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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

 

PCC 1982 - 2014