March 2009

One Day Entrepreneur Bootcamp is a Must for All Local Entrepreneurs

Posted Tue, 03/31/2009 - 7:49pm by Tac

You don't want to miss this one! Mark your calendars now.

New Intern!

Posted Mon, 03/30/2009 - 8:18pm by Alex

Wanted to give a small introduction to all you folks out there.

My name is Alex Eells. I am an Information Technology Management student at Boise State University and for a few weeks now, I am the new guy at TechBoise.

Darin Carlson

Posted Mon, 03/30/2009 - 12:02pm by dcar83646

Engineering and Information Technology professional with extensive experience designing and implementing Engineering and Quality Assurance related solutions and applications. Specializing in product testing, database and application development, failure analysis, ETL, and system administration. A highly acclaimed technical writer and team builder with extensive project leadership and customer support experience, offering creative, timely, and cost-effective solutions.

Michael Rusnack

Posted Mon, 03/30/2009 - 11:55am by michael_rusnack...

Continuous innovation in product development and solutions has become critical for advancement. My expertise in program, project, and engineering management has resulted in substantial revenue and profit growth as well as critical developments in intellectual property. Leveraging expansive knowledge in software and hardware programs, I head full-phase initiatives, delivering results within time-to-market and cost constraints. My key strengths include:

Research & Development  System Integration  Troubleshooting  Quality/Reliability Management  Budget Oversight

SearchBoise.com

Posted Thu, 03/26/2009 - 10:28pm by searchboise

Boise city guide featuring job listings, classifieds, movie times, dining choices and more.

Address
Address 1: 
3527 S. Federal Way #103-6
City: 
Boise
State: 
ID
Zip Code: 
83705
Phone: 
877-778-7412
Started: 
2003

Western Electronics

Posted Tue, 03/10/2009 - 8:17pm by Terry

Western Electronics is a recognized leading Regional Contract Electronics Manufacturing Services Company (CEMS) providing manufacturing service solutions for original equipment manufacturer (OEM) companies, primarily in the Western portion of North America. Our market focus is small to medium size OEM companies, who require a high level of quality, delivery, flexibility, and responsiveness in the outsourcing of product sub-assemblies or product assembly.

Address
Address 1: 
1550 S. Tech Lane
City: 
Meridian
State: 
ID
Zip Code: 
83642
Phone: 
(208) 955-9700
Started: 
1978

Social Media Frenzy meets TechBoise Wednesday night

Posted Tue, 03/24/2009 - 9:18am by Tac

What a crazy month so far. Too much to keep up with.

If you missed last weeks IgniteBoise event last, it sucks to be you. The video's should be posted online any day now (hopefully today even). You should also mark your calendars now for July 16 for the next IgniteBoise (sshhhh, that's not official yet).

Tomorrow night, Wednesday March 25th, the insanity continues:

Social Networking 201 runs from 2:30 - 4:30:

MetaGeek

Posted Tue, 03/24/2009 - 1:10pm by Mark Jensen

MetaGeek is an innovator and leading provider of Wi-Fi spectrum analyzer solutions. Its award-winning Wi-Spy hardware - widely recognized as the most compact in its class - comes bundled with MetaGeek's powerful visualization application, Chanalyzer. Together, this solution allows users to visualize, troubleshoot, and optimize their wireless networks at home or work. By building advanced features into an affordable, mobile, and easy-to-use product, Wi-Spy with Chanalyzer is the ideal solution for any user - from corporate IT pros... to tech geeks... to the non-technical home consumer.

Address
Address 1: 
10147 W. Emerald St.
Address 2: 
Suite #150
City: 
Boise
State: 
ID
Zip Code: 
83704
Phone: 
(208) 639 3140
Started: 
2005
History: 

In 2005 Ryan Woodings had recently finished a master’s degree in computer science and was developing short-range wireless systems for computer mice and keyboards. A vexing challenge in developing these devices is to make sure wireless systems weren’t interfering with one another. To do this he was using a $30,000 spectrum analyzer. It quickly occurred to him that having to rely on such an expensive piece of equipment for so commonplace but crucial a task would severely limit the average Wi-Fi network operator for whom such an expensive tool was unavailable. There had to be a simpler, and far less expensive, solution.

Woodings set about designing a simple, single point solution for anyone with the need to visually understand the nature of their wireless landscape. In a USB package the size of the average portable flash memory drive, he came up with a device that would connect with a laptop computer and collect and display wireless data in a clear and usable format. There are 11 Wi-Fi channels available, and Woodings device could visually show wireless network designers and IT workers which channels are the busiest so they could switch to “quieter” ones. He named the device Wi-Spy and decided to price it at under $200. This compared to the $3,000 price tag that the lowest cost hand-held spectrum analyzers were currently selling for.

Woodings and his wife put their personal savings into hardware and a web site, and in July 2005 MetaGeek, the company that would build and market Wi-Spy, was born. Using a contract manufacturer in California to build the first 240 Wi-Spy devices, Woodings cobbled together a business plan at the urging of a friend and business adviser. The plan called for selling a modest 15 units a month for the first year to reach break even.

Word of Wi-Spy was picked up by a leading tech blog site in December 2005, and by the end of the next day 65 devices had already been sold. In three weeks all the rest of the initial devices were gone as well. Taking the proceeds that the first 240 units brought in, Woodings had 700 more Wi-Spy units manufactured. These were gone by the middle of February 2006, and he ordered 2,000 more.

In the years following, MetaGeek has continued to develop Wi-Spy into a full line of tools suited for various different market segments. At the MetaGeek office today, the work continues to innovate new and better ways to Visualize Your Wireless Landscape.

www.metageek.net

Number of Employees: 
7

Steve sanders - Sr. Software Sales Executive - Looking for exciting new tech sales opportunities

Posted Mon, 03/23/2009 - 8:16am by Steve Sanders

Steve Sanders is an experienced technology entrepreneur who most recently lead sales strategy at Intava. He establishes key market and customer targets, sets annual and monthly sales objectives and coordinates major client acquisition activities across other functional departments at Intava.
Prior to joining Intava Mr. Sanders served as sales director at Loudeye, then the world’s largest digital music library, and business development director for Appliant, an Internet infrastructure monitoring company. He has extensive experience structuring sales organizations in early stage companies.

Product Line Marketing Manager - Latin America

Posted Mon, 03/23/2009 - 6:49am by rqtaylor
Length: 
fulltime
Location: 
Boise, ID or Any US Sun Location

This position if for Sun Microsystems. The candidate for this position will be responsible for creating and driving marketing programs and campaigns for the MySQL product line in the Latin American market space.

Required Knowledge:
* Tri-lingual (English, Portuguese, Spanish) or bi-lingual (English and Portuguese)
* Ability to work cross-functionally with multiple organizations and disciplines.
* Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
* Experience with MySQL and the web space.
* Energy and creativity.

Contact: 

Apply Online at http://www.sun.com/corp_emp/search.cgi?loc=&req=562087&u=&p=

Web Designer / HTML / CSS coder

Posted Tue, 03/17/2009 - 2:51pm by J. Glerum
Length: 
contract-short
Location: 
Boise area
Pay Rate: 
set fee per project or hourly (negotiable)

Web design, development and online marketing firm in need of freelance/independent contractor designer/coder(s) for multiple ongoing web site projects. Multiple positions available. We help local and regional businesses of all shapes and sizes market themselves online.

Work would entail:

  • meeting with clients to determine design direction (or having design direction relayed to you by salespeople or project managers),
  • creating the website design concepts (and making revisions based on client feedback),
Skills / Requirements: 

Required knowledge includes a thorough understanding of: HTML, CSS, basic Javascript, Dreamweaver, Fireworks (or Illustrator or Photoshop are fine too!). We would like to see some examples of your work, so have them ready please!

Contact: 

J. Glerum
Creative Services
Valitics, LLC

Email: jglerum@valitics.com
Phone: 208.562.3999
Address: 5465 E. Terra Linda Way
Nampa, ID 83687

Software QA Engineer

Posted Wed, 03/11/2009 - 1:18pm by Patrick
Length: 
fulltime
Location: 
Meridian, ID
Pay Rate: 
DOE

The Department of Quality Assurance is accountable for supporting all software development endeavors, providing timely analysis, assessment, and reporting of potential risks, defect conditions, and divergence from current requirements and established standards. Our effectiveness is measured in terms of tangible value provided to our ‘customers’ – both internal and external. We maintain continual awareness of and provide practical contributions in support of the organization’s stated mission and vision.

Skills / Requirements: 

The following list of attributes describes the ideal candidate:

Compatibility

  • Works effectively with technical and non-technical individuals
  • Can assess, prioritize, and convey risk – both potential and actual
  • Communicates clearly, at the appropriate level of detail for the situation
  • Can decompose a complex concept, problem, or process into component parts
  • Can synthesize disparate fragments into a coherent whole
  • Acquires clearer understanding of others through effective interviewing and listening
  • Can capture and retain unfamiliar details for future use
  • Is able to accurately self-evaluate personal effectiveness and areas for growth
  • Can fairly assess the strengths and limitations of others and formulate successful methods of interaction

Knowledge

  • 2 or more years of recent experience in a Quality Assurance role
  • Is able to explain different facets of software validation and testing, describing when and how each aspect can best be implemented
  • Has working knowledge of Agile/Scrum and can describe how it compares/contrasts with other software development methodologies
  • Understands common challenges that arise between Quality Assurance and other groups, teams, and entities
  • Knows the basic principles of ITIL and how they can be effectively implemented
  • Can explain the advantages and limitations of virtual software environments
  • Is aware of when and how test automation can be best utilized, as well as the challenges and limitations
  • Can explain the purpose and challenges of using version control software in a collaborative development environment
  • Knows the purpose and relative merits of various source code complexity rating methods
  • Understands basic database design principles

Skills

  • Knows how to extract testable requirements
  • Can write a meaningful defect report
  • Can write a high-level test plan
  • Knows how to use virtualization software
  • Is able to create and comprehend a basic flow chart
  • Knows how to use SQL to create/read/update/delete information in a MySQL database
  • Can perform common tasks with Subversion
Contact: 

Visit Bodybuilding.com careers to apply.

A Bi-Partisan Kick-in-the-Pants for Renewables

Posted Fri, 03/13/2009 - 4:50pm by Holli High

Last week something fun happened at the Idaho Legislature that I believe most folks missed. Republican legislators jumped on as co-sponsors of Democrat bills. Yep, that's right. Our legislature, long known for it's disregard of the minority party, is considering bi-partisan bills. Not only that, but these are bills introduced by Democrats and later co-sponsored by Republicans. I am not kidding.

Software Engineer

Posted Wed, 03/11/2009 - 9:06am by Patrick
Length: 
fulltime
Location: 
Meridian, ID
Pay Rate: 
DOE

Bodybuilding.com is seeking experienced Software Engineers to join our dream team. These full time positions will help build Bodybuilding.com's next generation e-commerce and online community based systems. The Software Engineer will report to the CIO. There are no travel requirements for this position. Bodybuilding.com provides products that help millions of people reach their health and fitness goals.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide PHP programming and functional testing for a variety of consumer-related websites and web-based application
Skills / Requirements: 

Expertise with PHP in a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) environment

  • PHP development experience on multiple complete projects using the LAMP environment
  • interaction with testing and QA, business stakeholders, subject matter experts, etc
  • ability to elicit requirement details
  • experience working with version control systems
  • experience dealing with multiple tier deployment (Dev, QA, Stage, Production)
  • experience working in production level applications with direct customer exposure

Experience in object-oriented programming using PHP or .NET or Java

Knowledge of relational databases and SQL using MySQL

  • Ability to write SQL directly
  • knowledge of joins
  • ability to build databases
  • schema relationships
  • referential integrity
  • transactions
  • query analysis and optimization

Other skills

  • Experience working in high-performance environments
  • Excellent debugging, profiling, and optimizing code, queries, and databases
  • Interest in working on the Inc 500 rated 153rd best website in the world
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and proven ability to work effectively with all organizational levels, especially at the team level
  • BS or MS degree in Computer Science or Engineering preferred
  • Preferred experience with Agile Scrum and Test Driven Development
Contact: 

Visit Bodybuilding.com careers to apply.

My take on ESTech and i3

Posted Wed, 03/11/2009 - 8:42am by Tac

So I haven't said much (anything) about ESTech and i3 (aka iCubed) yet and a lot of you have wondered why. Honestly I wanted to really digest all of this before sticking my foot in my mouth.

My first take: At least they're doing something. It's easy for us to sit on the sidelines and complain about what isn't getting done and when someone steps up and does something we complain that it isn't what we would have done. Well then shut up and go do something.

Do I have my concerns? Yes.

ESTech

Linux Engineer

Posted Wed, 03/11/2009 - 8:22am by Patrick
Length: 
fulltime
Location: 
Meridian, ID
Pay Rate: 
DOE

The Linux Engineer will work for well established profitable, cutting edge internet company.
Candidate will work with web application development team and IT Operations to configure,
set up, and administer the following: Linux , PHP, MySQL, Java 5 Application Servers,development and QA environments.

The ideal candidate will be a seasoned Linux, PHP, MySQL, Java (Weblogic, Websphere,etc)
With experience in high scalability and availability.

Skills / Requirements: 
  • 3 years of Linux administration (high availability and clustering preferred).
  • 3 years MySQL (replication experience a must).
  • 3 years PHP / Apache experience (high availability preferred)
Contact: 

Visit Bodybuilding.com careers to apply.

March is g33k month in Boise

Posted Tue, 03/10/2009 - 1:30pm by Tac

There's an exciting lineup this month in the City of Trees, at least if you're a g33k it is.

IgniteBoise - Thursday March 19th
Kicking off the geekery is Boise is our first Ignite event. If you're not familiar with the whole Ignite movement check out the Web site. The event is Thursday, March 19th at the Egyptian Theater. By the time you're reading this all 600 of the pre-sell tickets are gone but we still have 150 tickets reserved for day of the event walk-ups.

TechBoise - Wednesday March 25th

Our Tech Jobs, Tech Talent and Businesses Directory

Posted Tue, 03/10/2009 - 3:01pm by Tac

A while back now we launched our new site. One of my primary goals in doing this was creating new resources for the local tech community. I thought I'd take a minute to cover what each of the areas of the site - Business Plans, Businesses, Tech Jobs, Tech Talent - are for and, hopefully, how they can help you.

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