Making the leading edge look old
nsquared has three development divisions.
| Division | Traditional Development | Leading Edge | Product Development |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work done | Projects that are built in short iterations, go live and get used by real people every day. These involve Web, mobile and smart client development. | Proof of concept development for large corporations that validate their thinking around next generation technologies and beyond. These projects often turn into real products in 12 – 24 months time frames. | Top Secret |
| Technologies used | ASP.NET, AJAX, WPF, Silverlight, Windows Mobile, .NET and C++ | .NET and C++ with a number of technologies we cannot disclose. | Not disclosed |
All nsquared developers must spend some time in the traditional development division. It is here that nsquared staff learn about real world issues and enhance their developer skills.
Developers who move into the Leading Edge division show the ability to think outside the box and understand how to achieve results beyond the normal constraints of everyday developer thinking. Every developer in the Leading Edge team has successfully delivered projects for the Traditional Development division.
At nsquared we have a number of top secret products under development. The developers that work on these products are handpicked from the Leading Edge team and the Traditional Development team based on skills and ability.
nsquared senior management
James McCutcheon has over 18 years experience in delivering IT solutions, and his knowledge of mobile development knowledge is recognised by his status as a Microsoft MVP for mobile devices.
He has been a regular speaker at technology events such as MEDC and TechEd. He is a serial entrepeneur and has been behind many successful startups.
He has a passion for special education for children and how technology can improve the learning experience.
Neil’s passion for software started in the 1970’s when he taught himself BASIC and 6502 Assembler. During the 1980’s Neil was involved in various software projects on a variety of platforms including IBM 390, Commodore PET, Apple MAC, IBM PC (DOS) and AS400. The 1990’s brought some big changes to Neil’s career; Neil received a first class honours degree in Computer Science, started the first (of many) software companies and began teaching software development, initially in academia and then commercially. During the early 1990’s Neil worked on a number of different real-time software systems. The work he did on these systems, combined with other research into real-time systems led to a thesis entitled “Software Architectures for Distributed Real-Time Systems”. Neil was awarded a PhD for this thesis from University College London and the brand of Dr. Neil was born.
Since 1995 Dr. Neil has been involved in the formation of many software companies, his roles varying from mentoring through to directorship. Dr. Neil keeps a very active involvement in the software being produced and delivered today, and provides feedback to both large and small companies on how to increase the value of their software business. Dr. Neil is currently awarded as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and Regional Director for Microsoft Australia.
When Dr. Neil is not working on software he likes to get out in the great outdoors and go hiking and climbing in the mountains or swimming and surfing at the beach.
Nick Randolph is currently the Chief Development Officer for nsquared solutions, having recently left his role as lead developer at Intilecta Corporation where he was integrally involved in designing and building their application framework.
After graduating from a combined Engineering (Information Technology)/Commerce degree, Nick went on to be nominated as a Microsoft MVP in recognition of his work with the Perth .NET user group and his focus on mobile devices. He is still an active contributor in the device application development space via his blog and via the Professional Visual Studio website.
Over the past two years, Nick has been invited to present at a variety of events including Tech Ed Australia, MEDC and Code camp. He has also authored articles for MSDN Magazine (ANZ edition), two books entitled Professional Visual Studio 2005 and Professional Visual Studio 2008, and helped judge the 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008 world finals for the Imagine Cup.