Frank Costanza Email & Phone Number

Background:CHASE founder Frank J. Costanza is an innovative hardware and software development engineer committed to providing a wide range of expertise in information management, machine vision systems, production line barcode reading systems and computer network analysis to his clients. His greatest strengths are:• A great depth of experience in Research & Development Engineering.• An ability to support businesses by visualizing their computer/manufacturing operations as a system and not a dissociated array of hardware and software.• An ability to communicate with users on their level and not inundate them with technical jargon.• An ability to find and contract talented individuals to support the project at hand. • A commitment to total customer satisfaction based on cost effective solutions.Company Mission:Costanza Hardware And Software Engineering (CHASE), LLC is a company whose mission is to pull together talents of gifted members of society in order to provide products and services that contribute positively to people's lives. Because I truly believe that my talents and the talents of others do not originate with ourselves, but are gifts from God, I pledge a corporate tithe (10% of CHASE profits) to various charities of choice.

• Writing applications in Visual Basic and C++ to support production line equipment• Designing hardware interfaces to production line equipment• Developing project plans for client application solutions• Project leadership with goals of zero defects coupled with cost effective solutions

Taught Junior College level courses to high school graduates and persons reeducating themselves for new careersWrote lesson plans and syllabi

Teaching Junior College level courses to high school graduates and persons reeducating themselves for new careersWriting lesson plans and syllabi Teaching the following course• Digital Circuit Theory and Lab• 6800 Microprocessor Theory and Lab (6800 Assembly Language)• Computer mathematics• Basic Language Programming• “C” Language Programming• A-Plus Certification• Computer Electronics Theory and Lab• Business Math• Applied Mathematics• Cabling and Fiber Optics (C-Tech Certified Instructor)

Developed entrepreneurial venture from conception to inception including marketing strategy, business plan, staffing requirements, and cash flow analysis.Developed corporate employment and business policies and procedures.Managed custom software and network design staff.Consulted on Local Area Networks and Wide Area Networks.Provided training on PCs & LANs for a variety of clients. Received Malcolm Baldridge Award recognition from IBM as a business partner.Provided on-site hardware and software support services to client on PC based systems, Novell Local Area Network, and resolving LAN/HOST connectivity issues.Xerox Corporation Harrisburg, PA as a contractor to Alternative Resources Corp. contracted by EDS Migrated Novell NetWare from 3.12 to 4.0 on Harrisburg and NYC servers.Installed Novell 4.0 server in Wilkes Barre, PA.Supported 4.0 servers in Harrisburg and Wilkes Barre, PASupported 3.12 servers in Harrisburg, Wilkes Barre and Pittsburgh, PAProvided RS\6000 hardware and software consulting services to client.Naval Ships Parts Control Center Mechanicsburg, PA as a contractor to Solution Technologies. Provided custom programming support (dBase, FoxPro, Clipper, Recital) to clients.Providied training on PCs & LANs. Provided Windows applications and OS/2 Warp support.Provided in-depth analysis of LAN/WAN needs of several clients, assisting them in the development of RPQ specifications and documentation, vendor response reviews and selection of vendors. City of Lancaster, PA, Red Rose Transit Authority Lancaster, PAWrote and supported custom database applications (dBase, FoxPro, Clipper and Basic) on several operating system platforms (OS/2, DOS, UNIX, XENIX, AIX, NOVELL) including company's Total Quality Management application.

Provided programming support utilizing Microsoft Visual Studio (Visual FoxPro, Visual Basic and Visual C++) for color analysis systems; Provided Y2K consulting services for PC and LAN for several clients Provided on-site hardware and software support services to client on PC based systems, Novell Local Area Network, and resolving LAN/HOST connectivity issues.

Planned and installed Novell LAN for Mechanicsburg IS Center.Created Activity-based budget analysis package in Quattro Pro that is presently utilized to generate corporate Information Processing budget for EXEL Logistics, North America ($12 Billion corporation)Wrote and supported custom database application for tracking Service Requests throughout EXEL nationally.Provided training on PCs & LANs for internal users.

Provided training on PCs & LANs for a variety of clients. Provided hardware and software support and consulting services to a variety of clients. Provided in-depth analysis of LAN/WAN needs of several clients, assisting them in the development of RPQ specifications and documentation, vendor response reviews and selection of vendors.

Provided on-site hardware and software support services to clients on PC based systems, Local Area Networks, and resolved host connectivity issues.Provided custom programming support (dBase, FoxPro, Clipper, Recital) to clients.Provided training on PCs & LANs for a variety of clients.

Managed and trained technical support staff. Provided training on PCs & LANs for a variety of clients. Provided LAN/WAN consulting services to Federal Government (OPM, CACI). Designed and developed custom database applications on PCs and IBM RS/6000. Designed and developed custom communication applications on PCs and IBM RS/6000. Point Of Sale ATM Application Interface to BTTimeNet for VISA, MASTERCARD, AMERICAN EXPRESS, and BANKCARD authorization.

Developed entrepreneurial venture from conception to inception including marketing strategy, business plan, staffing requirements, corporate employment business policies and procedures. and cash flow analysis.Managed custom software and network design staff.Consulted on Local Area Networks and Wide Area Networks.Provided training on PCs & LANs for a variety of clients. Received Malcolm Baldridge Award recognition from IBM as a business partner.

Provided training on PCs & LANs for a variety of clients. Recognized as Regional Center of Competency for LANs supporting IBM Marketing. Honored as Cost Effectiveness Man of the Month, Man of the Quarter, and Man of the Year for Manufacturing Engineering ($ 4,000,000 plus in savings). Selected by senior management to be lead engineer for IBM Poughkeepsie Manufacturing Engineering Personal Computer/Laser Optical Storage media project. Specified, justified and ordered PC hardware and software for IBM Poughkeepsie Manufacturing Engineering. Supported the IBM Poughkeepsie PC Center as a consultant for site hardware and software (13,000+ users). Planned, installed and tested IBM Poughkeepsie PC Center LAN. Wrote, installed, tested, and debugged the IBM site PC hardware and software Tracking System application used to control Capital and Expense expenditures for Manufacturing and Development Engineering ($ 45,000,000 plus budgeted yearly). Worked on hardware design and development in several laboratories:Manned Space Flight Network Console DesignTracking and Telemetry Equipment Test System Design.Biomedical Equipment Design (Automatic Anesthesia Machine, Velocity Volume Loop, Automatic Breathing Metabolic Simulator)Research Device Coupler (Automated Analog/Digital Tester)Desktop Color Analyzer System (High Performance Optical Amplifier Design - micro lumens of light sensitivity, wrote dot matrix printer specifications and test process)Magnetic Ink Jet Technology Design and Development Personal Computer Design Team Member

Operated and maintained Aviation Fire Control Missile Systems. (F4B) Served two tours of duty at DaNang, Republic of Viet Nam.

Aaee, Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: IEEE College Democrats

Electrical Engineering

B.M, Aviation Electronics

Voluntary Education Courses Various personal development courses pertaining to my field of engineering (4000+ hours during 20 yrs service)

Computer Science