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Qualifications
Overview
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Education
- Masters (M.S.) in Technology Management -- "Technology
MBA" (University of Maryland, 1998)
- Bachelors (B.S.) in Computer Science (Penn State, 1990)
Executive Management Expertise (over five years)
- Strong leadership, entrepreneurial and managerial skills.
Started several internet and consulting businesses.
- Self-starter with business development skills ranging from idea
generation to product development, product support, marketing, sales,
and lifecycle management with full ability to manage an entire
company, separate division, or particular departments.
- Proven success in identifying and securing new business
opportunities and converting potential customers into long-term
business clients. Ensured customer focus within project teams to
assure products could be shipped and sold to customers.
- Considerable knowledge of active strategic/business issues
facing senior executives.
- Attracted, motivated, and retained teams of first-class
technical and executive staff. This included managing outsourcing
contractors and overseas/remote development teams.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation
skills with a proven ability to lead teams and work with others.
Project and Product Management Expertise (over eight years)
- Proposed policy, wrote strategic plans, and created business
plans.
- Analyzed requirements, proposed software projects, presented
solutions, created software development plans, and wrote technical and
end-user documentation.
- Helped create and implement formal software development
methodologies.
- Led software development teams of up to fifteen analysts,
software engineers, testers, and documentation specialists.
Participated in teams of up to 25 software engineers.
- Managed software teams in regulated (FDA, DOD) and
non-regulated environments with formal methodologies and QA/QC and
Configuration Management processes.
Software Development Expertise (over thirteen years)
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C/C++, Java
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Microsoft/Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder,
Borland C++, UNIX C & C++, Symantec C++, Borland JBuilder, Visual
J++, Symantec Cafe
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Internet/Web
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Java, J2EE, WebLogic, WebSphere, Perl 4/5,
CGI, WWW, HTML, Resin, Tomcat, Cold Fusion, IIS, Apache, CGI, FastCGI,
mod_perl, application servers, e-commerce components, routing and IP
technologies
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Mobile/Hand-Held
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Palm, PocketPC, Win CE, WAP
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Frameworks
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J2EE, Struts, , RMI, ActiveX, OLE, MFC, OWL,
Zinc, ZApp, StarView, VCL,
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RAD
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Visual C++, Delphi,
JBuilder, Symantec Cafe, Borland Pascal, Visual Basic, Visual J++, and
PowerBuilder.
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Groupware
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MS Exchange, Lotus Notes, HTML Help, WinHelp,
and MediaView.
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Databases
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Oracle 8/9, Sybase, DB2, SQL Server,
Microsoft Access, dBase, and FoxPro in both client/server and Web/CGI
environments.
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Applications
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Multimedia, Business-critical, GUI, CAD,
engineering, graphics, networking, and database applications.
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Multi-platform Software Development Expertise
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Clients
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Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT
Workstation, Macintosh, Linux, X Windows, MS-DOS, Windows 3.x
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Servers
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Windows NT Server (3.5, 4.0, 2000), UNIX (IBM
AIX 3/4, Sun Solaris 2/7/8),
Novell Netware, Linux, BSDI, FreeBSD
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Employment
Experience
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Netspective Communications LLC
co-Founder, CEO ( 2001 to present )
Lanham, Maryland
- Co-founded this information technology professional services
and software development tools firm.
- Serve as Systems Architect for American Red Cross National
Biomedical Computer System (NBCS) medical device platform through
Northrop Grumman. Responsible for architecture and technology strategy
impacting American Red Cross’s mission- and safety-critical software.
- Serve as a technology consulting to a variety of small- and
medium-sized clients helping with strategy and implementation of
technology plans.
- Developed and selling the patent-pending Sparx Application
Platform™ (see http://www.netspective.com
for more information).
- Responsible for all aspects of business development, sales,
marketing, product development, and customer service.
Physia Corporation
co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer (
1999 to 2001 )
Tysons Corner, Virginia
- Co-founded this healthcare-focused pure Internet ASP company --
reported to Chief Executive Officer; created, grew, and led the team
that built and deployed a high-volume healthcare transaction processing
site.
- Developed and managed large-scale complex software applications
with integrated hand-held (mobile, Palm, PocketPC) and e-mail
functionality. Managed the Intellectual Property associated with all
software applications.
- Developed a unique, highly-personalized, dbms-agnostic
integrated OLTP and data warehouse (patent-pending) for the healthcare
community that could manage millions of patient records for any
healthcare participant (clinics, hospitals, insurance companies).
- Translated business needs into technical specifications and
technical needs into business specifications, managed project plans,
and created realistic project schedules on "Internet-time".
Managed the full life cycle project delivery from customer negotiations
and budget control to identifying staff, client management and P &
L responsibility.
- Managed the privacy and security environments of healthcare
data that was governed by HIPAA and other government mandates.
- In addition to all the management responsibilities, was
personally responsible for all coding in Perl, Java, and JavaScript
roughly 1/3 of all of the applications.
TRW Information Systems
Chief Software Architect, NBCS ( 1995
to 1999 )
Tysons Corner, Virginia
- Led the technical team responsible for the development of the
American Red Cross National Biomedical Computer Systems (NBCS)
Releases 1.0 and 1.1. The Red Cross NBCS system is the largest
automated blood collection and distribution system in the world,
responsible for delivery of over 50% of the blood supply in the United States.
NBCS is deployed over a heterogeneous, distributed client/server
environment with IBM AIX and Microsoft NT servers, and host-based and
Microsoft Windows clients. Responsible for team leadership, software
specifications, software development (ANSI C/C++ and UNIX Shell
scripts), design reviews, code reviews, code management, scheduling,
interviewing, and hiring.
- Led the technical team responsible for the development and
deployment of several client/server components of NBCS Release 1.1.
These include medium-size applications that perform centralized
reporting services (using Web/CGI applications, Crystal Reports and Delphi) and telerecruiting (using the Web and
SQL Windows).
- Led the team responsible for the development and deployment of
the American Red Cross Document Distribution System (DDS), a Perl and
CGI-based distributed document tracking and revisioning system that
runs within an Intranet.
- Assisted in the development and implementation of formal
software development and maintenance methodologies. Helped train staff
members in project planning and software methodology.
- Developed an interactive intranet/web site to support all
software engineering and development projects within the NBCS project
using a combination of Netscape web servers, Netscape clients, HTML
code, CGI scripts written in Perl and UNIX Shell scripts. Developed a
reference library that includes search and retrieval capabilities and
cross-referencing of engineering, system design, and various technical
documents. Automated the entry, searching, and reporting of software
defects and enhancements. Supported the website as Webmaster for three
years.
- Responsible for daily management of software development
environment including but not limited to software code repository,
configuration management tools, parallel development environment, and
system administration.
- Participated in the software development of NBCS 1.0 by
developing and specifying common components, libraries, and
application-specific code in ANSI C, Perl, and UNIX Shell scripts.
Designed and developed application installation and patching software.
BDM Federal, Inc.
Senior Software Engineer/Consultant (
1994-1995 )
Germantown, Maryland
- Assisted in development of Visual C++ and MFC applications for
Department of Energy's project management tasks. The applications
allow sophisticated planning and tracking of milestones, resources,
time, cost, and constraints. Also included full charting, variance
analysis, budgeting, and word-processing support internally.
Applications are used by dozens of branch offices across the United States
over heterogeneous client/server networks and the output from the
application is presented to Congress for annual funding requirements.
- Acted as leader of common components group to analyze
requirements, create designs, and perform actual coding. Conducted
team development, acted as design lead, and performed general
management duties.
- Designed and coded a multimedia text retrieval program for
corporate communications using Microsoft Help, MediaView, and Lotus
Notes.
- Interfaced with clients during client reviews.
Naval Surface Warfare Center
(NSWCDD)
Software Engineer (Civilian) with Secret
Clearance ( 1990-1994 )
White Oak, Maryland
- Developed C++ software on a team project. C++ application was
for ground-based UNIX workstations to perform simulation and testing
of ship-based computer software and hardware. Tasks included overall
design of system, programming the X-Windows user interface, parsers
and simulation tools, and writing documentation.
- Developed MS-Windows and OSF Motif software tools in C++ and
Borland Pascal to perform reverse engineering and analysis of over
fifty megabytes of code and data used on AEGIS-class cruisers and
destroyers. Required complete database analysis and design
specifications, communication with end-users, downsizing to
client/server paradigm, programming the software, and documentation.
- Created software tools in C++ and Borland Pascal to track flow of
changes between different software revisions of ship-based computer
software for AEGIS-class cruisers.
- Enhanced programs in FORTRAN and C to support underwater
(submarine) vessel simulation projects.
- Worked on MARS project, using C, for support of low-level
networking of Sun and IRIS workstations. Networking support was needed
to enhance war games and hi-res 3D graphics for fleet combat
simulation programs.
- Wrote and have had published technical reports and highlights.
Served as chairman of the OOP subcommittee of the Navy Next Generation
Computer Resources group.
Structural of Texas, Inc.
Software Engineer ( 1986-1990 )
Dallas, Texas
- Designed, developed, and coded custom software solutions in C,
C++, and Turbo Pascal to automate tasks such as drawings (using hi-res
graphics), engineering calculations, and design sheets for this
structural and civil engineering firm. Transformed a department of 25
engineers and draftsman working manually to 7 working with computers.
Increased efficiency and output many times over.
- Designed and coded programs in Turbo Pascal for estimating
contract costs and producing estimating reports; installed and taught
usage of accounting and database software for the accounting
department.
- System integration tasks included set up of complete software
and hardware operations for automating both the engineering and
drafting departments.
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Education
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University of Maryland
Executive Master of Science (MS) in Technology
Management - 1998
- Graduated with a GPA of 3.7.
- Significant courses of study included: Managing human
resources, Decision making, Managerial Economics, Financial Analysis, Marketing,
Business Planning, Systems Quality and Productivity, Complex Systems,
General Systems Theory, Project Management, Systems Design and
Integration, Information Management, Business Law, and Strategic
Management.
The Pennsylvania State University
(Penn State)
Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science
- 1990
- Graduated with a GPA of 3.5. Worked on consulting and research
basis with instructors and performed software engineering and
programming tasks for professors.
- Significant courses of study included: Artificial Intelligence
(PROLOG), Ada
and Advanced Ada, Assembler Programming, Analysis of Algorithms,
BASIC, graphics, FORTRAN, simulation, Pascal, and systems programming.
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Affiliations
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- Chairman, IEEE Computer Society Northern Virginia Chapter
- Director/Board Member, ISL Software Corporation (Multimedia
Software Producer)
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References
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Excellent academic, professional, and personal references
available upon request.
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