Who we are

Plinth Consulting is a single-person software consulting firm run by Stephen Hawley.

Hawley has been writing software professionally since 1982, when he published a game for the Apple II series of computers. Since then, he has written software for Macintosh, Windows, UNIX, and VMS operating systems. He has solid working knowledge of the 6502, 6800, 6809, and 680x0 processors as well as a good understanding of x86, PowerPC, NS32000, and VAX processors.

Although he is most familiar with C, C++, and Java, Hawley has a proven record of coming up to speed rapidly on new projects and new languages.

Past job experience includes:

Implementation of Java-based scripting for a stand-alone application
Implementation of a Javascript-like programming language, with optional JIT support
Design of an AI scripting language for video games
Design and implementation of a class library for writing 3D multiplayer games
Design and implementation of a light-weight application framework for the Mac
Design and implementation of a robust UI widget library for the Mac

A former employee of Adobe Systems, Hawley has shipped seven PostScript-based printers, worked on Acrobat 1.0 and 2.0, and Premier 5.0.
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