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Mark A. Washburn
1444 267 Ln NE
Isanti MN 55040-9442

OBJECTIVE:
My objective is locate a part-time or a full-time programmer or programming consultant position.

OVERVIEW:
I am a software developer and architect.  I have twenty seven years experience as a programmer and consultant.  I develop solutions and applications for industries which include banking, leasing, health care, engineering, manufacturing, agri-business and government.  I am a Computer Operator, Help Desk Analyst, User Trainer, Hardware Diagnostic Technician, Application Technical Support, Network Technician, Data Forms and Business Reports Analyst, Quality Assurance Tester, Web and Internet Developer, Internet Publisher, Software Engineer, Client/Server Application Developer, Software Development Team Leader, Document Workflow Expert, Information Management Expert, Architect and Consultant.

TECHNICAL BRIEF:
I research, design, integrate, program, prototype, develop, verify, test, install and provide training for computer software and computer hardware.  I specialize with office automation solutions, document workflow and information management.

EMPLOYMENT:
Programmer, consultant,

August 1997 thru October 1997, DataMyte/Allen-Bradley, Minnetonka, Minnesota; Software quality assurance: test plan development, approval trust, developed combinatorial method for improved automated testing of programs, integrated screen display image capture differential tester, SQA Robot, MS 95, MS 3.1(1).

February 1997 thru May 1997, Ulysses Telemedia Sys., Minneapolis, Minnesota; Perl programmer: Solved website Oracle graphics chart print backend integration, Virtual Computer Operating System, EMACS for Java ( VCOS), SGI Indy, Irix, Intel, Perl, MS Visual Basic, HTML, CGI; VCOS.

July 1995 thru February 1996, Siemens, Power Systems, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota; Pascal programmer: Developed energy accounting software, supported research lab, regression testing, developed SCADA tree elements translator software, RS/6000, AIX, IBM Pascal ( certified), C, Perl and Microsoft Excel programming.

June 1991 thru May 1995, AmeriData, AmeriData Technologies, Plymouth, Minnesota, AmeriData Consulting, St. Paul, Minnesota; Document image management software consultant and program engineer: document imaging; developed user friendly client/server application software ( GUI); developed load distributed document data batch indexing ( cost saving high end performance solution for low end hardware); recommended optical character recognition ( OCR) hardware; developed document workflow tools; composed project proposals and outlines; training; hardware verification, installation, testing, diagnostic and repair; capacity planning; scanners, printers, optical drives and jukeboxes; Keyfile, Lotus Notes, PC Docs, Watermark, Unix, OS/2, Novell, Microsoft Windows NT, Micosoft Windows 95, MS 3.11, MS LAN Manager, Calera, MS Word, MS Excel, ReachOut, Microsoft Visual Basic, Borland C++; IBM Image Plus ( certified), David Mitchell & Associates, Consultant ( certified.)

October 1987 thru June 1991, ABACI, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota; Document image management software consultant and program engineer;  Researched, designed, integrated, prototyped, developed, verified, tested, installed and instructed, digitized image wide-area network ( WAN) computer software and hardware for bank signature card records ( optical hand scanner, serial modems, Toshiba 1000 laptop computer networks, Kadak AMX RTOS for DOS support); developed multi-user invoicing program; developed multi-user film lab records program; introduced, appraised, installed and tested local area network; verified and installed scanners and optical disk equipment; research for ABACI book microfilmer tool invention design; facilitated installation of computerized accounting; Keyfile ( certified); Dos, Microsoft Windows; C, Pascal, Forth, Btrieve.

EDUCATION:
High School, Stillwater; accelerated math, physics club, national honor society; three years summer school for programming, technical college for programming, Accounting Internship with 3M; GED.
Computer Science, University of Minnesota; Principles of Programming Language Design, NC.

HARDWARE:
IBM, INTEL, HEWLETT-PACKARD, COMPAQ, APPLE, FUJITSU, PANASONIC, SONY, RICOH, IDE, MICROTEK, KOFAX, XIONICS, LASERMASTER, STORAGE, GRAPHICS, ADAPTERS, SCANNERS, PRINTERS, OPTICAL STORAGE DRIVES, OPTICAL STORAGE JUKEBOXES, ETHERNET, TOKEN RING.

LANGUAGES:
Java, JavaScript, Perl, C, C++, XML, HTML, CGI, SQA Robot, Oracle w/Perl, Keyfile, Macro Assembler, Pascal, BASIC, Lisp, Forth, Fortran, Metaview, DBMS, Btrieve, Microsoft BASIC.