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Vice-President / Project Manager
MicroCom Consulting, Fort Wayne, IN
January 1998 - Present.
Organized, directed, and managed development and maintenance programming for remote clients.
Manager
The Keep (originally Wizards Keep), Fort Wayne, IN
April 1993 - November 1999
Oversaw the planning and daily operations of the retail store including; ordering inventory, preparing advertising, and supervising the employees.
Lead Project Leader
Lincoln National Corporation, Employee Benefits Division, Fort Wayne, IN
February 1991 - June 1992
Originally assigned as the team leader for the Batch Team and the Support Desk for the System for Managed Care (SMC). At the end of the project, was assigned to EBD Systems Planning as one of the two Systems Engineers for the division. Was responsible for investigating and evaluating development methodologies for use by the division on new software projects.
Chairman / Coordinator
PentaCon, The Northeastern Indiana Gaming Association (NIGA), Fort Wayne, IN
1991 - Present
Member of the staff for PentaCon, the largest and oldest gaming convention in Indiana and northwestern Ohio. The convention occurs annually in early-November, runs for three days, and includes well over four hundred games, seminars, and other events. In 1999 (PentaCon XV), over 1,100 individuals attended. As Mailing List Coordinator (1991-1995, 1998-1999) maintained a 3,500+ name mailing list. As Publications Coordinator (1991-1995, 1997-1998) prepared advertising, convention support materials, and the convention Pre-Registration Book. As Games Coordinator (1997-1999) solicited game submissions, organized the convention events, and oversaw the games registration. During 1997 the total number of events at the convention increased by well over 50%. Was appointed Chairman of the PentaCon staff in June of 1998. In 1999 the convention experienced a 27% increase in attendance.
Software Configuration Manager
Magnavox Electronic Systems Company, Fort Wayne, IN
February 1986 - February 1991
Under MIL-STD-2167, designed and implemented the first Developmental Software Configuration Management (DSCM) system for a DoD project on the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) Project. It combined traditional DoD SCM requirements with incremental configuration controls, an interactive change control process, plus a semi-automated software compilation and integration system. The success of the project and the overall DSCM effort led to expanded responsibilities for SCM, covering all AFATDS related projects. Other work included acting as an internal consultant on SCM and DSCM for both new and existing projects, and assisting in the preparation of the SCM methodology aspects of new project proposals. Was in charge of the development of the Segment On-line Automated Release System (SOARS) and the Magnavox Automated Configuration Environment (MACE), both being tools for use on large DoD software projects.
Assistant to the Software Director
Magnavox Electronic Systems Company, Fort Wayne, IN
August 1984 - February 1986
Senior member of the AFATDS Project Technical Staff under the project's Software Director. Acted as a staff troubleshooter, responsible for resolving or leading the effort to resolve development problems not covered by the original system design. Worked on the creation, evaluation, and introduction of new software development methodologies, and assisted in the implementation of the project's Object Oriented Design (OOD) development methodology. Also acted as a consultant to other company projects for software development methodologies and assisted in the software development methodology aspects of new project proposals. Acted as the project representative for corporate working groups on software development methodologies, configuration management, and hardware-to-software interfacing. Wrote and maintained the project and company Ada Design And Programming Manual.
Associate Faculty
Indiana Purdue University at Fort Wayne (IPFW), Fort Wayne, IN
Fall 1986 and Fall 1990
Taught intermediate level COBOL Programming for the Computer Technology Department.
Computer Specialist, RCA
Consumer Electronics Division, Component Reliability Lab, Bloomington, IN
April 1983 - June 1984
In charge of the computer support group. Primary work was managing the develop and implementation of an in-house automatic test system for electronic components using mini-computers and automatic test equipment. Other work included supervising general software development and office automation. Special work included reorganizing the computer and test systems, designing and planning a major system expansion, plus the design and implementation of a local database to track job and test results.
Manual Writer / General Business Manager
Random Access, Inc., Bloomington, IN
August 1981 - November 1982
Assisted in the development of software systems with primary efforts in the writing of programmer's manuals. After incorporation, was in charge of corporate business operations and had a leading roll in the development of special purpose accounting software.
Associate Instructor
Indiana University, Department of Computer Science, Bloomington, IN
June 1980 - May 1982
Taught courses in COBOL Programming and Computer Organization And Assembly Language Programming. Also was the Senior AI for courses in Introduction To Computer Programming, Information Systems Design And Development, and Programming Languages.
Ship's Officer
USS AUSTIN (LPD-4), US Navy, Norfolk, VA
May 1974 - September 1977
Qualified Officer-of-the-Deck (Underway and In Port), Assault Boat Group Commander, Nuclear Weapons Officer, Gunnery Officer, Ship's Boatswain, Assistant Department Head, and Public Affairs Officer. Ready Reserve (1977-1979), as Officer-in-charge Surface Division, Naval Reserve Center, Terre Haute, IN. Final rank was Lieutenant (O-3).
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| Notable Software | DEC VMS, RSX-11M, DSR Runoff, CMS, Word, Excel, Photoshop | ||||
| Computers | DEC VAX series, DEC PDP-11 series, MP-04, Apple Macintosh, PC |