* Prepared complete and accurate individual and small business federal and state returns.* Provided tax advice and planning to eliminate or minimize tax underpayment resulting in penalties and interest.

Responsibilities include:* Assist with event setup, including the arrangement of equipment, signage, and other necessary materials.* Monitor access points and conduct thorough security checks to prevent unauthorized entry and ensure the safety of attendees.* Provide friendly and helpful customer service by assisting attendees with inquiries, directions, and general event information.* Collaborate with event staff and security personnel to maintain a safe and organized… Show more Responsibilities include:* Assist with event setup, including the arrangement of equipment, signage, and other necessary materials.* Monitor access points and conduct thorough security checks to prevent unauthorized entry and ensure the safety of attendees.* Provide friendly and helpful customer service by assisting attendees with inquiries, directions, and general event information.* Collaborate with event staff and security personnel to maintain a safe and organized environment.* Assist in crowd management, including controlling entry and exit points and ensuring proper flow of attendees.* Respond promptly and effectively to security incidents or emergencies, following established protocols.* Monitor event areas to enforce event rules, regulations, and safety procedures.* Handle and resolve attendee complaints or conflicts in a calm and professional manner. Show less

* Contract work to migrate QAD applications contained in virtual machines hosted on a legacy private cloud system (VMware 4.1-based) to the current hybrid (private/public) cloud system (VMware 6.7 and GCE-based) and decommission the legacy private cloud system.* Consulted to IT and R&D in various issues/improvement for the hybrid cloud solution.Development Tools, Platforms and Languages used in position: VMware’s ovftool to aid in conversion of QAD applications between VMware… Show more * Contract work to migrate QAD applications contained in virtual machines hosted on a legacy private cloud system (VMware 4.1-based) to the current hybrid (private/public) cloud system (VMware 6.7 and GCE-based) and decommission the legacy private cloud system.* Consulted to IT and R&D in various issues/improvement for the hybrid cloud solution.Development Tools, Platforms and Languages used in position: VMware’s ovftool to aid in conversion of QAD applications between VMware versions; Creation and configuration of Windows 11 Desktop for hosting using VMware Workstation PRO for both on-premise ESXi hosts and public GCE hosts. Show less

• Collaborated on design and development to create and maintain company's public cloud infrastructure in support of pre-sales, self-study, and external training projects using Agile techniques and methodologies. • Designed, coded, debugged and tested processes and methods for physical to virtual hardware conversion to support company's migration from on premise to cloud computing resulting in reduced data center power, floor space, and overhead maintenance. Achieved more than 60% of… Show more • Collaborated on design and development to create and maintain company's public cloud infrastructure in support of pre-sales, self-study, and external training projects using Agile techniques and methodologies. • Designed, coded, debugged and tested processes and methods for physical to virtual hardware conversion to support company's migration from on premise to cloud computing resulting in reduced data center power, floor space, and overhead maintenance. Achieved more than 60% of on-premise costs associated with this reduction.• Developed work instructions to standardize and document processes which were later used as design vehicles for automation scripts and programs frequently saving time and cost reducing human error by as much as 100%.• Created and delivered documentation including theory of operation, design specifications, data dictionaries and update steps for automated tasks running on system servers eliminating manual steps and human error resulting in a 60-75% savings of engineering manual labor for tasks ranging from reporting on cloud usage and application build errors encountered during automated testing.• Served as internal collaborator and reviewer for user guides, release notes, and errata. • Served as an internal ISO auditor to review areas of the company's processes to maintain its ISO-9001:2000 series certification.Development Tools, and Languages used in position: VMware, Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services , Terraform, Subversion, Git, GitLab, Microsoft Visual Studio, Eclipse, vi, awk, sed, grep, Jira, Linux OS, Windows Powershell, DOS, BASH, OS tuning, networking, scheduled tasks, cron jobs, C, SQL Server Show less

• Provided quality computer consulting services to clients requiring software, hardware, or systems support. • Graphic designer for embroidery, silk screen, imprinting applications.• Small office, home office (SOHO) system and network configuration, set up, education, and maintenance.• Served as a consultant to a number of companies in areas of array processor library development, image recognition systems, signal processing applications and 3-D graphics development.• Served as… Show more • Provided quality computer consulting services to clients requiring software, hardware, or systems support. • Graphic designer for embroidery, silk screen, imprinting applications.• Small office, home office (SOHO) system and network configuration, set up, education, and maintenance.• Served as a consultant to a number of companies in areas of array processor library development, image recognition systems, signal processing applications and 3-D graphics development.• Served as an expert witness for an arbitration case regarding the delivery of a custom turn-key process control system. Show less

(formerly Viewlogic, acquired in 2000)• Designed, developed and deployed software licensing library and support system allowing customers to enable, report and quantify the return on their investment in the electronic design automation software the company produces.• Integrated license generation utilities into customer care and support systems providing customers with license keys and support via the world-wide web.• Provided in-house training to customer support personnel and… Show more (formerly Viewlogic, acquired in 2000)• Designed, developed and deployed software licensing library and support system allowing customers to enable, report and quantify the return on their investment in the electronic design automation software the company produces.• Integrated license generation utilities into customer care and support systems providing customers with license keys and support via the world-wide web.• Provided in-house training to customer support personnel and software engineers, which integrated and supported licensing in software products.• Provided second-tier customer support to troubleshoot license configuration problems.Development Tools, and Languages used in position: FLEXlm License Management software (license key generation and license library customization), Macromedia InstallShield, C Programming Language, CSH Scripting Show less

(formerly Quad Design Technology, acquired in 1994)• Developed and maintained a software configuration and control (revision control) system for in-house use.• Developed and maintained customer care system for customer call tracking, software change requests, and shipping resulting in a 40% increase in maintenance revenues (approximately $4 million).• Coordinated software releases on a regular basis providing framework for integration, testing and manufacturing using a variety of… Show more (formerly Quad Design Technology, acquired in 1994)• Developed and maintained a software configuration and control (revision control) system for in-house use.• Developed and maintained customer care system for customer call tracking, software change requests, and shipping resulting in a 40% increase in maintenance revenues (approximately $4 million).• Coordinated software releases on a regular basis providing framework for integration, testing and manufacturing using a variety of media (magnetic tape, CD, DVD).• Developed installation and licensing utilities for magnetic tape, CD, and DVD media• Maintained, expanded, and upgraded the local area network and world-wide web access for the local office and developed the intra-net web site.• Developed and maintained a disaster recovery plan and system which provided an operational facility within 72 hours of the disaster.• Evaluated and recommended software tools and utilities for in-house use by other software engineers.Development Tools, and Languages used in position: sccs, rcs, SQL Server, C, Project management software to generate PERT and GANTT reports Show less

• Led a team of four software engineers in developing and maintaining test systems to verify and certify software models of gate array and standard cells for CAD tools provided by the company for integrated circuit design.• Coordinated releases of CAD software providing the framework for generating magnetic tape media.• Provided phone and on-line customer support for the CAD tools.Development Tools, and Languages used in position: Verilog-XL, VHDL, C, KSH Scripting, Project… Show more • Led a team of four software engineers in developing and maintaining test systems to verify and certify software models of gate array and standard cells for CAD tools provided by the company for integrated circuit design.• Coordinated releases of CAD software providing the framework for generating magnetic tape media.• Provided phone and on-line customer support for the CAD tools.Development Tools, and Languages used in position: Verilog-XL, VHDL, C, KSH Scripting, Project management software Show less

• Designed and developed 3-D graphics software for an M1 tank simulator later used to train troops in Operation Desert Storm.• Evaluated and recommended hardware and software for developing simulation systems that could be adapted for a variety of training vehicles.Development Tools, and Languages used in position: Fortran, C, Motorola and Intel 32-bit processor Assembler, PHIGS (Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System)

• Founder in the company primarily responsible for designing and developing software quality assurance system.• Developed benchmark-measuring tools, which compared the system to competing systems for market analysis and support.• Installed and maintained the local area network. Developed tape back up and recovery procedures and oversaw system maintenance and enhancements.

* Provided technical presentations in pre- and post-sales contacts on the digital signal/array processors that the company produced* Provided introductory customer training on-site.* Generated benchmarks and timing analysis under a wide variety of application environments.* Supported marketing and sales at trade shows in terms of equipment and booth set up, tear-down, and technical discussions with prospective customers. * Provided tier-3 customer phone and on-site support.

* Participated in the design and developed of a real-time, event-driven operating system for a space-based advanced onboard signal processor (AOSP).* Was directly responsible for the fault-tolerant communications protocol for the system.* Led a small software team to code, test, optimize, and document the design of the OS as written in the Ada programming language.

* Designed, developed, and documented computer image generation (CIG/CGI) software for a multiple moving model enhancement for the USAF Advanced Aircraft Simulator for Pilot Training.

* Designed, developed, and documented library functions for the series of array processors that the company produced (MAP-200, MAP-300)* Enhanced and extended the operating system kernel for the array processor.* Performed various IT tasks including file system to tape back up, restore, and system maintenance