November
1998 Reemay, Inc.
to
Old Hickory, TN
Present
Programmer/Analyst
Well, Thomas Wolfe was wrong, you can go home again. After all my previous jobs, I accepted a position at Reemay, Inc. as a programmer/analyst. Reemay makes non-woven fabric and probably the most familiar use is dry sheets. Proctor and Gamble buys a huge amount of our product and adds the chemicals to produce those little static free sheets. So those of you who are using liquid fabric softeners, stop now and start buying Snuggles. And as you can see from the Reemay web page, there are hundreds of other uses.
My job involves mostly database programming. All of our business transactions are maintained in an RDB (okay, so maybe this isn't the latest one but it works great for us) database and our job is to fix those little annoying problems that crop up for the users as well as continue to refine and improve the programming. We use a product called GEMBASE which we purchased from ROSS SYSTEMS as our programming language, but we still have to use SQL to analyze and modify some of the data. So my experience during the MTSU days has come in handy. Also, we do a lot of FORTRAN programming so I've had to blow the dust off some of my FORTRAN references.
April
1997 Middle
Tennessee State University
to
Murfreesboro, TN
November 1998
Academic Programmer
Provided computer programming and consulting services to MTSU
faculty and students. Programs are written in C, C++, Java, Perl,
and FORTRAN. Trained as Oracle database administrator.
Developed Web pages for use by MTSU community including FAQ pages and
User's Guide. Teach workshops on FTP, Telnet, Email,
Java/Javascript.
January 1996 Metro Information
Services
to Nashville,
TN
April 1997
Information Systems Consultant
Performed project assignments mostly involving testing of client's
software on variety of platforms.
Baptist Sunday School Board--Tested data base software for collection of
congregational information. Also maintained hardware and software for all
testing machines running all versions of Windows operating systems.
Nortel Inc.-- Testing document search and retrieval software on
Windows 3.x, Windows 95, UNIX, and Macintosh platforms both
client/server and web based. Debugging and problem reporting led to
further experience in all operating systems, as well as HTML, CGI and
Perl, Adobe Acrobat and Exchange document software, Verity
search engine and data transmission protocols. Also evaluated and selected
testing software for use in both client/server and Internet applications.
General Electric Information Systems--Software quality testing of
Electronic Data Information (EDI) product for General Electric
Information Systems. Duties included designing, writing and implementing
complete test scheme for communications portion of package. Gained
experience in connecting various modems, X.25 cards and
TCP/IP protocol as well as LAN experience. Wrote scripts for modem
communication and used Microsoft Test to automate certain portions of the
testing. Worked closely with designers in debugging product and improving
overall performance. Involved with loading and using Windows 3.11, Windows
for Workgroups, and Windows 95.
October 1995 Computer
City
to
Nashville, Tennessee
January 1996
Sales Associate
Worked behind the Upgrades desk helping customers select correct
add-ons for their computer systems. This area functioned as a help desk
for all computer related problems. Gained knowledge in most current
computer products and inventory management.
March 1972 Inter-City Products
Corporation
to
LaVergne, Tennessee
January 1994
System Manager
Managed the computer network for the Engineering department. This
included all phases of implementation and problem solving, software
delivery and user training. The network included the CAD/CAM system
as well as the PC desktop workstations. his position required experience
in VMS, DOS, UNIX , and Windows operating systems, DECNET and
NOVELL networks, Ethernet and TCP/IP protocols.
Major Accomplishment:Developed and implemented a CAD/CAM system
resulting in an annual savings of over $10 million in scrap, retooling and
design and manufacturing time as well as providing better customer
service. Designed and implemented the first network in the corporation and
assisted in user training of graphics systems and PC applications. Also
implemented a database and manufacturing tracking system using
INFORMIX.
Senior Computer System Engineer
Greatest area of concentration was in developing real-time laboratory
and instrumentation programs. Using microprocessors, programs were
developed to acquire data in real-time and produce the laboratory report.
A control program was written to maintain the temperatures in the test
chamber within .2 degrees F
Major Accomplishment:
Developed and implemented computer programs
resulting in more efficient use of labor and more efficient use of test
chambers in the laboratory.
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