Steve Hartwell
Software Specialist at Multiscript Solutions, International
Belmont, California, United States
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Top SchoolSteve Hartwell is a seasoned desktop software specialist based in Belmont, CA, with decades-long experience building high-performance macOS and cross-platform applications and a particular expertise in typography and complex writing systems. He has driven font rendering and typographic features at Apple, led Mac client development at companies from VMware to Sling Media, and now focuses on extending desktop apps into cloud-backed "out-of-browser" experiences. Colleagues describe him as a strong mentor and motivator who thrives in small, ambitious teams and in rescuing and modernizing legacy codebases. His background includes uncommon work on Tibetan fonts and museum/library projects, reflecting a blend of technical depth and humanities-minded attention to text and script fidelity.
5 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
BSc., Experimental Psychology & Computer Science, BSc., Experimental Psychology & Computer Science at McGill University
English, French, Japanese
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Github Skills (87)
python10
windows10
media-player10
linux10
media-center10
xbmc10
windows-desktop10
cross-platform10
kodi10
skinning10
bsd10
tvos10
android10
macos10
ios10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
stevehartwell/xbmc
Feb 2023 - Apr 2023
Kodi is an award-winning free and open source home theater/media center software and entertainment hub for digital media. With its beautiful interface and powerful skinning engine, it's available for Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS, tvOS and Windows.
Contributions:22 pushes, 6 branches in 2 months
stevehartwell/Configs
Jun 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:23 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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