Objectives:

The ideal position would combine software development and management and provide an opportunity to make a difference.  Would consider any position that leverages my experience in one or more of the following: programming, software/systems design and development and product and people management. 

Experience Summary:

Over twenty years of experience in the computer industry:

	Product development : several organization-critical large-scale products.
	Managerial including multi-tier : emphasis in improving efficiency and team-building.
	Programming and software engineering : expert-level programmer in a variety of languages and environments.

Over twenty years of experience in the computer industry from teaching programming to managing the design, development and support of software shipped to two thousand users world-wide.

	Software product development experience including all facets from conception through post-completion.  Managed the design and development of software, marketing and support (including toll-free phone support and guaranteed response times).  Several large-scale, organization-critical products.
	Managerial experience including multi-tier management. Managed all aspects of product development and support. Designed an organizational structure, trained and recruited to fill it and implemented policies and procedures. Improved human and software capital. Emphasis on improving efficiency and team building.
	Programming and software engineering experience.  Expert level programmer in a variety of languages and environments.  Taught programming and gave seminars on technology.  Maintain website for a non-profit organization.  Extensive experience programming for the Web, personal computers and mainframes.

Experience:

1994 - present	International Monetary Fund / World Bank
	Senior Software Developer

	Determine how new technologies could be applied to IMF / WB needs.
	Projects ranged from one month research efforts to multi-year product development.

 

	ˇ	Large-scale: Accessing Time Series Data from Legacy Databases: developed software that allowed the retrieval of data from legacy databases (mainframe, Excel, Aremos) in a variety of formats (Excel, VB, C, text).
	ˇ	Medium-scale: Using SQL Server 7 to Store Time Series: demonstrated the suitability of SQL Server 7 for large time series databases.  IFS Country Pages over the Internet: reproducing production-quality reports over the Internet.  Internet Updating: demonstrated ability to download data, modify it offline and post over the Internet.  Time Series Equations: implemented the ability to parse, store and calculate a collection of time series equations.
	ˇ	Research: Work At Home: feasibility study demonstrating a work-at-home environment, Workflow: moving from paper to paperless, Document Management, XML for Database Applications, and OLAP.  Research typically involved building a prototype application and giving a seminar demonstrating the results.

1991 - 1993	Corporate Cost Management
	Director, Technology and Product Development

	Responsible for creating and managing the Technology and Product Development Group.
	Managed the design and development of all CCM software products - slashed development and maintenance costs.
	Designed and programmed critical functionality.

	ˇ	Identified critical flaws in CCM's approach to software development and development plan.
	ˇ	Created a new organization to minimize friction and promote ownership.
	ˇ	Managed a complete rewrite of six products in six months.  Reduced the time to develop and test a module from two months to one week.
	ˇ	Improved morale and made "problem" employees into rising stars.  Decreased dependency on key personnel.
	ˇ	Managed all areas of the product: marketing, support, development, personnel.
	ˇ	Improved accountability and information-sharing with Sales and Senior Staff.

1978 - 1990	Data Resources Inc. / McGraw-Hill Inc.
	General Manager - Software / Senior Programmer / Team Leader / Consultant

	Responsible for the design, development, maintenance and support of DRI's primary data delivery software.
	Managed product development, people and sales.
	Programming, consulting, sales, designing / teaching seminars.

	ˇ	General Manager - Software     - managed four programmers and a product support team of four.     - dramatically improved revenue year-by-year.     - expanded our product to include graphics and customized reports.     - designed and developed key modules.     - improved responsiveness to customers and the sales organization.     - developed human capital - expanding our managerial and programming capabilities.
	ˇ	Senior Programmer     - demonstrated ability to work with clients to translate their goals into solutions.     - applied mathematics and economics training to client problems and product development.     - developed several applications and products.
	ˇ	Team Leader     - faced with a client threatening to cut spending by 2/3rds, generated new interest in our       products and increased spending by 20%.     - managed junior consultants.     - worked on proposals and competitions.
	ˇ	Consultant     - quickly became most proficient EPS programmer company-wide.     - designed and taught programming seminars.     - developed client applications.     - worked with a wide array of clients (U.S. Postal Service, Dept. of Commerce, lawyers)     - worked with a huge variety of data (time series, detailed trade data, regional data, forecasting)

Computer Experience

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