Herein you will find a resume of MIS and Programming education and on-the-job training. Many of the skills developed during earlier work have been maintained through informal study and self-assigned projects.

Recent - Experiences

1987 - 1991

Designed and developed a Human Resources Information System (applicant tracking, etc.) for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Human Resources Office as their Manager of Information Systems (MIS):

• Coordinated efforts to expand the Department's PC:staff ratio from 1:7 to 1.5:1 - including approximately 15 PC's, 2 laptops, three print servers, and a UNIX file server;
• Acted as inter-department IS liaison;
• Performed Departmental IS budget analysis and wrote various reports using SQL and related tools;
• Participated in efforts to redesign data processing and customer service - changing related policies and procedures;
• Became proficient in the use of dBase and Q&E-SQL development tools;
• Coordinated batch transaction transfers to legacy systems;
• Performed database maintenance;

1985 - 1994

Designed and developed a genealogical database management system to aid in my family history research.

Past - Education and Experiences

1979

Completed a course in IBM mainframe assembly language programming during a high school summer program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

1983 - 1985

Provided technical information and customer-services related to a wide variety of computer systems (e.g. PC/MACs, UNIX workstations, IBM mainframe) for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's faculty and students, as a student consultant for Information Technology Services.

1984 - 1985

Designed and developed business software and games for Mirror Images Software, Inc.

1985 - 1986

Designed and developed business software for Scanning Capital Assets Network, Inc.

1986 - 1988

Established ConsulNet, Inc., with three partners, as a business and information systems consulting firm; obtained software development contracts with State and local agencies, regional colleges and universities, and regional small businesses.