System Software

Scott Peterson

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Pittsburgh, PA abozvz@r.postjobfree.com

I am an information systems specialist with 25 years of experience in information

technologies, fluent with databases, programming, internet technologies,

hardware/network/server/software configuration.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Company:

Smart Systems Technology, Inc. / Industrial Research Services

Title: Vice President of Technology

Address: 301 East 5th Ave, Tarentum, PA 15084

Employed: January 1998

- current

Description: Fully responsible for all technical aspects of operation of 3/4 million

dollar company including software development, LAN/WAN implementation, system

architecture, network security, IT purchasing, workstation and server assembly and

configuration

Projects:

Contact Management/Marketing System

Responsible for development of web based marketing/contact management applications in

Perl/SQL on both Windows and Linux platforms.

Internet Survey System

Developed and maintained internet based branching surveys, including editor, survey

entry, reporting and analysis.

Web site hosting

Managed DNS, email, and websites for various clients.

Log parsing/analysis

Designed and implement infrastructure to track email, fax transmissions, web site, email

to website click-thru traffic.

Data tools

Created various tools for database maintenance (data cleanses, spreadsheet importing, web

site crawling/web data extraction)

Company:

Nets, Inc. / Industry.Net

Title: Senior Systems Developer

Address: One North Shore, Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Employed: November 1992

- May 1997

Description: Designed and maintained document management system to enable "publishing"

for one of the largest industrial information service including regional publication,

distributed PC software database program, on-line dial-up service, Internet Web site,

Telnet site, and FTP site. Designed systems to interact between three types of computer

platforms, combining knowledge of DOS, Windows, Novell, NT, SunOS, TBBS, Clipper, Visual

Dbase, Perl, MS Access, FoxPro and Oracle

Projects:

Hierarchical Menu Publishing

Written in Visual Dbase and Perl to produce output in HTML, ANSI, VT-100 and RipScript.

Dial

-Up BBS

Developed and maintained all aspects of 64 line dial-up/telnet BBS server.

Middleware Server

Developed to synchronize data between dial-up BBS server, internal Novell network and

Unix based Oracle servers.

Internal Applications

Designed and maintained applications written in Clipper and Perl/Java/HTML(Intranet) to

accept, categorize, maintain, and report on all information for publishing.

Customer Reporting

Designed reporting system to provide customers with site usage information extracted from

HTTP server logs.

Company:

Fire Protection Services, Inc

.

Title: Manager of Information Systems

Address: 8050 Harrisburg, Houston, TX 77012

Employed: August 1990

- February 1992

Description: Responsible for all phases of automating small service company. Developed

software systems including quote, order, invoicing, accounting systems written in Clipper

on a Novell 8 user network. Maintained network, provided user training, and other computer

related solutions.

Projects:

Novell LAN Implementation

Designed, installed, and maintained Novell network including pricing, purchasing,

installation, upgrades, network security, user training, and documentation.

Order Entry/Invoicing System

Designed and implemented order entry/invoicing system written in Clipper to replace hand-

written orders and typed invoices.

Accounting System

Designed and wrote accounting software written in Clipper to provide AP/AR functionality.

Company:

Briggs-Weaver/Texas Marine Supply

Title: Senior Programmer/Analyst

Address: 8050 Harrisburg, Houston, TX 77012

Employed: February 1989

- July 1990

Description: Maintained and updated software systems written in COBOL on a Prime 6350

system to support industrial/marine supplier.

Projects:

Inventory Transfer System

Redesigned inventory transfer system to allow stock transfers between multiple warehouses

reducing turn around time.

Inventory Backorder System

Rewrote inventory back order system to allow for automated ordering process.

Sales Analysis System

Designed and wrote customized reporting system to allow users to tailor report output.

Company:

BusinessLand/ComputerCraft

Title: Computer Operator/Programmer

Address: 1616 South Voss #100, Houston, TX 77079

Employed: January 1987

- January 1989

Description: Responsible for night operation of Prime 750 system, including backups,

equipment installation, and equipment maintenance. . Maintained and customized point-of-

sale system in Clipper and COBOL.

Projects:

Automated remote data transfer

Designed automated software system in COBOL and Prime's CPL to send and retrieve data

from remote PC systems and generate statistical information saving 5 hours per day of

manual labor.

Point-of-sale System

Maintained software written in MBP Cobol on PC's used for point-of-sale terminals in

approximately 30 retail stores.

Statistical Reporting and Analysis

Combined programming skills and usage of spreadsheet and presentation applications to

produce management level reporting.

Company:

First Service Group, Inc

.

Title: Computer Operator/Programmer

Address: 16010 Barkers Point, Houston, TX 77079

Employed: July 1985

- July 1986

Description: Responsible for day and evening operation of a Data General MV/8000 system

for an insurance processing company

Projects:

System Operations

Responsible for system backups, user interfacing, printing and collating of all output,

system maintenance, and system monitoring.

Maintenance and Testing

Enhanced, tested, and documented claims system applications written in Cobol.

EDUCATION:

Institution Time Period Course GPA

School of Computer Technology

August 1983 - July 1984 Computer programming/operations 3.9

University of Pittsburgh

June 1982 - September 1983 3 credit course - Computer Science

4.0

McKeesport High School

June 1979 - September 1983 Academic 3.7

OTHER EXPERIENCE: (in order of experience)

Hardware: 8086-Core I series PCs, Prime 750/6350, Sun LX-Ultra II, Data General MV/8000,

DEC PDP 11/70, TRS-80, Atari, Commodore

OS: NT 3.5 - Windows 2003, DOS v2-7, Windows v2.0-Windows 7, Ubuntu, Lubuntu, CentOS,

FreeBSD, Novell v2.1-4.1, SunOS/Solaris, Primos v11-21, AOS/VS, PC MOS/386, RSTS/E

Languages: Perl, Visual Dbase/Clipper/FoxPro, Visual Basic, Java, JavaScript, Basic,

Cobol, C++, RPG III

Other: HTML, Microsoft/Oracle/MySql SQL, Oracle Forms, Crystal Reports, MS Excel

Created:February 23, 1997 Modified:Wednesday, June 27, 2012

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