Programmer, Writer, R&D Guy At Large
Trinidad and Tobago
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- Proprietor. at Otaheite Estate Section 6
- Independent Contractor at KnowProSE.com (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Stakeholder at Caribbean Telecommunications Union
- Technical Lead at Trellon
- Electronic Networking Consultant at WSIS Gender Caucus
- Editor at SSC
- Information Technology Tutor at University of the West Indies School of Continuing Studies
- Technical Advisor at Free Software Consortium
- Senior Systems Programmer at EDiX
- Test Equipment Software Engineer at Honeywell, Inc
- Team Leader at Central Florida Blood Bank
- Corpsman at U.S. Navy
- Contract Programmer at BERMAC Communications
- Manager at M.I.T. Enterprises
- Education
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- Carnegie Mellon (Software Engineering Institute)
- US Navy
- DeVry Institute of Technology
- DeVry Institute of Technology
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Taran Rampersad’s Summary
· Senior Software Developer with 20 years of varied professional programming experience. 7 years interfacing with embedded real-time multitasking systems with 13 years object oriented development. Specialized in multi platform development. Certified on the Software Engineering Institute Capability and Maturity Model.
· Writer published widely on the Internet through technical and information technology related sites and news.
· Electronics Engineering Technician specialized in the fields of Navigation, Inertial Navigation Units, Nuclear Propulsion and Military Applications. Successfully performed as team lead for analysis, design and implementation of data acquisition test software on many different projects (including research and development).
· Process Engineer with experience in design, creation, maintenance and adaptation of critical production systems in a high technology environment to meet business and technical needs.
· Background in the United States Navy as a Non-Commissioned Officer with experience in Leadership, Training, Medical, Electronics, Nuclear Propulsion and Combat. Further experience in Electrical Equipment, Magnetic Media and Printing.
· Mobile Phone Applications Consultation, Architecture Design and Progamming.
- Second Life Consultant; presence and the connecting of our world to other worlds.
Taran Rampersad’s Specialties:
Writing & Editing, programming, Research and Development, Implementation, Emergency Communication, Second Life, virtual world
Taran Rampersad’s Experience
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Proprietor.
Otaheite Estate Section 6
(Food Production industry)
January 2001 — Present (8 years 11 months)
Starting some agriculture/aquaculture on the side, as well as doing some land sales.
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Independent Contractor
KnowProSE.com (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2000 — Present (9 years 11 months)
As an independent contractor, I have done software development, research and development, and writing. As of 2006, this has been broadened with SecondLife development and integration with the internet.
Published author in magazines, with an O'Reilly Shortcut on SecondLife, "Making Your Mark in Second Life: Business, Land, and Money" http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514174/ -
Stakeholder
Caribbean Telecommunications Union
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2005 — 2008 (3 years )
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Technical Lead
Trellon
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2006 — April 2007 (5 months)
Support and Development of Drupal and Drupal modules. SecondLife solutions development.
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Electronic Networking Consultant
WSIS Gender Caucus
(Non-Profit; Program Development industry)
July 2005 — December 2005 (6 months)
Administrated and upgraded websites and mailing lists per expressed need by the Steering Committee of the Gender Caucus.
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Editor
SSC
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
September 2004 — June 2005 (10 months)
Served as Editor and Community Facilitator for LinuxGazette.com and A42.com.
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Information Technology Tutor
University of the West Indies School of Continuing Studies
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2004 — January 2005 (5 months)
Taught web design, computer repair (basic and advanced), and microcomputer networking.
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Technical Advisor
Free Software Consortium
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2002 — 2003 (1 year )
Set up software for social networking, et al...
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Senior Systems Programmer
EDiX
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year )
· Customized software for EDI/ADT medical transcription systems using C++, Visual Basic.
· Supported legacy systems.
· Rapid Prototyping.
· Co-wrote design specification for a SQL based Record Processing System. Proof of concept done.
· Research and development on Speech Recognition and compression technologies and high speed data transmission over a Wide Area Network and the Internet.
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Test Equipment Software Engineer
Honeywell, Inc
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
1996 — 2000 (4 years )
Member of the Software Engineering Process Group; assisted in maintaining SEI level 2 and working towards SEI level 3. Trained, certified and experienced on the Capability and Maturity Model.
· Promoted twice; recognized by 2 projects for outstanding support and innovation while following the standardized process.
· Full life cycle software development; software used to test real time navigation units and other data acquisition systems used in aerospace and marine applications.
· C++ development.
· Ported DOS applications to Windows.
· Complete design of the next generation Honeywell Data Acquisition Test Software; prototyped and proof of concept proven using RS-422.
· Fortran 77 on a Honeywell 316 Computer.
· Research and development with Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks and networking technologies.
· Mentored Junior Developers and engineers.
· ARINC-429, MIL-STD-1553, RS-422, and various Honeywell proprietary data acquisition boards. -
Team Leader
Central Florida Blood Bank
(Hospital & Health Care industry)
February 1995 — February 1996 (1 year 1 month)
Team Leader phlebotomist; in charge of mobile blood drives, patient care, and supervising blood drives.
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Corpsman
U.S. Navy
(Military industry)
1990 — 1995 (5 years )
· Honorably discharged with security clearance.
· Nuclear Propulsion, Electronics, Navigation, Medical (Specialty: Trauma and Cardiac). BLS-I, ACLS, PHTLS, Suture, Medication, Mountain, Cold Weather certified.
· Successful Leadership and Medical Administration of units of up to 2000 personnel.
· Official commendations from every command stationed at (5) plus commendations for service above and beyond the call of duty.
· Former shift supervisor for one of the 7 Navy Hospitals Emergency Departments which were in existence; administered and documented for excellent patient care, Victim Advocacy and Patient Advocacy.
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Contract Programmer
BERMAC Communications
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1989 — 1990 (1 year )
Contract Programming with C; multimedia. Laser Discs.
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Manager
M.I.T. Enterprises
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Printing industry)
March 1981 — August 1988 (7 years 6 months)
Served as Manager, incorporating all aspects of offset printing experience as well as computerizing a traditional business - from accounts to desktop publishing.
Taran Rampersad’s Education
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Carnegie Mellon (Software Engineering Institute)
Capability and Maturity Model Certification 1997 — 1997
Certification in SEI CMM.
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US Navy
Electronics, Nuclear Propulsion,Medicine 1991 — 1996
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DeVry Institute of Technology
Computer Information Systems 1989 — 1990
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DeVry Institute of Technology
Electronics Engineering Technology 1989 — 1989
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Taran Rampersad’s Interests:
No particular order: New technology, cross-pollination of technologies, writing, ICT, programming,virtual worlds,economics,electronics,optics,laser gyroscopes,electrical motors,fuzzy logic,neural networks,education,quantum theory, microbiology,psychology,medicine,renewable energy,solar energy,contract work,php,C++,UML,VRML,XML,Java,Perl,Python,C,FORTH,FORTRAN,COBOL,javascript,Ajax,Web 2.0, Web 3.0, web design,web marketing,web analysis,statistics,statistical process control,software engineering institute,literature,music,Linux,open source,free software,GPL,open content,drupal,content management system, much more...
Taran Rampersad’s Groups:
NTEN, DigitalDivide.net, CARDICIS, MISTICA, FLOS Caribbean, Second Life Consultant
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SLED - Second Life Educators
Taran Rampersad’s Honors:
Mentioned in international press a few times; awards in Navy for various things, awards from Honewell Inc. Accused of having value and values many times.
Taran Rampersad’s Contact Settings
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