RESUME for

GOALS

Consulting engagements in the following areas:

• Technical Training especially focusing on XML, XSLT/FO, DOM, Java, JSP, ASP, XHTML, PTC/Arbortext Editor (Epic) and Publishing Engine (E3)
• Technical Training in additional languages and tools: Perl, CGI, Web Development tools, Visual Basic, DHTML, JScript/JavaScript, VBScript, and other related technologies
• Application Development using XML, Java, PTC/Arbortext Editor and Publishing Engine, JSP, ASP, CGI/perl, Visual Basic, MS-Access, and other technologies
• Technical Training in Microsoft Windows applications, including Access, Word, Excel
• Requirements Analysis and System Design
• Online and classroom course development
• IBM and UNISYS Mainframe work considered, contact me with specifics

BACKGROUND AND STRENGTHS

• 25+ years overall experience in IT
• Broad background ranging from desktop and client/server environments to IBM mainframe languages
• Specializing most recently in Java and ACL development in XML-related technologies, particularly using PTC/Arbortext Editor and Publishing Engine tools
• Experience and thorough familiarity with XML, DOM, XSLT, XSLFO, SAX, Schema, DTD
• Technical Trainer - developed and delivered course materials in all of the various XML-related technologies, plus Java, perl, python, etc.
• Experienced on Windows, UNIX, UNISYS, IBM mainframe platforms
• Enjoy turning a user’s vision into a working application
• Enjoy seeing students and peers grasp new technologies, skills, and information
• Strong conceptual, analytical, and design skills
• Self-motivated and resourceful

PROJECTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS – Training

• Developed, taught, and helped maintain material for a variety of topics related to the PTC/Arbortext product suite, including ACL, AOM (proprietary extensions to DOM), E3 (Publishing Engine), XUI, DataMerge, etc. (1996 – present).
• Developed, maintained, and taught a variety of courses for Verhoef Information Packages as an independent trainer (1996 – present). Courses included:
  • XML/XSL/DOM/SAX
  • JavaScript
  • perl
  • HTML, CSS, DHTML, XHTML
  • ColdFusion
  • WWW for DP Professionals
• Taught various courses for Washtenaw Community College Extension (contnuing education) on courses including XML, Java, and HTML/JavaScript (2000-present).
• Currently teaching for and consulting with University of California at Berkeley Independent Learning on several Internet courses. Courses include three Philosophy courses. Wrote course materials for "Introduction to the Internet" course, which ran during 1996 and 1997 (1994 – present).
• Speaker at CA-World Conferences 1998, 1999, 2000 on HTML and XML.
• Provided service to Computer Associates as an independent trainer on several of their products including CA-EASYTRIEVE PLUS, CA-SCHEDULER and CA-7/11 (1992 - 1996).
• Developed training materials and offered in-houses courses for a variety of products for Mervyn’s (1986 – 1992).

PROJECTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS – Application Development (PC and UNIX platform)

• From 1996 to present, developed custom applications for PTC/Arbortext customers using Arbortext ACL (Perl/C-like in-house language), Java, JSP, and XSL. Typical projects included requirements analysis, application design, code and test, implementation, and documentation. Environments included Windows 95, 98, NT, XP and UNIX.
• Developed additional in-house applications using Perl, Java, WebSphere, ASP, DHTML, JavaScript, and other Web-related products.
• Developed and documented procedures for Visual Basic and MS-Windows interfaces for several PostalSoft (PC mailing list processing) software applications.
• Developed several PC-based applications including: dispatch software for R&A trucking in Oakland, CA; diet questionnaire for Henry Ford Hospital Heart Smart program, and various games distributed as freeware on the Internet. Languages included C, Visual Basic, QBasic.
• Developed several Web sites for individuals and proposals for businesses. These included use of HTML forms and interactive CGI/perl scripts (Perl on UNIX) including server-side includes.

PROJECTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS – IBM mainframe platform (pre 1996)

• Planned and executed conversion from DCMS scheduling software to CA7/CA11. This project included review of several available mainframe scheduling packages, conversion of over 1000 scheduled events, installation and customization of the software, designed and production of all in-house training materials, as well as design, code and test, and installation of several automated interfaces to handle CICS on-line files, service user job requests, perform automated database maintenance, etc.
• Performed environmental setup and test execution for integration tests involving production systems with over 300 components. This project included designing and writing a variety of utilities to convert JCL and data menders from production to test standards, extracting production data to test files using DB2 and SQL. Additional languages used on this project included JCL, various IBM Utilities, SAS, REXX, CLIST, ISPF Panel and EDIT language, COBOL, and DB2 utilities including SQL, QMF, SPUFI, and UNLOAD-PLUS.
• Planned and executed all aspects of the conversion of production applications for Bank of the West from mainframe processing by a service provider to an in-house computer center. This project included all aspects of project management, evaluation of the new environment and optimization of workflows to best fit that environment, design and development of several utilities to parse and rewrite all JCL. Also, designed and wrote utilities to automate DSN conversion and file shipping from site to site as well as proposed technical and procedural improvements in the new environment.
• Coordinated the deinstallation of nine production applications for a large manufacturing and retail company. This included cross-referencing all possible users of the JCL, programs, databases, FOCUS EXECs, etc.

TECHNICAL BACKGROUND

• Languages and techonologies:

  XML	XSL/T	XSL/FO
  CSS	DOM	Java
  PTC/Arbortext ACL for Editor and Publishing Engine
  HTML/XHTML	DHTML	JavaScript/JScript
  perl	python
  ASP	JSP	ColdFusion
  Visual Basic	various HTML-editing tools

• UNIX – some limited experience with shell scripts.
• Mainframe related - JCL, IBM utilities, EASYTRIEVE, EASYTRIEVE-PLUS, CLIST, REXX, FILEAID, COBOL, CA-1/7/11, CA-SCHEDULER, CA-OPERA, IBM 370 Assembler, DB2, SAS, and DP90-PLUS (Disaster Recovery documentation software).

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY (Chronological Resume available on request)

REFERENCES - Available upon request.