Personal

• BA in Mathematics, Yale University, 1968.
• MA in Mathematics, Yale University, 1968.
• Ph.D. in Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1974.
• Robert A. Millikan Post Doctoral Fellow in Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1975.

    Focus of Prior and Current Projects

    Computer Expertise

    Recent Large Scale Projects and Positions

(2000- )

These corporations develop and license web-based database systems.  Systems currently include: K-12 school database, project management, finance, association database, and hospital patient database.

Designed and developed order entry, report generation, invoicing, management information, modem communication and electronic mail system to streamline operations for the entire company. Worked with the president, IT director, director of operations, technical support people, and staff to design a system which eliminated delays for providing accurate field test results in a final report to customers in minimal time.

This system uses the Internet to transfer data between 400 field computers and a central server.  Database size is 14+ GB and growing several hundred Mbytes per month.

Provide high-level assistance to maintain and enhance this system.   Created interfaces to move data into the corporate accounting system and into Internet-based data warehouses.

References: Dan Sharplin, CEO; Jerry Folsom, IT Director; Phone (800)800-4633.

• Consultant at CBS (1997)

  Enhanced operating software for entering time sheet information and generating payroll uploads to a mainframe to implement rules for numerous unions with complex contracts.

• Member of the Professional Staff at the California Institute of Technology, 1201 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91225

(1984-1997:)

Developing systems to run the Admissions and Financial Aid departments, including interface to a legacy mainframe system and to federal and College Scholarship data streams. Developed and deployed a computerized Freshman Application.

References: David Levy, Director of Financial Aid, Charlene Liebau, Director of Admissions, Paul Dimotakis, Chairman of Faculty Financial Aid Committee.

(1983-1994:)

Supervised CADRE (Computer-Aided Design, Research, and Education Project) in the Division of Engineering and Applied Science. Developed CADRE as the principal network of computers used for teaching Engineering students at Caltech.

Planned use of computers, networks, and other hardware. Proposed and implemented system upgrades. Acted as liaison with the faculty steering committee. Coordinated and presented training seminars on computer software and techniques. Coded and supervised coding of network and graphics applications needed for course-work and research. Developed and maintain accounting software. Facilitated campus-wide hardware and software projects. Assisted with connections to Internet throughout the Engineering and Applied Sciences Division.

Reference: Professor Paul Dimotakis, (818)395-4456.

• Senior Scientist at the California Institute of Technology, 1201 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91225 (1976-1982).

Developed and deployed a computerized radon monitor for earthquake prediction in Southern California.
Carried out various atomic and nuclear physics measurements on crystalline materials using nuclear accelerators.

Reference: Professor Tom Tombrello, (818)395-4581.

• Partner in Interfield Research Associates, 2314 La Mesa Drive, Santa Monica, California (1984-1994).

Developed a network system for high-speed laboratory applications in the early 1980s, named IRANET. (This software is similar to Novell's Netware, but predates it and runs on Digital Equipment Corporation computers rather than PCs. It has been used widely by hospitals to transfer data between ADAC, Siemens, and Gamma-11 based nuclear medicine and radiology imaging systems and VAX computers.)

Provided technical support for IRANET and on-site customization for a number of customers in the US, Europe, and Canada.

Worked on-site at: Gulf Oil, Kodak, General Dynamics, Karonlinska Hospital (Stockholm, Sweden), Pierre Boucher Hospital (Liongueuil, Quebec, Canada), Children's Hospital (Boston), UCLA, and other locations on various real-time data acquisition and network systems.

    Other Clients in the Local Area

• Institute of Geology, Beijing, People's Republic of China (1981 and 1983; Earthquake prediction research)
• Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and Instituto Nacional de Energia Nuclear (1976; nuclear physics research and presentation of seminars)

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