Bob's Computer Experience




Legacy Experience




Certification



Programing

      I did extensive programming in the early 1980s in Extended interpreted BASIC. In the late 1990s, I did programming in QBASIC. Recently I have been programming in HTML and beginning Java. I'm a a volunteer with the Orleans County, NY genealogy site and have converted about 1,300 files for them from the First Choice Word Processor and text files to HTML. I use notepad as the HTML editor. The genealogy site was never intended to be fancy because its main purpose is to make the information available and to be updated periodically.

Examples of HTML programming:
                  This site
                  Hales Technologies - This was my first commercial site.
                  Hales Technologies - This is their current site.


Repair

      I have been repairing my own computers for 23 years. I recently worked at Microworx as a repair technician for 19 months. This involved both hardware repairs & upgrades (486s to Pentium 4s) and software repairs, usually caused by viruses. The systems included all versions of Windows since Windows 3.0 except NT 3.x.


Church Computer Specialist

      I have been assisting church leaders with computer problems since 1993. In 2004 I was called as Assistant Stake Clerk (Computers) and worked with Brother Locke in the stake's upgrade to MLS.



Resume

Education
Cornell University in Ithaca, NY - BS in Agricultural Engineering
SUNY Brockport - 24 graduate hours in Secondary Science Education including one course in programing in BASIC

Industry Certificates
      Microsoft - MCP, MCP+Internet, MCSE & MCT - Transcript
                  Microsoft Certified Professional (Windows 95, 98 & NT4)
                  Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet
                  Microsoft Certified System Engineer (NT4)
                  Microsoft Certified Trainer (Not current)
      CompTIA - A+ & Network+
      Novell - Certified Novell Administrator - NetWare 3 & 4

Computer Work Experience
BarCharts: 2004; Technical editor for the BarCharts authored by John Hales of Hales Technologies
Microworx Direct: Jul 2001 - Jan 2003; This involved both hardware repairs & upgrades (486s to Pentium 4s) and software repairs, usually caused by viruses. The systems included all versions of Windows since Windows 3.0 except NT 3.5x.
New Horizons Computer Learning Center:: Mar 2000 - Jan 2001; Teaching MCSE(NT4) courses, Windows 95 & 98 and Beginning Excel 97

Xerox through Ajilon: Dec 1996 - Jun 1998; Software Tester for advanced printer systems on a Unix platform. I worked in a mixed environment of Sun Workstations, PCs, Macs networked with TCP/IP, IPX and Apple Talk through Novell 3.12 & 4.1 servers. There was limited network administration on Novell & Unix.
NOTE:: I have been exposed to a lot of different hardware, operating systems and user software over the last 23 years. The software currently being used include MS Office, Imaging Software, Personal Ancestral File and other genealogical software, etc..


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