Dave Mark

Current

Contributor at Charles River Media
Submission Reviewer at GameDev.net
President & Lead Designer at Intrinsic Algorithm LLC

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Past

Database Application Designer/Programmer at Compaq/HP
Database Application Designer/Programmer at Inacom (Compaq)
Network Installation Consultant at Professional Business Products

Technical Lead at Mark IV Systems
Technical Lead at 21st Century Solutions

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Dave Mark’s Experience

Contributor

Charles River Media

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

April 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)

Contributed an entry to the book "AI Game Programming Wisdom 4" entitled "Multi-Axial, Dynamic Threshold, Fuzzy Decision Algorithm".
Submission Reviewer

GameDev.net

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

2007 — Present (1 year)
President & Lead Designer

Intrinsic Algorithm LLC

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)

January 2002 — Present (7 years)

I founded Intrinsic Algorithm L.L.C in December of 2001. We are an independant game development studio and contract programming company. I specialize in mathematical modelling of game data, artificial intelligence design and programming.

Skills: AI programming, VC++, OOP, MS Access, VBA, MySQL, PHP, HTML
Database Application Designer/Programmer

Compaq/HP

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; CPQ; Computer Software industry)

October 2001 — October 2002 (1 year 1 month)

Contracted with Compaq (now HP) to design and develop a custom database application using MS Access and extensive VBA programming. Application acted as a client to access a custom SQL database. Database functionality required regular data import and manipulation from numerous external data sources. Project was suspended due to continually changing requirements and inconsistency of external data sources.

Skills: Relational Database Design, SQL, MS Access, VBA
Database Application Designer/Programmer

Inacom (Compaq)

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Software industry)

August 1999 — May 2001 (1 year 10 months)

Contracted with Inacom/Compaq (now HP) to design and develop various custom database applications using MS Access and extensive VBA programming. Database back-ends were on either SQL or DB2. Was responsible for requirements gathering, business analysis, relational design, data modeling, client design and programming, and ongoing maintenance of both database and client application.

Skills: Relational Database Design, SQL, DB2, MS Access, VBA
Network Installation Consultant

Professional Business Products

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 1998 — May 1999 (9 months)

Contracted as part of a team to install and configure new computer systems for client banks of First Commerce Technologies throughout the Midwest and Florida. Was responsible for installation of NT Server/Workstation, various MS Backoffice products, and FCT’s proprietary software. Was also responsible for server and workstation hardware configuration, network installation and data migration from older systems.

Skills: NT Server/Workstation, MS Exchange Server, various CA Backup products
Technical Lead

Mark IV Systems

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 1996 — September 1998 (2 years 3 months)

Performed various functions on contract to customers of family computer consulting business. Contracts included design and rollout of a world-wide email system for MFS Communications using MS Exchange Server, design and management of the web site for the Metro Omaha Builders Association, Greater Des Moines Home Builders Association, and web sites of approximately 30 of their member builders, and design and development of a custom database application for a local company using MS Access and VBA.

Skills: Relational Database Design, MS Access, VBA, NT Server/Workstation, MS Exchange, HTML, MS FrontPage, various graphics packages
Technical Lead

21st Century Solutions

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Networking industry)

August 1995 — May 1996 (10 months)

Performed various functions on contract including network design using NT Server, MS Exchange Server, SMS, SNA, and relational database development using Access and VBA.

Skills: NT Server/Workstation, MS Exchange, Relational Database Design, MS Access, VBA,