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Byron, MN 55920 |
507 775-2147 home 507 319-5788 mobile |
Byron T. Watts
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Objective |
To utilize and expand on my skills in technology development and application design. My desire is to work in a team environment and assist successful projects that help improve processes for people and/or customers.
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Experience |
2005-Present Right to Learn, Inc. Rochester, MN Application Architect (VB.Net) · Designed and developed software to assist tutors in teaching the skills required to read. Focusing particularly on students, either child or adult, who struggle with various forms of Dyslexia. · Skill Set: User Centered Design, User Interface Development, Programming using Visual Basic .Net, C++, Microsoft SQL Server. |
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1997-Present Byron.com Byron, MN Owner/IT Developer · Manage technical operations of family business for web hosting and web development. · Grown the business to include a team of five developers for web based design and application output. · Expanded clientele to host over 120 web sites, including www.homedesignstudio.com, www.jeffrohlwing.com, www.theweathercenter.com, www.zumbrotagolfclub.com · Expanded static web sites for clients to include dynamic driven content and e-commerce. · Skill Set: Apache, HTML, Perl, PHP, MySQL, Resin, Exim, FTP, SSH and SSL consult support, account management, server hardware and software upgrades in a variety of OS and application environments. |
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1989–2006 IBM Rochester, MN Staff Software Engineer · In seventeen years, held a variety of duties and developed numerous solutions for product improvement on IBM software applications and hardware. · iSeries Navigator is a software package that enables client computers to interact with the IBM iSeries computer. For years the IBM Corporation touted iSeries Navigator as “the [inter]face of the iSeries”. Maintained and helped to maintain 1 million lines of Java code for the iSeries Navigator. Including adding new interfaces for Java to call into C++ code (JNI) to do processing in the legacy framework. I owned and maintained over 1 million lines of the C/C++ infrastructure including calls from C++ back into Java. Led core team of four developers in significant quality improvement redesign. 1999-2006 · Build expertise developed in both Java and Windows while being responsible for build activities. 2002-2006. · AS/400 Toolbox for Java (Java -Multiplatform): Developed portions of the file sharing code written in Java. Wrote test code to verify code correctness. 1998-1999 · Client Access/400 Shared Folders rewrite (Windows 95): Converted code from PLS286 to C. 1997-1998 · WAN Rewrite (Windows 3.1): Converted wide area network (modem) code from Modula-2 to C. Supported small team with tool development support. 1996-1997 · Client Access/400 Data Transfer (Windows 3.1): Worked with a small team to port the design from DOS to Windows 3.1. 1995-1996 · Facsimile Support/400 (OS/2): Enabled support for FaxConcentrator card Direct customer support calls and problem resolution Received Customer satisfaction awards Enabled support for IOCA/MODCA to TIFF image conversion Enabled support for GammaFax card. 1990-1995 · PC Support/400 Organizer (OS/2): Converted code from PLS86 to Modula-2. Included architecture innovations. Enabled DBCS (Double Byte Character Support). Integrated DisplayWrite 5 with the Organizer product. 1988-1990 · Skill Set - Tools Development: Consulting and tool support for UNIX, AIX, Linux, Windows 9x, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP. Was a point of competency on Linux development for internal tools team. Wrote tools in Perl and Java to support build and development activities and automation tools to generate web pages. Developed tools to enable pseudo NLS (National Language Support) testing for Java client code. Created automation tools to simplify processing of repetitive tasks and parsing tools to examine output results. · Skill Set - Application Development: Core member of Operations Navigator/iSeries Navigator development team. Worked in C, C++, Java and JNI (the bridge between C and Java). Embedded JVM (Java Virtual Machine) into the C/C++ code base. Provided customer support and worked with multiple teams to deliver solutions that increased customer satisfaction when customer migrated from green screen to new graphical user interface. Provided C, C++ and Java build support. Lead a team of four other core members in all build activities for thee years on AIX debugging support. Initiated the change to retrofit architecture changes into the product based on customer feedback. · Awards IBM Customer Satisfaction Recipient IBM Thanks Award Winner · Patents 21 Patent submissions 5 Patents filed · Author Published three articles in technical trade press magazine AS/400 and iSeries Magazine |
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1987–1988 Erie Foods International, Inc. Erie, IL Computer Programmer · Developed reports for inventory tracking of ocean going cargo. · Developed supporting tools for the IT department.
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Education |
1984–1987 Bemidji State University Bemidji, MN · B.S., Computer Science. 1982–1984 Oak Hills Christian College Bemidji, MN · Diploma in general and Biblical studies
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Interests |
Spinning tops, Autumn Ridge Church Missions Deacon Ministry Team, Family, Real Estate Investing, Computers.
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References |
Manager: Carol Lucas clucas@us.ibm.com 507-253-4687
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