Jesse Barnum

Jesse Barnum started writing screen savers on his Apple IIe at age 12, and immediately fell in love with computer programming. His database experience goes back to PFS:File in the early 1980s, but he started writing databases with FileMaker Pro version 2.1 in 1992. He founded 360Works in 1996, and created a niche integrating FileMaker and Java for organizations like NASA, the US Marines, and Omnicom. He has created numerous developer tools including the WooF JDBC driver and AdminAnywhere.

Jesse hosts, organizes, and frequently presents at the Atlanta FileMaker Developers group. In 2007, he was invited to be a guest speaker and present SuperContainer on the Adatasol podcast series, as well as by FMPug chapters in Seattle, Portland, and Raleigh. He is certified in FileMaker 7 and 8, and is a platinum member of the FileMaker Business Alliance.

Sam Barnum

Sam is one of the senior developers at 360Works. He is an expert at FileMaker Pro, Java, PHP, and Klezmer music. A guitarist and song writer for a touring band in a previous life, he now enjoys writing and performing for his two young boys. He lives and works in San Francisco, where he gets to go barefoot all the time, taunt the tigers at the zoo, and work with companies like Pixar.

He is the author of most key 360Works products including SuperContainer, Plastic, Textractor, Charts, ScriptMaster, and many others. A certified developer in FileMaker 7 and 8, he is also a regular presenter at the San Francisco FileMaker Developer Group.

Lisa Barnum

Lisa is a trainer at 360Works. Having once been an actual 360Works client herself... she was so impressed with the abilities and talent in the company that she married the owner, Jesse Barnum. Now a mother of two young children, Lisa's amazing talents include generating invoices, training database users on systems and bandaging bleeding kids... although rarely at the same time.

Dave Kovacs

With degrees in Theoretical Math, Computer Science, and Philosophy, you can always count on Dave for a spirited debate, whether it's discussing obscure aspects of comparative theology, political ideologies, or whether some infinities are larger than others. Dave enjoys chess, classical music, camping and canoeing, and debating theorems on math discussion forums.

Dave started with 360Works in 2003 as a Java developer, and has quickly taken to FileMaker Pro as well. He has experience with Objective-C, Lisp, and Prolog. He is fluent in English, Hungarian, and Canadian (be sure to ask him for the correct grammatical usage of 'eh').

Brian Emfinger

Brian and Max graduated together from Georgia Tech and started with 360Works in 2004. Our resident Guitar Hero and Star Wars expert, Brian enjoys seeing every movie he can get his hands on and tinkering with his own personal website. But Brian does not spend ALL his time behind the computer. Since joining 360Works he has "mastered" the arts of paintballing, sailing, and skydiving.

Brian now lives in Chicago where he splits his time between working part-time for 360Works and attending law school to pursue a career in Intellectual Property Law. A certified FileMaker developer, he is the author of the Foreign Exchange plugin and a key contributor to the WooF7 JDBC Driver.

Max Blinder

Max is one of the senior developers at 360Works, and has has been with the company since 2004. Despite his CS degree from Georgia Tech, he's no shy geek: he and Val deejay the Moskow Diskow party in downtown Atlanta, where you can dance with bears and reminisce about the bad old Soviet Union days. His other hobbies include not allocating memory, watching movies that do not start with "lord" or end with "rings," and defending free markets.

An expert on politics, economy, and history, he's also certified in FileMaker 7 and 8 and is the author of the FTPeek and RemoteScripter plugins.

Val Avksentyev

Val is one of the lead developers at 360Works. He is certified in FileMaker 8 and in "adding his 2 cents in every lunch conversation." Whenever he's not busy exploring North Georgia's nature or rooting for a local sports team you can find him tinkering in 360's server room. A self-proclaimed mechanic, he is always ready to dig deep to find the cause of the problem.

Val is the author of several custom filemaker plugins. His technical interests and qualifications include FileMaker, Java, and various areas of IT.

Brien Applegate

Brien is a developer at 360Works specializing in usability and is currently pursuing a master's degree in Human Computer Interaction at Georgia Tech. While his technical background includes FileMaker and Java, Brien also has a keen interest in photography and graphic design. When relaxing, Brien enjoys jamming on the bass guitar with his friends. If you're really lucky, you might even catch him perform during open-mic night at the local Irish pub.

Wendy Hamelberg

Wendy, a wonderful mother of two is a junior developer at 360works. With her amazing obsessive organization skills, customizing a project for your needs and budget comes naturally. Before coming to America, Wendy had the ACP Advanced diploma in computer science from the Association of Computer Professionals, United Kingdom. She was registered with the University of South Africa (UNISA) as an accounting major. She graduated from Splelman College with a degree in computer science before attending Georgia State University for a Masters in Nursing. Apart from her usual traveling and gathering unusual clothing, hats, and antique items, she finds Java, C++ and Filemaker totally fascinating.

Sterling Rouse

An admitted sports junkie, Sterling is a die-hard fan of the Los Angeles Lakers and his hometown University of Louisville Cardinals. A master of the written (and hard-coded) word, Sterling was a sports writer before making the switch to software development.

Sterling is one of the authors of the 360Works Difference Engine plugin, and is a Certified FileMaker 8 developer with experience in Java, C++ and PHP.