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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Retired – Caribbean and Elsewhere May 2007 – Present

My wife and I both retired in 2007 and moved aboard a sailboat and traveled around the Northwest Caribbean until this

year, when we bought a house in Mobile, Alabama.

Sprint – Overland Park, KS September 2000 – May 2007

AVAILABILITY ARCHITECTURE MANAGER (January 2004 – May 2007)

I am currently manager of Availability Architecture on the Availability Management team. My main responsibilities are the

identification and analysis of problematic production software systems, and developing recommendations for improving

stability and availability. I have a very small team of technical specialists and matrix manage virtual teams of SMEs for

each application under investigation.

APPLICATION ADMINISTRATION MANAGER (October 2001 – December 2003)

I was manager of Application Administration (AppAdmin) for all of the Wireless Division’s Customer Solutions and Sales

& Distribution applications, including Premiere, PBS, Wizard, Impact, CTI Voice, CTI Multimedia, RMS+, PCS Fast,

APC, and various other applications. I managed 10 direct reports, 5 of which were supervisors, for a total team size of

about 65. AppAdmin provided 24x7 on-call support for the various applications used in both internal and vendor call

centers, Sprint PCS stores, and 3rd party retail partners such as Radio Shack.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGER (September 2000 – October 2001)

As team lead for the Premiere Tuxedo middleware team, I was responsible for creating a 24x7 support capability for the

Premiere middleware. After building a team of 11, we were able to completely re-write the Premiere Tuxedo code (C++) to

greatly enhance scalability, reduce system resource requirements, improve response time, and enhance supportability (we

replaced 189 executables of 9 MB each with 1 executable of 65 KB). We also developed automated monitoring scripts for

the production environment to collect metrics for performance analysis and provide proactive alarming for fault conditions.

KForce Consulting – Overland Park, KS January 2000 – September

2000

TUXEDO MIDDLEWARE DEVELOPER

As a consultant on contract to Sprint, I was responsible for configuration and support of the Tuxedo middleware layer of

the Premiere application.

Yellow Services, Inc – Overland Park, KSJanuary 1997 – January 2000

SR. ARCHITECTURE ANALYST

As team leader of the client/server architecture team, I coordinated activities of the seven team-members. The architecture

team was responsible for an enterprise-wide, three-tier architecture based on BEA Tuxedo. I supported application

developers in both client (Powerbuilder, Java) and server (C, C++) development by providing dll’s, shared objects, coding

templates and standards, technical advice and troubleshooting/debugging help. I also provided 24x7 support for our

production environment, which was accessed by both internal users (Yellow Freight System employees) via Powerbuilder

front-ends and external clients via the internet.

NavComTelSta – New Orleans, LA February 1996 – January 1997

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PROGRAMMER ANALYST

I provided task management and senior programming and analysis support related to the entire life cycle of functionally

oriented IS and advanced technologies. The work was inclusive of large-scale computers, mini-computers, and

microcomputers in a centralized or distributed environment in real time or batch mode. As a task manager, I provided

leadership and direction for large tasks and worked independently as a technical expert on small tasks. I developed

resource estimates and schedules, made detailed subtask assignments to other members of the team, coordinated

accomplishment of these subtasks; monitored, controlled and coordinated the work of other team members assigned to the

task and provided instruction to team members on technical aspects of the task.

My main project involved reengineering the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation’s (FCIC) information system. FCIC was

migrating from an IDMS database on a mainframe computer to a client/server environment consisting of an Informix

database residing on a Sun SparcCenter 2000 (16 processors) connected through 17 UNIX servers to the local area network.

The information system and business processes were being modeled from the ground up for the new environment using

Erwin and Bpwin case tools. Client/server applications were developed using PowerBuilder.

SAIC Com Systems – Montgomery, ALMarch 1995 – January 1996

PROGRAMMER ANALYST

I performed data and process modeling based on IDEF0 and IDEF1X methodologies using Logic Works’ Erwin and Bpwin

tools. Working from the data and process models, I designed and developed Windows-based applications to allow FCIC

personnel to query and maintain an Informix database residing on a Sun platform. Application development performed

using PowerBuilder. Provided support and training in PowerBuilder to FCIC’s programmers involved in the application

development. Duties also included the installation and maintenance of hardware and software on four PC’s, maintaining

the local point-to-point network and a high-speed remote TCP/IP connection to a Sun server.

University of Kansas – Lawrence, KS August 1992 – December 1994

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT

I applied percolation theory to simulations of the large-scale structure of the universe to achieve a quantitative definition of

voids in the inter-galactic medium for Professor Adrian Melott. Software development performed in Fortran 77 and ANSI

C on a Silicon Graphics Platform (Unix operating system).

Ruskin Manufacturing – Grandview, MOAugust 1989 – August 1990

DRAFTSMAN

Created technical drawings, using Teknicad and manual methods, for commercial and industrial air-handling equipment.

LTV Corporation – East Camden, AR April 1987 – August 1989

ASSOCIATE ENGINEER

Trouble-shoot electrical, mechanical and hydraulic problems in the Self-Propelled Launcher-Loader for the Multiple

Launch Rocket System (MLRS). Dispositioned rejected materials from the manufacturing process to ensure blueprint

integrity. Member of the Material Review Board, Corrective Action Board and technical consultant for the LTV Self-

Governance Program. Certified for explosives operations. Secret security clearance.

Brunswick Defense – East Camden, AR April 1985 – April 1987

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

Design and fabricate repair parts and equipment in the machine shop, perform equipment inspections and modifications

according to blueprint specifications, maintain and repair mechanical and hydraulic manufacturing equipment.

Krapfel Enterprises – Monks Corner, SC May 1984 – April 1985

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

Maintained and repaired the mechanical, hydraulic and electronic equipment associated with plastic injection molding

processes.

United States Navy – Charleston, SC May 1980 – May 1984

GUNNER’S MATE GUNS, GMG2 (E-5)

Mount Captain of a 5"/54 Caliber MK 45 gun mount. The MK 45 is a fully automatic gun mount comprising three decks

(floors) of electro-hydraulic equipment with digital electronic control. I supervised three other gunner’s mates in the daily

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maintenance and operation of the gun mount, as well as eight ammunition handlers during ammunition loading, gunnery

exercises and general quarters.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Bachelor of Science in Physics – December 1994

University of Kansas – Lawrence, Kansas

Member of Society of Physics Students and ΣΠΣ (Physics Honor Society)

Elective course work geared toward a specialty in computational physics (computer modeling of physical systems)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Unix, Linux, Dos, Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP

Software Applications: MS Office Application Suite, ERWin, BPWin

Languages: Oracle, MYSql, PowerBuilder, C/C++, Java, Fortran, UNIX shell scripting, PHP, MS Access, Tuxedo

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