My name is Jeff Lawniczak and I work with Firepad in Mt. View. Firepad is developing next generation, multimedia applications for the Palm Pilot platform.
Attached is a brief fact sheet outlining our background, development efforts and available opportunities. Firepad is pre IPO and generous stock options are available. We are looking for Palm OS programmers as well as senior staff members.
If you would like to discuss, please feel free to forward an updated copy of your resume to jeff@firepad.com or give me a call at 650-330-0103.
Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you.
Jeff Lawniczak
Staffing
Firepad.com
650-330-0103
jeff@firepad.com
Fax 650-618-2200
firepad
Firepad enables multimedia for the Palm Computing Platform. We are a well-funded startup seeking talented software engineers to design and build great Palm graphics software for both developers and consumers.
Job Duties/Responsibilities
The programmer's central responsibility is to design and build high-quality Palm software and desktop tools, exceeding customer needs, on time and on budget.
To meet that goal, the position holds the following authority:
- Write code for both PalmOS and Windows.
- Work with team leader, Support, and Marketing to create specifications for new products to exceed customer needs.
- Work with team leader to create achievable schedules and deliver to them.
- Build in software quality and maintainability.
Desired Qualities
High Priority
- PalmOS programming experience.
- C/C++.
- Graphics and data compression.
Would be nice
- Java, Windows programming
- CS degree
- Sense of humor.
- Capable of working with a diverse team of designers and programmers.
- Ability to play an instrument in the Firepad rock band. Drummer preferred.
Compensation is competitive and includes stock options.
Please include your current resume and a description of projects managed, with URLs. Email only, please.
FIREPAD
Firepad brings multimedia to the Palm Computing platform. We're are a well-funded startup, located in Mountain View, backed by some of the brightest lights in Silicon Valley, and are seeking top talent to design, build and manage our product line. Our existing products for the Palm Computing platform include Image Viewer, Image Converter III, Image Preview Utility III, Image Compression Manager III, Un-ImagerX, and AlbumToGo to Image Viewer Converter.
More than 6 million Palm devices have been sold since 1996. Palm-compatible hardware is sold by IBM, Handspring, and Qualcomm. Further offerings are expected from Nokia, Motorola and Sony, each of which has licensed the Palm operating system. Both Palm Inc. and Handspring have announced plans for initial public offering during 2000.
Firepad has opportunities for exceptional talent in software development, computer systems administration, accounting, sales, marketing, administration and operations. Desired technical specialties include PalmOS, image compression and wireless data streaming. We offer fully-paid health insurance, stock options, and competitive salaries. If you're committed to winning and are at the top of your field, please send us your resume - we look forward to learning about you!
For more information contact: Jeff Lawniczak at (650) 330-0103.
Email your resume today to Jeff@Firepad.com
Firepad, Inc.
261 Hamilton Avenue, suite 425
Palo Alto, California 94301-2533
FAX (650) 618-2200
MANAGEMENT TEAM
William E. Mitchell, 33, has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since he founded Firepad in 1997. He designed and managed the development of Tiger Woods PGA TOUR Golf for Palm, the first commercial-quality Palm videogame. Previously, he served as Senior Producer at Crystal Dynamics, Inc., a Kleiner Perkins-financed entertainment software publisher, between 1992 and 1996. In this capacity he managed the development of eleven entertainment software titles, encompassing product design and planning, overlapping concurrent product development, development capacity planning, international localization, the creation and execution of a technical staff hiring plan, and controlling the risks of rapid growth in the software product industry. Between 1989 and 1991 he served as a software engineer at Apple Computer, Inc. He has written articles on technology issues, including the May 25, 1997 New York Times piece "Books Have Endured for a Reason," coauthored with Venture Law Group attorney Richard Hsu. Mr. Mitchell serves as the Chairman of the Board of Advisors of PDAPro, the leading association of developers for the Palm Computing® platform. He holds a B.S. degree in engineering from the California Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.
Kenneth J. Marshall, 32, has served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Firepad since 1999. Previously, Mr. Marshall served as President of Eureka Music, Inc., a privately-held distributor of videocassettes and music compact discs that he founded in 1995. In this capacity he forged relationships with content creators such as animator Bill Plympton, and with retailers including the Virgin Megastores. Earlier in 1999, he served as the interim business development executive at iFilm Corp., a San Francisco-based internet distributor of motion pictures. In that capacity he forged iFilm's relationships with Excite@Home, StreamSearch.com, and other major internet portals. During 1994, Mr. Marshall served as a head office strategist at EMI Music, Inc. In 1992 he became a founding investor and advisor to Winson Olson & Company, a computer systems integrator that he sold to Ikon Office Solutions, an NYSE-listed technology distributor, in 1997. Mr. Marshall has consulted to Silicon Film Technologies, a spin-off of NASDAQ-listed Irvine Sensors Corp.; America Online, Inc.; and Crystal Dynamics, Inc. Mr. Marshall holds a B.A. in International Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
PRODUCT INFORMATION
The leading supplier of advanced Palm-based multimedia technology, Firepad has worked closely with Handspring, Inc., the Kleiner Perkins and Benchmark Capital-backed licensee of the Palm OS; the Palm Computing division of 3Com Corporation; and Electronic Arts, Inc. Firepad owns Image Viewer, the standard graphics codec for the Palm Computing® platform. Investors in the Company include the Chairman of Veritas Software Corporation (NASDAQ: VRTS). The Company is a Venture Law Group client.
Image Viewer
Since 1997, Image Viewer has defined the standard for viewing graphics on Palm Computing(R) Platform handheld devices. Use it to view scrollable four-level (16 level on Palm IIIx, Palm IIIe, Palm V series, Handspring Visor and TRGPro devices) grayscale images, pictures, maps or diagrams. Also available is a free Windows 95/98/NT companion application for converting graphic files (.BMP, .GIF, .JPG and others) to a format that can be HotSynced into the handheld device.
Features:
· View 16 level grayscale image on Palm IIIx, Palm IIIe, Palm V series, Handspring Visor and TRGPro devices.
· View grayscale or black and white images on all Palm devices.
· Scrolling virtual screen (up to approx. 640x400).
· Text notes can be attached to images.
· Images can be compressed to save memory.
· Images can be arranged by category.
· Images can be marked "Private".
· "Find" button support.
· "Beam" images to other Image Viewer users.
What's New in Image Viewer III:
· Added image preview. The whole image can be displayed on the screen at once. Tapping on the preview image will view the image centered on the point that was tapped.
· Added manual or alphabetic sorting of the image list.
· Added an 'Option Bar' at the bottom of the image list view and along the bottom of an image. Tap the 'menu' button to hide or show the option bar while viewing an image. Double tap the 'menu' button to return to the image list.
· Each hardware button can now be assigned one of several functions.
· Added Preferences option to exclude image titles and image notes from 'Find' operations.
· Added more accurate detection of the processor type.
· Changed Application Picker icon name from 'Image Viewer' to 'Viewer III'
Image Converter III
The latest version of the Windows 95/98/NT utility to create Image Viewer images from GIF, JPG, PCX, DIB, RLE, and TGA graphic files.
Image Preview Utility III
The latest version of the Win95/98/NT utility to show Image Viewer images on your PC. It also has a button which saves an image as a Bitmap file.
Image Compression Manager III
A Windows 95/98/NT utility for compressing and uncompressing batches of Image Viewer images.
Un-ImagerX
A Windows 95/98/NT file conversion utility to change ImagerX images to the standard Image Viewer image format.
AlbumToGo to Image Viewer Converter
A Windows 95/98/NT file conversion utility to convert AlbumToGo images to the standard Image Viewer image format. The converter will read AlbumToGo image files (which have file names ending in .prc) and create Image Viewer images (which have file names ending in .pdb). Notes are converted as well, with an option to convert underscores in the image name to spaces.
Firepad plans new Palm products of greatly enhanced sophistication, and seeks top talent to help design and build them.
