Installer / Operator Aug 2000 – Oct 2001

Worked on two extended projects for British Petroleum: Installed IBM Laptop and Desktop computers at Prudhoe Bay. This included setting up and configuring Microsoft Outlook, transferring applicable user data to the new computer from the old one via a shared network drive, and installing application programs (eg. Brio Query, PhotoShop, Oracle, SyBase, Claris Draw, Office, etc.). Set up positional and user mail accounts and personal folders then tested each one to insure operational readiness. As well as working both the East and West sides of the North Slope, spent two weeks each at the Milne Point and Badami sites. Installed video and SCSI cards. Worked on the slope until December on a two-week on and one week off basis. Worked at BP building in Anchorage on midnight shift as a mainframe (IBM 390) computer operator. Maintained 20 terabyte tape library, scheduled & maintained programs, and performed duties as Helpdesk for Alyeska Pipeline and BP (north slope).

EDP Systems Manager Jul 1999 – Apr 2000

Maintained computer operations at two remote sites (King Salmon & Galena) in Alaska. Recommended IS priorities and managed the information management budget. Set up Windows NT networks on MICRON 5200 servers at both sites. Maintained Email and network connection with Elmendorf Air Force Base using MS Exchange and Outlook for nine individuals. Troubleshot and repaired all hardware and software, to include replacement of hard drives, CD drives, and network cards. Wrote a comprehensive system to track mess hall inventory using Microsoft Access. Set up and maintained all computer terminals, fax machines, copiers, etc. Responsible for maintaining WinterCress, a third party material management program.

Information Systems Director Nov 1982 – Jul 1998

I guided the ACVB through a series of word processors, an IBM System/36, then thru three generations of IBM AS400's — culminating in a Model 600 (9402) running TCP/IP over ethernet and acting as a Web server via a leased line connection from GCI. I connected this AS400, with router, 24 port hub, and 16 port Baystack network switch to a LAN served by an IBM 325 computer. The LAN was comprised of seventeen workstations – ten IBM diskless network terminals, seven PCs, and three printers. The remainder of the 28 dumb terminals and seven printers were connected via twin-ax cable through a patch panel to the AS400. I personally wired the entire system (I even soldered the majority of the twin-ax connectors used by the terminals & printers).

• I was quoted in a nationally published trade publication (ComputerWorld magazine) in regard to connecting a dedicated fax to an IBM AS400 midrange system.

• I installed and configured IBM Firewall on an Internet Server.

• I created AS400 line, controller, and device descriptions to facilitate communications and remote access.

• I conceptualized, wrote code for (RPG, IBM CL and SQL), and implemented departmental & organization wide systems, and then authored & published written policy and procedure guides for those systems.

• I personally developed a method of tracking Convention/Meeting Sales that still produces facts and figures used by Anchorage & Alaskan government and private industry to report and predict the economic impact of tourism spending to Anchorage.

• I wrote the first comprehensive system to track International and Domestic travel and tour operators for a Convention & Visitors Bureau. The International Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus four years ago in a study of how tourism is tracked by various organizations used my system as a model.

Battalion Executive Officer - Fort Knox, Kentucky Jan 1977 – Mar 1980

Received special permission from HQs Department of the Army, Washington D.C., to be utilized as the Battalion Executive Officer for the US Army Reception Station, Ft Knox, Kentucky. Set up and maintained an automated system to facilitate accession of newly enlisted personnel into the US Army. Represented the Station in a Manpower survey and picked up 18 enlisted and one officer position. After a three-year tenure, was recognized by President Regan for the manner in which I performed those duties.

Personnel Admin Center Supervisor - Fort Richardson, Alaska Mar 1980 – Oct 1982

Supervised the Personnel Administration Center for an Infantry Battalion (approx 600 soldiers) until I broke my leg in several places while training on a glacier in Cordova, Alaska. Was reassigned to Headquarters, 172d Infantry Battalion where I received an Honorable Discharge from Federal Service approx 8 months later.

1989 - Associates Degree, University of Alaska, Anchorage

1986 - Programming in VAX Basic – UAA, Anchorage, AK

1988 - PageMaker – UAA, Anchorage, AK

1993 - Performance Tuning & Analysis – IBM Anchorage, AK

1994, 95 & 97 - Fall IBM COMMON Conference – San Antonio & Chicago

1996 - CASE Tools & How to Use Them – Anchorage Hilton Hotel

1997 - Windows ‘95 Configuration & Troubleshooting – Sheraton Anchorage Hotel

1998 - Lotus Smart Suite '97 (Spreadsheet, Presentation Graphics, Word Processing, Organizer, and database applications) – MicroAge/AIS Learning Center – Anchorage, AK

2001 – Excel 2000 (levels 1 & 2); Microsoft Project 2000 (level 1); Building an Internet Based Interactive Order Form – Element K Online course from British Petroleum