Resume

For those who may be interested, the following resume provides an outline of my work experience over the last 37 years. The resume is divided into four sections:

Information Support for the City of Manchester Finance Department
Other Information Support and Data Management
United States Air Force
Education

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April 1991 – September 2007 Information Support Specialist for the City of Manchester, Finance Department (Retired)
INFORMATION SUPPORT AND DATA MANAGEMENT	Developed and maintained financial spreadsheets
INFORMATION SUPPORT AND DATA MANAGEMENT	Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, Monthly and Quarterly Financial Reports, Quarterly CIP and Treasurers Reports, Fiscal Year Budget Books, Audit Reports, Amortization/Debt Service Schedules, Budget Summaries and History, Revenue Sources.
	Developed and maintained financial word processing documents
	Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, Official Statements for Bond Sales (Prospectus), Audit Reports, Budget Manual, Chart of Accounts, Revenue Manual, Fixed Assets Manual, Matrix of Benefits for Unions/ Bargaining Units, Brochure on Direct Deposit, Finance Department’s User’s Guide, Report on Police Extra Duty, Parks & Recreation Report, Finance Forms, Requests for Proposals, Proposal Evaluation Forms.
	Developed and maintained financial presentations
	Tax Graphs, Debt Guides, Debt Service, School Budget, Revenue Briefing, Organization Charts, Flow Charts.
	Developed and maintained financial databases
	Budget Books, Personnel Budget, Aggregation Participants, HTE Chart of Accounts, Debt Service Schedules.
	Combined spreadsheets, graphic presentations and word documents into single consolidated document. Prepared and published financial documents to Adobe Acrobat. Developed and maintained Finance Department web pages. Assisted in implementing City-wide financial computer system.
APPLICATION SOFTWARE	Extensive experience in Microsoft Office Professional (Excel, Word, Power Point, Publisher, Visio, and FrontPage), Adobe Acrobat, OmniPage Pro, and Lotus SmartSuite.
Other Information Support and Data Management Experience
Webmaster	Blair Society for Genealogical Research Designed and maintain the website. Maintain the master membership database. Blair Genealogy Designed and maintain the website and associated databases. The Blair DNA Project Designed and maintain the website and associated databases. Administer the project.
Volunteer Work	I have provided information and data management support to the following non-profit organizations:
	The New Hampshire Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Home Health and Hospice Care Rockingham Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice
April 1970 – April 1990 United States Air Force (Retired Major)
COMPUTER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT	Implemented million dollar Integrated Work Information Management and Material Acquisition System. The system consisted of 120 workstations, and 55 printers tied into a mini-mainframe. This system provided total automation of job processing, labor reporting, material ordering and processing, personnel management, and financial management. Coordinated pre-implementation construction, hardware installation, and software installation. Accelerated a late starting construction project to meet equipment delivery dates and software implementation schedule. Arranged schedules, lodging, and classes to provide hands-on training to more than 300 users. Supervised five technicians in the daily operation and programming of control processes for computer adaptation. Assisted users with hardware and software problems. Developed programs and reports for functional users.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT	Directed the design, award, and construction management of 174 construction contracts valued at over $1 billion. Coordinated the efforts of 20 project engineers, 14 project managers, and scores of foreign nation agencies. Initiated procedures to accurately identify and record all sources of design cost; reduced annual design costs of $3.5M by over 15%. Expedited award of design contracts and completion of concept designs. By reducing normal design/award period by 8 weeks an additional $21 million in projects were submitted for approval.
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT	Programmed and planned the maintenance and repair of 3,000 facilities and utility systems valued at over $100 million. Managed staff of 39 engineers and technicians. Prepared and executed $20 million annual budget. Increased productivity by 5%. Increased capability to respond to customer requests by 25%. Obtained funding for $2.5M in Energy Conservation projects and an additional $750,000 for facility projects.
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT	Reallocated in-house planning technicians to support the engineering design effort which resulted in the award of over $5 million in facility projects, a 100% increase over the prior year. Streamlined work procedures and developed computer programs which allowed a work force reduction of 15% while maintaining the same high level of efficiency.
SYSTEM ANALYSIS	Analyzed plans for design deficiencies and cost efficiency. Design changes on one project alone saved $45,000 in construction costs and $25,000 in annual utility costs.
COMMUNI- CATIVE SKILLS	Rewrote several technical regulations in simplified language. Clarity and comprehensiveness of these regulations reduced paperwork by almost 20% and decreased work request processing time by over 10%. Briefing to customers on procedures for submitting and processing work requests reduced work request rejection rate by more than 15%. Coordinated efforts of 20 project engineers, 14 project managers, and scores of American and foreign nation agencies, engineers, and contractors.
Education
	Master of Science in Systems Management. Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. Completed computer science courses in Pascal, Cobol, Data Structures, Operating Systems, VAX Assembly Language, and Software Engineering.