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Alphabetical list of larger clients

Action Plus Software
Supervision of 3 programmers. Creation of time management software similar to ACT! Action Plus DOS and Windows product was developed and sold for profit to Warever Corporation.

Ameritech Global
Network Engineering for pre sales team. Assessed enterprise networks, designed solutions and provided on site support. Cisco CCNA, CCDA certifications, Nortel/Bay Network certification, 3-Com certification. 100% satisfaction of services provided for top fortune 1000 firms.

Apple USA HQ
Managed hardware support team of 12 for a five-building LAN and WAN. Supported Headquarters building, 3 Software Development Buildings and Apple R&D building. 80% Apple Talk and ATT phone systems. 20% Cray, Ethernet, IBM, Intel, VAX, VMS integrations. 100% up time on all systems during 24/7 operations. Certified in Apple, AppleTalk, and Macintosh. Received letters of appreciation from top executives, including Mr. Steven Jobs, CEO. Invited to Mr. Jobs house warming party.
 
ATT - Broadband Broadcast
Director of Software Development. Acted at Vice President level. Reviewed current Intel technology. Developed the strategic plan to transition Intel based broadband services to Sun platform. Made hiring recommendations. Acquired two Doctorate level programmers. Led team in strategy and plan to make systems transfer. Use of Intel C, C++, Sun Solaris C, C++, and COM+.

Aydin Microwave HQ
Supervised 10 personnel in technical and contract publications for five divisions: AM Radio, Computers, Components, FM Radio, and Satellite. Supervised change control systems for technical and contract documentation. Ensured accuracy of data. Provided signature authority to publish data for field installations or customer review.

Bank Of America HQ
Managed programmer team of 12, and hardware team of 12. Severed Payroll services from over 1000 branches and created a new entity. Payroll Services was sold for profit. Bank of America purchased their next largest competitor in California with the profit. Letters of appreciation from top executives.

Benesight
Network Engineer. Converged 22 offices into a one network solution. Implemented one PC platform. Converted IBM 450 to RS6000, implemented Cisco WAN template, designed expansion of building, supervised 33 personnel, interfaced with contractors. Today Benesight delivers customized, flexible web-based solutions for healthcare benefit management and administration. By delivering tools and services over the Internet, we are able to provide real-time, personalized information, on your desktop - - day or night.

Dean Witter HQ
Network Engineer. Supervised a team of 10 programmers and 12 hardware engineers. Designed and implemented new corporate building data and telecommunications. Developed new Discover Card database integration tools improved interaction speed with client base by 29%, thus increasing future revenue. Installed new template for workstations and servers.

Gump & Ayres Real Estate
Network Engineer. Designed solution to create a seven location WAN. Supervised and performed Ethernet, Novell and Macintosh administrative functions. Improved Real Estate software and database interaction. Improved speed and performance of order placements by 23%, thus increasing future revenue. Corporation was sold for profit.

Mouse Systems Software
Supervised national customer support center. Microsoft became a major player in the hand held device arena. Strategically lead R&D teams, interfaced with manufacturing teams and retrofitted 12 products for Apple, Intel, and SUN environments to make them ergonomically friendly. This redesign opportunity allowed the team to review RMA data and reduce Returned Materials substantially. The direct result was a global increase in sales by 34% and a rise in total customer satisfaction. Letters of appreciation were received by many customers and executive management. Mouse Systems was featured as best product by PC magazine.

Novell Inc. HQ
Managed quality assurance team of 12 during the development of Netware 4.x during Alpha, Beta and distribution phases. Interfaced with programmers. Ensured code copy, team status, and submitted weekly reports to Director of Development Technology. Novell Certified Engineer. Team core skills: Intel based C, C++, Basic, and Btrieve. Use of SQA Robot. Netware 4.x was developed and distributed for profit to end-users.


South Western Bell
Network Engineering for pre sales team. Assessed enterprise networks, designed solutions and provided on site support. Cisco CCNA, CCDA certifications, Nortel/Bay Network certification, 3-Com certification. 100% satisfaction of services provided for top fortune 1000 firms.

Warever Software
Supervision of 3 programmers. Creation of time management software similar to ACT! Action Plus Windows GUI product was developed and distributed for profit to end-users. Products include Power House Contact Manager. This powerful program is specifically designed for real estate investors to help them work more effectively in the real estate market. Also the long standing Action Plus Contact Suite. This product is designed for the small business user. It has a powerful contact manager and a sales module for tracking your inventory and sales.

Wells Fargo Bank
Network Engineer. Supervised a team of 10 programmers and 12 hardware engineers. Designed and implemented new corporate building data and telecommunications. Developed new Discover Card database integration tools Improved interaction speed with client base by 29%, thus increasing future revenue. Installed new template for workstations and servers. Systems installed placed Wells Fargo Bank into a leadership position for services, quality assurance and security.

US BANK/First Interstate Merger
Network Engineering. Designed and implemented templates for computers, servers and routers. Supervised over 100 personnel. Ensured quality assurance during system setup, monitored remote staging area performance, assured shipment to branches, and followed up on field installation teams. Affected over 600 branches, teller stations and kiosk in five states. Monitored training of personnel during transition. Integration was accomplished on time and on budget.

US Bank
Database Engineer. Ensured payroll data and tax data
Payroll assurance was filtering in correctly form the above conversion. Ensured quality assurance of all systems and software transactions from branches was affected properly.

US Bank/Mellon Bank Merger
Network Engineering. Designed and implemented templates for computers, servers and routers. Supervised 10 personnel. Ensured quality assurance during system setup, monitored remote staging area performance, assured shipment to branches, and followed up on field installation teams. Affected over 60 branches, teller stations and kiosk in two states. Monitored training of personnel during transition.

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