Welcoming a New Programmer
May 20th, 2009Keith, the newest addition to the development team at Olive Tree Bible Software, is onboard and working hard to bring you an updated Symbian reader. We know this is going to be great news for the many, many people who have written us about wanting to get a BibleReader program on their Nokia 5800s.
Keith is an experienced programmer, having begun back in 1986 as a Programmer/Systems Analyst for the Boeing Fabrication Divisions Tooling System, and later serving as a SME (Subject Matter Expert) for Boeing Computer Services in the C and C++ programming languages.
Keith’s passion for Bible study and programming came together in 1995 when he began work as a C++ programmer for the BibleSoft product, an early and groundbreaking PC software program that targeted the Biblical academic community. Keith worked with BibleSoft over a 10-year period, alternating his programming duties for BibleSoft with his service as a missionary to Papua New Guinea, where Keith and his wife pioneered a Bible School in addition to doing evangelism and medical outreach while serving in the field.
Keith and his wife returned from the mission field to live in the Spokane area. With BibleSoft winding down its business, Keith was ready for his next software project. His experience with programming made him a great hire for any company, and he spent some time working for a local game development company. But his passion for Bible software would eventually lead him to Olive Tree. What more perfect combination of events could there be than a mobile device Bible software company needing a programmer in Spokane, and a Bible software programmer just happening to move there?
“I’m excited about getting back into Bible software development for Olive Tree.” explains Keith. “We are rapidly moving ahead into new technologies in the mobile industry such as Symbian and Google Android. I will be working on the Symbian S60 platform which covers over 45 percent of the world market in mobile OS. Lord willing, the years I have spent in Bible study, Bible Software development, and missions work will help me better serve our customers by making the Word of God both come ‘Alive’ and be close to them.”
Please welcome Keith to Olive Tree, and look for more additions to the team in the weeks and months ahead as we continue to present quality tools for Bible reading and study. As a fitting close to this blog post, Keith quotes Deuteronomy 6:6-9:
6 “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.
7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”