Simple resume of Dave Reed

My latest creation is Photo Jockey and can be found at:

I’m very proud of this project because it consists of about 1,000 lines of optimized assembler code and over 500,000 lines of Delphi (Pascal). It has features that can't be found in any other known software (such as Corel, Adobe or Camera manufacturers like Canon or Nikon). It has special zooming that retains clarity and sharpness. Also has digital image fingerprinting that is fast. It can scan through 30,000 images and in about 2 minutes to tell you all of your DUPLICATE images, even if they are rotated or different sizes or brighter/darker or different aspect ratio or different sizes or different quality!

OBJECTIVE

To work for a company that develops new leading edge software or a company that develops hardware devices that are controlled by software. To work for a company that is open to creative new ideas and that recognize and reward workers that are exceptional in their area. To work as Senior Programmer or Project Leader as either full-time employee or on contract off-site. To exploit my expertise of programming, tracking down hard to find bugs in systems, communication skills, systems design. Prefer Offsite programming development for PC based operating system. Stock options are desirable. High tech company. A company, who listens and nurtures new ideas, good positioning in the marketplace or a startup company with stock options and a good business plan would be a nice place to start. Looking for fresh projects to work on. Although having several years’ experience in Mainframe (Cobol, ASM) world, I do prefer the PC world of Windows or DOS. Learning operating systems is a quick study for me.

SKILLS OVERVIEW:

Ability to program and achieve results quickly and bug free. 25+ years experience using the major languages including VB, Pascal (Delphi), C++, Assembler (ASM), Fortran, Cobol, Forth, HTML, etc. Have worked with SQL, ACCESS, DB IV, and proprietary database systems.
Ability to start a project and complete it. Great communication skills coordinating many departments to develop initial system design and to follow up to completion.
Detail oriented, so those future problems don’t arise because of initial oversights.
I am a very fast learner, great memory, highly creative and very patient.
Component & Package building. Application deployment.
Software copy protection, and cracking elimination.
Have been project leader and owned my own software company for about 16 years.
Great teaching ability. Technical instructor for a major Tech-Ed center here in town (Network Services Group, Contact: President Daniel Schultz) for Distributed Application design (COM), and Visual Basic.

PAST EXPERIENCES OVERVIEW:

Types Of Work:

Main Frame Insurance Companies

Book publishing companies

Contract programming

Shareware author

Sold software to OEM companies for non-exclusive rights.

Robotics using Allen-Bradley (Rockwell) controllers

Developed Copy Protection device that could NOT be duplicated

Extracted data from old database apps where no standard database format existed.

I have had extensive experience in hardware system building and hardware problem solving. Other:

Developed system utilities, TCP/IP (Networking), graphics apps, database apps (SQL and ACCESS), and general end-user applications. I have also helped many other programmers find their bugs. I have a lot of expertise in bug finding (25 years worth). Have Beta tested for many companies including Qualitas, Pervasive (Novell contact: Michael Beris), ICS Contact Francois).

EXPERIENCE: 1985 – Present President, SMatters Indianapolis, IN Contract programming for several large companies in the area such as:

Created FTP application for Sallie Mae (USA GROUP) for Fax Broadcasting

Created database application for the Indiana Masonic Foundation

Consulting/Programming for Alcoa (Plastic Caps Division, Far West Side)

Instructor for Tech-ED training at NSG (Network Services Group) for Visual Basic and Distributed COM application design. Robotics programming for WaveTek. System to make circuit boards cheaply. Saved them thousands of dollars. Robotics programming for TexScan (Competitor to WaveTek). Cable TV GPIB control center so that you can turn off and on cable subscribers from one computer. It also monitored environment conditions like temperature and humidity etc, and set off alarms when out of range.

Cummins Engines (Columbus) Card reader software for quality control.

Borg-Warner Gear in Muncie. Simple database reporting.

Consulting for Simon & Simon (Melvin Simon) now known as Simon Property Group INC.

Created several Shareware titles that have sold in the tens of thousands.

Borland (Turbo Pascal): supplied their Sidekick and other products with brochures of MY products because they enhanced theirs so well. Beta tester for Qualitas, Borland, Quarterdeck Wrote 2 books for QUE publishing on speeding up your computer and upgrading your PC. Developed many utilities for the PC market and advertised in major magazines like PC World and PC Magazine and BYTE magazine.

Sold software via distributors like EggHead and Amerisell etc.

Created software copy protection device that could NOT be copied, not even by hardware nibble copiers. This was very valuable in protecting the software being sold.

Won PC MAGAZINES EDITOR'S CHOICE award for one of my programs.

Made software contracts with OEMs for mass sales (Executone Phone Systems, Eco-Soft, QUE, etc.)

1984 - 1985 M.A.P, Indianapolis, IN Created a network of CPM machines to do Word processing, docket control and assignment, and scheduling for the Hamilton County Court offices. 1980 - 1984 Jefferson National Life Insurance Company Indianapolis, IN Systems Analyst Started as programmer Trainee and was promoted to programmer analyst in 6 months and then 6 months later to Systems Analyst. I was one of only 2 top analysts. Developed their first on-line data entry system. Coordinated several department managers along with programmers to achieve the desired system functionality. After I quit, they replaced me with 3 people, then hired me back on as a contract consultant for another year or so. 1977 - 1979 McGuire & Shook Indianapolis, IN Programmer Saved the company thousands of dollars by allowing quicker & more accurate ceiling design layouts, thus allowing the engineers to work on more productive tasks.

Programmed Electrical Lighting program so that you can pick what foot-candle power you wanted and what type of lighting fixture and it would design the layout for the ceiling. It took into account the working height, the ceiling and wall reflectance’s etc. To produce a lighting design that would work. Worked with engineers to provide easy program use. Selected the computer hardware and programmed the entire system myself.

As new fixtures came available it was my duty to update the database that I created as well.

AFFILIATIONS:

9/1982 - Present Indianapolis Computer Society (founder)

Belong to many newsgroups for Windows API programming and Delphi and Visual Basic.

EDUCATION:

Microsoft Training US-Indiana-Indianapolis

Certification

Attended several training classes on:

Distributed Application Design

Web page design with html, dhtml and ASP programming Visual Basic

IUPUI US-INDIANA-Indianapolis

Computer Technology Associate Degree Program.

2.5 years of Computer Technology and then started my first job without a degree at Jefferson National Life SKILL LEVELS:

Skill Name Skill Level Last Used Experience

Delphi, Pascal Expert currently used 23 years

Assembler, ASM Expert currently used 30 years

HTML Medium currently used 4 years

Visual Basic Advanced currently used 8 years

BASIC Advanced +4 years ago 20 years

Fortran, Cobol Expert +4 years ago 4 years

C++ Intermediate currently used 6 years

Forth Beginner +4 years ago 2 years

TARGET LOCATIONS:

Prefer: Indianapolis, IN

Relocate: Maybe

US-CA-Silicon Valley/San Jose, US-WA-Bellevue/Redmond

REFERENCES:

Daniel Schultz of NSG (Network Services Group) President

Phone Number: NET-WORK

Email Address: dshcultz@networkservicesgroup.com

Reference Type: Professional

Years known: 22 Years

Susan Deford Bolanos (Lilly) In charge of International Hiring

Phone Number: Work (276-9880)

Email Address: DEFORD-BOLANOS_SUSAN_M@LILLY.COM

Reference Type: Personal

Years known: 11 Years

William Griffith (Denison Parking) Chief Information Officer

Phone Number: Work (655-3100)

Email Address: bgriffith3@kiva.net

Reference Type: Professional/Personal

Years known: 21 Years

Kim Brand (Computer Experts / Fax 2 You) President

Phone Number: Work (833-3000)

Email Address: kim@fax2you.com

Reference Type: Professional/Personal

Years known: 16 Years

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Started "Indianapolis Computer Society" and was president the first 3 years back in the early 80's. I was also the Newsletter Editor for a number of years. Had major speakers come to our group meetings like Bill Gates (Founder Microsoft), Dennis C. Hayes (Founder Hayes Modems), President of Verbatim (Diskette Producer) Also, ran the Bulletin Board System of 5 networked PC’s and 5 modem lines for a number of years before the Internet became popular.

Have written books for QUE (Now Macmillan Publishing)

Won the "PC Magazines Editor's Choice" award for my software.

Published many articles for newsletters and magazines. Developed software, manuals and distribution channels and tech support for my products within the US and Europe.

Great work ethics, and positive attitude.

Very efficient at problem solving.