Robert Nattenberg
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://www.nattenberg.com |
| Industries: | Computing, Financial, Internet |
| Skills: | Business, Databases, English, HTML / CSS, Investment, Javascript, Management, PHP, Rails, Software Engineering, SQL, Web design, Web Development |
| Location: | San Diego |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects, Starting a company |
| Schools: | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | 4D Global Partners |
| Position: | CTO |
| Time period: | April 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Oversee all technology related issues for 4DGP. Focus on determining product and technology alignment and suitability for potential products to be developed by 4DGP under the For Dummies brand and develops and vets For Dummies product user interfaces and designs. |
| Employer: | Nattenberg Consulting |
| Position: | Founder |
| Description: | • Formed a software consulting company focused on providing software development services
• Developed business opportunities, met with clients to formulate strategies for successful software implementation, designed and developed various software products, trained users on software usage. • Clients included: Metricom, Inc., theStartUpSite.com, OMA Corp., Empro, Inc., Mach One Aviation, California Chamber of Commerce, Vyou.com, ChipCenter, Inc., Gap, Inc., Beacon Analytics, Inc., Avnet Corporation, Arbor Software Corporation, Stanford University, Mach Energy, Partial Comfort Productions, SkilCheck, French American School of Puget Sound • Technologies utilized included Java, Java Servlets, JavaScript, JSP, JDBC, ASP, HTML, CSS, C, Visual Basic, PHP, SQL, Essbase, OLAP, AWK, SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, XML, XSLT, PayPal API |
| Employer: | YouNoodle |
| Position: | CTO |
| Time period: | September 2006 - July 2007 |
| Description: | • Designed architecture and specified development tools and technologies for the YouNoodle website, a social-networking site for college students which focuses on the projects they work on
• Oversaw and participated in all phases of development including coding, software installation, system administration, database design, testing and deployment • Participated in the budgeting process and met with potential investors • Technologies utilized included Ruby, Rails, MySQL, HTML, CSS, AWK, Trac, Capistrano, Apache, Mongrel, Subversion |
| Employer: | Expansion Capital |
| Position: | Partner |
| Time period: | December 2002 - September 2006 |
| Description: | • Create business plans, offering memoranda, financials, and other documentation for clients who are seeking funding
• Create a system of documents and processes to be applied to new clients in order to gain efficiency • Create a CRM within Microsoft Outlook to track clients and investors |
| Employer: | Exiprocity Solutions |
| Position: | Chief Architect |
| Time period: | July 2000 - December 2002 |
| Description: | • Formed a software company focused on providing web-based interview software. The software is implemented using a completely dynamic and innovated approach utilizing the latest in web technologies.
• Architected and implemented the company’s application development platform including the company’s interview manager and authoring editor tools. • Presented our software to several venture capitalists. • Technologies utilized included Java, JavaScript, JSP, JDBC, HTML, SQL, XML, XSLT, AWK, Oracle |
| Employer: | Transcendent Solutions LLC |
| Position: | Founder |
| Time period: | July 1998 - October 1999 |
| Description: | • Formed a partnership with two colleagues focused on providing Essbase consulting services
• Developed business opportunities, met with clients to formulate strategies for successful integration and/or implementation, designed and developed various software products, managed sub-contractors • Clients included Hyperion Solutions, Alza Corporation, Callidus Software, RMT Fair Isaac’s, Hitachi Data Systems, Wells Fargo, Quantum Corporation, Network Appliance, Caterpillar Corporation, RER, Digital Market, Sapling Corporation and AlphaBlox Corporation. • Technologies utilized included C, Visual Basic, Essbase, ASP, HTML, ODBC, JNI, RNI, Java, AWK, Oracle |
| Employer: | Arbor Software Corporation |
| Position: | Software Development Manager, Senior Software Engineer, Founding Software Engineer |
| Time period: | July 1991 - July 1997 |
| Description: | • Sole architect and developer of the Arbor’s spreadsheet interface to Essbase. Development lead for this product through three major commercial releases. This software comprised both client and server software.
• Single-byte enabled the Essbase spreadsheet client software. This feature allowed the spreadsheet software to be localized for the French, German, and Japanese markets. • Designed and implemented company’s serial number and licensing technology. This technology was incorporated into the entirety of the company’s product line. • Architected and designed the Essbase Web Gateway, an application on top of the independent application layer, which enabled Internet browsers access to the Essbase database. Managed development of this product through two major commercial releases. • Participated in the definition and design of the Essbase Grid API. This API was used by ISVs for high-speed reporting purposes. • Managed a team of 4 individuals focused on Arbor’s spreadsheet interface, C and Visual Basic APIs, networking, agent, security, SQL drill-through, and ODBC development. • Presented at several of the company’s user conferences. • Visited customer sites on several occasions to handle problem solving as well as to foster good customer relations. • Technologies utilized included C, C++, MFC, ODBC, Excel Add-in Development API, Lotus 123 Add-in Development API, HTML, CGI, Visual Basic, DDE, DDEML, OLE, 8086 Assembly |
| Employer: | Convergent Technologies (Unisys) |
| Position: | Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer, Associate Software Engineer |
| Time period: | February 1989 - July 1991 |
| Description: | • Ported several UNIX utilities including TR, SED, SORT, CB, and M4 to the CTOS platform.
• Created an environment variable system service for CTOS. • Ported XVT Software's XVT character version to CTOS that required writing drivers for the mouse, keyboard, video, and file system. The XVT software became the standard internal tool for all new development on CTOS for all of Unisys. • Implemented code that would read binary Presentation Manager resources from character XVT programs. • Single-byte enabled XVT for CTOS. • Wrote an event (mouse & keyboard) record and playback tool for the QA department to help test the XVT port. • Technologies utilized included C, PLM, 8086 Assembly |
| Employer: | IBM Federal Systems Division |
| Position: | Junior programmer (internship) |
| Time period: | September 1987 - March 1988 |
| Description: | • Developed functionality that displayed diagnostic information received from six avionics computers via an IEEE 488 interface bus into an easy to read format on a secondary monitor attached to an IBM PC. This new functionality enhanced an internal diagnostic program called the Software Test Station (STS). |
EDUCATION
| University: | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo |
| Time period: | 1985 - 1988 |
| Degree: | Computer Science, BSc |
Robert's Startups (3)
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4D Global Partners, LLC
4D Global Partners develops, markets, and sells a wide array of consumer electronics products and small business technology solutions under the For Dummies brand.
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Arbor Software
A pioneer in OLAP technologies, Arbor Software created a multi-dimensional database technology suited to analysis of aggregate data. The company merged with Hyperion Solutions to become Hyperion Software and was recently purchased by Oracle.
Robert is Following (1)
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YouNoodle
YouNoodle is a place to discover and support the hottest early-stage companies and university innovation.
Robert's Contacts (11)
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Sam Purtill
Product manager by day, software engineer by night. Living in San Francisco and working on YouNoodle around the clock.
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Jenna Phillips
Californian, Berkeley/ Oxford Alum; Shoe Designer, Lingerie Designer, Mischief Maker, CEO.
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Rebeca Hwang
Korean-Argentine finishing her PhD at Stanford. Addicted to startups and entrepreneurship. Life ADD & Loves travelling.