System Architect at Online Talent Manager
Breda Area, Netherlands
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- System Architect at Online Talent Manager
- Programmer at Learnworks B.V.
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- Programmer at 2organize
- Programmer at Journalistic, Inc.
- Technical Support - Credit Operations at Wachovia Bank
- Customer Service - Prodigy at SPSS Payment Systems
- Education
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- East Tennessee State University
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Richard Still’s Summary
I remember a guest speaker coming to my 5th grade class in Altus Oklahoma. The man told us that we would spend our whole lives learning new things, that the end of school did not mean the end of education. Those words were a bit discouraging to a 10 year old, but I have lived the truth of them. I like to think of my professional life as a series of learning experiences.
-As a DJ on the radio, I learned how to speak extemporaneously and clearly.
-As a phone support operator, I learned to explain things clearly to non-technical people and discovered how frustrating poor design can be to end customers.
-As a technical support person at a major bank, I learned how large companies function and how to plan and order large projects.
-As the web developer at a magazine publisher, I learned how to create useful and intuitive programs.
My current position as system architect for a psychological talent management system has required all of these learned skills. My long term goal is to continue to explore the possibilities inherent in personality matching, testing, and evaluation in the work place.
Richard Still’s Specialties:
Ability to put myself into the customer's position and create programs that are intuitive and helpful. I program in Perl and use Open Source products whenever possible.
Synergy - connecting the dots - Surprise.
Richard Still’s Experience
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System Architect
Online Talent Manager
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
January 2002 — Present (7 years 7 months)
System architect. I work with customers to develop new products and explore possibilities. I program and work with other programmers and designers to put it all together. I am responsible for imagining the future, what products are possible/feasible/marketable. My education in engineering keeps me practical, my experience on the front line of support keeps me focussed on customer needs, and my curiosity keeps me exploring.
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Programmer
Learnworks B.V.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
January 2002 — Present (7 years 7 months)
Implement, modify, maintain psychological testing system based on the Hartman Profile.
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Programmer
2organize
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2002 — July 2002 (5 months)
Programming, mostly on backend modules.
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Programmer
Journalistic, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
August 1999 — October 2001 (2 years 3 months)
Perl programmer and Linux systems administration. This was my first programming-focused position. Webb Howell, the owner is a great boss and if I had not been moving to the Netherlands, I would most likely still be working there. Journalistic Inc is the publisher of QSR Magazine.
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Technical Support - Credit Operations
Wachovia Bank
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WB; Banking industry)
August 1996 — June 1999 (2 years 11 months)
Technical support for Credit Operations division. Responsible for scheduling moves and reorganization within building (expanded from ~300 to >500 employees during time in Wachovia).
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Customer Service - Prodigy
SPSS Payment Systems
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
1994 — 1996 (2 years)
Phone support for the Prodigy online service. I worked my way up to second level, then to a special 3rd party software support group. IBM was just trying to come to grips with the internet then and launched a product called InfoSage. I was responsible for 'writing the book' on supporting this application, worked with the IBM representatives, and acted as a liaison to the software development group.
Richard Still’s Education
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East Tennessee State University
BS , Electrical Engineering , 1989 — 1995
- Activities and Societies:
- Broadcasting School of Journalism - Program Director and General Manager of student radio station, Member of Alpha Sigma Iota, Co-director and co-writer for comedy television program
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Richard Still’s Interests:
Programming, business process improvement, reading, cooking
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