As director of software, my dad was the first person hired at Apple that officially reported to Steve Jobs.
Its CEO and co-founder, Doug McCormack, , plus its director of software engineering, Mark McWilliams, are both amputees and Magellan users.
The problem is that, so far, Microsoft does not have much to show for its plans, says Brent Thill, director of software research at Citi Investment Research.
Rendering software that costs several thousand dollars per user just a few years ago can now be had for several hundred dollars, said Digital Domain creative director of software Doug Roble.
Alan comes to us with nearly a decade at Apple, most recently as Director of Software Product Marketing in Europe and previously as Director of Emerging WW Product Marketing, Alan has extraordinary consumer product marketing and launch experience.
Alvin Estevez is president, co-founder, and managing director of Enigma Software Group USA, a developer of PC and Internet security systems, including the SpyHunter anti-malware software diagnosis and removal utility.
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After that, it's "Let me hire someone more like Greg and less like Ted, " says Greg Thompson, director of strategy for software maker SuccessFactors.
Alvin Estevez is the cofounder, president, and managing director of the Enigma Software Group, which develops PC and Internet security systems, including the SpyHunter anti-malware software diagnosis and removal utility.
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"In order to win, you have to spend, " commented Kei Grieg Toyomasu, Director of Marketing, Opera Software.
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After Facebook, he became director of marketing at a software company, and then co-founded an outfit that facilitates payments for online games.
He helped build the database engine in SQL Server 2000, co-founded Spathe.com, and served as Director of Technology at Progress Software and as chief technology officer at AppZero.com.
"Enabling natural, intuitive, user experiences is fundamental to our vision of the connected vehicle, and providing our automotive customers with the tools to create those experiences is fundamental to our product strategy, " said Linda Campbell, director of strategic alliances, QNX Software Systems.
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"This is just the first generation of filmmakers embracing computers and software, " says Ian Calderon , director of digital initiatives at the Sundance Institute .
Furukawa then forgot about it until May, when he received an e-mail from Blake Scholl, director of product development at Pelago, a software development company in Seattle.
"It's part of a growing trend to integrate hardware, software and services, " says Ross Rubin, director of consumer technology industry analysis for the NPD Group.
The premise is that humans are vastly superior to computers at tasks such as pattern recognition, says Peter Cohen, director of the project at Amazon, so why not let software take advantage of human strengths?
Record producer Carlos Quintero, director of Orixe and Jamm Records in Spain, believes that the software has a high accuracy rate.
He quit his job as director of the business-to-business segment at e-commerce software maker Open Market to launch PurchasingCenter, warning his wife to expect lean months with no salary.
As an inventor, entrepreneur and currently the director of Product Innovation for SolidWorks, Chin has been a pioneer of 3 Dimensional printing, digital modeling software and, more recently, sustainable design practices.
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"Staying on top of soft skills such as critical thinking and time management while maintaining expertise in hard skills such as widely-used software programs provides candidates and employees with a necessary edge, " says Christian Idiodi, director of CBInstitute.com, a division of CareerBuilder.com that offers online courses and certifications.
"We are betting big on the cloud with our most successful product, and we are investing heavily both in the product engineering side and the physical infrastructure side, " Tim O'Brien, Microsoft's senior director of platform strategy, said last year when the company first unveiled a Web-based version of its Office software.
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