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OBJECTIVE:
A position involving the design, analysis, programming, testing, documenting, training and
implementation of computer software.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Software development experience including feasibility studies, computer system design and
analysis, computer programming in a variety of languages under a variety of operating
systems, program acceptance testing, preparation of special management reports, evaluation
of hardware and software products, and policy recommendations to management.
EXPERIENCE:
Writer, self-employed, 1998-2002
Writing the science fiction novel "Chosen" and a number of essays, articles and
short stories, most of which are available on my personal Web site
WordJames.net
and a few of which have been published on ThemeStream. The stories,
indexes and other information have all been written in XHTML with CSS.
Field Interviewer, Project MAAC, 2001.
A six week project taking a survey of telephone use among low income families.
Mapping blocks for interview, then going from door to door to first qualify people
as potential subjects, then interviewing those eligible subjects, paying each
subject interviewed from a stock of money orders I was issued.
Computer Programmer, Parcom Technologies, Inc., 1992 - 1993
Developed data base (Btrieve) Point of Sale software for shipping companies. Developed
installation programs and central data base reporting programs for remote franchises.
Computer Systems Analyst, Panama Canal Commission, 1970 - 1989
Developed mainframe (NCR & IBM), mini-computer and micro-computer software. Prepared
studies, evaluations, and special reports for management. Report generation was done using
COBOL and Easytrieve on both NCR and IBM systems from personnel, payroll and canal
accounting application files. Evaluated hardware, software (text editors, spreadsheets,
database systems, communications programs), languages (MicroFocus COBOL, BASIC,
Easytrieve) and operating systems (CP/M, MS-DOS), for micro-computers. Prepared
evaluations to be used by management to set policies regarding standard packages for use
throughout the Panama Canal Commission. Participated in the design and development of a
real-time canal traffic system using GENER/OL, a product similar to CICS. Developed utility
programs in NCR NEAT/3 assembly language, including a front end program for NCR
TOTAL database access by COBOL programs; financial, canal management, inventory,
engineering, hospital management, canal traffic and canal operations programs in COBOL
(some engineering programs in FORTRAN). Trained in and briefly used VSAM and CICS.
EDUCATION:
B.A. in Mathematics, San Diego State University, 1964.
RELATED TRAINING:
Computer languages (COBOL, CICS, FORTRAN, GENEROL, IBM JCL, Easytrieve).
Computer operating systems (NCR, IBM VM, VSAM, MS-DOS, CP/M).
Adult education methods.
Management techniques.
Conflict resolution (April-May, 2000).
AFFILIATIONS:
Member, IEEE Computer Society
Member, Association for Computing Machinery
OTHER:
Bilingual: English and Spanish.
General amateur radio license, WA6PVV.
Maintain Web site WordJames.net.
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