by Peter Murton
ABOUT ME
Hello, I am
Peter Murton
I'm a retired software engineer seeking solace, during these lockdown months, by writing a non-commercial software application called "DicePasssword".
I have been a professional in the computer industry for fifty years and have enjoyed many consulting projects in San Diego, CA; Irvine, CA, Mountain View, Silicon Valley; Troy, MI; Boulder CO and Slough.
Brief biog:
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Early career in computer design with Marconi Computer Division
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Designed computer architecture for use in first generation of desktop publishing applications adopted by the book and newspaper industries in UK, Europe, Middle East and Americas
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Various consulting roles in publishing automation systems
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Original developer of product called Database Publisher, eventually acquired by Ventura Software in San Diageo (a Zerox company)
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Chief software Architect for Ventra Software Inc. (Sold to Corel, Ottawa)
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Chief software Architect for State of the Art Software inc. (Irvine, CA and Troy Mi) (Eventually acquired by Sage UK)
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Principal consultant assigned to turn-around Decisive Technology (Mountain View, CA), an online survey company and improve turnover from $30m to £300m by use of automation (eventually sold to Message Media (Boulder, CO)
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Consultant/Team Leader for Message Media (Boulder CO) developing automation for ethical email marketing projects including those for Readers Digest and Mail.com (NY NY)
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CTO, PAOGA Ltd, Personal Information Management platform for B2C, CtoC, UK
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Retired
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