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Richard L. Gibson
 130 S. LeBaron
Mesa, Arizona, 85202

Objective: A position in microcomputer software development.


Education
1985: Associate of Science degree in Computer Data Processing, Mountain States Technical Institute, Phoenix, Arizona. Classes included:

Computer Courses:
BASIC, CICS, COBOL, JCL, RPG, Computer Concepts, Computer Center Operations, Micro Computer Lab (Using IBM PC's).

Business Courses:
Accounting I, II, and III (including an introduction to job and process cost accounting), Business Communications I, II, and III, Business Management, Principles of Finance, Statistics, and Systems Analysis and Design.


Related Experience
Sales/Customer Support:
Consultant, CompuShare Public Access Personal Computer Time Sharing Center, Mesa, Arizona. Duties include training and supporting customers on a wide variety of applications software for the IBM PC, TI Professional, Apple IIe, and Apple MacIntosh computers; Computer Sales; Assisting in system proposal and bid preparation for major accounts.

Teaching:
Teaching Assistant in Accounting and Business Math, Mountain States Technical Institute, Phoenix, Arizona. Tutored stuntents in accounting, graded student assignments, and helped prepare teaching materials (such as study problems and overhead transparancies).

Consulting:
Worked for Dick Gale & Associates, Anchorage, Alaska. Prepared a computerized financial feasibility model using SuperCalc on an Osborne I microcomputer. This model was used in testimony before the Alaska Public Utilities Commision.


Other Qualifications

Microcomputer Programming:
Developed a file and directory maintenance utility for the IBM PC using Turbo Pascal. Experience programming in MicroSoft BASIC under the MS-DOS operating system. I am currently learning C, and 8086/8088 assembly language.

Applications Packages:

Word Processing: WordStar, WordPerfect, IBM Personal Editor.
Accounting: Cyma Shoe Box, Cyma General Accounting, BPI.
Spreadsheets: SuperCalc, VisiCalc, Lotus 123, Symphony.
Data Base: Pfs File, DBase II.
Utility/Other: Sidekick, ProKey, various communications packages, Turbo Pascal, Desmet C compiler.
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