Richard H. Thomas 87 Woodstream Dr. · Norristown, PA 19403
   
Email: rthomas@freckie.com  
 
Summary:
Mr. Thomas is a Software Engineer with over 10 (10+) years of technical experience. With an extensive background in UNIX and Personal Computers as well as good end user skills, he possesses great qualities in providing enterprise-wide technical support for application development projects.
 
Systems:
UNIX (Sun Solaris, HP-UX), PC's
 
Software:
Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Basic.NET
Windows 98/2000/XP
Microsoft Office 2000
SQL (Oracle)
C, C++
Fortran
SAS Base, Stat, Graph (PC, UNIX and Mainframe)
SAS Access, Connect, Share
SAS AF/Frame, SCL
ASP, ASP.NET
HTML
XML
X-Windows, XView and Motif toolkits
Working knowledege of Perl
 
Publications: MacStat:  
 
Northeast SAS User's Group (NESUG 2001) Conference
 
Experience: Palarco, Inc. (assigned to AstraZeneca) Wayne, PA
  Software Engineer 1996 to Present
 
Participated in all aspects of Software Design Life Cycle
Developer on Visual Basic project with Microsoft Word automation
Developer on Web based data browsing tool
Served as first-line SAS support for Drug Development department
Supported UNIX for Drug Development Department
Developed scripts to automate testing and development
Assisted subordinates and supervisors in identifying and resolving problems.
Implemented new procedures for in-house applications providing less developer interaction
Conducted and presented monthly SAS users forum
Developed and conducted training for internal software application
 
  Lockheed Martin King of Prussia, PA
  Software Engineer 1989 to 1996
 
Performed System Administration duties for UNIX network
Responsible for GUI development for project reporting requirements
Advised system administrators
Evaluated software and hardware for purchase
Led initial use of C and C++ programming languages
Maintained and updated legacy Fortran programs
Developed custom databases for internal use
Assisted migration from mainframe to workstations
 
  HRB Systems, Inc. State College, PA
  Engineer 1985 to 1988
 
Performed complex computer analysis
Developed Fortran and C programs to aid analysis
Maintained custom databases
 
  United States Army  
  Non-Morse Signal Interceptor 1980 to 1984
 
Managed various intelligence activities
Supervised a staff of five to eight individuals
Operated and monitored complex electronic equipment
Generated daily reports
Trained newly assigned personnel
 
Education: Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA
  B.S. Mathematics 1980
 
References:
Available upon request