Software Tester & Programmer at PAR Government Systems
Utica, New York Area
Software Tester & Programmer at PAR Government Systems
Utica, New York Area
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PTC; Computer Software industry)
May 2001 — Present (8 years 8 months)
Originally hired as a Water Resources Computer Programmer involved in a NYC DEP project to integrate their existing modeling software.
Subsequent to contract completion, moved to a different business unit and began work as a software tester.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LMT; Maritime industry)
May 1999 — November 1999 (7 months)
Full-time co-op/intern position at the Maritime Sensors & Systems (formerly Ocean, Radar and Sensor Systems) division in Syracuse, NY.
Documented low-level C++ and Ada interfaces used in a Navy project for use within the System Services Functional Segment programming group and by other groups utilizing the System Services code base.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; RSH; Retail industry)
October 1993 — August 1998 (4 years 11 months)
Began as seasonal employee with the intention of a temporary position. After two successful years as a Sales Associate, enrolled in the Management Training Program .
In May 1996 began managing the Newburgh , NY Ames Plaza store. Successfully drove double-digit sales gains for the following year through focused efforts on various product categories and execution of S.M.A.R.T. goal-setting according to the sales plan.
A necessary move to the Utica, NY area and a lack of open management positions there required self-demotion to Management Trainee status.
With the opportunity to return to school full-time and pursue a career in Computer Programming, employment ended in August, 1998.
1998 — 2000
BA , Water Resources, Geology , 1988 — 1992
1984 — 1988
1981 — 1984
1982 — 1983
1979 — 1981
1976 — 1979