Raymond Michels

Objective:

To find PART-TIME/OFF-SITE consulting work that 
will utilize my talents as a software engineer.

Skills:

	Languages:

	Visual Basic/VB.net	 		- 8 years
	Basic (General)  			- 6 years
	C++ (Visual C and Visual Age) - 5 years
	C					- 12 years
	Pascal 				- 4 years
	Microsoft Access 			- 2 years
	80x86 ASM 				- 5 years

	Operating Systems:

	MS-DOS 				- 14 years
	OS/2 & PM 				- 4 years
	Windows GUI/API 			- 10 years
	Extensive multi-threaded design and implementation
	Extensive TSR experience under MS-DOS

	Other Skills:

        ActiveX Control Creation  
        .net
	Relational Database Design
	OMT OOA/OOD
	Full Project Life Cycle
	Hardware Level Programming
	RS-232 Programming
	Parallel Port Programming
	Gupta SQL Windows
	Sybase System 10
	SQL
	IPX/SPX
	TCP/IP
	Installation Software
	Good/Professional Communications Skills
	Published several articles
	Technical Lead of numerous teams for the past 10 years

	Application/System Experience:

	Accounting (G/L, A/P, Payroll, Inventory)
	Data Information Systems
	Point Of Sale
	Mail Sorting Systems
	Remittance Processing
	Document Imaging
	Microbiology Information Systems
	Instrument Control Software
	Routing and Scheduling Systems

Summary of previous consulting experience (all done on a part-time basis):

	Interfaced OCR reader with IBM PC for inventory control program.
	POS system for local bookstore using Tandy Model 100 and IBM PC.
	Purchase order system with EDI to vendors.
	Hard Disk Drivers.
	Published in two books and one magazine on MS-DOS internals.
	Developed an interface to a bar code scanner using a parallel port, 
	detecting each bar with data and strobe lines.
	Developed mail sorting software for a mail consolodator.
	Developed several utilities for a local company that produces 
	kiosk based information systems.

Full Time Employment Synopsis:

January 1992 to Present

Becton Dickinson Diagnostic Instrument Division 
Sparks, Maryland
Microbiology Systems

April 1990 to December 1991

Roadnet Technologies, Inc. (part of UPS)
Timonium, Maryland
Routing and Scheduling software

September 1986 to April 1990

Computer Entry Systems, Inc. (CES) / BANCTEC
Timonium, Maryland
Remittance Processing, Document Imaging

May 1985 to September 1986

U.S.F. & G. Co.  
Baltimore, Maryland 
Insurance Applications

November 1983 to May 1985

ACT Marketing Corporation
Hunt Valley, Maryland
Hard Disk Drivers, Firmware

September 1981 to November 1983

Business Office Service Systems, Inc. (BOSS)
Stevenson, Maryland  21153
Funeral Home Management Systems

January 1980 to December 1981

Issac & Issac, P.A. CPA's
Baltimore, Maryland
Accounting Applications

Copyright(c) 1995 1996 Raymond Michels and The Software Contractors' Guild, Post Office Box 257, Nottingham, NH USA 03290-0257