Successes: DEVELOPED SERIAL COMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS used by 1000s of companies to order pharmaceuticals via bar-code scanners and modems, host systems called by 100,000s of leased copying machines, and a host system called by 100s of remote membership card "swipe" devices. DESIGNED INNOVATIVE SYSTEM used by the 2nd largest U.S. cellular phone reseller so agents can use a standard Internet dial-up account to verify credit status and submit phone activation requests. SUCCESSFULLY MANAGED WORLD-WIDE SUPPORT for a product critical to the operation of 30 video production facilities (many international), adding new features and eventually porting the entire program from PDP-11 Assembler to Turbo Pascal (over 44,000 lines of code) on a PC. OBTAINED KNOWLEDGE OF CURRENT TECHNOLOGY by attending Ohio State to complete a BSEE in 1993, with 215 credit hours, and GPA of 3.46/4.0 with emphasis on computer hardware and software design (have taken 6 additional courses since as continuing education). QUICKLY ANALYZED THE PROBLEMS faced by a leading credit union support company and assisted them in getting their new web banking program (used by the customers of 15 credit unions) up and running. DEVELOPED MULTI-THREADED TCP/IP COMMUNICATION ENGINE that is used in Delphi programs to communicate with multiple remote PCs that are connected to dataloggers. MADE CREATIVE SUGGESTIONS on the architecture of a system that collects data from 60 airports world-wide for a major airline company, helping them to install a system which provided much more flexibility and ease of maintenance but with no added cost. Relevant Experience: Exceptional background in Engineering and Communication Systems Programming gained in strong positions as: Contract Engineer, Director of Systems & Engineering, and Design Engineer. Expanded Experience Profile Contract Engineer Self-employed 83-present I've been using Borland's Turbo Pascal since 1985, and Delphi since it was released in 1995. My coding is clean, and very close to the Borland standard due to my 20 years of Pascal experience. I am very familiar with low-level details of Object Pascal, Windows, and component development. I enjoy working hands-on with equipment, especially testing and troubleshooting, so my projects are extremely reliable. In June of 1998 I was designated a TurboPower Expert (TPX) by TurboPower and I actively participated as a volunteer support person in their newsgroup until their libraries were moved to SourceForge.Net in January 2003. I am very experienced with Windows software and systems. I also have Linux experience (InterBase and firewalls). A summary of recent projects is on this web page: http://www.BrenemanLabs.com/Delphi.htm Director of Systems & Engineering SOS Productions, Columbus, Ohio 84-85 & 90-97 Did the system design and installation for major equipment additions. Observed the early development of low cost PC-based 3D animation systems and helped SOS get started in this area. Established strong track record for troubleshooting complex video equipment and systems. As the systems became less hardware but more software dependent, continued to efficiently analyze and troubleshoot problems so software products are also extremely reliable. Oversaw the implementation of a new computer network system in 1995 that used NT Server and twenty-five Windows 95 PCs. Also acted as project manager for custom software development primarily using Delphi and InterBase SQL Server. Developed hardware and software for an innovative system that allowed 15,000 VHS tapes to be personalized for the top contributors to a major political party. Design Engineer Hubcom, St. Petersburg, Florida 86-88 Started as a contract engineer to convert a product from hardware logic design to a microprocessor-based design so changes and improvements could be made in software rather than hardware. Successfully converted the product in a few weeks and Hubcom then showed the new product at a major trade convention. Developed three highly flexible circuit boards for the Intel 87C51 single-chip microcontroller. These circuit boards were used in five different products. I also wrote all the assembly language software and help create the user documentation. Radio/Television/Production Engineering Prior radio and television broadcasting and video production experience expanded upon request. Education/Training Bachelor of Science in Electrical
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