Owner/General Manager of Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc.
Portland, Oregon Area
- Current
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- General Manager at Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc.
- Past
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- Contractor at Motorola
- Contractor at Intel
- Contractor at Tandem
- Contractor at BiiN
- Technical Writer/Quality Assurance at Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
- System Administrator at Servio-Logic
- Software Engineering Manager at Tektronix
- Technical Writer/Technical Writing Manager at Tektronix
- Education
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- Colton High School
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Randal Schwartz’s Summary
Self-taught programmer, writer, trainer, comedian. Published author, entrepreneur.
Randal Schwartz’s Specialties:
Perl, Smalltalk, Unix, Technical Writing, Technical Training, Security, Web Applications
Randal Schwartz’s Experience
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General Manager
Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc.
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; STONEHENGE; Computer Software industry)
July 1986 — Present (22 years 4 months)
I manage a small group of technical trainers and software programming contractors providing consulting services for fortune 500 companies across a wide range of industries. I also publish books and magazine articles and help develop the courseware we use.
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Contractor
Motorola
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
1994 — 1994 (less than a year)
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Contractor
Intel
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
1989 — 1993 (4 years)
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Contractor
Tandem
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
1987 — 1989 (2 years)
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Contractor
BiiN
(Computer Software industry)
1989 — 1989 (less than a year)
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Technical Writer/Quality Assurance
Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; SQNT; Computer Software industry)
March 1984 — July 1986 (2 years 5 months)
Wrote technical manuals for the initial product line. Assisted QA in creating bug tracking systems and administration of units under test.
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System Administrator
Servio-Logic
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 1983 — March 1984 (10 months)
System admin (VMS with Unix toolset) and toolsmith for a 30-person engineering company.
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Software Engineering Manager
Tektronix
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Hardware industry)
June 1981 — June 1983 (2 years 1 month)
Led team of programmers to develop Unix-based machines for software development and hardware integration.
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Technical Writer/Technical Writing Manager
Tektronix
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Hardware industry)
June 1978 — June 1981 (3 years 1 month)
Wrote operating system and applications language manuals. Led and trained teams of writers to do the same. Developed and maintained typesetting software for electronic workflow.
Randal Schwartz’s Education
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Colton High School
High School Diploma, September 1975 — February 1978
Additional Information
Randal Schwartz’s Websites:
Randal Schwartz’s Interests:
comedy, flying small planes, Karaoke, digital photography, snowboarding
Randal Schwartz’s Groups:
Squeak, Perl
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CAUCE - North American Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email -
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Advanced Perl Users (JAPH)
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pdx.st
Randal Schwartz’s Honors:
White Camel Award, The Perl Foundation, 2006
"Person of the Year", Time Magazine, 2006
Randal Schwartz’s Contact Settings
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