February 2010


Paul J. Schmidt

712 Sharon Drive
Johnson City, TN 37604
 Home: 423-854-8909 ▪ Cell: 423-330-2902
 paul@schmidthouse.org

 

Summary of Qualifications

  • 26 years of computer programming experience

  • Internet and web design experience using HTML, PHP, and MySQL

  • Objected Oriented Design and programming using C++

  • Experience with Linux, Apache, Windows (NT/XP)

  • Real-time and embedded programming experience

Certifications

Certified Computer Programmer Certified Database Administrator Certified Web Developer (BCIP) Certified Software Tester Certified C++ Programmer Certified Linux System Administration

Certified Master PHP 5 Certified Master Prgramming Concepts Certified Master Programmer/Analyst Aptitude Certified Master Business Communication Certified Master Information Technology Terminology Certified Master Linux Programming (General) Certified Master Netwroking Concepts

Perl HTML 4.0 Web Development Concepts RDBMS Concepts SQL (ANSI) JavaScript 1.5 MS SQL Server 2000 Programming Data Modeling Concepts MySQL 3.23 Administration Written English Listening Skills C Software Testing Business Writing Software Business Analysis Customer Requirements Analysis C++ Technical Writing Disaster Recovery and Planning Server Administration Linux Administration (Red Hat)

To view details of the certifications, go to Brainbench.

Certifications & Strengths

  • Perl: Modules, Expressions, Functions

  • PHP 5: Databases, Language Structure, Object Oriented PHP, Language Functions

  • Programming Concepts: Programming Constructs, Data Types, Productivity and Quality

  • HTML 4.0: Page Structure, Forms, Style Sheets, Text

  • Web Development Concepts: Internet Knowledge, Programming, Databases, HTML and XHTML

  • RDBMS Concepts: Performance, Structured Query Language, Programming, Physical and Relational Data Model

  • SQL (ANSI): Set-Based Queries, Queries, Data Modification

  • JavaScript 1.5: Regular Expressions, Basic JavaScript, General JavaScript, Core Objects

  • MS SQL Server 2000 Programming: Transact SQL

  • Data Modeling Concepts: Attributes & Keys, Entities

  • MySQL 3.23 Administration: Table & Data Types, SQL Usage - Data Manipulation, Disaster Prevention, Installation & Configuration

  • Programmer/Analyst Aptitude: Mathematical Problem-Solving, Attention to Detail, Abstract Thinking, Analytical Reasoning, Process Mapping

  • Written English

  • Business Communication

  • Listening Skills

  • C: Functions, Input/Output, C Expressions

  • Software Testing: Problem-Based Approach, History and Background, Methods

  • Business Writing: Business Letters

  • Information Technology Terminology: Network Topology, Internet and WWW Standards and Practices, Portable Storage, Data Communications

  • Software Business Analysis: Processes, Models, & Standards, Project Management

  • Customer Requirements Analysis: Building the System, Documenting, Analysis

  • Linux Programming (General): Revision Control, Debugging programs, Linux Programming Concepts, C Programming, X Programming, AutoConf/AutoMake, Makefiles

  • C++: Construction and Destruction

  • Technical Writing: Online/Hypermedia/Interactive Media, Document Development, Guidelines/Style/Techniques

  • Networking Concepts: WAN Technologies, Protocol Stacks, LAN Topologies, Troubleshooting

  • Disaster Recovery and Planning: Asset Management, Exposure and Risk Analysis

  • Server Administration: Management Process, Security, Optimization, Storage

  • Linux Administration (Red Hat): Administration, Networking, Installation

Experience

Senior Web Programmer: AAM, Johnson City, TN, February 2010 to present.

Web Developer: iPlenus Solutions/Email Ideas, LLC., Johnson City, TN, from May 2005 to December 2009.

  • Duties included web development in HTML, PHP, Perl, JavaScript, and MySQL in a Linux and Apache environment, setup and management of web servers, implementing e-Commerce systems, and customer support.

Business Owner: Action Web Creations/Action Web Marketing, Johnson City, TN, from January 2000 to May 2005.

  • Web Marketing and Web Design using tools including FrontPage, PHP, and MySQL on Linux based servers.

  • Was in charge of marketing, sales, design, hiring, and managing contractors for business.

Senior Software Developer: Wonderware, Corporation, Johnson City, TN, from August 1995 to December 1999.

  • Designed and developed C++ software to run on an NT environment.

  • Developed an Ethernet driver to run on a CE platform.

Software Engineer. Square D Company, Raleigh, NC, from March 1994 to August 1995.

  • Designed and developed C++ code in a team environment to implement a Windows-like product to program small Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs).

Design Engineer: Siemens Industrial Automation, Inc. (formerly Texas Instruments, Industrial Controls) Johnson City, TN, from July 1983 to March 1994.

  • Wrote two parsers for PLC programming logic in a Windows based product.

  • Designed and developed a communications product that allowed Texas Instruments PLCs to communicate with new Siemens Input/Output (I/O) modules at high data transfer rate (1.5M bps).

  • Worked on a team using Quality Function Deployment (QFD) to design and build an I/O module for a PLC that met and exceeded customer expectations. Developed software in C to run on an 80186.

  • Developed a communications product between an old line of I/O modules to a newer PLC.

  • Assisted in defining a software engineering process.

  • Developed and optimized portions of a real-time database based on SQL to collect and display data from PLCs in a factory environment. Developed code in C under UNIX.

  • Developed code for a networking product to be used in factory automation.

Co-op: The MITRE Corporation, METREK Division, McLean, VA, twelve months in 1981-82.

 

Education

  • M.S. in Computer Science: East Tennessee State University (ETSU), Johnson City, TN, 1985-1990. GPA: 4.0/4.0. Courses: Compilers, Computer Architecture, Operating Systems, Software Project Management, Software Analysis, Software Design, Graph Theory, and others.

  • B.S. in Computer Science: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY, 1979-1983. GPA: 3.0/4.0. Courses: Programming Languages, Computer Algorithms, Data Structures, and others.

Papers

  • Paul J. Schmidt and Teresa W. Haynes, "On a Graph Transformation Where Nodes Are Replaced by Complete Subgraphs," Congressus Numerantium, Volume 78, December, 1990.

  • Richard VanLandingham, Tim Dunn, and Paul Schmidt, "QFD, A Team Empowerment Tool," ESD International Controls 1992 Conference Proceedings.

Honors

  • Dean's List for five out of seven semesters at RPI.

  • Outstanding Graduate Student in Computer Science, March, 1989, ETSU.

  • Eagle Scout in Boy Scouts of America.

  • Advocate of the Year. Presented by the Advocates for Self-Government.

  • Selected as Volunteer of the Year by the C.A.U.S.E. (Creative Attitudes Undertaking Self Education) Organization in 1993.

  • Awarded Competent Toastmaster (CTM) for completion of the Toastmasters International Communication and Leadership Program.

Community Organizations

  • Served on the Board of Directors for a non-profit educational organization called the Advocates for Self-Government.

  • Served as an adult leader in a Boy Scout troop.

  • Served as an elder on the session at church.

    • Currently serving as a deacon at church.