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Resume

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Private Sector - Positions 
1995-present - The Money Store/ First Union Bank/ Wachovia 
Programmer/Analyst : Remedy Admin/Developer: 5+ yrs 
Support and maintenance of all production ARS applications including Help Desks, Change Management, Project Tracking, Work Request, Loan Funding Request and other minor applications. Development and deployment of 100% customized ARS applications. Production of technical reference documentation for ARS applications. Development and deployment of Oracle PL/SQL scripts and Connect:Direct (NDM) in support of data integration drivers. Support and maintenance of ARS server operating environments using Unix shell scripts, Perl scripts, and Java applications.
Project Coordinator : 1 yr 
Writing of software to support Project Management Office. Training and consulting services provided to other project managers concerning project management best practices.
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Academic Sector - Positions
 1983-1996
 Physics/Astronomy Teaching (Full & Part Time) 
University of California at Davis & Los Rios Community College District
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Private Sector - Business Development 
1994 - present 
Interworld Transport Projects - President: Develop physical simulation of solar sails in realistic space flights and Clifford Algebra component math library. 
1995 - present 
JP Aerospace - Director of Research and Analysis: Develop and operate low cost space flight hardware capable of reaching Earth orbit.
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Private Activities 
Vice President, Sacramento L5 Society 
Advocate, Space Frontier Foundation
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Honors 
1999 Space Frontier Foundation - Outstanding Service
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Formal Education 
Ph.D. - 1992 - University of California at Davis - Physics 
MS - 1991 - University of California at Davis - Physics 
BS - 1983 - University of Nevada at Las Vegas - Physics/Math
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Skills

Skill	Level	Experience
UML	Base Knowledge	< 6 Months
The Gimp	Base Knowledge	6 Mo - 2 yr
XML	Base Knowledge	< 6 Months
Java	Good Knowledge	2 yr - 5 yr
HTML	Good Knowledge	5 yr - 10 yr