Johnothan Rears

Johnothan Rears

Technician at Comport Communications, LLC

Richland/Kennewick/Pasco, Washington Area

Current
  • Technician at Comport Communications, LLC
  • Operations Research Consultant at Rears Consulting
Past

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Education
  • Florida Institute of Technology
  • Lewis-Clark State College
  • University of Idaho
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Johnothan Rears’s Summary

Analyst and consultant with excellent problem solving skills. Provide guidance and alternatives to lead in optimum growth and expansion.

Johnothan Rears’s Specialties:

Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, Office, Outlook, Visio, Project, Front Page.
SQL, HTML, xhtml, CSS, java script, C/C++, FORTRAN.
Math Applications: SPSS, LINDO, LINGO, LIMDEP, Minitab, Matlab, MathCAD, R, Maple, Derive, MPL, Maxima, @Risk, Mathematica, CPLEX, GAMS, AMPL.
Simulations: One Semi Automated Forces (OneSAF) Test Bed, Joint Conflict and Tactical Simulation (JCATS), ProModel, Awesim, and Neural Networks.
GPS/GIS: MapInfo, Esri ARC Tools.
Forecasting, Web Design.

Johnothan Rears’s Experience

  • Technician

    Comport Communications, LLC

    (Telecommunications industry)

    February 2009 — Present (6 months)

    PC, POS, and telecommunications systems repair, diagnostics, install, updates.

    Onforce Service Professional ID: 101460

  • Operations Research Consultant

    Rears Consulting

    (Think Tanks industry)

    April 2006 — Present (3 years 4 months)

    Solving problems using operations research methods. The harder the challenge, the more I love it. If you have problems that need solved, feel free to contact me. It won't be a waste of your time.

  • Operations Research Analyst

    Navy Recruiting Command

    (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

    July 2003 — April 2006 (2 years 10 months)

    Assisted leaders in making hard decisions.

  • Operations Research Analyst

    Army Maneuver Support Center

    (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

    July 2000 — September 2002 (2 years 3 months)

    Developed simulations, databases, requirements documentation and analysis. Assisted in the decision making process for Military Polie, Combat Engineers, and Chemical Corp.

  • Chemist

    Navy Fleet and Industrial Supply Center

    (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)

    July 1992 — October 1995 (3 years 4 months)

    Performed quality control testing of petroleum products.
    Developed a hazardous materials and waste site.
    Automated lab.
    Created a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) using DBASE and Clipper.
    Created a quality assurance standard operations procedure.

  • Mathematician

    Army - Yuma Proving Ground

    (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

    January 1991 — January 1992 (1 year 1 month)

    Created numerous graphical user interface routines for SGI IRIX environments. This included modular object oriented design methods before C++ and other object oriented languages were readily available. Almost all of this work was done in ANSI C and compiled using command line compiler and make files.
    Created translation routines for communications between different operating systems and hardware.
    Created math libraries in Fortran and C.
    Written hundreds of scripts in C and Borne for UNIX systems.
    Used primarily for translation and conversions from one type of field system and another.

  • Lab Aide, Tutor, TA

    Lewis-CLark State College

    (Higher Education industry)

    January 1985 — December 1990 (6 years)

    Tutor in math and science in Chemistry, Physics, and Geology. Lab aide in Mathematics, Computer Science, Chemistry. TA in Mathematics.

  • Unit Supply Specialist

    US Army

    (Government Agency; USA; Military industry)

    August 1980 — August 1983 (3 years 1 month)

    Unit Supply Specialist & Small Arms Repairman with B Co 2/22 Infantry.

Johnothan Rears’s Education

  • Florida Institute of Technology

    MS , Operations Research , 2002 — 2007

    Activities and Societies:
    Military Operations Research Society, Army Operations Research Symposium, Navy Recruiting

  • Lewis-Clark State College

    BS , Mathematics, Chemistry, Education , 1985 — 1990

    Worked on numerous research projects. Tutored math and science.

    Activities and Societies:
    President's List, National Dean's List, Academic Vice President's List, Idaho Academy of Science Award, LCSC Scholastic Achievement Award, U.S. Scholastic Achievement Award

  • University of Idaho

    Engineering, Education 1978 — 1979

Additional Information

Johnothan Rears’s Websites:

Johnothan Rears’s Interests:

Strategic and tactical planning and implementation, problem solving, leading others, photography, caving, hiking, camping, skiing, optimization, six sigma and similar philosophies, research and development, international travel, global networking, expanding global awareness and communication, teaching, and much more.

Johnothan Rears’s Groups:

Onforce Service Professional ID: 101460
DataShaping Certified Analytic Professional ID: 256969
SPSS Certificates:
Basic and Intermediate
Statistical Analysis
Regression Analysis
Trends, Time Series Analysis
ANOVA Analysis
Intro to Tables

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER)
Past associations:
Fraternal Orders of Moose and Eagles
National Education Association
Idaho Academy of Sciences
Lewis-Clark State College - Natural Sciences
Military Operations Research Society
Army Operations Research Symposium
National Speleological Society
Boy Scouts of America
4H
Idaho Education Association
Pierce Fencing Club
Industrial Arts Club
Honors Club
Chess Club
American Chemical Society

  •    Online Marketing, Web Analytics, and E-commerce Group -- WebAnalysts.Info
  •    DataShaping Advanced Analytics
  •    eMarketing Association Network
  •    SPSS Power Users
  •    Business Intelligence & Analytics Group
  •    Decision Stats
  •    Florida Institute of Technology Alumni
  •    Location based Services- Application
  •    ROADEF
  •    INFORMS
  •    Canadian Operations Research Society
  •    COIN-OR Foundation
  •    Statistician
  •    Stat-Math Statistics
  •    INFORMS/Military Applications Society
  •    Customer Intelligence and Insight
  •    International CHRIE
  •    Predictive Modeling, Data Mining, Actuary / Actuarial and Statistics Group
  •    Research Professionals in India (Operations Research,Business Analytics,Market Research,SAS & SPSS)
  •    SmartData Collective
  •    Online Media Jobs -- Work in Internet Marketing, E-business, Web Analytics, etc.

Johnothan Rears’s Honors:

Department Of Defense Awards:
Numerous Merit Cash Incentive Awards, US Navy
Numerous Gold Wreath Awards, US Navy
Numerous Merit Cash Incentive Awards, US Army
Numerous Meritorious Service Awards, US Army

LCSC Awards:
National Dean's List, Academic Vice President's List, National Dean's List, Idaho Academy of Science Award, LCSC Scholastic Achievement Award, U.S. Scholastic Achievement Award

Active Army Awards:
Overseas Service Ribbon, US Army, 3 Meritorious Service Awards (REFORGER), US Army (Europe), Advanced Individual Training Ribbon (AIT), Commandant's List, Army Quartermaster School, Fort Lee, VA.

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