Mark Williams Corporation

MWC created shrink-wrapped and OEM software: XYBasic, C compilers, and a Unix-like OS named Coherent Coherent

May 1983 -- March 1990

General Manager

Ship Product

Transition the projects from research mode to shrink-wrapped products. In working with the technical staff and the marketing team, emphasized difference between program and product.

Marketing

Assisted embryonic marketing effort in their quest to obtain shelf space. Served as main point of technical contact.

Management

Supervised technical staff of 14 developers, writers, and support staff.

Operations

Instituted formal program testing, release control and source control.

Documentation

Built a custom desktop publishing system that produced industry-leading documentation for Coherent, MWC Compiler, and MWC for the Atari ST