Career Portfolio provided by Beyond.com Software Developer Gualala, CA 95445 Member Number: 3277747 Portfolio: http://www.beyond.com/people/3277747 Professional Information Job Function: Information Technology Education: 4-Year College Degree Employment: Any Position Type Salary: $100-250k Citizenship: U.S. Citizen Resume EXPERIENCE SUMMARY I have been in data processing since *** in various capacities, as follows: Systems * I have had extensive experience in design, analysis and programming of both systems and applications software in a variety of languages on mainframes, minicomputers and microcomputers. * As a Systems Engineer with IBM, I was responsible for general support of national accounts and helped develop and install a large communications network. * As Regional Systems Services Manager with a telecommunications supplier, I performed sales assistance and installation support of computerized communications networks. Sales * Three ***% clubs with IBM, selling to a large national account and in a general territory. Product Planning & Marketing * Responsible for planning future directions in the front end processor market and network products, including both headquarters functions and close field contact.
* At various times, responsible for all aspects of marketing: sales support, technical field support, advertising and PR, documentation and order processing. I have managed a staff of field Systems Engineers as well as headquarters personnel. * In one position, I was responsible for bringing to market an entire microcomputer system, including bundled software. This involved initial product and market planning, close cooperation with the engineering and manufacturing departments and support of the sales organization after product introduction. Management Senior management experience as a Vice-President and CFO, in addition to others mentioned above. Acted as CTO for a startup to develop business plan for securing venture funding. Consulting I have consulted with a number of clients on the development of software applications, as outlined in detail on the following pages. Specialty has been 4GL/RDBMS client/server business applications. Recent training has qualified me in the development of web-based solutions. Software Development * I was the lead designer and developer of SupportWise, a commercial customer service call and problem tracking system. Extensive experience developing software for clients (see below) Selected Specific Consulting Experience *** - ***, Rohn Industries, Peoria, IL Implemented a system to perform structural analysis of transmission tower structures. The system consists of data stored in a PROGRESS database with calculations performed in Visual Basic. *** ***, Platform-Horizons, Gualala, CA Real Estate broker: Provided extensions to an existing web site using VB Scripting and SQL/ADO. Homeowners Association: Implemented demonstration bar coding system for gate access control (MS Access). Developed technology to allow forms filled out on a web page to be processed at another site via email using ***. *** ***, Community Resource Center, Gualala, CA Implemented a system to track clients of the service and the volunteer efforts to fulfill requests. Initially developed in Progress, the system was redone in ***. *** ***, ***, Inc., Carson City, NV
Acted as CTO in preparing business plan for securing venture funding. Prepared plans for internal technical infrastructure (computer network, phone system, CRM software). Developed a web-based system using ASP along with PROGRESS and WebSpeed to serve the senior citizen market. Implemented a Visual Basic/SQL application to model and forecast book sales and distribution campaigns. These projects also involved Crystal Reports and ActiveX Automation. ***, Electric Power Research Institute, Inc., Palo Alto, CA Developed an ACCESS application to provide customized financial reports from data obtained in a PeopleSoft system. *** - ***, Boyd Corporation, Modesto, CA Developed enhancements to a PROGRESS based manufacturing/financial system based on Royal 4 software. *** - ***, Iverson Financial Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA Developed a PROGRESS application to load, maintain and distribute financial market data and statistics. *** - ***, Rascals in Paradise, San Francisco, CA Enhanced a PROGRESS based travel agency system that keeps track of custom tours and provides all necessary accounting functions. *** J. E. Lowden Co., San Francisco, CA Developed/maintained a PROGRESS based Freight Forwarding system using EDI with US Customs Service. *** *** Transworld Systems, Inc., Rohnert Park, CA Enhanced a PROGRESS based credit collection system featuring printing of court-required forms through an automatic interface with Microsoft Word using ActiveX Automation. *** - ***, ***, Center for Employment Training, San Jose, CA Developed and maintained a student tracking database application in PROGRESS under UNIX that tracks student attendance and bills the appropriate government agencies. This application became distributed with data entered at remote locations and summarized at headquarters. *** - ***, Richland Sales, Fresno, CA Developed a PROGRESS V7 GUI front end (MSWIN) to a UNIX financial/manufacturing database ***). This application involved tracking of consignments from farmers and handling the accounting of services and payments. *** - *** Extensive experience modifying/enhancing the *** MFG PRO manufacturing/accounting application (PROGRESS) for the following clients: Santa Cruz Operation, Santa Cruz, CA (***) Sitka Corp., Alameda, CA (***) Macromedia, San Francisco, CA (***) Yakima Products, Arcata, CA (***) Sun Microsystems, Mountain View, CA (***) Raychem Corp., Menlo Park, CA (***) Peninsula Wireless, Sunnyvale, CA (***) Richland Sales, Fresno, CA (***)
***, Pacific Gas & Electric, San Francisco, CA Developed a PROGRESS application to track usage of the corporate Learning Center. This is basically a hotel and resource management application. ***, Cedex Services International, Lafayette, CA Developed/enhanced a PROGRESS application for tracking shipping containers in the transportation industry, using EDI. *** - ***, Raychem Corp., Menlo Park, CA., Developed add-on modules to a PROGRESS application (MFG/PRO) to interface with an existing mainframe system and a new SAP system. *** - ***, Unicon International, Ltd., San Francisco, CA Developed a database application for PC/LAN and VMS in PROGRESS that tracks the damage surveying of shipping containers and related equipment for customer billing. *** - ***, BusinessWise, Inc., Campbell, CA Developed a commercial database application in PROGRESS that allows a vendor to track all interactions with customers. This system has been used for customer support and sales lead tracking and has potential for further application. DOS, VMS, UNIX. Specific modifications and enhancements done for: Boy Scouts of America, Dallas, TX***Blockbuster Video, Dallas, TX Computer Network Technologies, Minneapolis, MN***Motorola, Chicago, IL Cisco Systems, Mountain View, CA***Sun Microsystems, Mountain View, CA ***, Raging Waters, San Jose, CA Developed a DOS employee time keeping database application in PROGRESS for an amusement park. *** - ***, Financial Proformas, Inc., Walnut Creek, CA Developed a DOS banking application system (commercial product) in Turbo Pascal/Btrieve that allows banks to estimate the future performance of prospective borrowers. ***, Direct Mortgage, Los Gatos, CA Developed a Turbo Pascal mortgage application front end. ***, Plaza Bank, San Jose, CA Developed a RBASE application for tracking employee benefits for the Personnel Department. *** - ***, The Stone Institute, Los Gatos, CA Developed a DOS RBASE database application supporting a real estate education business. *** - ***, Pacific Gas & Electric, San Francisco, CA Developed a DOS system for PG&E using DBASE and C to track the work done by field service personnel.
*** - ***, MGIS, San Jose, CA Supported an insurance company (3rd party marketer) in developing and maintaining a back-office system on a proprietary multi-user computer (QANTEL). Also supported them on their claims management application. Developed a proposal generation application on a PC using Pascal. Installed and maintained a PC local area network. Hardware/Software Experience: : Progress***Data Communications RBASE***UNIX DBASE***VMS C, C******MS Windows Microsoft Access Turbo Pascal Visual BASIC & *** (VB, ASP, ADO) ActiveX Automation Java, JavaScript FORTRAN, COBOL, Assembler 4GL/RDBMS Crystal Reports***EDI SQL, ADO***Client/Server Paradox (Windows and DOS) Btrieve WWW (HTML, ASP, Virtual InterDev, scripting)