Resume - Don Lance

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I am not providing this resume because I am looking for other employment; I am providing it because I do occasional part-time contract work over the Internet.

Resume sections:

• Education
• Work Experience
• Skills
• Other information

Education

Professional

Overview of CMMI, LaVergne, TN, October 2004

This two-day training course was presented by Q-Labs and it included a review of the CMMI model for organizational process improvement.

 

.NET Developer Training, Franklin, TN, March 2003

This two-day training course by Microsoft presented a broad overview of all .NET technologies.

 

Leading Software Development Organizations, Nashville, TN, March 2003

This special seminar, hosted by IEEE, reviewed the major obstacles affecting software development organizations today and what leadership skills are needed to overcome them.

 

Programming ASP.NET, LaVergne, TN, August 2002

This hands-on training course with ASP.NET development was hosted by Wintellect.  It covered C# development of Web Forms, Web Services, XML, SOAP and included ASP.NET server configurations/optimizations.

 

Project Management Professional (PMP) Training, LaVergne, TN, September 2001

This two-day training session was presented by Frank Saladis of PMI and included an overview of all components of project management.

 

Essential XML, LaVergne, TN, November 2000

Given by Developmentor, this week-long course included hands-on instruction of XML development and applications.

 

Essential ATL, Portland, OR, March 2000

Hosted by Developmentor., the week-long course included hands-on instruction of using Microsoft's Active Template Library (ATL) 3.0 in Windows application development.

 

Fundamentals of Successful Project Management, Nashville, TN, November 1999

Given by Skillpath, the 2-day seminar covered practical project management concepts.

 

IIS 4.0 Services and Administration (Microsoft Course # 936), Nashville, TN, February 1998

Hosted by New Horizons, the three day course covered all aspects of Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 administration and concepts.

 

Various Conferences, June 1995 - November 1998

Attended various conferences -- including Comdex in Atlanta, GA (6/95, 6/97), Software Development East in Washington D.C. (10/96), JavaOne Java Developers Conference in San Francisco, CA (4/97, 4/98), Microsoft Professional Developers Summit in Nashville, TN (1/98), and the Visual C++ Developers Conference in Palm Springs, CA (11/98).  Seminars attended at these conferences were over a great variety of topics: Windows NT, Windows 95/98, Visual C++/MFC/COM, Microsoft IIS/ISAPI, ActiveX, Java, and JavaBeans to name a few.

Published Articles

Lance, Don, Roland H. Untch and Nancy J. Wahl.  "Bytecode-based Java Program Analysis"  Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Southeast Conference, Mobile, AL, April 15-18, 1999; pp 104-110.

 

Work Experience

Square D-PowerLogic; LaVergne, TN (10/94-present)

Staff Software Engineer. Responsible for various duties in the Design Engineering organization of Square D - Power Monitoring & Control [PMC] (aka PowerLogic), a brand of Schneider Electric. These include the development of the System Manager Software (SMS) product family, which are Windows (2K, XP, Win2003) power quality management products for the industrial community worldwide. Primary duties have included engineering team leadership/management, client-server international applications development using Visual C++/VS.NET, Internet applications development, .NET development, software project administration, and CMMI level accessment.

Opinion One; Cincinnati, OH (9/94-10/95)

Consultant/Developer. Acted as a part-time consultant and developer for marketing research applications that were used on the nationwide Opinion One network. Duties included the handling of porting issues, documentation, and the development of custom multimedia code for surveys.

Americom Research, Inc.; Wartrace, TN (11/92-9/94)

Senior Software Engineer. Provided support for various projects within the company's R&D organization. These projects included the development of a multimedia library streamlined for the research community, and data retrieval/analysis support for a nationwide research-based network.

Arnold Engineering & Development Center; Tullahoma, TN (3/91-11/92)

Scientific Programmer/Analyst. Provided programming services to various clients within the Engineering Applications organization of defense contractor OAO. Applications included revisions of a light gas gun simulator and a heat conduction program to predict steady state temperature distributions. Also aided in the design and implementation of a multiplatform data retrieval system for F-22 test data, and developed a PC-based data acquisition program for a specially designed robot. Work also included graphics development for inlet contours in AEDC's ADS (Analysis and Display System). A secret clearance was retained to perform job requirements.

ERC Scientists & Engineers; Nashville, TN (9/89-2/91)

Computer Operator. Performed backup, executed batches, queries, and company reports, assisted with data entry, and aided employees with system problems.

Middle Tennessee State University; Murfreesboro, TN (8/85-12/90)

Computer Lab Assistant. Helped acquaint computer science students with the MTSU systems, and also assisted them with programming and debugging problems.

Cumberland Caverns; McMinnville, TN (4/86-8/89)

Tour Guide. Directed tours through the cave to various public groups, performed a variety of maintenance tasks, and served as sales clerk when necessary.

Skills

Computer Science

Extensive software development experience with FORTRAN 77, C, C++, Java and Visual C++.  In particular, knowledgeable in the construction of international software (multi-language) on the Windows platform.  Web development experience includes HTML, XML, VS.NET/C#, CGI, Java, and Microsoft IIS/ISAPI/Active Server. Work has been accomplished on a variety of machine and network implementations, most of which were designed for development of scientific applications. These include mainframes, supercomputers, and LANs consisting of workstations and PCs.  Operating system exposure includes various flavors of UNIX and Windows (3.x, 9x, NT, ME, 2K, XP, Win2003).

Mathematics

Mathematical skills include problem solving in the areas of numerical analysis, calculus, statistical hypothesis testing, regression analysis, analysis of algorithms, and operations research. Experience held with the Minitab and SPSS for Windows statistical packages.

Remote Sensing

Remote sensing expertise includes the interpretation of aerial photographs, radar images, and Landsat MSS data. Cartographic abilities maintained and knowledgeable in digital image processing. Experience is also held in GIS project work within a laboratory environment. 

Other Information

• CMMI Internal Accessor, Schneider Electric (2004-present).
• Microsoft Universal Developer, Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) (1995-present).
• Voting member of ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) (1995-2002), SIGPLAN (1995-2001), and SIGSOFT (2001-2002).
• Member of Toastmasters International (2001-2003), Sergeant-of-Arms in LaVergne Chapter (2001-2003).
• Member of the Project Management Institute (PMI), Nashville Chapter (2001-present), IS-SIG (2001-present).
• Charter member of MTSU Chapter of Upsilon Phi Epsilon, a computer science honor fraternity (1994).
• Member of Lance-Lantz-Lentz-Lence People, Inc., a genealogy organization (1994-present).  Served as Vice-President (1999-2001), President (2001-2003), Historian/Genealogist (1999-present), Webmaster (2000-present), and Immediate Past President (2004).
• National Speleological Society (NSS) member, (1986-present).
• Tennessee Cave Survey (TCS) member, (1990-present).
• National Cave Rescue Commission (NCRC) seminar graduate, levels one (1989) and two (1990).
• Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America Troop #308 - Centertown, TN (1985).
• Third Edith Hillis Bryan Scholarship recipient (1985).

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