Albert Margolis Email & Phone Number

San Pablo, Ca, Us

Brisbane, California, United States

Menlo Park, California, United States

I was elected to the museum's board of directors in recognition of my work introducing new technology and volunteer recruiting for the train room (ongoing). Since then I have taken responsibility for the museum's website and Facebook presence. In the past two months I have increased engagement on both venues by approximately 50%. and initiated a "Holidays at the Museum" campaign that significantly admissions during the last two weeks of the year.

Mountain View, California, United States

The train room contains a large model railroad built by Naval Air personnel during the 1980s that is now a popular exhibit in the museum. It is a large layout with a complex, custom built control system that utilizes hundreds of relays, a number of custom PCB using 74xx digital ICs and over 10,000 feet of wire. When I arrived the system was not reliable, often resulting in trains not running. I volunteered to do technical work reverse engineering the original system and refurbishing or… Show more The train room contains a large model railroad built by Naval Air personnel during the 1980s that is now a popular exhibit in the museum. It is a large layout with a complex, custom built control system that utilizes hundreds of relays, a number of custom PCB using 74xx digital ICs and over 10,000 feet of wire. When I arrived the system was not reliable, often resulting in trains not running. I volunteered to do technical work reverse engineering the original system and refurbishing or upgrading as needed. Within a few months the railroad was operating reliably.Along the way I evolved into the lead volunteer coordinating the work of the other volunteers and recruiting a new crew to keep the train room running. I have designed and documented procedures for train room operations and volunteer training. I have also developed a history document and technical documentation. These are currently being shared from Google Drive but will soon be on a website. Show less

South San Francisco, Ca Usa

In 1987 I founded the Software Engineering Store, later incorporated as Biznode Inc., asa local resource for software developers. Responding to the changing needs of the SanFrancisco business community, the business has evolved into a resource for businessprofessionals, providing a full range of networks, computers, software and supportservices for small to medium sized professional businesses.I now provide cradle-to-grave technology planning and support for small to… Show more In 1987 I founded the Software Engineering Store, later incorporated as Biznode Inc., asa local resource for software developers. Responding to the changing needs of the SanFrancisco business community, the business has evolved into a resource for businessprofessionals, providing a full range of networks, computers, software and supportservices for small to medium sized professional businesses.I now provide cradle-to-grave technology planning and support for small to mid-sizedbusineses including LAN infrastructure, workstation support, NT and LINUX servers,Internet gateways, WEB and E-Mail hosting and PBX and Centrex telephone systems. I havepersonally performed and supervised many network installations including planning, pullingcable, assembling computers, writing programs and, most importantly, making the systemswork performing real business applications. For small businesses I perform these functionspersonally with a small team of loosely associated consultants available to assist withoverflow and vacation coverage. For larger clients I provide planning, training of in-house staff and implementation of technical projects that exceed the capabilities of in-house staff. Show less

Menlo Park, California, United States

Classroom instructor for a class of third and fourth graders learning to code with scratch.

San Francisco Bay Area

Part-time instructor and curriculum developer teaching robotics to 3rd through 8th-grade students. In this class, I am using Arduino programming and Snap Circuits for electrononics.

South San Francisco, Ca

Helped students in 3rd through 5th grade with math homework and art activities. During the 2018 Summer session, I was the sole math instructor, developing curriculum and teaching three math classes per day. During the school year, I developed hands-on activities to help students develop critical thinking and maker skills.

Developed a prototype Unified Messaging System (UMS) integrating E-Mail, Voice Mail and Fax technologies. The WEB, E-Mail and database components were developed using Python on a LINUX platform with the Apache WEB server and SENDMAIL Message Transfer Agent (MTA). The Voice components were developed using Delphi on an NT platform using Dialogic T1/PRI and FAX hardware and Dectalk Text-To-Speech (TTS). The LINUX and NT servers communicated via a TCP protocol that I implemented with… Show more Developed a prototype Unified Messaging System (UMS) integrating E-Mail, Voice Mail and Fax technologies. The WEB, E-Mail and database components were developed using Python on a LINUX platform with the Apache WEB server and SENDMAIL Message Transfer Agent (MTA). The Voice components were developed using Delphi on an NT platform using Dialogic T1/PRI and FAX hardware and Dectalk Text-To-Speech (TTS). The LINUX and NT servers communicated via a TCP protocol that I implemented with cross-platform Python. Identical Python code ran on both platforms except for a thin COM wrapper on the NT side of the conversation. I developed the application to an early beta stage that was being used by the founders and a handful of associates for routine work. Development was suspended due to deteriorating financial market conditions that prevented us from obtaining funding for deployment and test marketing. Show less

Director of Application Development and Customer Service for insurance agency accountingsystems. Responsible for system design, programming and supervision of a staff of 10.

in a variety of positions including contract management, application development, micro computer support, data security and data planning.Beginning in 1979, I wrote a series of white papers encouraging the company to establish an organization to manage and support the introduction of micro computer technology. I was eventually given approval to establish one of the first corporate micro computer support groups in the country. By the time I left the group, it had grown into an… Show more in a variety of positions including contract management, application development, micro computer support, data security and data planning.Beginning in 1979, I wrote a series of white papers encouraging the company to establish an organization to manage and support the introduction of micro computer technology. I was eventually given approval to establish one of the first corporate micro computer support groups in the country. By the time I left the group, it had grown into an organization of over 30 people responsible for standards, systems integration, repair and telephone technical support.I left the micro computer support group to accept a short term assignment developing the company's first comprehensive data security plan. I was responsible for researching the field, educating the information systems technical staffs and senior management concerning data security issues, working with computer operations, data communications and information planning staffs to create a framework for security planning andimplementation, coordinating and partially programming a token based terminal security trial, and assisting information systems management in obtaining corporate support andfunding to improve data security. Show less

Responsible for design and programming of banking and credit card applications in RPG II, COBOL, FORTRAN and a variety of specialized assembly languages. Areas of specializationincluded optical character recognition (OCR), real-time programming of check sorting equipment, and application conversion from card based RPG II environment to COBOLtape/disk environment. Progressed from a clerical position to programming supervisor in mini/micro department with responsibility for programmers… Show more Responsible for design and programming of banking and credit card applications in RPG II, COBOL, FORTRAN and a variety of specialized assembly languages. Areas of specializationincluded optical character recognition (OCR), real-time programming of check sorting equipment, and application conversion from card based RPG II environment to COBOLtape/disk environment. Progressed from a clerical position to programming supervisor in mini/micro department with responsibility for programmers and three shifts of operationstechnical support staff. Show less

B.S, Information Science

Mba, Telecommunications Management

Bs, Information Systems