maps
- Licensed, packaged and published over 450 European resort maps
- Established relationships with development partners, resorts, retailers, and GPS manufacturers
- Primary tools/formats: PHP, Perl, MySQL, XML, JavaScript, AJAX, CSS, HTML/XHTML,
Authorize.net, GlobalMapper, GPSMapEdit, GPX, KML, DEM, Shapefiles, TeleAtlas, NAVTEQ
www.theriver.com
The River Internet Access Co., Tucson AZ
President, 2004-2005
- Managed and consummated sale of company to DFW Internet Services, Inc. for $3.34M
- Retained by DFW to run The River as subsidiary
Co-Founder, VP of Operations, 1995-2004
- Researched, designed, and implemented all technical aspects of an Internet Service Provider (ISP)
- Highly skilled in TCP/IP networking, Cisco router configuration, and Linux, BSD/OS, and Windows server environments
- Developed database-oriented web sites using ColdFusion, JavaScript, CGI/Perl, VB/ASP, PHP, and HTML
- Oversaw growth of company to peak annual sales of $5M
www.qualityamerica.com
Quality America Inc., Tucson AZ
Senior Software Developer, 1990-1999
- Wrote SPC-PC IV, the first port of a Statistical Process Control (SPC) application to the Microsoft Windows platform
- Became highly skilled in creating Windows applications using C++
- Wrote Flowcharting/Cause and Effect and Gage Calibration packages, and supervised development of Design of Experiments (DOE) and 7MP packages
CARE Software Technology Ltd., Reading, UK
Analyst-Designer, 1989-1990
- Led team of programmers implementing car rental fleet management system using Informix-4GL and C under UNIX
- Worked on teams creating custom software system for a public utility company, and a treasury management system for a major UK bank
Software Sciences Ltd., Farnborough, UK
Applications Programmer, 1987-1989
- Worked on team creating program information and scheduling system for major UK TV network using Model204 and COBOL on IBM 4381
Education
University of Oxford
B.A. Physics, First Class Honours, 1987
Other Information
- Member of the Telecommunications Infrastructure Sub-Committee (TISC) of the Arizona Governor's Council on Innovation and Technology (GCIT)
- Interests include hiking, backpacking, cycling, and skiing
- British National, with Permanent Resident Alien status