Team

Alain "Lino" Tadros, President and CEO

Alain "Lino" Tadros is President & CEO of Falafel Software, a Silicon Valley based company, with presence in Colorado and Texas, dedicated to providing world-class consulting, training, and software development for small, medium, and enterprise level businesses. Prior to founding Falafel, Lino was a member of the development team at Borland for Delphi and C++Builder. Mr. Tadros has been awarded Microsoft MVP status four years in a row (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) for his numerous contributions to the C# community and is an expert in .NET, LINQ, ASP.NET, COM, and Web Services. Tadros is an industry renowned speaker and has given numerous presentations on 5 different continents since 1994. He also currently sits on the Board of Directors of 4 Silicon Valley corporations.

John Waters, Chief Technology Officer

John Waters was the lead architect and developer of a number of high profile financial software products and solutions, including Scandinavia’s leading Internet retail stock trading system, a leading mortgage and credit risk assessment product now used by many of Sweden’s banks for housing loans.  John has a strong background in Delphi, C# and SQL, as well as many years of experience of successful project management. John has also spoken at conferences on the subject of Web Services. Recent projects include such diverse experiences as in-car navigation systems, GPS- and MapPoint-based solutions, capture and playback of video, a web based Volunteer Tracking System for a food bank, and a Nortel telephone switch interface module. Currently, John is the full time project manager and chief architect for a large custom built ERP system that handles billions of dollars of business, using Web 2.0 technology and AJAX. John has a MS in Computer Science from Uppsala University in Sweden, has been a Microsoft Certified Professional for SQL Server, and is currently a MCP in Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET.

Noel Rice, VP Software Services

Noel has over 14 years of experience in the software industry including numerious successful projects in the industries of medical, telecom, financial and manufacturing. Noel also worked as a lead developer on major projects for Hewlett Packard and Johnson & Johnson. Noel is considered a valuable worldwide resource on .NET. C#, Delphi internals, Java, J2ME, COM, SOAP, ASP.NET and Sockets development. Noel co-authored "Using Delphi - special edition" by Sybex and has written numerious articles on software development for top industry magazines. Noel is a Borland Certified Delphi and Kylix Developer & Trainer.

Adam Anderson, Master Consultant

Adam Anderson is a Microsoft Certified Application Developer with over 10 years of experience. He started as a consultant using Delphi to rapidly deliver custom, high-quality business solutions in a wide variety of industries. His later experiences afforded him the opportunity to become familiar with a number of different products, technologies, and disciplines, including SQL Server and T-SQL, Oracle and PL/SQL, Crystal Reports, SQL Reporting Services, COM/DCOM/COM+, Internet Information Services, all areas of the .NET Framework, normalized relational database design, and good object-oriented design based on design patterns and refactoring. His latest area of interest is learning new programming languages, especially functional languages such as Haskell and F#.

Adam Markowitz, Software Architect

Adam has over a decade of experience using, writing, and creating development tools for the Microsoft Windows (native 32-bit), .NET, and Linux platforms. He has spent more than 8 years on a number of the Borland Research and Development teams striving to create quality and performance in everything he does. His computer interests lie in new technologies and methodologies (.NET, AJAX, etc.) as well as old (compiler design and implementation, language design, etc.). He is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) obtaining his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science in 2006.

Steve Trefethen, Software Architect

Steve Trefethen is a former R&D Staff Engineer at CodeGear, Borland's Developer Tools Group, with over 15 years of experience working along side some of the world's leading software developers. Steve has extensive experience in component framework design and implementation as well as being an expert in test automation. He is well known and respected within the Delphi community around the world not only for his product contributions but also his highly visible online presence as Borland's top blogger. Steve implemented a significant portion of Delphi's ASP.NET designer as well as numerous Delphi IDE/VCL/RTL features over the years. He has a BA in Computer Science from the University of Maine and lives in Scotts Valley, CA with his wife and children. Steve likes to spend his spare time pumping iron at the local gym.

Mike Dugan, Senior Software Engineer

Although Mike cannot leap buildings in a single bound, he can practically absorb a client’s problem space; making their problem his. His uncanny ability to elicit requirements and then rapidly design and build a custom solution make this classically trained Computer Scientist from the University of Colorado a strong ally in the world of software development. His abilities were forged at Xapware Technologies working on countless projects that spanned the entire technological realm. Those skills were then tempered at Turbopower Software as a Senior Software Engineer for Borland’s number one component developer. Most recently, these abilities were honed at Aristocrat Technologies where Mike led teams through the design and development of an enterprise class casino management system. Now he is eager to assist you.

Bary Nusz, Senior Software Engineer

Bary’s career has taken him from the oil field services industry, to LCD research, and to the DOE. He’s served as a lead researcher, designer, and programmer on numerous systems that encompassed a wide range of technologies such as ultrasonics, eddy current, and downhole viscosity measurements — all along the way using the latest software technologies to solve complex control and data imaging challenges. With numerous patents and engineering/scientific achievement awards he finds no challenge too hard to handle. During the spring he spends time chasing down severe storms, and in the summer spends time at the lake with his family. He also enjoys competing as an epee fencer along with his son and daughter. Bary has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University.

Rick Miller, Senior Software Engineer

Rick wrote his first computer program using Fortran in the mid-60's (before most of the young pups in Falafel were born), and has been employed in the field of information technology since 1976. Rick's systems experience ranges from retail accounting and inventory systems to serial communications to manufacturing execution systems in a broad cross-section of companies from Fortune 500 to two-person startups, from medical device manufacturers to motorcycle dealers, and from personnel systems to device interfaces. Rick's experience includes SQL Server, Oracle and Sybase (and Pick!!), and languages from Z80 assembler to C#, and is a Microsoft Certified Professional. In his spare time, Rick is a licensed pyrotechnician.

Rachel Hagerman,  Software Engineer

Rachel finds joy in meeting challenges in her career and her life. After deciding to pursue a career in electronics, and as one of only a handful of female students in her department, Rachel graduated at the top of her class with a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Oklahoma State University. Two years after graduation, she was leading the software design team on a multi-million dollar testing system for the Department of Energy. Rachel has experience in circuitry design and automated test systems, but her true passion has always been for software.

Rachel loves to spend time on a wakeboard in the summer or a snowboard in the winter with her husband and friends.

Angelo Martinez, Software Engineer

Angelo has worked with a variety of technologies including Delphi, C/C++, OpenGL, DirectX and on to C# and the .NET Framework. His career includes working for both Departments of Defense and Energy. Projects include everything from instrumentation control to robot and circuit simulation, wargaming and 3-D graphics programming.

He enjoys opportunites to learn new things and spending time with his family.

Shane Laurent, Software Engineer

Shane has always been fascinated by how things worked, he began taking apart and putting back together electric motors and other devices to learn how they worked. He obtained his Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he learned how to program in Pascal and C on UNIX and Macintosh computers. He also received his Masters Degree in Software Engineering from Texas Tech University. Shane has experience in the world of LCD’s developing software applications in Delphi and Assembly to communicate with microprocessor circuitry. He has also developed software for instrumentation control by utilizing C# to control sensors remotely via .NET Remoting for the Department of Energy. In addition he has experience in the installation and administration of server based systems such as Team Foundation Server. Shane used to like playing video games but now is eager to develop technology that will change the world of gaming forever.

When he’s not working on the next revolutionary product he is usually hunting, fishing or coaching little league sports for his boys.

Jordan Halls, Executive Accounts Manager

For nearly 15 years Mr. Halls has acquired extensive sales and management experience in many different industries. From helping to grow “Mom and Pop” companies, to thriving in large corporations, this diversity of experience enables Jordan to communicate effectively with a variety of clients. Jordan is a firm believer in treating every client like they are our only client to maintain exceptional levels of customer service and create a long-lasting relationship.

Matt Kurvin,  Graphic/Web Design Specialist

Matt has been involved in the arts his entire life. Attending art schools since he was 5, it was only natural that his career be surrounded by the creative. From layout, illustration, concept design, to photography and animation, he strives to keep on the cutting edge of contemporary design.

Matt's passions include surfing, playing music, world travel, and new experiences.

Aaron Rhodes,  Software Engineer

A jack of all trades in the software industry, Aaron has filled the roles of Community Representative, Product Support Engineer, Software Engineer, Build Manager, QA Engineer and IT Helpdesk Manager. His strong background in C++, Delphi and Java have made him a malleable asset to every team he has worked with.

 In addition to his passion for all things technical, he is a gamer, entertainer, writer and general eclectic.

Aimee Nusz,  Technical Writer

Aimee has been working with words for 20+ years. She has provided writing and editing for a major newspaper and several multinational corporations. Her specialty is converting “engineer-speak” into English. She enjoys spending time with her family at the lake in the summer and at fencing tournaments the rest of the time.

Aimee has a BA in Journalism/Marketing from Texas Tech University.

Janet De Lu,  Technical Writer

Janet has over 20 years of experience in the software industry. She has worked as a developer on major projects for Borland International, including Delphi and Paradox. She has also developed independent packages in the areas of biomedical computing and expert system and educational and financial software for the New Zealand market.

Janet has many years as a technical writer as well, and was technical lead for the Delphi documentation team at Borland Software Corporation. Janet has a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Denver.