During the last four decades, I have worked every year except one, when I took my family to Europe. 
Contract jobs often overlapped other jobs, and having employees extended my scope.
Programming is Fun, especially when a qualified team cooperates intensely. 
In the Role column, E means employee; C means contractor. 
In the Value column, the word millions means at least one million saved by efficiencies or earned by sales.  Some projects were Essential to keeping the organization in business; some saved thousands.  In several cases, information from the General Ledger was not available.

Organization	From	Thru	Role	Project	Value	Link
Azusa Pacific University(APU) Azusa, CA PeopleSoft Developer	2011 Aug	2014 Dec	E	PeopleSoft Bundle Maintenance, extracts for Learning Management, the Library, the Cafeteria; Document Processing	unknown	xxx
APU Assoc. Dir. of Programming	1997 Nov	2011 Mar	E	full spectrum of university services. maintained software	millions/yr in savings	xxx
Electronic Data Systems Anaheim, CA	1997 Apr	1997 Nov	C	Chevrolet of GM; Y2K parser Blue Cross Emulation	unknown	PCC
National Electronics(NEC) Garden Grove, CA	1996 Sep	1997 Mar	C	Foundations in C for Business Programmers	thousands	PCC
Richey Electronics, Garden Grove, CA Project Manager & Programmer	1996 Apr	1996 Aug	C	Advantis WebCrawler: automatic logon and info retrieval from manufacturers’ websites	many millions in  new sales	PCC
Vanguard University Costa Mesa, CA	1996 Feb	1996 May	C	Interim DP Manager kept DP going	essential	PCC
National Electronics, Garden Grove, CA	1995 Aug	1996 Jan	C	OneBin Inventory; Sales Calculations	millions/yr	PCC
APU Computer Manager	1993 Apr	1995 Jul	E	Installed Bitech Accounting & SRN Student Records; Many imports and exports; Unified software on COBOL	Essential
Orange County Software Co, Tustin, CA	1993 Mar	1993 May	C	Edit Documentation	thousands	PCC
Garowan Farms Ridley, CA	1992 Apr	1992 Sep	C	Barcodes and radio controlled scanners	thousands	PCC
Stockwell & Binney San Bernardino, CA	1992 Jul	1993 Feb	C	specialty inventory; wiring;	thousands	PCC
Atari, Cupertino, CA	1989 Apr	1989 Apr	C	Point of Sale on HP3000; credit card processing	essential	PCC
Leo’s Stereo Long Beach	1989 Jan	1989 Nov		Consulting with Ron McMichael	friendship	PCC
Air Quality Management District, Diamond Bar, CA	1989 Oct	1992 Apr	C	Reduced Project Backlog; new billing system; smog bank; port Ingres DB to Data General	millions/yr	PCC
The Federated Group	1988 Jun	1990 Jan	C	12 months of progress; 6 months of decay	millions	PCC
Capstan Conveyor Los Angeles, CA	1987 Aug	1988 Feb	C	Wrote and Installed software to monitor and control conveyor systems for their customers	millions	PCC
Residence Inn’s Newport Beach, CA	1987 Jul	1987 Aug	C	Evaluate their old Mohawk Data System and suggest replacement	thousands	PCC
Builder’s Brass	1987 Apr	1987 Jul	C	Modified Purchase Order System	unknown	PCC
Sierra Pacific Investments, Newport Beach, CA	1985 Nov	1987 Apr	C	Fixed Accounting bugs, Wrote K1 processing	2 million	PCC
Big Lots (aka Pic’n’Save) Rancho Cucamunga & Carson Programmer & Designer	1985 Jul	1985 Oct	C	physical inventory, multi-state payroll	6 million	PCC
National Electronics	1982 Nov	1994 Apr	C	Fax Cannon, AutoShipping, GenSale	millions/yr	PCC
Pilgrim Computer Corp; owner	1982 Nov	2006 Dec	O	Contracting at more than 30 businesses	various	xxx
The Federated Group City of Commerce DP Manager	1982 Jul	1985 Jun	E	Cash Register System; check tracking; voice over IP	40 millions plus much more	xxx
National Electronics Garden Grove, CA DP Manager	1981 Nov	1982 Jul	E	Installed and Enhanced Inventory, Sales, and Accounting	1.6 million project	xxx
Munson Management & Munson Sporting Goods, Sr. Programmer &  Tech Sales Advisor	1978 Nov	1981 Nov	E	Create Formatted Screens. Re-wrote Purchasing System, Inventory System	sold six multi-million systems	xxx
Irvine Unified School District Teacher, Programmer	1971 Oct	1982 Sep	E C	Taught math, history, and computer science, re-designed paper forms, wrote programs for labor negotiations	affected labor negotiations	xxx
Ramadata: Owner Santa Ana, CA	1971 Jun	1982 Oct	O	Reports and Data Conversions	thousands/ yr	xxx
Education Data Systems Costa Mesa, CA	1971 May	1971 Aug	E	helped write the Bullock’s Cash Register System	half million/ first system
OneShot Computing:Owner Santa Ana, CA	1970 Oct	1982 Oct	O	Statistics for PhD students, mostly at UC-Irvine	hundreds/yr
City of Racine, WI Assistant to Director of Parks, Fred Zimdars	1970 May	1970 Oct	E	Drafting, Bid Preparation for several building projects, DP fixes	millions in bids
Jim Thayer, Architect Costa Mesa, CA	1970 Jan	1970 Apr	C	made calcomp plotter do drafting	hundreds
Transmask Corporation Costa Mesa, CA	1969 Oct	1969 Dec	E	made Calcomp plotter cut masks for chips	hundreds
Racine Unified Schools, WI student worker	1966 Nov	1967 May	kid	wrote BAL routines for input and formats	fun
IBM, Milwaukee, WI	1966 Aug	1966 Aug	kid	Mr. Silverman gave me a BAL manual and a Programmer Guide	fun