Bob Arnson

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Experience

2007–present — Software Design Engineer — Microsoft Corp.

Responsible for setup, servicing, and extensibility for the ACES Studio product line:

• Developed tools to automate creation of patch and product setup authoring in Windows Installer XML.
• Created user interfaces for setup in native C++ and Win32.
• In 2007, shipped Flight Simulator X Service Pack 1, Service Pack 2, and Flight Simulator X: Acceleration.
• In 2008, developing Burn setup chainer, setup for all-new Train Simulator 2 and Microsoft ESP 2, and infrastructure to support Studio service releases.

2004–present — WiX Virtual Team — Microsoft Corp.

As a volunteer member of the core Windows Installer XML virtual team, contributed code and documentation under a Microsoft open-source license:

• Developed a library of reusable and localizable Windows Installer dialogs to provide standard installation wizards.
• Fixed bugs in and added features to compiler and extensions using C# and custom actions using C++.
• Worked with small team to design and develop the Burn setup chainer.

2004–2006 — Programming Writer — Microsoft Corp.

Responsible for portions of the Visual Studio SDK documentation set and related tools:

• Developed information architecture specs.
• Developed installer for documentation registration.
• Served as ScrumMaster for documentation Scrum team.
• Updated existing documentation to improve quality and match software changes.
• Drafted new conceptual, how-to, and reference documentation.

2000–2004 — Release engineering technical lead — Compuware Corp. NuMega Lab

Planned release engineering efforts, built installers, and created automated nightly builds for software development tool product lines:

• Planned build and setup projects for multiple product lines.
• Created Windows Installer merge modules and installers using WiX and InstallShield.
• Created automated builds of product source code, merge modules, and installers.
• Developed build-automation and service pack creation tools.
• Developed custom action code in C++ and Java on Windows, Linux, and Solaris.
• Developed graphical bootstrapper and CD autorun tool in C++ to check system requirements and automatically install prerequisites.
• Administered Perforce source-control server.

Books

Co-authored ten programming tutorial, how-to, and reference books:

• Visual C++ .NET for Dummies, IDG Books, 2002
• Visual C++ 6 for Dummies, IDG Books, 1998
• Visual C++ 5 for Dummies, IDG Books, 1997
• Borland C++ 5 for Dummies, IDG Books, 1996
• Visual C++ 2 for Dummies, IDG Books, 1995
• ObjectWindows 2.0 Programming, Random House (Borland Press), 1994
• Microsoft Visual Basic How-To Second Edition, Waite Group Press, 1993
• Microsoft Visual Basic How-To, Waite Group Press, 1991
• MS-DOS QBasic Programmer's Reference, Waite Group/Microsoft Press, 1991
• Microsoft QuickBASIC Bible, Waite Group/Microsoft Press, 1990

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