Wolf Paulus

I am an internationally experienced software developer and innovator, dedicated to excellence, and motivated by enthusiasm to trying new things. I am currently focusing on Android, Java, embedded-systems / mobile devices, and Open Source technologies. In his daytime job as a Distinguished Engineer at Motorola, he is working on the Google Android platform, primarily addressing the UI framework. Before joining Motorola, I was Embedded System Software Architect at PatientSafe Solutions, a leading provider of wireless, barcode point-of-care solutions, and Software Architect and project lead at Autonomy Cardiff (AU.L), where I worked on the LiquidOffice platform, an intelligent Web-based eForm automation and workflow solution for creating, deploying and automatically managing the routing, tracking and approval for electronic forms and processes.

I developed TiffanyScreens, an innovative presentation sharing tool for peer groups, created the Thinlet rapid application development (RAD) Tool Theodore.
More importantly however, Wolf is the founder and principal developer of the open source XUL Engine SwixML, which Sun Microsystems’ CTO calls “the strongest straightforward design of declarative GUI implementations”. SwixML represents ideas that are now heavily re-used in Google’s Android SDK. (Graphical User Interfaces are described declaratively in XML documents that are parsed and rendered into UI widgets hierarchies at runtime).

I am committer at the hessdroid open source project, a binary web service protocol for Android, and frequently presents at conferences and user groups on topics ranging from Embedded Technology to Declarative Programming, emphasizing UI Generation at Runtime.

I worked in St.Peterburg, Russia, leading a team of Russian engineers creating smart bots, in Frankfurt Germany, leading Deutsche Bank’s development of an electronic banking and security trading application, and led software component development contracted from Aten Development, Lyon, France.

I received a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Paderborn, which has one of the highest ranking computer science programs among universities in Germany, a Specialized Certificate in Embedded Computer Software from the University of California, San Diego, and is a Sun Certified Java Programmer SCJP and Web Component Developer SCWCD. My and I family currently reside in San Diego, California and can be found on the Net at http://wolfpaulus.com.