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Fifteen
years experience in creating and implementing solutions involving user
interface, relational database management systems, and communications.
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6
Years Windows Programming |
15
years DOS, 4 Years UNIX |
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4
years Visual Basic |
10
Years C |
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Systems
Analysis |
User
Interface Design |
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Accounting
Programming |
Network
Management |
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Telecommunications |
Embedded
Systems |
Started PC Mobile, Inc. for the purpose of serving the West Seattle community with on-site help and tutoring for personal computers. Services include problem solving, networking, web development, database management, custom programming, and increasing productivity through use of the computer.
Teaching CIS-172, Introduction to Visual Basic.
Directed programming staff. Responsible for development of user interface and database programming, interfacing with web development.
August
1996 to
August 2000: Zetron, Incorporated
Designed
and implemented a Windows SCADA application for
use with Zetron hardware to monitor and control systems via radio or telephone.
The program, ULTRAc.W,
is fully configurable to suit virtually any system.
Users set up logic decisions to perform real-time analysis and implement
automatic control over devices. The
program consists of 70 thousand lines of Visual Basic code, and competes with
larger competitor software, enabling Zetron to fill market niches that were
previously excluded due to cost. Responsibilities
include all aspects of software development, including:
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Project management,
supervising and mentoring programmers
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Coding
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Coordinating field
testing and interacting with customers during the test
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Source Code Revision
Control
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Documentation
Jun
1993-July1996: AMS (formerly Agena
Corporation), Seattle, Wa.
Lead
Programmer
Three
thousand insurance agents use this product of over fifty megabytes of code.
Played a major role in the development of this large Windows / OS-2 style
message based system for insurance agency management. Responsible for project
planning, re-engineering, re-designing and enhancing all areas of the product
including creating a facility for downloading and uploading policy information;
accounting; user interface, database management and rating integration.
Mar-Jun
1993. Ratelco Electronics, Seattle, Wa.
Real-Time
Systems Developer (contract position)
Designed
the software for a real time embedded system for monitoring and controlling
large telephone company continuous power systems. Integrated with computer
hardware engineers. Project included user interface; state machines; database
management; alarms; a communications engine for sending alarms to other sites
and receiving control information.
Feb
1991-Jan 1993: Multico Rating Systems, Kirkland, Wa.
Director
Of Product Development
Directed
the programming staff. Re-organized the development structure of the company,
making the transition from in-line code to object oriented programming and
development, dramatically improving the efficiency of the development cycle.
Designed and developed innovative database management techniques and enhanced
user interface software for independent insurance agents and insurance carriers.
Designed and implemented a system to automatically keep client databases up to
date using telecommunications.
Jan
1990-Jan 1991 CMS Solutions, Fresno, Ca.
Senior
Programmer Analyst
Designed,
developed and coded the automation of the flight information system for a major
airline commuter service, including on-site consulting with clients;
communications programs, database management and menu driven user interface
programs for auditing and updating databases.
Integrated flight information data for better real-time availability;
increased efficiency of database management; improved accuracy of data entry;
shortened response time to audit and correct data entry errors, and reduced
required amount of labor
Apr
1988-Jan 1990 DCA / Cohesive Network, Los Gatos, Ca.
Software
Engineer
Designed
and developed software for user interface, enabling multiple users to manage
complex T1 digital multiplexing networks. Made significant improvements in
efficiency and ease of operation. Coordinated with customer service to find out
the needs of the customer and enhanced software to meet these needs, resulting
in better network management for the user.
Jun
1985-Mar 1988 AMERICAN NETWORK, Vancouver, Wa.
Database
Analyst
Managed
the development and maintenance of a complete system to automate traffic
engineering, routing, trunking and translations for network switching systems.
This saved the company millions of dollars in circuit costs, saved thousands of
hours of labor, ensured accuracy of database transformations, designed and
implemented the user interface.
1985
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Coleman College, La Mesa, Ca.
1980
Bachelor of Arts in Physics
University
of the Pacific, Stockton, Ca.
1974
College Preparatory School
Thacher School, Ojai, Ca.
C/C++,
Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft
Access, BASIC, SQL, UNIX shell, Curses , ACCELL, Prowin, Clipper, Turbo Pascal,
FORTRAN,
Microsoft
Access, UNIFY 4GL, ISAM, SQL
Windows
(all versions), MS-DOS, UNIX, XENIX, VMS, PRIMOS, MPE, RTE
Microsoft
Windows (all versions), Microsoft Access, Crystal Reports,
CodeWright
Brief, VI
MKS,
PVCS, RCS
X
Windows, Vermont Views, ACCELL, dbase, Foxbase Procomm Plus Crosstalk PROTEL
RTlink
IBM
PC/Compatibles, SUN 3 and 4, APOLLO, Datapoint, DEC, VAX, Macintosh, ARIX
25/40/90, HP1000, HP3000, PRIME
TCP/IP,
Ethernet, async, Novell, LAN, X.25