305 W. Locust St.
Rosendale, MO 64483
(773) 803-0102
POSITION DESIRED:
I am interested in a permanent Programmer/Analyst position in a stable, growing company with a commitment to open communications and employee growth.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Operating Systems ThreadX (Embedded), MS-DOS, Windows (2, 3, 95, NT 3.51, NT 4.0), UNIX (OpenBSD, SVR4, Solaris, HP/UX), Mac-OS, Apple DOS, PenRight, IBM ES/9000, X-Windows/MOTIF
Management Small Group Management, Project Management, Project Specification, Equipment Specification, Network Application Planning.
INDUSTRIES:
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
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CONTRACT CONSULTANT |
OCTOBER 1989 to PRESENT |
Companies (in reverse chronological order): BAXTER, SEARS, FTD, METAVANTE, COMCOTEC, PITNEY BOWES SOFTWARE SYSTEMS, UAL, SPRINT PCS, AMERITECH, EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS, ESPO ENGINEERING, COMRAD CORPORATION, CAPITAL SERVICE GROUP, BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE, AMCON INTERNATIONAL, MORTGAGE ONLINE, ENTENMANN'S BAKERY, TRUE NATURE FOODS, UOP/MONIREX, MRL, PANASONIC, COMPUTER INNOVATIONS
Minor contracts: Access Databases, Visual Basic Scripting, Visual Basic Applications, C++, C, MS-SQL Databases, Communications Systems, Control Systems and Transfer Systems.
BAXTER: Part of software team for next generation syringe pump.
Environment: C/C++, ThreadX (Embedded).
SEARS: Part of changeover team for Clubs and Services Customer Management System.
Environment: C++, Sun Solaris (UNIX), Informix SQL.
FTD: Part of implementation team for Mercury Wings, a Windows application to handle all aspects of Flower Shop Management.
Environment: C++ w/MFC, Windows NT, MSSQL.
METAVANTE: Designed system to transfer data between Banker Insight (Personal Banker PC software) and Credit Connection (loan underwriter system) via existing message broker architechture.
Environment: C++, HP/UX, XML.
COMCOTEC: Part of implementation team for RxExpress 2000, a Windows application to handle all aspects of Pharmacy Management.
Environment: C++ w/MFC, Windows NT, ODBC (MSSQL, Oracle).
PITNEY BOWES SOFTWARE SYSTEMS: Part of implementation team assuring compliance with Postal Service regulations for Computer Address Software System. Modifications to existing system and tools.
Environment: C, C++ w/MFC, Windows NT, UNIX.
UAL: Design and implementation of automated proxy server management reporting system. System includes automated data collection & on-demand intra-web reporting.
Environment: HP/UX (UNIX), X-Windows/MOTIF, C, PERL, HTML, xdb.
SPRINT PCS: Analysis of custom interfaces in C and Korn shell between PeopleSoft Financial and various systems.
Environment: HP/UX (UNIX), C, PL/SQL, Oracle.
AMERITECH: Team Member on Falstaff project, Ameritech’s divestiture of 21 wire centers in west central Wisconsin.
Environment: ES/9000, COBOL.
EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS: Analysis of business needs. Design of database system for control of business information and automatic call handling.
Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Informix, Access.
ESPO ENGINEERING: Object-Oriented Design and implementation of automatic Drawing system for fan line.
Environment: AutoLISP, AutoCAD, Windows 95.
COMRAD: Design of Web Site at http://www.comrad.com.
Environment: UNIX, HTML.
BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD OF ILLINOIS: Analysis and repair of Data Warehouse extraction system for Underwriting Decision analysis and Management Information systems. The system is designed to help the underwriters who work with BCBSIL to maintain profitability.
Environment: Sun Solaris (UNIX), Teradata SQL, Sybase SQL, C.
CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE: Analysis, design, implementation for Electronic Trading Card. The Electronic Trading Card is designed to automate pit trading at the CME.
Environment: C, PenRight!, MS-DOS.
CAPITAL SERVICE GROUP: Analysis, design, implementation, testing, enhancements, and ongoing customer hardware and software support on a complete system for managing all aspects of a multi-level marketing company, integrating Customer, Receipts, Payments, Inventory and Vendor data, and allows flexible specification of parameters for payments.
Environment: Dbase IV, MS-DOS, Windows 3.1.
AMCON INTERNATIONAL: Analysis, specification, design, implementation, translation, testing and enhancement on system for managing a multi-level marketing company. System managed Customers, Receipts and Payments under multiple marketing plans.
Environment: DBase V, MS-DOS, Windows 3.1.
MORTGAGE ONLINE: Project Manager for Mortgage online, at http://www.mortgageonline.com , a mortgage data base. Features included mortgage search engine, mortgage calculator, and online mortgage entry. Analyzed system and managed implementation team.
Environment: C, SQL [Oracle, MS-SQL], PERL, Windows NT, Netscape Commerce Server.
UNITED STATES CELLULAR: Implemented system to translate MAP coordinates from output of a signal strength calculator to mercator projection coordinates to make overlays for IGES maps.
Environment: LISP, AutoCAD.
ESPO ENGINEERING: Detailed drafting on duct work drawings for a 23 story building. Designed and Implemented drafting aid for HVAC duct work. Features included automation of transitions, duct labeling, and simple 3-D information.
Environment: AutoLISP/AutoCAD, MS-DOS, Windows 3.1.
ENTENMANN'S BAKERY: Enhancements and maintenance on an Accounting system.
Environment: C, Paradox, BASIC, MS-DOS.
TRUE NATURE FOODS: Fixes and extensions on Point of Sale system.
Environment: DBase IV, MS-DOS.
UOP/MONIREX: Analysis, implementation, and Documentation of CADMerge, a system to allow production drawings to be made from a master set and a wire label file, similar in concept to a MailMerge with a word processor.
Environment: AutoLISP/AutoCAD, Macintosh.
MRL: Analysis, implementation and testing for an embedded control system for a patient monitoring center. This Embedded Real-time system integrated and graphed data streams from a Blood Pressure Monitor and a Blood Oxygen Monitor.
Environment: C, MS-DOS, Embedded.
PANASONIC: Maintained Sales system which used a Clipper product database and graphical assembly line and transitioned to AutoCAD to produce plan and elevation views automatically.
Environment: Clipper, AutoLISP/AutoCAD, MS-DOS.
COMPUTER INNOVATIONS: Implementation and documentation of sales system.
Environment: C, Oracle SQL, Xenix.
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NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER at the UNIVERSITY of CHICAGO |
SEPTEMBER 1997 to MAY 1998 (break from contracting) |
(Hiatus from contracting) Design and implementation of computer assisted interviewing scripts, data translation routines, and reports. Analyzed system and led implementation team for ATSDR 8.6.
Environment: Windows 3.1, Novell NetWare, Delphi, Paradox, C, SQL (Informix), Crystal reports, SurveyCraft, SAS, HTML.
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CYBERPAK |
MAY 1987 TO JULY 1987 |
Analysis, implementation, testing of control system for Automatic Diamond Faceter.
Environment: Z8 Assembler.
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TLC DESIGN |
AUGUST 1985 TO FEBRUARY 1987 |
Design, implementation, testing, and ongoing customer support of invoicing system.
Environment: BASIC, Apple ][.
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CYBERPAK |
JUNE, 1983 TO JUNE 1984 |
Design, implementation, testing of real-time control system. This real-time control system for Stepper motors gave the ability to control up to 10 motors on a 16 motor bus simultaneously at up to 5000 steps per second, using reentrant code, with a BASIC interface.
Environment: Z8 Assembler.
Implementation, testing of automated lathe control, including CAD and communications software for transmitting design to lathe.
Environment: BASIC, 6502 Assembler, Apple ][, RS-232.
Enhancement and testing of a public domain Z-80 BASIC interpreter for multi-thread reentrant operation.
Environment: Z80 Assembler.
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ADVENTURES UNLIMITED |
SEPTEMBER 1982 TO JUNE 1983 |
New User Training and Implementation of Office applications.
Environment: BASIC, Apple ][.
EDUCATION:
PERSONAL:
Implementation of personal Web site http://pages.ripco.net/~wizwom.