EXPERIENCE

2004 – present	LIFESTYLE GROUP, LLC, Houston, Texas Vice President
Information Technology support, infrastructure development, bookkeeping, payroll supervision and auditing, general business consultation.
2010 Apr - Sep	U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, Houston, Texas Administrative Clerk
Interviewed and hired candidates for Clerk, Enumerator and Crew Leader positions, audited applicant and employee files, input and filed daily time card information, maintained hard copy and online personnel records, created and maintained Excel spreadsheets.
2009 - present	BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSELLERS, Houston, Texas Bookseller
Shelved new inventory, maintained sales floor displays, ran cash register for routine sales, provided customer service in person and by phone to the public and to employees of other stores.
2008 – 2010	ZEBEC DATA SYSTEMS, Houston, Texas Consultant
Training and maintenance of software and dataflow for Medicare auditing.
2007 – 2008	ZEBEC DATA SYSTEMS, Houston, Texas Senior System Administrator
Administrator of OpenVMS and Windows platforms. Duties also included continued maintenance of software and documentation and data flow for Medicare auditing.
2000 – 2007	ZEBEC DATA SYSTEMS, Houston, Texas Systems Programmer/Analyst
Maintained software and documentation for Medicare auditing (OpenVMS BASIC, Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio). Automated and monitored Medicare data file acquisition and conversion. (OpenVMS, OpenVMS BASIC, FTP). OpenVMS System Manager.
1999 2000	DATA ALLIANCE CONSULTANTS, Houston, Texas Programmer/Analyst for Zebec Data Systems, Houston, Texas
Programmed Y2K conversions for the Outpatient Medicare Accounting and Auditing Systems written in VAX BASIC. Wrote programs to convert old data into new 4 digit year format. Maintained and performed troubleshooting as needed for the same systems. Developed and programmed procedures in OpenVMS (DCL) for automated monitoring and loading of data received daily from clients.
1998 2000	E. W. L. CYBERNETICS, Galveston and Houston, Texas Consultant for Galveston College, Galveston, Texas
Programmed extensions to the Student Information System in FOCUS and VAX BASIC. Performed VAX/VMS troubleshooting.
1985 1998	GALVESTON COLLEGE, Galveston, Texas Manager of Information Resources for Administrative Systems (1990 1998)
Developed databases with FOCUS, wrote and maintained all supporting FOCUS programs for the College's Student Information System. Trained staff on Student Information System software. Identified and addressed Y2K issues in FOCUS software and data files. Served as VAX/VMS System Administrator for Local Area VAXCluster: Installed software and system updates, tuned systems, created batch and print queues, created and maintained user accounts, performed periodic disk checks and purges, performed troubleshooting of systems and peripherals, resolved problems or called in DEC support as necessary. Established and maintained Internet connectivity. Served as first webmaster and developed College Web site (www.gc.edu) in text level HTML, later with Netscape Communicator. Trained staff and faculty on basic web page authoring. Assisted Journalism and Humanities faculty members in setting up the first Internet based courses in the state of Texas. Provided system level support to Business Office with ABT Campus financial software. Wrote programs to extract and transfer data among all the different software systems. Assisted users with general troubleshooting of hardware and software.
	Programmer/Analyst (Aug 1985 1990)
Programmed in FOCUS, BASIC2, VAX BASIC and QuickBASIC. Administered VAXIVMS system; assisted users.
	Programmer Trainee/User Assistant (Feb Aug 1985)
Programmed in BASIC2; assisted users.
1984 1992	HEMPEL SERVICE AND SUPPLY, INC., Galveston, Texas part time Programmer
Designed and maintained invoicing, inventory control and job cost record programs.
1984 1985	TANDY CORPORATION, Galveston and Houston, Texas Customer Training and Support Specialist
Installed and oriented users to computer hardware and software systems; helped troubleshoot customers' problems by phone.
1983	GALVESTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Galveston, Texas Teacher
Taught freshman Biology; substituted for science, math and business classes.
1980 1982	TXO PRODUCTION COMPANY, Corpus Christi, Texas Geologist
Generated oil and natural gas development drilling prospects in South Texas.
1978 1980	CONOCO, INC., Houston, Texas and Lake Charles, Louisiana Associate Geologist
Studied regional Gulf Coast geology; supervised well logging operations offshore Louisiana.
EDUCATION and TRAINING
April 2009	Real Estate Salesperson License – Texas Real Estate Commission
August 1998	Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet
May, July 1998	Microsoft Certified Professional (#1023615) - WindowsNT Server 4, TCP/IP.
Jan May 1998	126 hours of classroom training towards Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) designation, CompUSA.
1983 1984	post graduate study - Accounting, Computer Science, Management Information Systems,University of Houston.
Sept 1976	Master of Science - Geological Sciences, University of Southern California.
May 1973	Bachelor of Science (magna cum laude) - Geology, University of Houston.
Academic Achievements:
	Rhodes Scholarship nominee (1971,1972)
	Academic Scholarship - Union Oil Company (1970 1973)
	Phi Kappa Phi - National Honor Society (1971)
	Sigma Gamma Epsilon - National Earth Sciences Honor Society (1971)
	Phi Eta Sigma - National Freshman Honor Society (1969)