SUMMARY

Extremely creative individual with business sense and strong vision - ideal candidate to lead companies producing entertainment, Christian based content and/or interactive educational media into the worldwide internet market space. Extensive background includes having been a Multimedia Producer and designer of interesting content for educational and entertainment CD ROM, on-line interaction, and World Wide Web sites. Strong background as a business analyst, software engineer and consultant with 14 years of experience within all phases of the systems development lifecycle including the ability to manage projects (planning, analysis, coding, quality assurance, testing, documentation, and delivery).  Past development experience and participation in professional conferences (IEEE) includes Artificial Intelligence concepts such as agent technology, profiling, push technology, and digital libraries. Also has teaching experience amounting to 10 years (concurrently) in 3 community colleges and an inner city high school.

Bachelor of Science, Humanities & Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985 

Master of Arts, Computer Science, Queens College, 1997
 
 

Hardware: IBM PC and Compatibles, Multimedia PC, MACINTOSH Quadra 800,950, POWERMAC 
Operating Systems: MS-DOS 6.2, Windows 3.11, Windows 95-98, MAC OS 7.5 
Databases: dBase IV, ORACLE, Microsoft ACCESS 
Languages: LINGO, VISUAL BASIC, LISP, PASCAL, SQL, LOGO 
Expert System: ART, KEE, CLIPS, ADS, CLOS 
Project. Mgmt: PROJECT WORKBENCH, Microsoft PROJECT 
Multimedia: MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR 4.0, LINGO, Adobe PREMIERE 4.0, QuickTime, Video for Windows, Sound Cards, Video Capture & Playback Hardware 
Windows Aps: MS OFFICE, LOTUS SMARTSUITE, MS WORKS, MS WORD, Word Perfect 
Macintosh Apps: Adobe PHOTOSHOP
Internet /Tools: TELNET, FTP,NETSCAPE 4.7, INTERNET EXPLORER BROWSERS
Web Development: HOTMETAL(HTML Editor) 

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

* Multimedia/Commercial CD-ROM * Publishing 

* Insurance * Information Services 

* Transportation * Defense   *E-Commerce

* Energy Utilities * Research & Development 

MULTIMEDIA & INTERACTIVE CONTENT DESIGN

• Masters Thesis: A Digital Library Architecture for Interactive Television. The on-line system keeps track of TV viewer's personal preferences and profile and automates the process of controlling what content material is allowed into your television. 
• History of proven ability to create content for interactive CD ROM or on-line end users (some examples): 
• THE MELTING POT: An On-line Area for Inter-Cultural Enlightenment & Understanding,(C)Bert Barrett 1996 
• INTERACTIVE TV: A Digital Library Architecture for Interactive TV, (C) Bert Barrett 1995 
• AGENT TECHNOLOGY: Team Work Architecture for Collaborative Robot Planning, IEEE,1993 
• STUFF: An Interactive Discovery Learning Environment for Chemistry Education, (C)Bert Barrett 1985 
• VISUAL PROGRAMMING: A Visual Programming Framework for Interactive TV, (C) Bert Barrett 1985 

• Developed a CD ROM title for Computer Based Training using MacroMedia Director and Adobe Premiere making use of Director's advanced features , LINGO and generation of Quick Time movies in Premiere with applied filters and special effects. 

• Former student at the M.I.T. Media Lab, Learning and Epistemology Group, Prof. Seymour Papert (LOGO & Turtle Geometry) 

• Experienced in managing multimedia development. 
• Managed and coordinated efforts of 4 graphic artists, a sound production engineer, and 2 programmers. 
• Quality Assurance (Testing large Software Systems) 
• Development process control, bug reporting, report generation, versioning, coordination of test team effort. 
• General Skills 
• Proficient in Project Planning 
• Project Cost Estimation 
• Preparation of Feasibility and Requirements Studies 
• Business Analysis 
• Computerized Project Management Tools. 

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

AUTOMATED DESIGN CO., NY (EDUCATIONAL CD-ROM TITLE) 

• Applied hands-on skills: MacroMedia DIRECTOR 4.0 & LINGO to develop interaction & animation. 
• Applied hands-on skills in ADOBE PREMIERE to enhance old instructional videotapes with transition effects, superimposition of graphics, and pan and zoom effects. Prepared QuickTime movies for incorporation into title and used video compression techniques. 
• Dealt with cross-platform issues and delivered on both Mac and PC. 
• Applied Quality Assurance Process that required extensive testing of the CD ROM title on many machines on both platforms in accordance with strict methodology culled from experience. 

• Assessed business requirements, designed and implemented an expert system for preservation of expertise in the area of airport data analysis. 
• Implemented a module which provided users with menu-driven access to a variety of options for extraction, filtering, massaging and charting historical data. 

• Assessed business requirements, designed, implemented, tested, and delivered an integrated application for preparation of gas orders (Gas Dispatch Application). 
• Integrated an expert system rule base, a linear program, and a report generator on a 486 DOS platform. 
• Conducted Knowledge Acquisition meetings with experts. 
• Modeled data and information requirements and designed the relational database scheme using Information Engineering techniques. 
• Documented the system by writing major portions of the System Requirements Definition, the User's Guide, and System Design Documents. 

• Developed a significant portion of code for the Directory Assistant (DX) System, an automated system for laying out the listings and advertisements in the Yellow Pages. 

• Developed a prototype simulation of the crew vehicle interface for futuristic E-2C surveillance aircraft. 
• Integrated simulation with a Threat Assessment Expert System. Radar blips were identified by the Expert System and updated in the simulation to reflect friendly, hostile, or neutral status. 
• Developed a prototypical expert system that could determine how to present information to the crew of an aircraft based on rules elicited from a group of Human Factors specialists. 

Internet Human Resources Company

• Supervised the test planning effort for a company that builds a tool for Human Resources Benefits Administration over the Internet. Made extensive use of the Use Case Methodology for organization of test cases into a library and for project estimation.

• Tested Internet applications for bank wire transfers and ACH transactions.

• Wrote the portions of the contract that called for Quality Assurance skills. 
• Established a structured testing methodology appropriate for the proposal requirements. 

As Quality Assurance Manager for the CASES (Capabilities Assessment Expert System) Project, a system used by U.S. Naval officers to evaluate relative fighting capabilities of U.S. and enemy forces. 

• Organized and conducted the overall Acceptance Testing Program for the final full-prototype release, a large undertaking involving the validation of software components implemented in a distributed, client server environment. 
• Designed, implemented and maintained a database of software problem reports in ORACLE. 
• Generated software problem reports out of ORACLE for developers to review and address problems. 
• Conducted interviews with Naval Officers to gather information necessary to make good test scenarios. 
• Developed and utilized test war time scenarios for military campaigns in CASES. 
• Scheduled and performed regression tests and individually tested FORTRAN-based modules. 

Consulting Assignment: NYS BUREAU OF LIQUIDATION OF INSURANCE COMPANIES, NY,NY 

• Assessed and analyzed business problems resulting from bad data. 
• Drafted and implemented a plan for the establishment of a good and useful data model. 
• Re-engineered process of maintaining the data. 
• Established new business forms, procedures, and workflow. 

Feb. 1998 – 2000: Senior Quality Assurance Analyst – Specializing in Test Planning for Electronic Commerce/Internet Applications. 

Feb. 1995 - 1997: Multimedia Producer, 2-BZ Media Inc., Lynbrook, NY. Design and development of multimedia titles for education and entertainment. 

Nov. 1991 - Feb. 1995: Senior Consultant, AGS/Keane Inc., New York, NY 

Established an excellent reputation as a software design and development consultant – expert systems. 

Aug. 1989 - Nov. 1991: Senior Programmer, Grumman Data Systems, Bethpage, NY 

Developed futuristic man-machine interfaces and expert systems for pilots. 

CONCURRENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Sept. 1986 - Present: Adjunct Instructor, SUNY Old Westbury, University of Hawaii, and SUNY Empire State College. Teach subjects: Introduction to Computer Applications in Business, Computers in Society, Multimedia Today, Web Publishing, Multimedia Title Development. 

PUBLICATIONS
 

• IEEE Computer Society Press, 1993 

• IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1997 

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