Resume Update ...

Resume Update

After completing my term appointment at Brookhaven National Lab in February 1999, I devoted increased time to teaching, writing, software consulting, and commercial website development.
Since my last resume, recent activities have included the following:

Teaching

Briarcliffe College, Bethpage, NY

Appointed as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science in Spring 1999.

Taught courses in Operating Systems principles, Unix, and C++ Programming Language.

Completed instructor training at Cisco Regional Academy, January 2000.

The Gibbs School, Melville, NY
Engaged as a consultant to establish a new course sequence in Unix system administration.
Appointed as Instructor in April 1999. Taught courses in Unix and in website development.
Developed and taught a new sequence in Mutimedia HTML for the Graphic Arts program.
Also gave invited lectures on management training and on innovative teaching techniques.

St. Joseph's College, Patchogue, NY
Invited lectures on "innovative teaching techniques"
Appointed as Instructor. Taught courses in programming languages and mathematics.

Office of Continuing Education, Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY
Taught non-credit courses in internet and e-commerce, in 1999. (In prior years, I taught such courses in computer applications, software development, and C programming language.)

Long Island Web Developers Guild
As part of the "Mentorship program" (pro-bono work to build websites for charitable organizations), I set up training programs, teaching HTML to the volunteers and on-line tutorials for future projects.

Consulting

In House Legal Services, Inc., Sanford, Florida
Since July 1999, engaged as a consultant by In House, an established firm supplying "litigation management" software to insurance companies in several states. Duties and accomplishments included:

Web-enabling two existing products (involving CGI scripts, ASP, and database replication at remote web servers).
Establishing both web-based configuration management, to allow upper management to regain control of software being written by developers in five states (FL,MD,NJ,NY,CO).
Advising key personnel regarding software quality assurance and integration/regression testing.
Accompanying the CEO on sales presentations to insurance companies and in negotiations with other companies seeking strategic partnerships.

Other recent consulting
March to July 1999, software and e-commerce consulting for a startup venture in the fashion industry.
Also from March to July 1999, as a part-time consultant, I helped a large food company establish internal standards for design review, configuration control, and problem tracking.
In early 1999, I wrote real-time device drivers for a video tape company.
In 1998 and early 1999, I was retained by a major distibutor of office furniture to train their key staff in preparation for, and during, transition to a new operating system and software.

Website Development

In recent years, along with a business partner and some hired developers, I established small commercial websites for a number of small businesses, professionals, and organizations, including:

A jewelry company in New Hampshire.
A ski resort in the Catskill Mountains.
A local group of Acupuncturists.
An national organization for Holistic Medicine.
A musician, promoting performances and recordings.
An author, exhibiting a collection of essays.
A large website for a political party's state organization.
Contributed pro bono work to create websites for ABCO and other civic groups,
(See above for pro bono work on websites for the LIWDG Mentorship Program.)

Miscellaneous

Testified as an expert witness in litigations involving software engineering, quality, and practices.