There's no substitute for experience!

While finishing up my work at a consulting company, I saw an ad for a "PC Internals Expert" at a really big company. I signed on as an assembly language programmer. Oddly, it has been more than a decade and I have yet to code any assembly there.

The company practically invented the "team oriented" approach. They also have terrific benefits -- partially funding my graduate studies while I worked full-time.

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Applications Architect

• Develop architecture standards for tools and methodology

• Designed system for financial document management using FileNet on Oracle

• Designed system for call-centers using Clarify on Oracle

• Designed data warehouse systems using Oracle, RedBrick and Essbase on HP-UX

Research and Development Manager

• Responsible for $10 million budget, 17 staff, 2 managers

• Evangelized new technology and procedures

• Program manager for company's first Intranet

• Built Unix environment, hired staff, developed policies and procedures

• Built Notes / Email environment, hired staff, developed policies and procedures

• Negotiated contracts with Compaq, EMC, HP, IBM, Lotus, , Microsoft, Oracle, etc.

• Founder of cross-company technical exchange organization

• Responsible for data security

• Coordinated technology for Board-of-Director's meetings

Distributed Systems Project Leader

• Selected and implemented email / groupware system

• Developed robotic parts handling system using Oracle on AIX

• Led staff supporting field-office AS/400 network

Programmer, Technology Group

• Four technical achievement awards, including "Associate of the year"

• Developed executive information systems

• Developed sales force automation system

• Developed video studio scheduling system

• Coded visual parts catalog server

• Managed all PC and server purchasing through multiple vendors

• Mainframe systems programmer

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