Paul Charlton

"Paul provided excellent support to the Training Directorate during the period from February 2012 to May 2012 as he played a critical role in the successful migration and upgrade to our Learning Management System of environment within a very tight 80-day time frame. His project management leadership and technical web and database developer skills ensured that over 30 legacy courses and 4,000 users were able to be migrated with minimal downtime. In addition he was able to significantly improve the overall user experience by employing web services to allow users to log in via their current credentials instead of requiring a additional credentials as had been required in the previous system. His efforts were the basis for a robust, stable, and critical training platform that was a key resource for the organization."

"I brought Paul in to help mentor a young but extremely talented team through a period of rapid scaling. I was pleasantly surprised by the amount I was able to learn from him as well over the period of a few months. He is an excellent coach."

"Paul is one of those very smart guys who makes lots of things happen. His ability to quickly come to grips with a large, complex code base and start making and causing improvemt was enviable. Good guy to work with."

"Paul is very knowledgeable in software development, application systems and build architectures. He is a great mentor and was always available to help the team reach its goals and was actively involved in developing the team. I had a great experience working with him. He is also very approachable and a great asset to any team."

"Paul is a very bright, detailed oriented architect. He has great insights and can bring very senior judgment to a problem space....."

"The person who first introduced Paul to me said that Paul is a "walking MSDN." I think that really reflects the wealth of technical knowledge he has. From all of my past interactions with him, he was able to directly or point to a clear direction to solve any issue that was thrown at him. But more than just a technical guru, he has consistently demonstrated the ability to mentor people around him to be better, the courage to challenge and find better ways to do things, and most importantly, to keep the line of sight straight and solve for the problem with the biggest impact. His leadership has made seemingly impossible task to improve QuickBooks performance a reality."

"I have had the pleasure of closely collaborating with Paul when I managed QuickBooks Installation, Entitlement, and Patch Product Development teams. Paul is our area Architect, and has been an outstanding mentor to my team of Engineers: Paul has always been able to leverage his advanced knowledge of software development techniques from several dimentions. He is very hands on and very current with all of Microsoft Technologies, he is also very knowledgeable in Product Management and Customer impact areas, and he is allways accessible and willing to help other teammates. He is very conceptual and results-oriented. Paul is a world-class resource, and is a pleasure to have on anyone's team."

"Paul was always able to deliver on milestones set. He was able to realistically and accurately scope his portion of the project work. Paul was also a good resource to go to to help focus and direct other team members to move the project along. He would work with team members, listen to concerns and issues, and with the team, come up with a working plan of action to address issues and move forward."

"Paul is one of the most knowledgeable architects I know. He has extensive knowledge of operating systems, networking, databases, and general software development practices. He has helped me solve several seemingly impossible bugs, and has guided me in designing my software projects. Paul shares his knowledge by giving suggestions that help you figure out the solution for yourself, rather than by telling you the answer, which greatly enhances the learning process for less experienced engineers. In addition, his knowledge of the business and insight into the customer experience makes him a valuable asset to any team that he is a part of. I highly recommend Paul."

"Paul is the greatest MS Windows Engineer I have had the pleasure to meet. His knowledge and ability to solve any technical problem no matter how obscure it is has to be experienced to be believed. He makes good use of his 200+ IQ."

"Paul is an incredibly bright and gifted individual whose talents are vast. Paul can function at many levels of abstraction and has no problems diving as deep as he needs to in order to find answers. Paul naturally tends to go to the pain points of an organization where he can make the largest contribution. I recommend Paul as an extremely determined, Intelligent and resourceful engineer that can identify and correct many inefficiencies in an organization."

"I have been extremely impressed with Paul's intelligence, knowledge and the ability to ask key questions. Paul is very thorough, and is not afraid to change status quo to find better ways of doing things. I find him an excellent technologist role-model and I look forward to continue learning from him."

"Paul is technically sharp and very quick to get to the core of a matter. Interacting with Paul has helped me become a better quality leader. He raises the bar."

"At Intuit, Paul's tremendous technical depth has made him the go-to guy for all the hardest issues. He's incredibly smart, thoughtful and easy to work with. He's an independent thinker whose perspective is highly valued by the "C-level" execs."

"Paul is a very open-minded and forward looking software developer and architect who influenced a lot on improving QuickBooks quality and customer satisfaction."

"Paul is one of the brilliant technologists I have ever worked with. Not only is he not a technology guru, he has a unique talent of troubleshooting complex issues and resolving them. You can throw any problem at him and he is able to find the cause of the problem. During my tenure leading Payroll product development, Paul was invited to join my team in troubleshooting and solving some of the most gnarly problems as the team was integrating new technologies with the old ones. Paul is a true technology guru."

"Paul is a brilliant technologist and has great passion for engineering excellence."

"Paul is astute and hard working, driving architecture change with deep insight and great leadership. Paul is at the forefront of architecture change in QuickBooks, tackling the most difficult problems, and steadily moving us to a position where we be more productive in developing solutions to our customers, and our customers can work more efficiently due to improved performance of the product."

"Paul and I are working together at Intuit. Paul is highly technical and very meticulous and detailed in the work he does. Being an Architect at Intuit, he has on many occasions helped to resolve very complicated and important issues. As an individual Paul is very approachable and personable. He not only understands and appreciates the personal side of an individual and work at that level. It is my pleasure to endorse Paul Charlton."

"Paul is a truly amazing technical wizard. He is knowledgeable about any Computer Science topic and one the sharpest guys I met in my 20 year career. He can diagnose and quickly solve complex and hard problems that no one else can solve. Paul makes a huge difference on any project he works on and a big asset to any team he is part of. Paul is simply awesome and superb."

"Paul's technology expertise has made him an invaluable member of the QuickBooks team. Paul joined when I was the Tech Lead for the QB user interface. He was the first engineer in my six years at Intuit who could relieve the pressure on me to help the team solve the hardest Win32 API problems. I recommend him."

"Paul is one of those people that is invited to meetings because he can probably help -- he's intelligent, versatile, and experienced. He shares his knowledge easily and gladly, and works as an architect to influence many projects at the same time. A little help from Paul can really move a project, and as a result he is part of many efforts."

"Paul Charlton is actually a group of about 10 indviduals. At least it seems that way based on the breadth and depth of the contributions he makes, the number of people he helps, and the variety of expert knowledge packed into his head! I enjoyed working with Paul very much. It is very nice trading ideas with him. And, I am inspired by the way he influences others - to want to become better at this myself."

"Paul has an incredible knack for building extrordinarily effective teams. I consider the time I spent on his team to be the foundation from which I built my career in software development."

"Paul is a very smart person. He a mentor, he is the type of person you can go to when you can't find an answer, because he'll have one or point you in the right direction for that answer. He knows much about many topics. Paul is great at effecting change. He can summarize a problem clearly as well as it's solution. Paul is a vital to any team on which he is a member. I highly recommend Paul."

"I helped hire Paul into this position and what I sensed in our first interview was verified as I built a working relationship with him; Paul is a change agent. He can play any role from business entrepreneur, to product strategist, to product architect to technical lead. But perhaps the characteristic that is most valuable is his leadership and ability to facilitate change through open dialog."

"Paul's contribution to Java platform development is well recognized and highly respected among Javasoft engineers. I admire Paul's technical vision and his ability to execute and realize his vision. I learned a lot from Paul."

"Paul was more than a tech lead, he was a visionary. A mentor and inspiration to his engineering crew, he also had a natural gift for business. As the Sr. Product Manager for QuickTime, I enjoyed a positive, productive relationship with Paul and his team."

"Paul came up with great ideas and delivered great code for Magnifi in its early days as a multimedia search engine. Paul knows multimedia inside and out - it is hard to do much better than an expert like Paul. After all, he was the guy who made QuickTime for Windows happen and what would the world be like without that spectacular invention for the PC?"

"Paul came in and quickly built up a mutual respect with the SW team to get them to ship the current version. He then continued his excellent work together with the customers to continously develop the software."