Experience
President, CompuSolutions Corporation, 1994-present.
Consultant providing custom software development and IT management services to
several companies in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Consulting Manager, Pittsburgh Branch, Ziff Technologies (formerly PC Concepts).
Promoted and transferred to Pittsburgh. Tasked with turning around a faltering programming group. Transformed the group into a successful six-person consulting department. Increased stability, sales, and profits by hiring well-qualified people, implementing a standardized methodology, and developing a C.A.S.E. tool for preparing custom business application software.
Senior Consultant, Philadelphia District, PC Concepts. Responsible for sales support, systems analysis, and project management of various consulting assignments. Developed database tracking systems, Computer-Based Training and graphics presentations.
Owner, TMS CONSULTING, an independent consulting firm supplying personal computing assistance to business. Provided consulting, project management, custom software development, and systems integration services.
Engineer, Sixteen years as an electrical
engineer and engineering manager with career advancement assignments at
Commonwealth Edison Co, Chicago; US Navy, aboard the aircraft carrier, USS
Saratoga; Offshore Power Systems, Jacksonville, FL; Westinghouse
Corporation, Pittsburgh; Honeywell, Inc. Fort Washington, PA; and Harold Beck
and Sons, Newtown, PA. Professional Skills
Extensive training and experience with:
- Xbase++
- VB.NET
-
Expressions Web
- Front Page
- CA-Clipper
- R&R Report Writer
- MS-Office
- Outlook
Extensive experience installing and maintaining IBM-compatible PC hardware.
Professional Affiliations
- IEEE, Member
- Professional Engineer (Inactive),
State of Florida (22857)
Education
- Master of Business Administration, 1975
- University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida
- Cum Laude Graduate. Member, Beta Gamma Sigma
- Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, 1969
- University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
Publications
- "Custom Software for Non-profit Organizations Can Maximize Returns," Pittsburgh Business Times, July 1-7, 1991
- "Managing a Large CA-ADROIT Project," presented at CADRE, September, 1989
- "CA-ADROIT Authoring and Run time Systems on the Novell Network," presented at the Computer Based Training Conference and Exposition, April, 1989
- "Data Driven Applications," presented at Trenton Computer Festival, April, 1988
- "Using On Error and On Escape," The Data Based Advisor, May, 1987
- "Using On Key," The Data Based Advisor, May, 1987
- "A Comparison of CP/M and MS-DOS Commands," Foghorn, March, 1986
- "Screen Dump with dBase II," Foghorn, July, 1984
- "Screen Dump with dBase II, (Reprise)" Foghorn, August, 1984
- "Screen Dump with dBase II, (Finale)" Foghorn, September, 1984
- "Graphics Display with dBase II, Part 1," Foghorn, May, 1984
- "Graphics Display with dBase II, Part 2," Foghorn, June, 1984
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