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Marco Von Ballmoos
Software Architect & Developer
Profile
I have more than two decades of experience as a professional software developer, systems architect and technical project manager. I'm interested in high-quality solutions to tough problems. I co-founded Encodo Systems AG almost a dozen years ago.
My focus has always been on generalization and DRY using metadata and common libraries. I've written four frameworks over the years, in C#, C++, Delphi and PHP.
Skills
Systems Architect
Design back-end and front-systems. Integration with existing systems. Maintainable. Extendable. Understandable.
Full Stack Developer
Comfortable and experienced in writing high-performance, readable code in various languages and with various frameworks, libraries and technologies.
Technical Project Manager
Collect and create requirements. Manage issues and releases.
Trainer & Educator
Plan and execute trainings for small- to medium-sized teams. Write technical documentation and share knowledge via code reviews and frequent blogging.
Employment & Education
Encodo Systems AG
Winterthur, Switzerland
—present
- Founding Partner, Technical Project Manager, Architect, Lead Developer, Support
Logicat, Inc.
New York, New York
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- Architect, Lead Developer
Hamilton College
Clinton, New York
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- Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics (minor in physics; undeclared major in computer science)
Personal
Languages
English, German: fluent (speaking, reading, writing)
Interests
Cycling, Hiking, Programming, Writing, Books, Movies
Project History
Encodo Systems AG
September 2005—present
Our goal at Encodo is to build interesting and useful software. I've worked on many projects with a wide range of technologies and target platforms. Our emphasis is on using the best, most appropriate tools for the job.
Quino
—present
- Technical PM, Architect, Lead Developer
- C#, Winforms, WPF, Web API, TypeScript, Less, React
- A metadata-centric framework to develop client and service applications. Includes an ORM, automated schema-migration, generated user interfaces and much more.
Alps Handoff Training
- Architect
- C#, Quino, Web API, TypeScript, Less, Knockout
- Created presentations and tutorials and presented a 5-day training to onboard a small team.
Alps
—present
- Technical PM, Architect, Developer
- C#, Quino, Web API, TypeScript, Less, Knockout
- Services and web front-end for processing, overview and management of ACATS for Apex Clearing Corporation.
Qontis
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- Architect, Developer
- C#, WCF, Meniga, JavaScript, Less, jQuery
- A personal finance manager with integration into various online banking systems.
Crealogix MUX Training
- Architect
- HTML 5, JavaScript, Less/Css
- Created a framework recommendation for a web-based project. Created presentations and tutorials and presented a 5-day training to onboard a small team.
Roche HTML5 Training
- Architect
- HTML 5, JavaScript, Less/Css
- Created presentations and tutorials and presented a 3-day, HTML5 introduction and training with a focus on architecture.
Roche MUA
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- Developer
- HTML 5, JavaScript, Less/Css
- A full-fledged port of a Silverlight user-assistance application to HTML for mobile devices.
Peak6 Launchpad
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- Architect, Developer
- C#, Winforms, Quino
- A highly concurrent and high-performance query and display client for options traders.
M9
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- Architect, Developer
- C#, Winforms, Entity Framework
- A large-scale and high-volume contact bulk mail/campaign manager.
eZag Admin
—present
- Architect, Developer, Support
- C#, Winforms, Quino, ASP.Net, Exchange integration
- A product for managing a school, including basic data, curriculum and lesson planning software.
POC Raiffeisen
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- Architect, Developer
- Java, Eclipse RCP
- A POC to wrap legacy software in a SOAP API with a Java client prototype.
Fides Client
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- Architect, Developer, Support
- Delphi Pascal, VCL
- A client/server component to communicate in parallel and asynchronously via a custom, secure XML-based protocol.
Fides Reporting
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- Architect, Lead Developer, Support
- Delphi Pascal, VCL
- A reporting engine and full-fledged designer for fixed-width text, HTML and PDF reports.
ZAG Entlastungkontrolle
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- Architect, Developer, Support
- Java, Tapestry
- A product for teachers and administrators to manage compensated and continuing eductation time.
Q-ZAG
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- Architect, Developer, Support
- Java, Tapestry
- A document management system for organizing materials related to the Quintessenz system.
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Quino
Alps
Qontis
Roche UA
Peak6 Launchpad
M9
eZagAdmin
eZagAdmin
PoC Raiffeisen
Fides Reporting Engine
Fides Reporting Engine
Fides Client
Fides Client
Q-ZAG
Q-ZAG
Entlastungskontrolle
Entlastungskontrolle
Opus Software GmbH
October 2002—August 2005
I moved from New York City to Switzerland to work for Opus, where I went back to working with Object Pascal and Delphi.
Atlas
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- Architect, Lead Developer
- Delphi Pascal, VCL
- A metadata-centric framework to develop client and service applications. Included an ORM, automated schema-migration, generated user interfaces and much more.
SQL Server Data Driver
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- Lead Developer
- Delphi Pascal, SQL Server 2000
- A data driver for Atlas for SQL Server databases.
Allbase Data Driver
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- Lead Developer
- Delphi Pascal, HP Allbase
- A data driver for Atlas for HP Allbase databases.
Dialba 2000
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- Developer
- Delphi Pascal, VCL, Btrieve/Powerflex
- Support and enhancements for a feature-rich and powerful banking front-end written with Atlas.
Atlas Startup
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- Lead Developer
- Delphi Pascal
- A flexible and declarative configuration and startup system for Atlas applications.
Atlas Logging
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- Lead Developer
- Delphi Pascal
- Add configurable and semantic/information-rich logging for Atlas applications.
earthli Projects 2.5
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- Lead Developer
- PHP 4
- Install and support earthli Projects as issue-tracker for Opus. Improve emails and subscriptions. Enrich job/issue data with multiple branch statuses.
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Sql Server Data Driver
Allbase Data Driver
Dialba 2000
Atlas Startup
Atlas Logging
Atlas
Atlas
earthli Projects 2.5
Logicat, Inc.
August 1994—August 2002
I moved from upstate New York to New York City to start my professional career at Logicat as a developer.
Logicat Course Administrator
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- Project Manager, Architect, Lead Developer
- Visual Basic, ASP.Net, IIS 5, SQL Server 2000
- Added multi-tenancy to CE Manager with features/permissions per customer and improved evaluation, reporting and views.
Logicat CE Manager
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- Project Manager, Architect, Lead Developer
- Visual Basic, ASP.Net, IIS 5, SQL Server 2000
- A web-based application with reports, reminders and statements for lawyers to track and manage continuing-education credits and licenses.
Logicat Online Testing
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- Lead Developer
- Visual C++ 6, IIS 5, SQL Server 2000, HTML/CSS/JS
- An HTML-based testing platform for online learning solutions.
One-on-One with the SAT 2
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- Project Manager, Architect, Lead Developer
- Visual C++ 6, MFC, Win32, Metrowerks CodeWarrior 5, Macintosh Toolbox
- Add full cross-platform support for Mac OS 9/Windows 95/98 for the Logicat Test Engine (including full renderer and file-format abstraction). Authors had significant scripting/formatting/layouting control.
Logicat Test Engine
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- Project Manager, Architect, Lead Developer
- Visual C++ 6, MFC, Win32
- Extended ELF with sounds, images, videos, forms and event-based scripting to build a feature-rich and powerful testing framework. Initial content was for a BNL (Brookhaven National Labs) training manual.
Logicat CPA Review Software Live Courses
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- Architect, Lead Developer
- Visual C++ 5, MFC, Win32, Delphi 3, OLE/COM
- Integrate study plan, calendar and PowerPoint presentations to support/enhance live instruction.
Performance Transfer Utility
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- Lead Developer
- Delphi 2.0, Wise 5.0, HTML/CSS
- A hardware copy-protection utility for Logicat CPA Review with custom installer and detailed (100-page) manual.
Logicat CPA Review
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- Architect, Lead Developer
- Visual C++ 4.1/5, MFC, Win32, ELF
- A rewrite of the popular PassMaster DOS program for Windows 95 using ELF.
ELF (Extended Logicat Format)
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- Architect, Lead Developer
- Borland Delphi 2, Microsoft Visual C++ 4.1
- A content pipeline and rendering library that included a markup language, RTF parser and structured binary document format/database.
PassMaster CPA Review Web Site
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- Lead Developer
- JavaScript, HTML, Delphi
- An online demonstration of some of the functionality of the DOS-based PassMaster CPA review software.
One-on-One with the SAT Counselor Utility
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- Lead Developer
- Borland Object Pascal 7, Win32
- A management and reporting utility for multi-user, networked school distributions of One-on-One with the SAT.
One-on-One with the SAT
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- Developer
- Borland Object Pascal 7, Win32
- The official College Board SAT-preparation tool for Windows 3.1/95.
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Course Administrator
Logicat CE Manager
Online Testing
One-on-One with the SAT 2.0
Logicat Test Engine
CPA Live Courses
Performance Transfer
Logicat CPA Review
ELF
PassMaster Web
Counselor Utility
One-on-One with the SAT
Personal Projects
January 1998—present
I built and continue to maintain all of the software to run my web site. I've also started and participated in open-source projects over the years.
earthli WebCore 3.x
—present
- Project Manager, Architect, Lead Developer
- PHP 5, MySQL, HTML5, LESS/ CSS, JS
- Continued maintenance (migrated to PHP5) as well as introducing features (newsfeeds/social optimization).
TuneSync
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- Project Manager, Architect, Lead Developer
- Delphi 7
- An application for comparing and syncing iTunes libraries (ID3 tags, ratings, play counts, etc.).
PHPDocumentor
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- Developer
- PHP 4/5
- A documentation generator for PHP. Enhanced data and templates (HTML4/CSS valid) and fixed bugs.
earthli WebCore 2
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- Architect, Lead Developer
- PHP, MySQL 4
- A refactoring of the framework to centralize common logic. Migration of all applications.
earthli Projects
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- Lead Developer
- PHP, MySQL, WebCore
- An issue-tracker and version/release manager built with the earthli WebCore.
earthli News
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- Lead Developer
- PHP, MySQL, WebCore
- A blogging platform built with the earthli WebCore (replaced Forums).
earthli Recipes
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- Lead Developer
- PHP, MySQL, WebCore
- A recipe-management application built with the earthli WebCore.
earthli WebCore
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- Architect, Lead Developer
- PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JS
- Built a web-application framework with themes, security, search, an ORM, an email publication engine and more. Rebuilt Albums with this framework.
earthli Themes
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- Lead Developer
- HTML, CSS
- Rewrote web front-end with CSS to support multiple color schemes.
earthli Forums
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- Architect, Lead Developer
- PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JS
- Bulletin board with full-text search, nested commenting and ACL-based permissions.
earthli Albums
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- Architect, Lead Developer
- PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JS
- Albums with journal entries, photos, a calendar and support for multiple users.
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TuneSync
PHPDocumentor
earthli Projects
earthli News
earthli Recipes
earthli WebCore
earthli Themes
earthli Forums
earthli Albums
Skills History
Techniques
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Functional Programming
Project Management
Technical Documentation
Technical Writing/Blogging
Architecture
OO Programming
Procedural Programming
Languages
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2010
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SASS
TypeScript
LESS
C#
Java
Delphi Pascal
Bash
VB
CSS
C++
PHP
Eiffel
Delphi Pascal
JavaScript
HTML
Object Pascal
Pascal
HyperTalk
Basic
Libraries & Frameworks
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Knockout
AntLR
ASP.NET
.NET
Java Runtime
Delphi VCL
ASP.NET
Metrowerks PowerPlant
MacOS Toolbox
PHP Runtime
MFC
STL
Win32
Think Pascal
HyperCard
Administration & Tools
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TeamCity
Mongo
Sqlite
Jenkins
Git
PostgreSql
Sql Server
Jira
Sybase
Linux administration
MySql
Perforce
Windows administration
Mac OS/OS X administration