Experience

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  R.D. Partners

  • Client Curator/Business Evangelist

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  R.D. Partners, Inc.

  • Woodbury, MN

  • Client Curator/Business Evangelist

    • Nov 2016 - Present
    • Woodbury, MN

    I am involved in all manner of business planning, customer relationships, and product development.

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  AltiCom CTI, Inc.

  • Eagan, MN

  • President

    • Jan 2000 - Nov 2016
    • Eagan, MN

    As an AltiGen PBX reseller, I was responsible for acquiring AltiGen customers, installing AltiGen systems, and providing ongoing customer support.

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  K And M Consulting

  • St. Paul, MN

  • President/Owner

    • Nov 1993 - Dec 1999
    • St. Paul, MN

    Provided software, programming, and infrastructure consulting to small businesses.

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  IDS American Express Financial Advisors

  • Minneapolis, MN

  • Director Of Distributed Systems

    • Nov 1989 - Oct 1993
    • Minneapolis, MN

    Provided senior architect and software engineering expertise to the re-engineering of IDS American Express. Resourced, designed, architected and implemented advanced client-server distributed systems for the field sales force and the home office.

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  McGraw-Hill

  • Minneapolis, MN

  • Manager of Software Engineering

    • Oct 1982 - Nov 1989
    • Minneapolis, MN

    Founded and directed a 15-member Minneapolis-based software engineering group for McGraw Hill that successfully designed and implemented computer-based educational training and publishing products for IBM, Apple II, Macintosh, and UNIX systems. Managed the development of software products for market by three McGraw-Hill publishing divisions and advised senior management on technology products.

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  IDS Financial Services

  • Minneapolis, MN

  • Senior Programmer Analyst

    • Jan 1981 - Sep 1982
    • Minneapolis, MN

    Implemented a life insurance proposal system providing sales support for financial planners (developed under MVS utilizing IMS and COBOL). Key member of office automation task force charged with specification and implementation of a corporate-wide distributed word-processing capability.

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  Lawrence Berkeley National Labs

  • Berkeley, CA

  • Senior Operating Systems Programmer

    • Sep 1978 - Dec 1980
    • Berkeley, CA

    Designed and developed the hardware and software components for a computer terminal for use by blind individuals. Implemented a communications protocol under UNIX which permitted computers from different vendors to share data on a common network.

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  University of Minnesota Computer Center

  • Minneapolis, MN

  • Programmer

    • Jan 1974 - Aug 1978
    • Minneapolis, MN

    Developed enhancements to the KRONOS and NOS Cyber operating systems, adding features, improving performance, increasing security and enhancing usability. Implemented and maintained mathematical and statistical libraries, including IMSL, GPSS and SPICE.