The Virtual Badger Sett

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Excellent technical skills, including knowledge of data communications software and hardware. Specialize in A Series to multi-vendor and A Series to Internet communications. Expert with Algol, NDLII, Coms, and CP2000. Experienced with Burroughs and IBM equipment and have performed and managed several mainframe conversions.

HARDWARE EXPERIENCE

Unisys A and NX Series : AMLIP, HDU, Large Systems, and U6000
Unisys CP2000 communications processor
IBM mainframe : from IBM/370 under DOS to NAS 3158 under MVS/XA
Univac Mainframe : Univac 1110 and 1108
IBM & compatible micro : Windows/NT and '98, 8088 to P400, scanners, networks, voice mail, etc
Macontosh : MAC II, SE, XE & classic, Apple ][ Plus
Miscellaneous : ISDN, Modems, data-scopes, protocol converters, oscilliscopes, telco equipment, satellite equipment, etc, etc.

SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE

Unisys : MCP, Algol, DCAlgol, Cobol, WFL, COMS, DMSII, NDLII, NAU, BNAV2, BNAV1, CANDE, Miser, XGEN, LINC, TADS, SDF, Jampack, CTC-Bridge, B&L on-demand
TCP/IP: HTML, Netscape, Spry Mosaic, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Telnet, WS_FTP, Eudora, Lotus CC:Mail, WinCim, Infoconnect
IBM Mainframe: CICS, VSAM, JCL, Cobol, DUO, BTAM, RJE, MVS/XA
Univac: Cobol, Fortran V, Basic, Exec 36
Macintosh: Adobe Photoshop, Word 5, Excel, 4D, AEC Infomanager, TOPS net, Hypercard.
MS-DOS: Windows 95, Windows/NT, Visual Basic, Word, Worfperfect, Displaywrite, Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, Corel products, Wildcat BBS, Crosstalk, Qmodem, Procomm

INDUSTRY EDUCATION

Visual basic/Visual C, VBIT's conference, 1 week, 5/95
TCP/IP, Unisys education, 1 week, 7/93
CP2000/BNA V2 Configuration, Burroughs Education, 2 weeks, 5/88
Systems Performance Analysis & Fine Tuning, Burroughs Education, 1 week, 7/87
COMS Programming, Burroughs Education, 1 week, 4/86
NDL II Programming, Burroughs Education, 1 week, 5/86
CICS Programming, EDS Corporate Education, 2 weeks, 1982
DMSII Administration & Operation, Burroughs Education, 2 weeks, 1981

FORMAL EDUCATION

High School Education, Madison Wisconsin.
B.S. in Math, Arizona State University, C.L.A.S., 1978
Ph.D. in religion, ULC Monastery, Modesto, CA 2002

WORK EXPERIENCE

Current Employer: Unisys Corporation.
Date of Employment: December 1993 to present.

Title and duties: Staff Operating Systems Programmer.

Design, develop, and code new products for Unisys A Series mainframes.
Develop ALGOL applications to allow A Series systems to communicate directly to other vendor's platforms, mail systems, and the Internet.
Support system software and perform release level upgrades for an A16, an A11, two A6s, and a U6000.

Previous Employer: Uniplus Consultants.
Date of Employment: May 1991 to December 1993.

Title and duties: Consultant.

Responsible for debugging and modifying application & system software in the S.W.I.F.T. electronic funds transfer network.
Use desk-top computer based software to maintain work request process and support documentation.

Previous Employer: Comdial Corp.
Date of Employment: July 1990 to April 1991.

Title and duties: Technical Specialist.

Responsible for maintenance of Unisys system software on an A12 and an A10 system.
Develop custom BNAV2 program agents and DCAlgol MCS' and modify existing Coms MCS'.
Design, install, and configure CP2000 processors.
Code "front-end" software, systems software, and site utilities.
Maintain communication to a variety of "factory floor" machinery.

Previous Employer: Landmark Land Company.
Date of Employment: December 1987 to July 1990.

Title and duties: Director of Systems Programming.

Responsible for maintenance of Unisys system software on an A12 and an A6 system.
Develop custom MCS' and modify existing Cande and Coms MCS'.
Design, install, and configure CP2000 processors for Landmark Land and other companies.
Code "front-end" software, systems software, and site utilities.
Responsible for design and operation of national packet-switching network and point-of-sale processors.

Previous Employer: Electronic Data Systems.
Date of Employment: August, 1980 to December 1987.

Title and duties: Software Systems Engineer.

Systems Programmer for Burroughs A3-K mainframe.
Code "front-end" software, systems software, and applications programs.
Responsible for smooth operation of a five hundred million dollar per day electronic funds transfer network.
Provide estimates of manpower requirements for new development.
Perform systems analysis for development and maintenance.
Maintain and perform run time improvement on existing programs.
Debug telecommunications problems with new customers.
Insure telecommunications security.
Program software for IBM-PC to mainframe communications.
Present and demonstrate IBM-PC software to customers.

Previous Employer: General Casualty Companies.
Dates of Employment: May, 1979 to August, 1980.

Title and Duties: Programmer.

Code and test reports based on System Analyst's specifications.
Maintain existing software.

Previous Employer: State of Wisconsin.
Dates of Employment: January, 1979 to May, 1979.

Title and Duties: First Shift Operator.

Respond to tape mount requests.
Burst and deliver printer output.
Run scheduled jobs.

Previous Employer: U.S. Dept./Treasury , Forest Products Laboratory.
Dates of Employment: June, 1977 to January, 1979.

Title and Duties: Data Processing Aid.

Convert fire test results to 80 column card format.
Keypunch converted test results.
Write and test programs to produce reports and graphs.

Personal: Computer programming is also my avocation. I have designed and administer the Internet Web site http://www.badgers.org. I am well versed in IBM-compatible and Macintosh software & hardware, and have specialized expertise in SCSI. I have been a PADI certified scuba diver, a single-engine pilot, an ordained minister, and a competition weightlifter.