Goal:
Continue working on the bleeding edge of logistics and supply chain technology with
the best people in the field.

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Sociology, Minor in Urban Affairs
Bridgewater State College, 1978
Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Experience Highlights:

Solutions Designer for the Solutions Group at UPS (Retired 02/28/2011)

Respected member of the United Parcel Service (UPS) organization from 09/28/1978 to 02/28/2011

Utilizing .NET in new solutions.

802.11 network deployment.

Designed XML interfaces between SAP, WorldShip, NextLinx and EDI 858 for
a global supply chain solution.

Prototype new and innovative design ideas, and provide analysis and support for
new projects at UPS Professional Services Inc. a wholly owned
subsidiary of United Parcel Service.

Designed, developed and implemented The Enterprise intranet Shipping System
(EiSS) as part of a small team. EiSS allows the customization of business rules
for desktop shipping throughout an enterprise.

Developed supply chain solutions and utilities. Solutions
include integrating electronic scales, modems, bar code, PDA's,
PDT's, wireless, and Internet applications with
customers' legacy information systems.

Implement package tracking and rates selection using UPS XML Tools, UPS's XML API on the Web and integrated into desktop applications.

Pioneered the automation of high volume billing file transfers via
multi-port modems and the Internet (FTP and HTTP) from client-server shipping applications.

Designed and implemented multiple phone-Line data transfer solutions with DigiPort
multi-port adapters and Custom Bulletin Board Systems (BBS).

Responsible for the maintenance and performance of the package
sorting and truckload movement control system
at New Englands largest full time package sorting facility in
1991-92 and during peak seasons for two more years.

Coordinated the West New England implementation and training for a nation wide client-server
system project that controls the tracking and routing of packages and trailers.

Supervised the Northeast Region, UPS Label Imaging Project. Captured and transmitted
over 250,000 label images a day into the UPS tracking system.

Supervised the Unload and Sort operation at New England's biggest
full time sorting facility for four years 1985 through 1989. During this
time the number of supervisors needed to manage this shift was reduced from
3 managers and 8 supervisors to two supervisors without increasing the number of
hourly workers required to perform the same amount of work.

Participated in the early trials of the computer aided loop dispatch system
as a part time supervisor of a delivery truck loading operation in 1984. Provided
feedback directly to programmers.

Prepared the 5 year School Enrollment Projections as a consultant for the town of Abington, Massachusetts
in 1982.

Updated the 5 year Open Space and Recreation Plan as a consultant for Abington, Massachusetts in 1982

Prepared the 5 year Open Space and Recreation Plan as a consultant for Whitman, Massachusetts in 1981

As a Graduate Student at Bridgewater State College I used MS Basic to analyze solar energy data during
my work on energy policy in 1980.

As an undergraduate research assistant, I analyzed housing survey data with the S.P.S.S. program using Fortran
on a CDC 2000 mainframe computer at the Bridgewater State College Data Center in 1977.

Languages and Programming Environments:

MS BASIC, Visual Basic, ASP, SQL, Java, Perl, HTML, HTTP, VBScript, VBA, Java Script,
XML, XSLT, Satellite Forms for the Palm Pilot, Visual Studio, CVS, Source Safe, XMLSpy, PHP,
Zend Studio

Operating Systems:

DOS 3.x +, Win 3.x, Win 9.x, Win NT 4.0, Win 2000, XP, Red Hat Linux 6+,
Sun OS 5.6, Palm OS 3.x, DESKview 386

Database:

Microsoft SQLServer 6.5 - 2000, Access 97 -2000, MySQL, ODBC, Perl DBI,
JDBC, MSXML, mySQL

Associations:

Board member of the  Worcester Computer Society
Member of the Society for Amateur Scientists

Hobbies and interests:

My children's activities
Electronic gadget building and experimentation
Supporting local artists, musicians, and theatre groups
Keeping up with the future of technology