THOMAS
M. DAVIS, M.S.
6100 Wagon
512-443-0918
tmd@tom-davis.org
JOB OBJECTIVE: None – I’m retired
(except for occasional short-term technical
editing gigs, on-site or remote)
SUMMARY
OF QUALIFICATIONS
40 years’ experience designing and implementing software systems – cost & schedule estimation, requirements analysis, system design, programming, and testing
10 years’ experience technical writing, editing, and presentation preparation
9 years’ experience as leader or contributor in technical proposal preparation
5 years’ experience teaching (industry & university) – computer systems, software engineering, web site design & implementation, and critical thinking & writing
Lifetime of experience “leaping tall problems at a single bound” – my intelligence and experience make it possible for me to arrive at intuitive solutions to problems quickly
TECHNICAL SKILLS
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Technical Trainer |
Computer Science Professor |
Technical Writer / Editor |
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International Liaison |
Proposal Team Leader |
Team Builder / Leader |
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Software Engineer |
System Designer |
Problem Solver |
TECHNICAL
EXPERIENCE
Created & taught university adult & undergraduate
courses in computer science
Result: my students learned real-world computer science, not just theory
Designed & taught fully on-line
course introducing computer concepts
Result: remote students were able to attend classes and fully learn the
material
Designed, created,
& maintained corporate web
site to assist system transition
Result: single, complete source of information enabled smooth transition
Created & coordinated
multi-national team for global infrastructure policy-making
Result: building cooperation & trust gave the team unprecedented
cohesion
Led team to develop VA Finance Center’s first web-based information system
Result: VA suppliers’ access to
invoice status was made significantly easier
Led & worked in proposal preparation teams for computer
system procurements
Result: Lockheed got 6 wins out of
the 11 major proposal efforts I participated in
Contributed to international team doing system design
for NATO defense system
Result: system is a key component in the defense of the
Led team of volunteers to
plan and build new church facility; supervised contractor
Result: flexible, usable, open, active church facility, done on time and
on budget;
all building committee members remained friends through the end of the project
INFORMATION DELIVERY EXPERIENCE
Formal teaching positions – taught computer programming and systems for the US Army Signal School; computer architecture for the University of Texas at Austin; and computer programming, software engineering, file processing, & critical thinking for St. Edward’s University of Austin
Prepared and delivered training and marketing presentations for Computer
Automation,
Over 20 years in university and community theater, as an actor, director, stage manager, and house manager
Host, Liberty and Justice for All segment of Live and Let Live, a political opinion and interview show on Austin Public Access TV
EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY
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01/2005 - 06/2005 |
Tax Examiner |
Internal Revenue Service |
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10/2004 – 11/2004 |
Volunteer Instructor |
Community
Technology |
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01/2004 - 12/2004 |
Consultant |
Computer Savvy |
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05/2001 - 12/2003 |
Assistant Professor |
St. Edward’s University |
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06/2000 - 04/2001 |
Consultant |
Computer Savvy |
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09/1997 - 05/2000 |
Systems
Analyst/ |
Dell Computers |
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04/1996 - 08/1997 |
Database Manager |
PPDG,
under contract to |
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11/1995 - 03/1996 |
Job Seeker |
Labor Market |
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06/1982 - 10/1995 |
Staff Engineer |
Lockheed Missiles & Space |
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11/1978 - 06/1982 |
Programmer; Manager |
Computer Automation |
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EDUCATION
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06/1967 |
BA, Mathematics |
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01/1969 |
MS, Computer Science |
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11/1970 |
US Army Signal Officer Basic Course |
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INTERNATIONAL
EXPERIENCE
In
Led Lockheed team to craft and teach software course to Portuguese programmers
Created and led Dell’s global policy-making team for infrastructure server computing
Other travel:
COMPUTER SYSTEM
EXPERIENCE
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Windows: |
User – Windows 3.1, 95/98, NT
3.51/4.0, & 2000/XP |
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Unix: |
Linux, BSD, DEC Ultrix, Sun
Solaris, HP/UX, RealTime Unix |
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Databases: |
Oracle, SQL Server, RDb, Visual
FoxPro, Informix, dBase III/IV |
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Software Tools: |
Microsoft Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Project, Visio, Outlook |
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Languages: |
C, C++, Perl, HTML, Java,
JavaScript, |