Mike Mahoney

Welcome to the website of Mike Mahoney, aka FoodMike. This page used to contain my blog, which had a wide variety of interesting and captivating content. All of that content has been removed to make way for this much simpler and easier to maintain info page. This page will serve as a basic intro to Mike Mahoney, with links to other sites that contain even more info. Have fun.

Professional Interests:

I've spent most of my career as a software designer, architect, and developer for small product companies or consulting businesses. Almost all of my experience is with the integration of processes and data across applications. I beleive that system integration is really the implementation of business processes.

As time has passed system integration has morphed into more of a distributed systems problem. This has led me over the past 5 years to work on the problem of connecting remote devices to backend systems over the internet. The solutions I have worked on typically involve equipment that has been network enabled and could benefit from connectivity with the aim of providing better service, faster response times, usage analysis, consumable replenishment, file sharing, or remote access. Some examples of work I have done include:

• Implementing 'push for help' functionality on equipment with strict uptime requirements.
• Building control and monitoring systems.
• Enabling equipment provisioning and tracking processes that integrate with data on remote machines.
• Power system management.

My current focus is on my company, Palantiri Systems. We are a early stage startup that is making it easier, cheaper, and faster for companies to connect their products and customers to online communities. Our goal is to allow all devices to connect to online communities and collaborate with people in real time.

Links:

Some other places on the web where I'm involved:

• My company Palantiri Systems
• I've moved my blog to Wordpress because it is so much easier.
• Photos I've taken on Flickr
• Sometimes I tweet.
• I'm on LinkedIn. Please, only add me if we've actually met or talked.
• I'm on Facebook too. Same rules apply.

Interesting Facts:

• I'm married to Jane Wineberg and we have one daughter, Ever.
• I enjoy wood working, but rarely get to do it.
• I've been practicing Mu Dong Kung Fu since 2000 at the James Merolillo Training Studio.
• I wear one contact lens.

Contact:

Here are the best ways to get in touch with me, in order:

1. Instant messaging:
   1. GoogleTalk: foodmike
   2. Jabber.org: mmahoney@jabber.org
   3. AOL: FoodMike
   4. Yahoo!: foodmike
2. Cell Phone: 585-314-8592
3. Email: mike at [insert this site's domain name] (I don't like email and may be slow to respond).