President, Opal Computing - Software Systems, Web Development, and Internet Marketing
Greater New York City Area
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- President at Opal Computing and PlanetThoughts.org
- Past
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- Member at Gotham Networking
- CTO at New York Software Industry Association
- Senior Software Engineer at Medtronic Corp.
- Software Engineer at Aeronautic Instrumentation Laboratories (AIL)
- Senior Programmer at Citibank
- Programmer at Interactive Market Systems
- Education
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- City University of New York Graduate Center
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David Alexander’s Summary
With broad and deep experience in technology and in business operations, Opal Computing focuses in the 21st century on socially beneficial causes such as environmentalism, healthcare, and not-for-profit efforts.
After experience as a CTO for the NY Software Industry Association, and as a senior consultant managing development and deployment at one of the largest Web sites in the world (Toysrus.com), I now prefer to use my experience to work with smaller organizations with a true mission, whether that is helping people directly, or improving the environment, or improving the quality of healthcare services.
David Alexander’s Specialties:
Opal Computing provides custom software development and Internet marketing services with a specialty in healthcare, environment, and not-for-profit organizations.
Our Opal Summit service offers business-building through Web site construction, Internet marketing, e-commerce, and newsletter and email list management services. We have hosted e-commerce, event management, and newsletter and email list services available at a reasonable cost, and operating since 2003.
David Alexander’s Experience
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President
Opal Computing and PlanetThoughts.org
(Computer Software industry)
September 1986 — Present (23 years 3 months)
Opal Computing is responsible for helping clients operate more effectively, be better organized, and better develop new leads and business opportunities, by the best use of technology such as SEO, social networking, membership management and e-commerce. Google certified, experienced with all aspects of using technology to improve an organization's success.
With PlanetThoughts.org, Opal has deeply involved itself in environmental activism due to threats to our planetary climate, natural resources, and the inevitable decline of oil, gas, and coal supplies. Running real and virtual events and supporting activist communities has become a major focus for Opal Computing. -
Member
Gotham Networking
(Computer Software industry)
2007 — 2009 (2 years )
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CTO
New York Software Industry Association
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 2001 — June 2004 (3 years 4 months)
CTO, on contract, providing pivotal software services allowing NYSIA to function interactively over the Internet, developing online event registration and management; a survey tool allowing easy changes to NYSIA's IT Workforce and industry surveys; emergency services exchange after 9/11/2001, a member directory, and others.
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Senior Software Engineer
Medtronic Corp.
(Public Company; MDT; Medical Devices industry)
February 1984 — June 1986 (2 years 5 months)
I led a small team, and I designed from the ground up a software and hardware systems for capturing medical data from pacemaker, real-time, and graphically analyzing the pacemaker function, preparing a report electronically from database and graphical data, and printing on a tremendous, high-speed (for 1986!) HP laser.
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Software Engineer
Aeronautic Instrumentation Laboratories (AIL)
(Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
1982 — 1984 (2 years )
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Senior Programmer
Citibank
(Public Company; C; Banking industry)
1980 — 1982 (2 years )
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Programmer
Interactive Market Systems
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
1978 — 1980 (2 years )
David Alexander’s Education
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City University of New York Graduate Center
BA, MA , Computer Science , 1976 — 1982
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David Alexander’s Interests:
Teacher of Tai Chi Chuan; environment, global warming, and peak oil; amateur classical musician; tennis
David Alexander’s Groups:
New York Software Industry Association; Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island (board member)
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Shades of Green Network
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