Steve Ryder's Resume

Principal, JSR Systems, since 1975. Develop on-line Accounting, Inventory, Personnel and Tax Appraisal/Collection systems for private clients.

Experienced with HTML, Java, COBOL (Year 2000 expertise), Storage Management, IBM 360 Assembler, C, C++, Visual Basic, and many more. Operating system experience includes MVS, VSE, Windows (95, NT, and 3.1), DOS, Novell Netware and others.

Has extensive experience working with clients to determine needs, discuss options for solutions, and developing a complete solution using hueristic feedback techniques.

Has a strong reputation for developing very low maintenance systems (i.e, virtually bug free). Developing and implementing a test plan is an integral part of any JSR Systems development project.

• MPA: Master in Professional Accounting, Information Systems Specialty, University of Texas at Austin, 1975. G.P.A. 3.76/4.0.
• B.A.: Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin, 1966.

• CDP: Certificate in Data Processing, Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals, 1977. Score: 92%, passing score: 70%.

• SHARE Board of Directors Nominating Committee, 2000-2002.
• Java Languages Project Manager at SHARE, 2001-present.
• MVS Cluster Requirements Mentor at SHARE, 1997-present. Assist project Requirements Coordinators in developing requirements and submission to IBM.
• SHARE Board of Directors Nominating Committee, 1997-1998.
• Manager of Requirements Futures at SHARE, 1994-1996. Coordinate submission of all SHARE requirements to IBM and other providers.
• SHARE Board of Directors Nominating Committee, 1993-1994.
• MVS Group Requirements Coordinator at SHARE, 1992-1994. Coordinates submission to IBM of over 200 technical requirements relating to MVS products.
• Project Manager of MVS Storage Management project at SHARE from 1982 until 1992. Responsible for over 30 technical sessions given twice a year at this international computer user group conference with average attendance of approximately 5,000.
• Deputy Project Manager of MVS Security and Data Management Project, 1981-1982.
• Chairman MVS Access Methods Committee, 1979-1981.
• Speaker at national and international conferences since 1973.

• Twenty-nine years with United States Navy. Served for eight years as Command Master Chief for the Naval Special Warfare Engineering Support Unit. Advanced to Data Processing Master Chief (E9) four years before normal advancement cycle.

• Senior Director, Systems Support (1991 to 1995)
  • Responsible for planning, budget, and direction of twenty-one employee division with an annual budget exceeding $1,900,000. The division provides system support services in a distributed, networked environment containing PC and Macintosh microcomputers, UNIX RISC systems, and a large-scale IBM architecture mainframe linked by Token Ring, Ethernet, and FDDI hardware. Specific communication protocols supported include Novell IPX, TCP/IP, and SNA. Operating systems supported include MVS, AIX, Novell Netware, DOS, Windows and OS/2.
  • Report to Chief Information Officer for State Agency which administers state program for elementary and secondary education.
• Director, Software Support (1985 to 1991)
  • Responsible for planning, budget, and direction of six-employee division with $500,000+ annual budget. The division provides system support services in a large-scale IBM architecture mainframe environment.
  • Prior to creation of Information Center in 1988, the division also included a staff of five which performed Personal Computer, documentation, and computer training support.
  • Successfully directed the installation of the Agency's first large-scale mainframe computer and supported its ten-fold growth over a six year period with no increase in staff.
• Manager, Systems Support (1972 to 1985)
  • Supervised unit which provided support in a Remote Job Entry environment to a host computer managed by another Agency. Unit also provided Personal Computer, documentation, and computer training support.
  • Led team that developed a fourth generation (4GL) Generalized Extract and report writer System (GES) in 1975, which increased application systems development productivity four-fold.
• Application Systems Project Leader (1968 to 1972)
  • Led teams which developed application systems for use by twenty Regional Education Service centers including Finance, Payroll, and Test Scoring systems.
• Application Programmer (1966 to 1968)
  • Developed application systems on a Univac 1050.
  • Suggested and implemented the first school district master file for use by all application systems. Prior to this each application system maintained its own district file, resulting in data between systems which did not agree.

• Java from the Very Beginning Lab Exercises Zip file:
  plus Programmer's File Editor (the "Notepad" version)
• A History of Storage Management. SHARE August 2002.
  
• Java & OO concepts for COBOL Programmers. SHARE August 2002.
  
• Java & OO concepts for COBOL Programmers. SHARE March 2002.
  
• Java & OO concepts for COBOL Programmers. SHARE August 2001.
  
• Java2: GUI & 2D User Exp. SHARE July 2000.
  
• Java Swing User Experience, SHARE, March 7, 2000.
• COBOL/LE conversion User Exprerience, SHARE, Aug, 1999.
• Java: A COBOL Programmer's view, SHARE, Feb, 1999.
  
• Java User Experience, SHARE, Aug, 1998.
  
• Y2K User Experience, SHARE, Feb, 1998.