Miles B. Potter
4417 Lakeway Dr	
Bellingham, WA 98229
(619) 733-7729 
milesp@prometheusconsulting.com
www.prometheusconsulting.com


SUMMARY

 
Information Systems Professional with extensive experience in database 
application design and development in Windows 95/98/NT, Internet, Novell, and AS/400 environments.  Available as consultant/contractor.


EDUCATION

 
University of Arizona: Management Information Systems, B.S.		
Novell Certified Netware Engineer (C.N.E.) #6456796

EXPERTISE

		* VISUAL BASIC			* ACTIVE SERVER PAGES
		* MS SQL SERVER			* MS OFFICE SUITE 	
		* MS ACCESS			* AS/400
		* MS WINDOWS NT			* VISUAL INTERDEV
		* NETWORK INTEGRATION		* HTML
		* MANAGEMENT CONSULTING		* JAVASCRIPT/VBSCRIPT
		* PROJECT MANAGEMENT		* INTERNET/INTRANET

WORK
EXPERIENCE

 
1/1/98-Present:
Owner/Consultant; Prometheus Consulting-Phoenix/San Diego/Bellingham

Independent consultant and contractor for custom application development, web 
and network integration projects.  Specialties include Visual Basic, SQL 
Server, ASP, Windows NT, and Internet development.  On- or off-site 
development, full or part time projects. See: www.prometheusconsulting.com

12/93 - 3/31/98:
Vice President Information Technology; Shea Homes-Phoenix, Az.	

Technically oriented "hands on" manager, supervised a staff of ten. Responsible 
for network application development in a multi-server/multi-state environment. 
Wrote Client/Server applications and GUIs in Visual Basic to link an AS/400 
running J.D. Edward's Accounting to PC applications. Installed/configured 
Novell and Windows NT servers. Developed several large scale distributed 
systems in VB with SQL Server and Access backends that linked remote sales 
offices and construction sites to the main office. Maintained and enhanced J.D. 
Edward's accounting modules in RPG/400.  Managed beta testing and rollout of 
custom systems.  Directed projects and programming by external consultants and 
mentored regular employees in VB/SQL Server development.  Served as SQL Server 
DBA with strong application development background.  Extensive experience with 
Total Quality Management principles and their application.

1/92 - 12/93:
Director of MIS; Scottsdale Plaza Resort -  Scottsdale, Arizona.

Managed campus-wide network including: Novell 3.11 and 2.15 servers, PCs, Wang, 
and various Mini computers.  Analyzed business needs, planned, and implemented 
expansions including new file servers, workstations and software. Programming 
in C, FoxPro, Dbase, Visual Basic, and Btrieve to maintain existing systems and 
create new ones. Supervised a Programmer and Hardware Tech. Setup Wide Area 
Network linking 3 sites. Installed American Airlines SABRE Reservations System. 
Directed troubleshooting and hardware/software maintenance on WAN. Responsible 
for support of all applications in a complex 24hrs a day/7 days a week 
environment. Managed transition from Lotus and Word Perfect to server based 
Windows and Microsoft Office Suite.

9/91 - 1/92 (Contract):
Programmer/Analyst; American Founders Life Ins. - Phoenix, Arizona.

Experience in PC to AS/400 integration using PC Support and 5250 emulation 
cards. Upgraded Novell Network to 3.11 NetWare. Wrote programs using Advanced 
Revelation (4GL) to interface with outside agencies. Supported Lotus 123, Word 
Perfect 5.1, Windows, Harvard Graphics, Page Maker, and other software 
packages. Experience with Novell N.A.C.S. for network based shared modem pools.
    				
8/90 - 9/91:
Systems Programmer; Equifax - Tempe, Arizona.

Wrote commercial applications in C to interface to major Credit Bureau 
databases on Mainframes. These applications allowed users to extract credit 
reports and run credit checks from a user friendly front end on a PC which 
formatted their requests, submitted them to the Mainframe and returned the 
results in real time over dial up modem lines. Managed Novell Network and 
Customer Service database in Dbase IV.



SELECTED PROJECTS

Internet website to be used as a "home base" for public access terminals.  
After swiping a charge card the user is allowed to surf the web through this 
"home base" interface.

Internet website for online conference registration.  Allows conference 
attendees to register for programs and select hotels to stay at from a real 
time SQL Server database through Active Server Pages.  Uses SSL to secure 
transmissions of credit card information for reservations.  Confirmations are 
automatically sent via SMTP mail.

Internet enabled application to recommend vitamins/herbal remedies based on 
user responses to questionnaires and test results.  

Application to allow school districts to administer multiple choice standards 
performance tests over Internet/Intranet.

System to allow interior designers to select floor coverings for homes under 
construction.  The application allows dynamic selection of carpet and other 
products on a mini floor plan of the house.  When the user finishes purchase 
orders and sales contracts can be printed.

System to transmit medical test reports from Doctors to Life Insurance 
Companies PC network.  This system allowed results from required medical exams 
to reach the Insurance Company in minutes rather than days. 

Sales presentation and contract generation system on PCs that uploads 
information to production/operations system on a J.D. Edward's AS/400.  This 
system allows real estate agents to show homes to prospective homebuyers.  The 
system handles floor plans, construction options, mortgage qualification, sales 
contracts and prospect tracking. Information is transferred from the PCs 
located at each subdivision to the main AS/400-based Contracts system in the 
main office.  

System to link major National Homebuilder's PC based construction scheduling 
system to Accounts Payable on a J.D. Edward's AS/400.  System allows 
construction superintendents to schedule the activities required to build a 
house from their construction trailer.  As each activity is completed the 
corresponding pay point is released in the Accounts Payable system located in 
the main office within 15 minutes.  Information on completion times can be 
analyzed to spot trends and problems. 

System to store 1000+ page reports from Hotel reservation mainframe onto Laser 
Disk for access by a PC application.  Guest charge records are stored on 
networked laser disk to allow easy retrieval of information, prior to this 
system, disputes had to be resolved by sifting through huge paper reports.  

Extensive custom modifications to J.D. Edward's AS/400 accounting package to 
provide users with needed functionality.  Also troubleshooting and resolving 
J.D. Edward's database problems and integrity issues.

System to extract information from Hotel Reservation system for demographic 
research and Marketing.  Guest and Group information is downloaded from a 
legacy minicomputer reservation system to a PC application which provides 
analysis and creation of form letters.  

User friendly P.C. application for Utility companies to pull credit reports 
from major Credit Bureau mainframes over dial up.  Windows based GUI front end 
allows customer service reps to easily pull credit reports from complex 
mainframe database.  Users of this $300,000 project include Pacific Bell.

Application running on a Palm Pilot that allows Construction Superintendents to 
reschedule their crews as they walk around.  The application synchronizes with 
a larger PC based scheduling system to update work schedules.

Commercial application developed for Software/Education Consulting Company.  
The application allows schools to track and score "fill in the dot" type tests 
electronically using OMR scanners.  Provides reports on student progress 
graphically.

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