Software Engineer

Jon VanHemelryck

Address:

PO Box *** Phone: 541-***-****

Klamath Falls OR 97601 Email: ************@*****.***

OBJECTIVE: Acquire a challenging software, computer or engineering position

within a communicative and team-working organization

EDUCATION: Former Education: B.S. Degree in Chemical Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 1987

A.A. Degree in Computer Science, Miles Community College, Miles City, Montana 1984 [Combined College GPA

3.4/4.00]

Other Education: Attended University of Hawaii at Manoa graduate school. Extended a summer (June-August, 1996)

graduate computer course for one year using X Windows/Motif Programming. Also audited a civil/water engineering

course. Monitor for a graduate computer lab. [Received A grade] Attended Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon

Tech), Klamath Falls, OR, winter, 1996 [GPA 3.0/4.0] Classes included: OOP with C++ & TCP/IP Internetworking.

MAJOR

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Programmed an Amazon Web Service (AWS) program in C#.NET and VB.NET for low price scouting using a

handheld barcode laser scanner and PDA device. Developed a similar one in Perl to competitively

re-price items boosting sales for a Market Place store. Currently converting these to Java, Excel/VSTO,

and C# for iPhones, Androids, newer Microsoft Phones and for use on Microsoft & Amazon Clouds.

Amazon deprecated the code before bringing them to the Web on a subscription basis.

• Created a Word Press Blog on the Amazon Cloud. In process of adding Joomla CMS to the Amazon Cloud.

• Developed a working SQL database system using RBase5000 for an analytical lab for Dow Chemical Corporation

• Mathematically solved the psychrometric chart and then programmed the equations into BASIC &

FORTRAN saving hundreds of hours per year for humidity analysis and safety audits for paper machines

• Found a paper coating process contaminant made up of Aluminum Oxide using IR

spectroscopy, a scanning electron microscope and other analytical methods. This solved an

expensive scratch problem for coated paper used for magazines.

• Project Engineering: Using CAD, helped design a Scope and Estimate for a Chlorine Dioxide

increase system for a pulp mill in Louisiana. Learned P&ID

• Process Engineering: Performed GEMS computer process simulations for a pulp & paper company and gave

recommendations to mill management for improvements. Later worked with the developer of GEMS

simulation to add unit operations for the sugar industry for a possible process simulation business.

• Key person in developing a near absolute tilt measuring device using a robotics bubble level for

safety analysis on large steam heated dryers for paper machines that make soft tissue paper.

• Wrote a pre-feasibility study for an ethanol plant in the Klamath Basin which catalyzed a paid study.

College: Helped design a large beer brewery for a senior project with a team of classmates.

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Community college: Programmed software in BASIC to balance chemical equations for a speech class

COMPUTER SKILLS: Owned and built multiple computers in a home network setup. Some computers have a multiple boot set up with multiple

operating systems. Type over 50 wpm.

Computer Languages:.. C#, Java, C/C++ (Borland 4.5/5.0, MS Visual C++ 6.0 MFC), HTML, BASIC, FORTRAN, Visual BASIC 4/6/.NET, Pascal.

XML/Scripting AWS (Amazon Web Services), PERL, REST, learning Ruby and Python

Cloud Systems Amazon Cloud: EC2, S3, Machine Images, Instances, Management Console, etc. Knowledge of others

Operating Systems Mac O/S, Unix, Linux Red Hat 4 6, DOS, Windows 3.x/95/98/NT/2000/7/8, Solaris, VAX/VMS, Android

Suites & editors Microsoft Office Pro w/Word, Excel, etc., Novell WordPerfect, PICO, EMACS, RCS, etc.

Web related CSS, JavaScript. Learning PHP

Platforms used VAX, Hewlett Packard, Tektronix, DEC, IBM compatibles, Macintosh, Sun Workstation.

Software used GEMS simulation for Pulp/Paper Industry, AutoCAD, Photoshop, SAS, LabView & more.

Database related……… Oracle 7/8, SQL Server 7/2000, Access, MyMailList, Rbase5000

EXPERIENCE: Self-Employed President of FreedomNET dba Bookatopia & Newj777, 2001-Present Maui, Las Vegas and Klamath Falls Oregon

- Programmed a complex Amazon Web Service (AWS) program in PERL to manually & auto re-price items for an online

store. Hundreds of lines of Code were needed. Used for business to increase sales. Tried to create a sellable version but

could not find an angel investor before Amazon deprecated code.

- Programmed similar XML Web Service program in VB & C# .NET to scout items for lowest prices and rank using handheld

laser scanner & mobile device.

- Internet retail, selling mostly books on various Websites. Collect and read books on software, computers and engineering to

update skills. -Was on Pawn Stars TV show selling Richard Nixon’s Memoirs with his signature.

-WordPress blogging & programming: Made a blog revealing strange pre-historic human skeletal finds globally but mainly in

the USA via digitized archived newspapers. A door has opened to maybe lecture on this in Croatia at Zagreb University .

Loan Officer, Klamath County Economic Development Association-KCEDA, Klamath Falls, OR, Autumn 2001 (four months

contract work).

-Helped with closing loans to farmers for drilling water wells (avg. loan $40,000). Produced numerous documents, e.g. Trust

Deeds, Loan Agreements, etc. -Later, after attending a bio-fuels conference, started a feasibility study for an ethanol plant

Farm Helper for grass farm mostly for golf courses, Maui Sod Farm, Maui, Hawaii, 2005-2002

-Drove tractors, fork-lifts and other farm machinery. –Landscaping -Started a prototype e-commerce site to help sell grass

online

E-Commerce Microsoft Web/Database Developer, GCN, Reno Nevada, spring 1999.

-After displaying a E-commerce sites I developed, the CEO hired me. I was unable to start work since expected VC money

did not come in.

Innovation, Research, Free-lance writing, Engineering, Small Business Development, Part-time Work, HI, 1991-2001

-Hospitality Info Systems: Started a software/computer Co. Repaired computer problems programmed a Website and wrote

a grant proposal. One Website listed and sold domain names.

Began programming maybe the first graphical browser for the Internet using Apple HyperCard and Apple’s C language in

1991. Lacked the knowledge of Internet networking protocols then.

-SimCalc: Worked on acquiring a grant to develop a computer simulation business, based on GEMS, for the sugar industry.

Collaborated with a Professor from U. of Idaho for development & grant writing. -Studied & started GUI programming using

Visual C++ and MFC.

-Other: Figured out innovative novel ideas using fiber optics and ultrasonics. Studied physics/mathematics/business ideas

related to this. Quickly learned how to make ancient custom leather sandals and ran a store & shop alone for two weeks.

Helped with database mailing software.

High End Art and Koa Furniture Sales Associate, Martin and MacArthur, Maui, Hawaii, 1999.

-Top sales person for first six months of store’s opening. Began developing E-commerce prototype Web site for selling

furniture & art to show to management as the Internet started to boom.

Maintenance Engineer, Large Condominium complex, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii 1998

-Performed maintenance duties for a large apartment and condominium complex which included plumbing, repairs,

emergencies, etc.

Oracle 8/C++ Programmer, Oracle Author (Carol McCullough Deiter), Maui, Hawaii, 1998 (three months).

-Helped Oracle 8 author with finding C++ code to access Oracle 8 objects using OCI (Oracle Call Interface). Learned from

discussion groups.

C/Motif/GUI/X-Windows Computer Programmer & Computer Lab Monitor, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1997 (app.

10 months)

-Extended a graduate course. Helped program a complex disaster relief program. Improved the GUI & graphics, added

functionality, etc.

Tour Sales, Dive Shop worker, Rental Car Hiker, Maui, Hawaii,1993-1999

-Sold scuba, fishing, submarine, and other tours on a computer to tourists. As a scuba diver, maintained and sold scuba dive

equipment and briefed divers on the requirements and dangers of their dives.

Engineering Assistant, Brown & Caldwell Environmental Engineers, Maui, Hawaii, 1992.

-Three short-term projects: Involved collecting & computer analyzing chemical stack samples at Maui Electric Co. & a pump

installation.

Shift production Engineer Supervisor, Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company, Puunene, Maui, HI, 1990.

-Maintenance, production, process, chemical, computer, and mechanical engineering work. -Designed on paper an ultrasonic

cleaning device for laser-cut centrifugal screens. -Supervisory work with maintenance work gangs up to twelve people.

-Operated heavy equipment. –Desired to work on planned sugar cane bagasse to paper pulp conversion process. Project

was later rejected.

Technical Service Engineer Associate, James River Corporation, Camas, WA, 1987-1989 (two years).

-Performed GEM’s computer simulations, using a VAX system, for pulp and paper mills. Also used a Mac SE to connect to the VAX

server over the Internet to perform simulations from home at night before the Internet turned graphical.

-Learned techniques and use of diagnostic equipment for data collection and analysis on paper machines. Traveled via air

throughout the U.S. -Worked a mill strike as a supervisor in converting. -Helped design an electronic tilt device for safety

purposes on large steam heated dryers. -Humidity analysis: Mathematically solved the psychrometric chart and then wrote

related FORTRAN and BASIC programs saving hundreds of work hours per year.

-Project & Process Engineering: Helped design a ClO2 increase site using CAD for Louisiana location where I traveled to often.

Student Chemist/Database Computer Programmer, Dow Chemical, Pittsburg, CA, summer 1986.

-Developed a computer RBase5000 database chemical specification program for analytical lab. -Presented three timed speeches

to professional staff.

Range and Forest Firefighter, Bureau of Land Management, Miles City, MT, summer 1985.

-At times, worked long, physically demanding hours on dangerous fires. This job plus others and scholarships paid for most

college expenses.

ADDITIONAL INFO: Licenses, Certificates, & Other Training. Microsoft .NET Users Group, Las Vegas, NV 2001-2004, Certificate of radiation

training safety for use of radioactive device for James River calculations of paper sheet thickness. Papyrus Inc. Paper School,

one week, 1989 (Ohio). Scuba diving (NAUI). IR photography training. Red Cross. HTML Certificate of Training. Adobe

Photoshop class.

Former & Current Memberships. TAPPI (Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry), PIMA (Paper Industry

Management Association), Instrument Society of America, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Tau Beta Pi.

Seminars & Conferences. Planet PDA (2001, Las Vegas), COMDEX, (2001, Las Vegas), Microsoft Commerce Server 2000

(Mountain View, CA, 2001), Entrepreneur/Angel Conference (Bend, OR 2001), Wireless One Conference (2001, Las Vegas),

Pacific Telecommunications Conference (2001, Honolulu, HI), Advisor XML/E Commerce conference (2000, Maui, Hawaii),

Microsoft TechNet conference (1999 & 2000, Honolulu, Hawaii). Maui Writer's Conference (1999, Maui, Hawaii). National

Instrument's LabView Conference (1997, Honolulu), COMDEX (1996, San Francisco), Computer Expo West (1994, 1995, San

Diego), Patent and Trademark Conference (1992, Honolulu), attended various Maui Research and Technology Park Seminars

(1991 1996), TAPPI Engineering Conference and National Instrument's LabView Conference (Chicago, 1988), TAPPI Pressing

and Drying, (Atlanta, 1988), Sensors Expo West, (LA, 1989), Two James River Corporation Associate Seminars (Virginia and

Wisconsin), Two James River Vibration Study Conferences (1987 1989, Portland, OR), Big Island of Hawaii Technical Tour,

(1990, Kona and Hilo), Also attended five conferences on DID and Counseling (1992 1997, Iowa, Oregon, TX, & HI).

Scholarships & Honors. Montana St. University Honor, 3M Sponsored Ch.E., Trey James Memorial Ch.E., Community College

Honor, Petro Honorary, Daughters of the American Revolution. High School Nat’l Honor Society & Student School Board

Representative.

ACTIVITIES/HOBBIES: Sports: Enjoy racquetball (A level), weightlifting, golf, fishing, skiing, scuba, tennis, hiking, hunting, and camping. Other:

Enjoy reading, writing, researching, inventing, chess, photography, traveling, learning, the Internet, gem & leather crafting

(used to make agate jewelry & leather sandals), etc.

Foreign Languages: Japanese (formerly intermediate), Hebrew (beginner), and some Hawaiian. Plan to learn others via

multimedia software.

TRAVELS: 46 States, Japan, Singapore, Canada, Mexico, Israel, Jordan, England, France, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Austria,

Greece (some were just long layovers), and almost North Korea (I had a free ticket once via Beijing from Kyoto as a US

diplomat for poverty relief but became ill in Japan and someone took my place)

REFERENCES: Provided upon request

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