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Michael R Royce                                    www.RoyceFamily.com
77 Auburn Street                                        (603) 224-3805
Concord, NH  03301-3047                            MRR@RoyceFamily.com     
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                             OBJECTIVE:  
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Technical position that will improve computer usage for the end user.
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                              SUMMARY:
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* Computer problem solver
* Extensive experience with computer resource & usage management
* Development & support of productive financial applications 
* Installation of hardware & software
* Database & Web design
* Training
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               A BRIEF SUMMARY OF WHY YOU NEED ME
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    I offer a distinctive blend of vision, creative problem solving 
    & computer skills with a collaborative style of leadership that 
    gets quick results that everyone can use.
    
    Try to envision how a few of my project solutions would help 
    your organization:
    
    Example (1):
    A quote from a Micro Focus Cobol newsletter:
              "With project failure rates considered the "worst 
              in decades", the challenges of distributed teams, 
              numerous automation tools, and multiple methodologies, 
              mean today's software development teams are inherently 
              burdened with a tremendous amount of complexity.  
              Yet despite increasing failure rates, teams continue 
              to ignore the true reason for these failures - 
              requirements definition."
                
    I read this stuff all of the time. 

    My projects do not fail because I take all steps necessary to 
    achieve expected results.

    Example (2):
    The position I liked best & most responsible:
    With only 3 years of computer development experience (and NO 
    Unisys experience - this would be unheard of in the consulting 
    business of today - too bad because clients lose a lot of good 
    people), the best position I have had with my career was 10 
    years as IT Manager / Systems Analyst / Programmer for the 
    Concord School District.  I liked that position best because 
    I created the Unisys mainframe computer system 6-months after 
    CSD purchased their computer.  I added applications (payroll, 
    budgets, account receivable / payable, personnel, student 
    records / scheduling, health records, food services, attendance, 
    report cards, guidance analysis, utility usage (electricity, 
    fuel oil & gas), etc.) most purchased from Unisys and extensively 
    altered or custom built to meet the ever changing user needs. 

    I designed & installed equipment to network the computer 
    system that tied all 12 schools together with the business 
    office.  This was my most productive work environment because 
    I was free to do everything that was necessary to solve 
    computer-related problems.  The only reason I am not with 
    Concord today is because of budget cuts.

    It seems I did this so well that Unisys technical staff, from 
    throughout New England, visited the school district's data 
    center to understand what I was doing that was so much better.  

    (One team manager told me that nobody was utilizing computer 
    resources and producing results like I was.  At the time, I 
    didn't think much about this comment but over the years I have 
    learned he was correct - not very many computer systems work 
    well - most IT departments & software vendors are not responsive 
    to user needs).

    Example (3):
    Most challenging project completed:
    I rewrote the Unisys financial package that did not work at 
    all.  This is a very long story but the net result is that 
    the school district had a full functional financial system 
    and Unisys paid the school district $10,000 for my batch 
    program changes that they could not fix themselves.  Unisys 
    did not want my new on-line program (workhorse of the system 
    - theirs didn't work at all) because they thought it was too 
    complicated.  My on-line program was 50% smaller and accomp-
    lished more.  Over time, I rebuilt the payroll & financial 
    systems, taking the best features of each totally unrelated 
    application and making them work seamlessly together. 

    Example (4):
    Very good working with clients:
    At the Bank of Boston (now Bank of America), the payroll 
    systems manager told me I was the only consultant that gave 
    him what he wanted.  
    (Again, I provide service, I get things done correctly)

    Example (5):
    Creative computer processing:
    On a Y2K project, one phase was to merge on-going development 
    from other departments with source code that had already been 
    Y2Ked.  With my process, I could merge 125 programs per day.  
    Other contractors would merge 5 programs per day.  I offered 
    to share my process with other Y2K contractors but they were 
    not interested (nor did the company care).
    
    Example (6):
    Flexible creative computer projects:
    The past few years, I have donated consulting days to our 
    Public TV Auction, Channel 11, Durham, NH (1 day per auction 
    day - 67 consulting days so far).  These consulting days are 
    very diverse - that is, I need to be very creative instantly.

    Again, plain and simply, I get things done.  With my extensive 
    experience, I have many supporting stories.  Just ask, chances 
    are I have already solved your typical kinds of problems 
    elsewhere.
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                          TECHNICAL PROFILE:
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HARDWARE:  IBM PC, PS/2
           Mainframes: IBM 1401, 370, 3090, 9021/982, 9672,
                       Unisys B1865, B1990, Honeywell 2040A

NETWORKS: Local/Wide Area, Novell, Peripherals.

SOFTWARE:
   Operating Systems:
        Mainframe & PC Operating Systems:
           MVS/XA, VMS, VS, DOS/VSE, MCPII, 
           MS-DOS, OS, OS/2, Windows 3.1 / 95   / NT / ME
                                    2000 / 2003 / XP.

   Programming Languages: BAL, DAP, NDL, JCL, Cobol, Cobol/2,
           Micro Focus (MicroFocus) NetExpress Cobol, SP2, 
           RM Cobol, C, C++, 4GL, Fortran, Quick, SPD Professional 
           and Visual BASIC, MS-ACCESS, SP2, HTML, Microsoft .NET 
           Technology.

   Applications: SP2, PVCS, IQ Report Writer, TSO, ICCF, Cande, 
           Endevor, On-line HELP, Microsoft, BRIEF, Multi-Edit,
           Data Conversions, Insurance, Payroll, Financial,
           Education, Administration.
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                             EXPERIENCE:
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COMPUTER CONTRACTOR ------------------------ Many Non-Profits
IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT SPECIALIST ---------- Horizon-Boss
SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ------------------------ CCR Data Systems
SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST VI ---------- State of NH
SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST V ----------- State of NH
COMPUTER CONTRACTOR ------------------------
      Sun Life of Canada, Fidelity Investments, The Bank of Boston, 
      Anderson Systems, Inc., Genesys Software Systems, City of Concord
SPECIAL PROJECTS PROGRAMMER ---------------- RealWorld Corp.
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR -------------------------- NH Technical Institute
IS DIRECTOR / SYSTEMS ANALYST / PROGRAMMER - Concord School District
PROGRAMMER --------------------------------- Concord Group Insurance
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