Douglas Gosciak

3321 Wyoming S.W.

Wyoming, MI 49509-3243

Home (616) 534-0274

gosciak@ameritech.net

Objective

I would like a technical administrative and/or development position in an IT or Engineering department.

Education
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Minor: Business		1972
Michigan State University
Associate, Business Studies		1969
Delta Community College

Professional Affiliations

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN)

Apple Developer Connection (ADC)

Summary of Qualifications

Hardware:
IBM PC, IBM 360/370, Apple Macintosh, VAX 8600, VAX-11, VAX 11/725, MicroVAX II, DEC PDP-8, CDC 6500, CASCADE Concept III, CASCADE Consort, TI 990, Atari ST, Atari 800, Intel 8085/80X86, MOS Technology 6502, Motorola 680x0, Rockwell PPS-4, Zilog Z80

Software:
Windows, iRMX for Windows, Linux, MAC OS, PC-DOS, VRTX, QNX, UNIX 4.2BSD, VMS, CP/M, OS/2 V2.1, OS/MVT

C, C++, BASIC, FORTRAN, JOVIAL, PASCAL, COBOL, PL/1 and various Assemblers

MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint JASC PaintShop Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe GoLive, Adobe PageMill, Adobe PageMaker, and Macromedia Studio MX

Professional Employment
Rowe International, Inc	1998 to 2002
System Design Manager
Project manager for Internet based music jukebox product. Designed system architecture and managed both direct employees and contractors to implement that design. Design included both the client jukebox and the server computer to supply music and software updates. Wrote System Specification and Software Requirements Specifications for client and server. Technology used included: Windows 2000. C++, COM, ASP, HTML CSS, etc.
Rapistan Systems, Inc	1990 to 1998
Software Principle Engineer
Developed embedded and non-embedded software for material handling systems. Technology used included: Intel iRMX, OS/2, Windows, QNX, FactoryLink.
Intel iRMX, OS/2, Windows, QNX, FactoryLink.
Smiths Industries Inc	1985 to 1990
Senior Engineer
Airborne and ground-based aerospace software development. Most work involved flight incident data recorder in airborne applications. Technology used included: 1553, Jovial, Fortran
Litton UHS/AVS	1982 to 1985
Manager, Software Engineering
Managed software development staff developing both optical and wire guided vehicles that are used in office and industrial applications. Managed development of overall Vehicle System Controller on VAX 11/730. Wrote system and software requirements and design specifications for the above items. Put in place a software engineering methodology for the department. Software engineer on project developing a central control computer system (CC/M) for optically guided automated guided vehicles. Technology used: C, VRTX, and Pascal.
Whittaker Electronics Inc	1982 to 1982
Manager, Controls Design
Managed group of software engineers doing contract controls engineering for local manufacturing companies.
Cascade Data Inc	1978 to 1982
Manager, System Software Development
Developed small business computer known as the CONSORT that used CP/M and MP/M operating systems. Worked on conversion of Grain Elevator Accounting Software to run on CONSORT. Ported Microsoft BASIC and COBOL to run on Cascade CONCEPT IV. This computer ran a proprietary OS developed at Cascade.
R. C. Allen Inc	1975 to 1978
Software Engineer
Responsible for all phases of software development for microprocessor based electronic business machines. One project, the Model 900 ECR, involved the Rockwell PPS-4 CPU with 6K of ROM written entirely in assembler. Another generation of ECR's involved the usage of an RCA 1802 CMOS microprocessor. Throughout time spent at this company also became familiar with following microprocessors: Zilog Z-80 and the MOS Technology 65XX series.
Systematics Inc	1975 to 1975
Systems Analyst
Responsible for the COBOL coding & debugging of a Credit Life Billing system for a client insurance company. I was also involved in the addition of an Accounts Payable section to an existing COBOL Mortgage Processing system.
Lear Siegler Inc - ACTS Computing Division	1974 to 1975
Software Engineer
Responsible for IBM 370 OS/MVT system generation & modification, RJE user support, software and user documentation, customer education as well as, continued support of the Real Time Monitor.
Lear Siegler Inc- Instrument Division	1972 to 1974
Software Engineer
Responsible for a digital circuit analysis program called DAP that was used in conjunction with Data General 1200 mini-computers to provide automatic testing of circuit boards. As a member of the System Simulation staff I modified and maintained an IBM 370 real time monitor program known as RTM, and taught a course to the engineering staff on IBM OS Job Control Language.