Perfect Programmer Enterprises Peter Parker/Computer Support

Specialties:

  • SAS Software
  • Lotus Notes/Domino (Certified Lotus Professional Principal in both Applications Development, and System Administration)
  • Database Management/Applications Development
  • Automating Offices
  • Creating Internet Applications/Web Pages
  • MCSE(Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer)
  • MCP+Internet(Microsoft Certified Professional)


    • Work Experience

    Current Position- (since 1997) Computer Consultant, Perfect Programmer Enterprises.
    I specialize in supporting small businesses, including home offices:
     

  • Started-up and managed sole proprietorship to assist small businesses  with their computer needs.
  • Designed fully automated offices.
  • Set up and installed computers, peripherals and software.
  • Solved hardware and software problems, especially involving security  issues such as virus contamination.
  • Trained users for optimal use of their computer hardware and software.
  • Developed and maintained web pages.

    • (for more details on Perfect Programmer Enterprises)

    Current Position- (since 1985) Senior Computer Programmer Analyst, US Dept. of Commerce, International Trade Administration , Office of Textiles and Apparel (Washington, D.C.).
     

  • Managed Textiles Management Information System (TIMS).
  • Transformed application development operation into a model of computer effectiveness.
  • Migrated a large mainframe system to a PC based environment, resulting in significant cost savings and a more responsive and flexible information management system.
  • Initiated development in SAS software, Lotus Notes databases, Internet web pages and other computer technology to disseminate data more efficiently to the public.
  • Initiated and implemented security policies and procedures to protect data, file and web servers, and workstations.
  • Developed and tested system contingency plans to protect data and to keep TIMS fully functional.

    • These plans incorporated redundancy of resources, off-site storage of data and software, and off-site data processing.
  • Implemented a system to replace cumbersome hard copy reports and publications with CD/R discs, Intranet, and Internet applications, at a substantial cost savings to customers.
  • Managed all hardware and software in office, including all planning, evaluation, procurement, set-up, maintenance, and upgrade.
  • Represented office in all computer related matters with trade associations and government offices.
  • Provided after-hours computer support on major projects for several offices throughout the International Trade Administration (ITA), designing and creating Lotus Notes Intranet/Internet applications, developing and testing their database security.
  • Prepared and presented several papers at computer conferences, including the system analysis necessary to switch from mainframes to PC platforms.
  • Designed and developed Lotus Notes/Domino info-bases accessible through the Internet and Intranet.
  • Received Bronze Medal Award Certificate of Appreciation, as part of    the Export Advantage team (for year 2000).
    • U.S. DEPT. OF COMMERCE SAS LINK .......A+ Certification PC Service Technician


    January 1983-May 1985: Computer Programmer Analyst, U.S. Dept of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, Special Projects Branch (Washington, D.C.). I have provided database management and programming support on various mainframe and personal computers. Working closely with analysts, I have designed many databases and their user-friendly interfaces. I have successfully redesigned a crucial statistical database system, a poorly documented twenty year accumulation of several computer languages.

    1978-1982: Various part-time and full-time jobs as programmer, economist, research assistant, teaching assistant, and university lecturer (Economics).

    Education:

  • B.A. in Economics (1978) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • M.A. in Economics (1982) University of North Carolina, Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina link

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    Completed course work in:

  • SAS
  • computer security (12/2002)
  • securing IIS Servers (2001)
  • COBOL
  • assembler language
  • data structures
  • structured programming
  • database management systems
  • PC maintenance and upgrading
  • Information Visualization/Presentation seminar (with Dr. Tufte)

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    Participated in conferences:

  • SUGI (SAS Users Group International, attending since 1985)
  • NESUG (Northeast SAS Users Group)
  • SESUG (Southeast SAS Users Group)
  • DCSUG (D.C. SAS Users Group)
  • Lotusphere (1998, 1999, 2000)
  • Lotus DevCon (2002)

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    Certifications:

  • Certified Lotus Professional- Applications Developer Principal, R4 and System Administrator Principal, R4. -Passed the following exams:
  • Certified Lotus Specialist- (passed Lotus Notes Application Developer I)
  • Certified A+ PC Service Technician (passed core and DOS/Microsoft Windows exams)
  • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
  • Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet  (pass above 70-067, 70-087 and 70-059 tests)
  • Lotus Notes R5 Principal (Lotuscript elective)for Application Development(work in progress)

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    Professional Papers(you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or higher to read these papers)

    SAS Software Macros: You're Only Limited By Your Imagination ,Part II (presented at  SESUG in Savannah, GA., October 2002)

    All I really Want... A Wish List for New SAS Software Enhancements (presented at SSU in New Orleans, LA., August 2001, at NESUG in Baltimore, MD., October 2001, and at DCSUG in Washington, DC, December 2001)

    SAS Software Macros: You're Only Limited By Your Imagination (presented at NESUG in Philadelphia, PA., September 2000 and at SESUG in Charlotte, NC., October 2000)

    Optimizing SAS Software on Windows NT: A Guide to Performance Tuning Your Applications Server (presented at SESUG in Mobile, Al.,November 1999 and at SUGI 25 in Indianapolis, IN, April 2000)

    Too Many Pixels: A User's Guide to Incomprehensible Web Sites, Charts, Graphs, and Other Presentations- ( presented at SUGI 24 in Miami, Florida, April 1999)

    Running an ADP Center of Excellence: A Miltonian Approach of Looking Through Two Decades of Visible Darkness- (presented at SUGI 23 in Nashville, Tn., March 1998, at SESUG in Norfolk, Va. and at NESUG in Pittsburgh, Pa., October 1998)

    Creating a PC-Based Information System: An Evolutionary/Revolutionary/Visionary Approach, Part II.(presented at DCSUG(D.C. SAS Users Group) in Washington D.C in Dec. 1996, SESUG(Southeast SAS Users Group) in Jacksonville, Florida in 1997 and NESUG in Baltimore, Maryland in 1997)

    Creating a PC-Based Information System: An Evolutionary/Revolutionary/Visionary Approach, Part I. (presented at SUGI 21(SAS User Groups International) in Chicago, NESUG(Northeast SAS Users Group) in Boston, Mass. and Center For Disease Control SUG (SAS Users Group) simulcast in five cities, all in 1996)

    Teaching Skills (my teaching skills and my wide range of experience)

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    Last Updated- 3/19/2006