7521 Camp Alger Ave.
Falls Church VA 22042
703-573-6044 / 703-863-4329
awarnold @ lastnamesoftware.net
| Infinite Computer Solutions |
2004-Present |
| Business Analyst sub-contracted to IBM on a U.S. Postal Service contract supporting USPS customer satisfaction measurement initiatives. |
Develop software, document procedures, maintain production databases.
- Develop computer program designs and specifications.
- Analyze and identify problems. Create solutions and implement them.
- Technical Lead for the team.
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| First Virginia Services, Inc |
1982-2003 |
| Information Technology & Communications subsidiary of
First Virginia Banks, Inc. |
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| Project Leader, Information Technology Applications Development |
1985-2003 |
Plan and schedule software development and maintenance projects.
Work with multiple levels of the user community to create functional specifications.
General Tasks
- Develop computer program designs and specifications. Write the specifications so
that other team members can develop the program code.
- Analyze and identify problems. Create solutions and implement them.
- Technical Lead for the team, guide other team members and help them set frameworks for their analysis and problem
solving.
- Plan and schedule software development projects.
- Report project status to management.
Specific Accomplishments
- Maintained and upgraded a document management system written in Delphi, using an Oracle
database.
- Converted a stock exchange application from Clipper to Delphi. The application
helped the Corporate Secretary's staff manage
the exchange of stock certificates related to an acquisition.
- Pioneered the use of controlled compiling.
Designed and implemented procedures to manage the compile process. This saved
hundreds of hours of re-compiling and re-testing by preventing the use of incorrect
parameters and improper libraries.
- Designed and implemented a COBOL report writer, which is a modular process that
produces multiple reports with a single pass of the input file. Savings derived
from the fact that a new report can be added to the process without changing any existing
programs.
- Designed and implemented a SAS report writer including the conversion a large
hierarchical file (35+ million records) into a SAS database consisting of several smaller
sequential files. This report writer reduced processing time for daily report
production because reports no longer processed unneeded records in the hierarchy.
- Initiated the use of segmented/concatenated parameter files.
Segmentation enabled re-use of portions of the parameter files.
Re-use saved several hours of programmer time because a change to one segment would
effect several jobs.
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Virginia QSO Party Software |
2001-Present |
- The Virginia QSO Party is an amateur (ham) radio contest, whose object
is to contact as many ham operators in as many Virginia counties as possible
within the time limit of the contest. Scoring is more complex than in
other state QSO parties. Other logging programs have minimal support
for the Virginia QSO Party.
- Developed the software and released it in 2001. Annual updates have been released since 2002.
- Redeveloped the software in 2006. New version utilized Visual Basic .Net and Access database.
- Developed web pages and internet distribution mechanism.
- Marketing methods include placement of links on the web pages of the contest
sponsor and of selected amateur radio clubs.
- The software is available on the web at
http://www.lastnamesoftware.net
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Other Related Experience |
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| Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO): Programmer Analyst
| 1973-1982 |
| U.S. Air Force: Computer Operator
| 1969-1973 |
Updated on ... March 15, 2005