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1. L3 Communications 1996- 2005
Staff Programmer, Ideveloped firmwareandASICchipfora stand alone system, whichcontrolled
mobile telephone systemwhichwasRFconnectedtobase system. I builtintothe firmware the ability
for testingof the circuitsandlogicof the board. This insuredthatboardsreleasedwere completely
functional andneverfailedunlessphysical damage occurred. Idevelopedsoftware tocontrol
functionalityandcommunicationstomanysystemswhichcontrolledmobile devicesandsystems.
Novell 1993-1996
ProfessionalConsultant,IdesignedanddevelopedPersonal Netware. This allowed customerstohave
a networkof a fewcomputers,andas theygrew,to move tofull blownNetware.The same client
software wasusedonboth systemssothe move wastransparentto enduser. This implementedthe
same data specificationsasfull blownNetware. This wasone the few systemsthathad no bugsever
foundand identifiedin the initial release.
Unisys1983-1993
Staff ProgrammerinSpecial products designinghardware andsoftware for customerswhereexisting
systemsavailabledidnotmatch theirneeds. I wrote firmware interminals tochange toconvertto
VT220 protocol to workwith UNIX system. Ichangedterminal tohandle all 5 levelsof TCP/IPprotocol. I
made manyhardware and software changestomatch customer’sneeds,
Wicat System1983
I designedandre-wrote Frontendof FORTRAN compilertoaddfeaturesandremove 230 complaints
that were writtenagainstthe Universityof Berkleycompilerthey hadacquiredbecause itwaspublic
domain. I made itintoa worldclasscompilerandgotthemout of a lawsuit.
Sperry1973-1983
SeniorProgrammer I designedanddevelopedUTSCOBOL, whichturneddumbstandalone terminal,
whichreceived protocol fromthe mainframe,intosmart terminal whichranstandalone programsat
the terminal. Thiswasa newconceptto off loadprogrammingto the terminal. Thisdevelopedintoan
earlynetworkthatallowedupto32 terminalstoshare data and programming. These programshad
implementationaroundthe world.
BYU 1970-1973
InstructorComputerScience. I taught classesincomputerlanguagesandinformationstructure. Also
co developedUTSCOBOL,whichallowedstudenttosubmitCOBOLprogramsinbatch processing
reducingthe costand turnaround for studenttosubmitprograms.
2. Boeing1967-1969
DesignEngineerIdevolvedstructural systemsandinterfacedwithCustomers.
Utah Transit Authority1985- 1993
Consultant I developedanddesignedacompletepackage toreplace asystemwhichwasantiquated
and outof date,not functioningwithanyreliability. Itwas basedina PC, whichafterinitial bootup,
replacedthe DOSoperatingsystemandinterfacedwiththe BIOS. There were multiple boardsinthe
system,eachwithitsownoperating system,capable of running128 differentcommunicationlines and
17 processors runningin parallel. Itinitiallycommunicatedwith aVT220 terminalswhichwere later
replacedwithmultitaskingPC.