Experience

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  Civil aviation presidency, airways engineering - kingdom of saudi arabia

  Sept 1992 - Jun 1994

  Software engineer

  • System Manager/Administrator for the Philips P800 S/W development system and backup for the VAX 11-750 S/W development system• Developed and maintained the real-time Air Traffic Control software for King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh• Provided support to the Riyadh sector personnel, participated in design and requirements reviews with the customer• Designed and developed software for AFTN message processing to ICAO specifications• Investigated andsolved consistent system crashing issue to ensure smooth operations of the real-time ATC program• VAX 11-750 using OpenVMS, Philips P786-400, P854, P858 and P859 mini-computers using MAS and STOS, DCL, RTL/2 Show less

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  Metrolist, inc

  Oct 1994 - Mar 2000

  Programmer/analyst ii

  • Designed, developed, coded, debugged and maintained all dictionaries and programs associated with the multiply indexed, RMS databases used in support of the Multiple Listing Service; provided public data (county Assessor, Treasurer and Recorder) to both the Realtor and retail communities of the Denver metro area; increased supported county databases from 5 to 13• Attended off-site classes to develop command procedures and programs to CASS certify addresses in the databases• Routinely dealt with county Assessor and Treasurer‘s offices to troubleshoot data problems• Participated in efforts to ensure Y2K compliance of software and databases• Alpha DS/20 mini-computers using OpenVMS 7.2, DEC BASIC, DCL, DEC RMS, Windows NT Show less

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  T-netix, inc

  Apr 2000 - Oct 2000

  Senior application engineer

  • Developed and maintained the Lock&Track Online jail management system; used SQL to query the relational databases• Created and maintained data input screens for both the GUI and TUI versions of the system• Consolidated over 100 reports into one DCL command file. Modified DCL command files to compile and link desktop application programs. Built text libraries containing data input screens and validation lists.• DEC Alpha Server using OpenVMS 7.2, DCL, VAX Pascal, Oracle DB7 for VMS, SQL, Windows NT Show less

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  Visual numerics, inc

  Dec 2000 - Nov 2001

  Software engineer

  • Developed and maintained the TS-WAVE time series graphical data display and analysis application• Tested on computer platforms with various operating systems for new releases of the product to the customer• DEC Alpha Server using OpenVMS 7.2, SPARC using Solaris 2.7, HP S700 using HPUX 11.0, PV-Wave, C, Windows 98

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  Kwajalein range services

  Jul 2003 - Oct 2010

  Software/systems engineer iii

  • Performed System Admin tasks as required for both the OpenVMS and UNIX operating systems; developed disc cloning, backup and cleansing procedures to ensure the security and integrity of both the applications and data• Designed and implemented mission specific tracking regimen for multiple optical sensors to effect optimal simultaneous data collection on reentering objects and space resident objects• Enhanced and adapted the optical sensor real-time software and DCL command procedures to accommodate evolving missions; performed real-time application development and maintenance using Fortran/OpenVMS and C/Unix• Generated and distributed the Alpha real-time scripting programs to support missions; these scripts were responsible for coordinating the data collection activities among multiple camera and recording systems• Created specific procedures/requirements for each reentry and space track mission to ensure optimal data collection. Calculated fixed camera look angles and optical tracking sensor horizon break angles for each mission to prevent unwanted mount slewing during reentry vehicle acquisition; generated mission decks and distributed to the Alpha computers to provide a reliable backup tracking contingency• Performed mission data analysis to ensure compliance with requirements. Discovered, documented and reported Telemetry TBSP data anomalies resulting in more accurate directing data to the optical sensors • Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) for Admin Closed Area. Involved heavily in Photo Lab and outer island security. Participated in the NISPOM to DIACAP conversion process and generated several DIACAP software artifacts.• Dec Alpha 2100 Server using OpenVMS 6.2, SGI O2 using IRIX 6.5 Unix, Unix Scripting, Windows 98, NT, 2000, XP, Red Hat Linux, Fortran 77, C, DCL, csch, tcsch, CVS Configuration Control, Visual C++, MATLAB, Excel, PowerPoint, MS-DOS, FTP, Telnet• DoD Top Secret/SSBI Show less

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  Affinion group, contracting through apex soultions

  Apr 2011 - Oct 2011

  Openvms/fortran developer - it consultant - contract position

  • Designed, developed, coded, debugged, tested and maintained client membership services applications; this included Fortran programs, OpenVMS DCL command procedures, control files and relational databases; embedded S1032 SQL queries in the Fortran programs to manage the relational databases; created reports using S1032 (SQL-like query language for OpenVMS)• Created Software Service Requests (SSR) and Requests For Change (RFC) and logged using Rational ClearCase and Remedy• Interfaced with systems analysts for customer requirements• Dec Alpha DS/20 Server and VAX 4000 using OpenVMS 7.3, DCL, DECTPU, Fortran 77, System 1032 DMS, Rational ClearQuest and Rational ClearCase, BMC Remedy Mid Tier 7.1, Windows XP Show less

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  Xavient information systems w dish/blockbuster retail pos development group

  Apr 2012 - Sept 2013

  Fortran/openvms developer

  • Developed, coded, debugged, tested, maintained and documented Blockbuster Retail Point-of-Sale (POS) application• Wrote programs in Java using jEdit in command line mode and Eclipse IDE in a Test Driven Development environment to dump store-resident indexed database files in support of the AIRS POS application• Provided support for Blockbuster store POS issues• Dec Alpha DS/10 Workstation using OpenVMS 7.3, DCL, DECTPU, Fortran 77/90, CMS for OpenVMS, Sharepoint, Windows XP, Java 1.7, J2EE, Eclipse IDE, jEdit, FTP, PuTTY Show less

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  Raytheon

  Jan 2015 - now

  • Sr Info Systems Technologist I

    Sept 2014 - now

  • Sr Info Systems Technologist I

    Jan 2015 - Jan 2015

  • Sr Info Systems Technologist I

    Jan 2015 - Jan 2015
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  Home

  Apr 2019 - now

  Retired

  I have, after 53 years of working, retired. We plan on leaving Colorado and relocating to Arizona where I don't have to freeze and shovel snow.