EDUCATION 
University of California at Davis June: of 1991 
Achieved a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History  
Studied Education, Computer Science, Business Management, and Business Law. 

Skills:
Foxpro Experience:
Mastered Visual Foxpro 6,5, and 3 beginning in 1993 with VFP3 
Mastered Foxpro for Window 2.6, 2.6a, .2.6b, 2.5,2.5a, 2.5b 
Mastered Foxpro for DOS 2.6, 2.6a, .2.6b, 2.5,2.5a, 2.5b,2.0,1.02 beginning in 1991

•	Developed toolkit for automating data migration and creating data dictionaries
•	Developed toolkit for Global editing and documentation of all versions of Foxpro
•	Authored methodology for creation of intuitive innovative version independent efficient and cost effective  data-rich interface design and implementation
•	Created integrated version independent error logging/reporting/tracking and help desk system
•	Created native Foxpro server application and client UDF 
•	Automated mining/reporting of very large data sets(2gig tables) to create commercial information products
•	Performed application development process on business critical Foxpro applications from discovery and design through shakedown and handoff.
•	Managed/mentored/trained teams of Foxpro developers
•	Migrated  a business to SBT pro 5 system from Microfocus Cobol system (Realworld) 
•	maintained and enhanced early SBT systems
•	maintained and enhanced all versions of Foxpro applications
 
Industry Experience
•	Consulted for/managed IT in/worked in businesses  in the Insurance, investment, banking, warehouse/archive, call center, Medical/Lab , Pharmaceuticals (wholesale supply/GPO) , property management, non-profit ,and call center industries.
•	experience with Medicare/Medicaid records
•	proposed, presented and implemented complete and partial IT hardware and software solutions from complete infrastructures to process changes. 
•	Vendor selection, contract ,compliance issues and  purchasing

PC AND NETWORK SUPPORT, PURCHASING ,  INTEGRATION AND CONFIGURATION: 
•	Administered  mixed Novell 3.12 and NT3.51 networks 
•	Installed, setup and administered NT Server 3.51-4.0 servers with external Ultra SCSI raid 
•	Installed, configured and supported WIN 95 and 98 networks and clients for up to 30 users

MANAGEMENT AND RELATED SKILLS 
•	Led effectively in diverse positions such as Director of Information services, lead programmer, General Manager, CFO, and member of the Board of Directors in various organizations.
•	Led and mentored teams of database developers
•	Supervised 20+ employees on multiple sites in accounting, administration, security, and facilities management departments.
•	Prepared and presented monthly ,Quarterly, Annual, and Fixed Assets reports before board of directors and owner/member meetings 
•	Performed University Liaison function for an independent student housing co-operative
•	Performed budget writing and compliance, for annual budgets exceeding $500,000
•	Designed financial system for new business in consultation with CPA, 
•	Reconstructed business and tax records for business WITH $200k annual budget from  2 years of check stubs and shoeboxes (upon replacing the manager who hadn’t…)
•	Performed Collections/evictions/ general operations.
•	Designed and produced instructional, informational, and advertising materials from 50 page Color user manuals through flyers (illustrator/cartoonist as well..)
•	Designed, planned, scheduled and conducted group orientation sessions.

Ancillary software skills 
•	MS FrontPage 98, 
•	Adobe Photoshop and Coreldraw, MS Publisher 2.0 
•	MS Office, Lotus Smart suite 96, 
•	Turbo CAD 3.0

ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
•	Talented artist (pencil, ink, pastel ,watercolor ,ceramic sculpture and of course, Computer generated) , Competent draftsman .able to read and create basic blue prints , 
•	Enjoy and excel at process design, management and development. 
•	Skilled and imaginative designer/fabricator in wood, plastic, metal, fabric or leather (prototyping)

EXPERIENCE 

Omnibase Services of Texas, June 2003 to Present: Member of the Technical staff
Provide technical  and data support for a VFP5 application using WYSE communications package.
Enhance aging VFP6 beta product as requested.
Contingency Development of flexible, multi-user online application in VFP6  

Hays, San Marcos, Lockhart School Districts, December 2001 to March 2002 Substitute teacher
Led, instructed and managed of a diverse population of students in various of environments

Austin Archives: September 2000 to September 2001 
Managed customer relations and operations as vacation relief 
Conducted warehouse/archive operations and special projects 
Prototyped a new tracking and billing system in VFP5 

Randstad Creative services Agency/Harcourt: April -July 2001 
Performed IS analysis and troubleshooting including Exchange client configuration 
(second contract) acted as reader, 8th grade MCAS test grading 

Freelance Projects/contracts Sept 2000 -present : 
Authored  VFP tools 
Familiarized myself  with Web design and web design tools and studied JAVA

Harte-Hanks December 1999- August-2000:Programmer Analyst
Developed strong rapport with internal customers to support and enhance Foxpro 2.6 based  call center applications and VFP5 based web applications.

State of Massachusetts vaccine Labs August to December 1999 :Consultant
Lead remediation process design and milepost designation. 
Performed Y2K remediation, enhancement and conversion of legacy Foxpro systems recompiling from FPD 1.02 to VFP6 with extensive retooling of multipart/preprinted/impact printed forms. 
Performed business process analysis and developed new laboratory specimen/testing  tracking system in  VFP6.. 

Pgcalc July 1999 Consultant: Corporate trainer/mentor
Evaluated and trained programming staff in use of VFP5 for OOP/Libraries and detailed mastery of Forms and Grids. Consulted on  design and conversion issues for their core product 

Freelance Projects/contracts June 1999 to July 1999 
Authored Foxpro tool kits for Data conversion, Y2K and structure libraries etc.
Consulted for other Foxpro consultants to solve particularly tricky VFP upgrade/update problems, including MSoffice integration. 

CIS-US December 1998 to May 1999 
Migrated enterprise to SBT pro 5.0 creating data conversion programs and mapping and designing and implementing changeover process. (Migration was from Realworld, a legacy Microfocus Cobol application) 

JEM Computers: July 1 to November 30 1998 
supported enhanced and maintained  SBT and user community. (this was an original SBT system with some parts STILL compiled in Foxplus and others in Foxpro 1.02.).. 

Commercial Union Insurance: May to July 10 1997 :Programmer analyst
performed Y2K Assessment, documentation, and remediation of applications primarily in FPW2.6 with some VFP3 and VFP5. Supported applications user community

Short term contract work: November 1997 -May 1997 
Provided VFP5 Developer training, VFP /Win95 /NT trouble shooting/solutions 
developed small utility applications 

Putnam Investments: May to October 1997: Programmer Analyst
Supported, enhanced, converted and upgraded existing Foxpro systems from Foxbase through FPW2.6 into VFP as needed. Designed and implemented Y2K assessment and remediation plan. Supported application user community

State Street Bank International Securities Operations Division: December to May 1997 
Enhanced FPW 2.6  international fund application

Public Consulting Group: November 13, 1995-December 1, 1996 
Lead PC Programmer \Technical support staff. 
Performed Team leadership, staff technical enrichment, and technology future studies. 
Performed Integration, setup and administration of multiple NT servers and clients 
Developed applications and information products in Visual Foxpro 3.0 with emphasis on optimizing complex queries/matches  of very large/dirty  Medicare/Medicaid data sets
Selected/interfaced with vendors, made purchasing decisions for servers and other PC systems.
Import of data from a variety of sources including variable width data from mag tape and data converted from mainframe/Cobol into text 
Supported and trained user community in Foxpro, WFW311, MS Office and Windows NT in both tutorial and classroom settings

Managed Healthcare Associates: February 28, 1995 -September 1, 1995 
Director of Information Services for a pharmaceuticals GPO in the LTC field. 
Imported data from a variety of sources and generated information products and services 
Designed, setup, administered, and supported a mixed 33 node LAN and user community into  a WIN 3.11/NT 3.51 / Netware 3.12 network environment With a DEC Alpha multi processor server.
Selected and interfaced with vendors and made purchasing decisions for servers and other PC systems, especially with regard to contract compliance and enforcement.
Wrote , graphic production, design and layout of 50 page color user manuals for a dialup catalog application 

CONSULTING ASSIGNMENTS: June 1992 - November 1995 
Instructed / tutored Filemaker, WFW311, MS Office and Mac. 
Wrote and produced instructional, and informational, material including graphic production, design and layout. 
Performed analysis design and development of Windows applications in Foxpro 2.5, 2.6, and 2.6a and Excel using extensive macros

Morrison Creek HOA : August 1991-June 1992 
General Manager to a large non-profit Homeowners Association 
Performed Analysis, Design and Development of CC&R violation, hearing and enforcement application in Foxpro 2.0 for DOS 
Managed (with hire/fire authority) 20+ employees on multiple sites in accounting, administration, security, and facilities management departments. 
Prepared and presented monthly, Quarterly, Annual, and Fixed Assets reports.
Wrote and complied with Budgets exceeding  $500,000
Designed and produced instructional, informational, and advertising materials 
Performed Collections/evictions/ general operations and CC&R enforcement.
Designed and managed innovative community renewal and security programs
Performed community Liaison and outreach to Sacramento PD

Davis Campus Cooperatives: March 1990-December 1990
CFO March 1990 -June 1990 
Board of Directors April 1990-June 1990 
General Manager June 1990-December 1990 
Performed Analysis, Design, and development of Excel for Macintosh applications. 
Prepared and presented monthly, quarterly, annual, and fixed asset reports. 
Wrote and complied with Budget exceeding $200,000
Designed financial system for new business in consultation with CPA, 
Reconstructed business and tax records for business WITH $200k annual budget from  2 years of check stubs and shoeboxes (upon replacing the manager who hadn’t…)
Performed University Liaison function for an independent student housing cooperative
Production of instructional, informational, and advertising materials 
Performed Collections/evictions/ general operations.
Designed, planned, scheduled and conducted group orientation sessions.