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Edward Reid
2014 W Indianhead Dr
Tallahassee, FL 32301

Office phone (mobile): (850) 443-3308
email: edward@paleo.org

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December 2002
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March 2003

Employed by Macrostaff, Inc to provide programming services to a client in the education sector. Worked with client to correct problems in their retirement records.

April 1983
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present
(except as above)

Self-employed as contractor and consultant on A-Series (Unisys NX/LX) application, system, and training projects. Major projects:
Mar 2004
- Dec 2004		 MGS Inc: technical lead to convert a client’s flat-file systems to Unisys DMSII database systems.
May 2003
- Feb 2004		 MGS Inc: software technical lead to convert a client’s mainframe (MCP) system from 12-year-old hardware and 6-year-old software to current, supported hardware and software.
Jan 2001
- Feb 2002		 MGS Inc: acted as technical lead to convert half a million lines of COBOL74 to COBOL85 for a major financial client of MGS, renovating programs to use COBOL85 features. Designed and programmed support tools for the project. Developed and taught classes in COBOL85 for COBOL74 programmers.

Apr 2000
- Dec 2000

MGS Inc: wrote database conversion programs for major manufacturing client, using COBOL and DMSII.

Aug 1998
- Jun 1999

MGS Inc: designed and implemented parts of PCS, a program testing and validation system. Installed PCS and added features for three clients, and helped use PCS for Y2K testing for two clients.
May 1994
- Aug 1994
also Mar 1996
- Nov 1998

MGS Inc: developed Viewpoint/Sightline Host Reporter software for Viewpoint/Sightline Capacity Manager. Developed and wrote end-user documentation.
Sept 1994
- present

MGS Inc: Continued maintenance of Viewpoint/ Sightline Host Reporter software while not in active development.
Apr 1995
- Sept 1995

MGS Inc: aided in converting the communications system (Gateway to COMS), and updating COBOL68 programs to COBOL74, for a major financial client.
Nov 1993
- Dec 1995

MGS Inc: acted as technical lead and primary designer and programmer to multistream and otherwise improve performance of critical path programs for a major financial client.
Apr 2000
- present

Personal project: developed and maintained personal web site (http://www.paleo.org/) using hand-coded HTML.
Jun 1998
- Feb 1999

Paradigm4: wrote routines to interface specialized TCP/IP adaptor to communications software on Unisys A17 mainframe.
Jun 1989
- Aug 1992

Metalogic S.à r.l.: supported and enhanced Metalogic’s automated operations software, especially Supervisor and Flex. Wrote documentation for new features.
Jan 1985
- Feb 1990
and Aug 1992
- Jan 1993

Philadelphia Electric Company: programmed applications in power system analysis and interchange accounting, using FORTRAN, ALGOL, and COBOL.
Apr 1984
- Dec 1984

Burroughs: addressed GEMCOS trouble reports and added expertise to the GEMCOS development team.
Dec 1983
- Mar 1984

Burroughs/SDC: provided DMSII customer support.
June 1981
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February 1983

Employed by Planning Research Corporation in the Special Projects Team on the Phase IV Air Force conversion contract. Project included extensive validation requirements.
 
  • Acted as consultant to the project; source of general and specific information and ideas.
  • Performed research to find information, analyze problems, discover solutions, and recommend actions.
  • Modified system software for performance and capabilities.
  • Wrote a sophisticated file compare program to use in the conversion and Air Force validation.
  • Aided extensively in correcting timing deficiencies.
March 1973
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June 1981

Employed by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in Tallahassee. Applications and systems programming.
 
  • Maintained Burroughs system software.
  • Wrote and maintained local applications and database software.
1967
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1973

College and graduate studies supplemented by miscellaneous computer programming jobs.

Education