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2001-2003: Teklynx International
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
2002-2003 – Global Technology Advisor
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Conducted research from the Teklynx channel to determine features to promote for the WEDGEWARE product.
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Generated a list of ideas for new products and current product enhancements.
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Developed a company wide business plan to migrate from a hardware security protection device to an Internet based security system. The return on the initial investment will be made within the first year.
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Assisted the president in forming and holding the first meeting of the Teklynx advisory council made up of four outside executives.
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Developed the concept and began the patent process for the Delayed Payment of Software via On-Line Activation system.
2001-2002 – Director of Development – Data Collection Division
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Developed business plan and headed a motivated team that increased sales of data collection products from $75K to over $250K
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Developed a plan to consolidate development efforts of three separate products into one platform.
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Launched the WedgeWare product.
1988-2001: StrandWare, Inc.
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
President / CEO
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Founded company in his home in 1988 after discovering that there were virtually no solutions for printing bar codes in the PC channel.
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Headed worldwide company, which sold over $20 million worth of bar code printing and tracking software over 13 years.
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Creative approaches to channel management, marketing with a company approach of customer satisfaction.
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Developed a strong team of professionals who enjoyed their work and working together.
Supervisor of the Customer Service and Programming departments of a fast growing computer software development and marketing company.
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Performed the management functions of project budgeting and scheduling, hiring, firing, and pay raises.
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Guided the programming staff to the completion of a new product called Direct Net, and a major update to Direct Access. These are DOS menu systems that are marketed worldwide.
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Created the Customer Service department policies and procedures to insure that customers get fast, accurate, and friendly answers to their questions.
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Coordinated all aspects of each project with outside vendors including documentation printing and diskette duplication.
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Helped develop the code for each project.
1982-1986: Cray Research, Inc.
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
1985-1986 – Firmware Engineer for the Cray 3 Department.
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Designed, coded, and debugged the test software in use for testing all Cray 3 integrated circuits. The software is a special language allowing for flexibility as new circuits become available.
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Designed an IBM-PC circuit board interfacing the test software described above with a Gallium Arsenide wafer prober.
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Converted and enhanced several Z80 assembly language programs to 8086 assembly code. The programs dealt with bit mapped graphics for plotting integrated circuit designs.
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Trained several new employees in techniques of Gallium Arsenide testing and problem isolation.
1982-1985 – Programmer Analyst for the Diagnostic Systems Department.
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Developed a communications package for file transfers between Cray mainframes and micro-computers.
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Wrote a printer emulation package interfacing a micro-computer and an accounting mini computer.
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Created a micro-code assembler used to speed the hardware design for communication interfaces between Cray mainframes and other computer systems.
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Fixed software problems for Cray I/O Processors, Cray mainframes, Data General minis, and micro-computers as required.
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Designed and developed a program to automate the paperwork of assembling a Cray computer system.