Mental Health Professionals

David Philip Kromka **** S. Versailles Ave.

408-***-**** Dallas, TX 75209

**********@***.***

Summary

Mult-dimensional tallent with both technical and soft skills who has worked in and understands life in the real world. BA in Theoretical Mathematic, MA in Counseling Psychology, 6th Degree Black Belt in karate, published author, public lecturer, and trainer of mental health professionals.

I have worked in many area in Information Technology and while there developed and delivered my popular “Eliminating Stress” seminar.

Having consulted and taught interationally (Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Mexico, South Korea, US, Viet Nam) is evidence for my appreciation for and understanding of diverse cultures and outlooks on life.

My qualifications as an instructor is evidenced by having worked exclusively as an instructor for Tandem Computers for 7+ yeas and having practiced and taught karate for 58 years.

I am scheduled to be a featured speaker at the WYN Conference “Global Women Power Summit and Expo 2024” in Paris this March.

As a published author, my works in the field of mental health include “Discovery Mode – Advancing Mind and Spirit”, “Shooting Arrows at the Moon”, and “You Don’t Have to Manage Stress, Anxiety, Bipolar, Anger, Depression, and Other Stuff if You’re NOT producing it!”

I stay current with advancements in the field of psychology and have a particular interest in the field known as Three Principles.

David Philip Kromka 3710 S. Versailles Ave.

408-***-**** Dallas, TX 75209

**********@***.***

Experience:

Consultant/Instructor - C. H. U. Los Gatos, CA – 1988 to 2013

Provided technical consulting in the areas of performance tuning and capacity planning for customers of Tandem Computers. Customers included the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, Korean Stock Market, BanaMex, JPMorgan Chase, Exxon-Mobil, US West Teleservices, ANZ Bank, AG Edwards, Bank One, Huntington Bank and many others. Some banks ran Base24 applications. My consulting enabled customers systems to perform their work with greater efficiency and reduced cost.

Worked with quarterly performance testing teams, DBA’s, programmers, etc. to identify and correct performance problems in the quarterly software releases. Developed and implemented a capacity model for the NonStop authorization system running TSYS’ authorization software which was used to plan new hardware acquisition.

Designed and developed “Precision Partition” a suite of TAL, TACL, and Visual Basic tools that enabled selection of partitioning keys for ENSCRIBE files and alternate key files, and NonStop SQL tables and indexes for high performance.

Provided Three Principles Psychology based consulting and training to mental health professionals in the San Francisco Bay area and other locations in the U.S. This education enabled mental health professionals to be more effective in their work with their clients while experiencing significantly less stress on the job.

>>>Roles before, during and after above consulting work-

Senior NonStop Systems Engineer, Fiserv, Irving, TX - 2021 to 2024

Day to day management and documentation of 20 HPE NonStop financial transaction processing systems. Participate off hours on-call rotation support.

Senior Technical Analyst, Total Systems Services, Columbus, GA - 2015 to 2018

Provided performance analysis/tuning and capacity planning services for systems, pathways, and databases for the production systems in both the US and UK. This effort raised the company’s ability to provide credit/debit card authorizations at a much higher level of service, for Visa and other vendors.

>>>Consultant TACL programming, Wells Fargo Bank - 2012 - 2013

Developed a large number of TACL scripts for Wells Fargo Software Development Q/A

>>> Consulted as a performance analyst for JPMorgan Chase - 2006 – 2012

Designed and delivered daily performance data collection and reporting system for NonStop systems running TSYS’ authorization software.

>>>NonStop Systems Manager 4, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA - 2004 - 2009

Maintained production, DR and development Carecast systems for the medical center.

>>> V.P. Sr. Manager II, Bank One, Columbus, OH – 2002 - 2004

Managed team of a dozen technical specialists supporting 13 Tandem Computer systems at Bank One.

Non-IT work - Counseling Intern Campbell Family Therapy, Campbell, CA– 1994 to 1995

Counseled parents, children, couples and individuals helping them find happiness and peace of mind.

Technical and Organizational Development Trainer, Tandem Computers, Cupertino, CA – 1986 - 1993

Developed and/or delivered a variety of technical courses for customers and employees of Tandem Computers. Courses included Tandem Performance Management, Tandem Capacity Management, Tandem Systems Management, Pathway Internals, TMF Internals, Enform Programming, TACL Programming, Intro to NonStop SQL. Delivered these courses to students of diverse cultural backgrounds including Hong Kong, Korea, Canada, and the US.

Provided internal organizational development training to select organizations (i.e. Legal Department, Hardware R and D, Software Development) as well as general seminars for employees of Tandem Computers and their families. This work enabled once struggling teams to meet or exceed their goals for product deliverables while experiencing a dramatically more positive work environment.

Miscellaneous

Provided instruction in Matsubayashi-Ryu Karate to adults at Intel Computers, Tandem Computers at my karate school. I also conducted training as a guest instructor at multiple locations in the US, while holding the rank of 6th Degree Black Belt, Senior Instructor for the World Matsubayashi-Ryu Karate-Do Association, Naha, Okinawa, Japan.

Education

MA Counseling Psychology – National University, San Jose, CA, 1994

BA Theoretical Mathematics – Florida State University, 1974 Minor in Music

Certified Advanced Health Realization Trainer – California School of Professional Psychology under Doctor Roger Mills – 1996

Multiple Internships and training under Doctor George Pransky, La Conner, WA

Publications

Authored

“Discovery Mode – Advancing Mind and Spirit”

“Shooting Arrows at the Moon”

“You Don’t Have to Manage Stress, Anxiety, Bipolar, Anger, Depression, and Other Stuff if You’re NOT producing it!”

These books familiarize readers with their in-born mental health. They discuss living a life of mental health.

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