Technician Software

Resume of Kenneth Johnson Resume of Kenneth Johnson Computer and Electronics Technician

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Updated: July 2003

Hardware: Installation and configuration of signal digitizing cards into PC's

and Macintosh computers. Such as Data Translation 16 channel DT-2821, GW

Instruments MacAdios16, Creative Labs Vibra16 and SoundBlasters.

Computer and electronic instrument: disassembly, diagnosis, repair,

assembly and installation.

Printed circuit design and manufacture:

Optical isolation between computers and analog control circuitry.

Basic amplification and filtering of audio frequency signals.

Cable installation and termination: network, video and telephone.

Intergrating Macs and PCs for file sharing, printing and file conversion.

Hard drive, CD-ROM, sound, SCSI and network card: installation,

setup, cabling and operation.

Software:

Operating Systems:

Windows XP ~ 3.0

MS-DOS 3.0 ~ 7

Macintosh 6.0 ~ 8.1

Statistical Analysis:

JMP 3.0 ~ 3.5,

Excel 2.0 ~ 2002

Lotus 2.0 ~ 4,

Technical Charts, Diagrams and Presentations:

PowerPoint (Mac and Win), for standard 35mm slide production as well

as automated presentations involving animation and audio.

Visio (Windows), for flow charts

Boy's Town PLT (Dos), a script interpreter for generating scientific

charts

Lotus 123 (Dos), used for waveform generation as well as typical

accounting

applications.

Canvas (Macintosh), for schematic drawings, circuit board layouts,

floor plans, flow charts.

CricketGraph (Macintosh), for basic bar charts and scatter plots with

overlayed line of best fit.

DrawPerfect (DOS), for the enhancement of wavefrom diagrams generated

by Lotus.

General Office Applications

Word Processing: MS Word, WordPerfect, WordStar

Database: MS Access

Spreadsheet: Lotus, MS Excel

Email: Eudora, MS Exchange, MS Outlook

Integrated Packages: Claris Works and MS Works for PC's and Macs

Signal Analysis:

Cspeech

SoundScope (Mac)

WavEdit

Programming Languages:

Delphi Object Pascal for the creation of a scriptable, research

oriented, multimedia presentation program.

HTML and Dynamic HTML

Visual Basic, WordBasic

Turbo Pascal programming for signal and

text processing.

MS-DOS and Mac-Dos batch files to automate command

sequences. Created a system of batches and pascal programs for data

processing and signal analysis.

Utilities:

Most current PC/MAC utility and diagnostics software, and anti-virus

utilities.

Web page design, HTML formatting, Use and setup of Netscape, FTP

software, Email.

Backup & restore software for Dos, Windows, Macintosh.

Archive & compression utilities such as PkZip, WinZip, Stuffit, ZipIt

(Mac)

Graphics conversion utilities such as GIF Converter (Mac),

Hijaak (DOS and Windows Versions), and Lview (Windows)

Experience:

Computer Programmer/Technician

1995 ~ present

Sisters Hospital Head & Neck Center, Buffalo New York

Software and hardware development for speech and video analysis on

the Macintosh platform using GW Instrument's SounsScope application.

University of Florida

Install and configure speech analysis hardware and software onto

Windows'95 PC platform.

Instructional Support Associate

1989 ~ present

Department of Communicative Disorders & Sciences

State University of New York at Buffalo

Provided technical and computer support for faculty, staff and

students.

Installed and configured system software such as Windows'95, MS-DOS,

Windows 3.1, Macintosh System 7.x, Microsoft Office, Canvas, Eudora, Lan

WorkPlace, Netscape, and Norton Utilities.

Developed and provided instruction for software applications to model

office, academic and research functions for budgeting, admission selection

processing, file organization and backup using spreadsheet, charting,

database, email and mail merge tools.

Designed and assembled electronic hardware and formulated software to

control computer-VCR interface and audio/visual presentation. Composed

manuals and instructed members on system operation.

Supervised technical support staff and students for computer

maintenance. Coordinated with Property Control for inventory status and

Campus Security for alarm system scheduling.

Research Technician

1989 ~ 1998

Speech Aerodynamics Research Laboratory,

State University of New York at Buffalo

Specified equipment, assembled and maintained multi-channel

computerized recording systems to collect phonatory and respiratory

signals produced during speech.

Formulated software for analysis of speech signals and wrote

operation manuals. Supervised research employees during data collection

and analysis.

Diagnosed recording/production quality. Collected numerical

results, assessed statistical data, generated scientific charts and

technical diagrams for trade journals and slide show presentations.

Special Equipment Technician

1984-1988

Granada Hospital Television, Buffalo New York

Designed and constructed computer/video interface peripherals.

Repaired and maintained industrial video equipment.

Evaluated the practicality of new video and security product lines.

Doing business as

Ken Johnson Electronic Repair Service

1983 ~ 1984

Grand Island, New York

Specialized in television, VCR and stereo repair.

Service Manager

1981 ~ 1983

Instore Broadcast Advertising, Buffalo New York

Quality control over audio equipment repairs and maintenance staff.

Installation Technician

1979-1981

Audio Video Corporation, Buffalo New York

& Seneca Communications, Tonawanda New York

Installed multi-channel Audio/Video system at SUNYAB Capen Hall Library

Tested system functionality.

Education

Adult Education Courses: MS-DOS computer operating systems,

Lotus spreadsheet development,

Harvard Graphics statistical presentations,

DBase III data base development,

Macintosh DraftCad

Microsoft Works for Macintosh.

International Society of Certified Electronic Technicians, 1987

Associate Member

Electronics Technician Associate, 1981

National Electronic Technical School, Buffalo New York

1200 hours of course time in a hands on environment

Basic Electronics

Consumer Audio and Video

Discrete Digital and CPU Basics

Military Service

United States Air Force, 1977-1979

Civil Engineering Division at Pope Airbase, North Carolina

Honorably Discharged with Rank of E-3.

Special Skills and Interests

Guitar, song writing and recording

Trail biking

Child development

Forestry and wildlife preservation

References

Furnished upon request.

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