Keith G. Chuvala
16711 Starboard View Dr.
Friendswood, TX 77546
Employment

bullet July 1999 - Present
United Space Alliance, Houston, Texas.
bulletDevelopment Lead of the Space Operations Computing (SpOC) team, working on-site at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.  The team employs multiple languages (C++, Delphi, VB, Pascal) to create and maintain Windows-based situational awareness applications for on-orbit and ground support operations.
bulletCo-architect, designer, developer of Cargo PC System Software and associated tools
bulletCo-architect, designer, developer of Payload Operations Ground System (POGS) services and associated tools
bulletAuthor and maintainer of numerous documents: interface control documents, design documents, procedures documents, etc.

 

 

 

bullet February 1997 - July 1999
First Intermark Corp., Arkansas City, Kansas.
bulletChief Information Officer, with oversight of IT staff, PC LAN and AS/400 minicomputer operations and development
bulletRun a "mixed bag" LAN with OS/400, Windows NT, Linux, and Win9x-based servers, Wintel, Macintosh and dial-up clients
bulletDevelop applications for process automation of digital color-on-demand production
bulletOversee migration of in-house software systems (character box->GUI)
bulletDatabase design and implementation (AS/400, Interbase, Visual dBASE)

 

bullet1988-1997
Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas.
bulletNetwork Administrator, overseeing campus-wide fiber/copper Ethernet, and managing all campus Internet resources.
bulletPerform all LAN design, administration, and maintenance
bulletCustom programming of LAN applications
bulletTroubleshoot PC hardware and software problems
bulletTrain users in various computer related areas
bulletConduct hardware/software-related workshops.
bulletInstructor in computer science, teaching C, C++, Pascal, Introduction to LANs, Computer, Brain, & Society, Client/Server computing, and Introduction to PC's.
bullet1985 to 1986
The Computer Patch, Arkansas City, Kansas.
bulletOutside sales representative
bulletPromoted to store manager in 1986
bullet1978-1988
KKJY, KRZY, KLYT (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
KRKY, KSOK, KWKS (Winfield, Kansas)
bulletRadio Announcer
bulletNews, Traffic
bulletCommercial and PSA production
bulletSatellite programming
bulletEarned FCC 3rd Class license with Broadcast Endorsement

Education

bulletMaster of Information Technology summa cum laude 2003, American Intercontinental University, Chicago, IL
bulletB.A. magna cum laude l985, St. John's College, Winfield, Kansas. Double Major, Biblical Languages (Greek & Hebrew) and Ecclesiastical Languages (Latin & German)
bulletCertificates for training in various computer-related areas.

Training, Specialized Educational Experience

bulletBorland Developer's Conference
Frequent Speaker on dBASE and programming topics (see "Activities")
bulletNorth Dakota Department of Human Services, Bismarck, N.D.
Week-long training of staff from regional offices in Visual dBASE (June 1997). Kathy Moum, coordinator.
bulletBoeing Commercial Aircraft Group (via Butler County Community College)
Train developers, MIS staff in Unix Fundamentals, Internet, and C/C++ language. Lecture/Demo and hands-on formats. Gary Burch, BCCC/BOB representative, (316) 775-1124 -or- Kathy McCoskey, BCCC representative, (316) 523-6225
bulletApplication Developers Training Company, Minneapolis, MN
Train developers in dBASE for Windows / Visual dBASE. Intensive, week-long on-site and corporate training. Lecture/Demo format. Eric Woodrow, Trainer coordinator, 1-800-578-2062

Highlights of Consulting Experience

bulletJ. Kent Winblad, M.D., Winfield, Kansas
Design and code Windows-based patient tracking and contact system. System coded in Visual dBASE 5.6 and Microsoft Office applications (via OLE automation). Winfield Medical Arts, P.A. (316) 221-6100
bulletPositive Marketing Impact, Inc., Arkansas City, Kansas
Design and implement all operational software (dBASE, C), LAN Scott Richardson, President, (316) 441-0013
bulletMathews, Taylor, and Krusor, Attorneys at Law , Winfield, Kansas
Design and implement office network, consult on software systems Bill Taylor, Partner, (316) 221-1120
bulletWinfield Consumer Products, Inc., Winfield, Kansas
LAN and software consulting Terry Lawrence, Vice President, (316) 221-2268
bulletGilliland Printing, Inc., Arkansas City, Kansas
LAN administration, systems analysis, programming (FoxPro, MS Access) Steve Gilliland, President, (316) 442-0500
bulletFirst Intermark Corporation, Arkansas City, Kansas
Custom programming, design (FoxPro), LAN consulting Greg Kelley, CEO, (316) 442-2460
bulletGeneral Electric Aircraft Engine Maintenance Center, Winfield Kansas.
Custom programming for ASE ADAPS machine. Write PC applications (in C) interfacing to A/D hardware. David Krusemark, Test Systems Specialist, (316) 221-1300
bulletCover Rite Industrial Coatings, Inc., Winfield, Kansas
Design and implementation of LAN, software consulting Jeff Richardson, President, (316) 221-6776
bulletDaniels Rock & Ready Mix, Winfield, Kansas
Design, program custom payroll application (dBASE) Chet and Betty Daniels, Owners, (316) 221-9060
bulletSears Franchisee, Winfield, Kansas
Design, configure, administrate LAN Custom inventory management programming (dBASE, C) J.D. Ellis, Owner

Activities, Memberships, Publications, and Honors

bulletRAD Advisory Board member, BorCon, November 2003, San Jose, CA
bulletSpeaker, Inprise Conference (ICon), preconference tutorial "Killer WinAPI" (API access from VdB 5.x/7.x applications) and technical session "Gadgets 'R' US" (Win95 UI objects), August 1998, Denver, CO
bulletSpeaker, Borland Conference (BorCon), July 1997, Nashville, TN
bulletMember of Team Borland (dBASE) 1992-1999
bulletEditor in Chief, Inside Visual dBASE (The Cobb Group) 1994-1996
bulletSpeaker, Borland Developers Conference, July 1996, Anaheim, CA
bulletSpeaker and member of the Advisory Board, Borland Developers Conference, June 1995, San Diego, CA
bulletSpeaker, Borland International Conference, June 1994, Orlando, FL
bulletTechnical Editor, contributing author, dBASE Advisor magazine (Advisor Publications)
bulletContributing author to Inside dBASE for Windows (New Riders)
bulletContributing author to Killer dBASE for Windows (Que Publishing)
bulletTechnical Representative to the Kansas Research and Education Network (KANREN)
bulletMember, Winfield Rotary Club, chair of award-winning International Service committee, 1993
bulletPresident, Echo Computer Users Group, Winfield, Kansas
bulletMember, Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society in Social Sciences
bulletNamed to Rotary International Group Study Exchange with Chile, 1990
bulletSelected as an Outstanding Young Man of America 1988
bulletWho' s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities (1984 & 1985)
bulletNamed to the National Dean's List all undergraduate years (1982-1985)

Last Revision: November 20, 2003