RICHARD L. GIBSON

5205 INDIANA GOLDEN, COLORADO 80403 303/271-1025 (HOME) 303/881-7299 (CELL)

SUMMARY

My strongest skill is my ability to solve hard problems with creative solutions. I have strong database, hypertext, and systems skills with over thirteen years of success solving computer problems in different industries. Broad based expert level skills in PC projects, including integrating heterogeneous systems, World Wide Web, external and internal networks, databases, and applications software.

SKILLS

• Strong understanding of the 'information architecture' needs of complex database-driven web sites. I am skilled in HTML, Perl (with a special affinity for regular expressions), Java, Javascript, and CGI programming. Experienced with Allaire’s Cold Fusion.
• Nine years experience with Foxpro/Foxbase, fluent in Visual Basic and Access (including the Data Access Object), some experience with C/C++.
• Expert with DOS, Windows, Novell, and PC Networking. Comfortable with Unix and Linux.
• Excellent theoretical and practical relational database skills and understanding.
• Experienced with Adobe Photoshop and other image manipulation tools.

EXPERIENCE

• Designed and wrote programs and databases for medical database of 10,000 images using Cold Fusion and Perl. Created shopping cart and e-commerce interfaces.
• Wrote integrated web form processing system in Perl for product registration cards.
• Created various Web sites, and back end web site programming. Also assisted with class 'Web Programming 3410/4410' (HTML/CGI/Perl/Java) at University of Denver.

• Maintained, upgraded, and improved Foxpro and Access database programs for Real Estate 'BPO' processing. Also used Perl to prototype database supported Internet/Intranet site for data collection and dissemination via the Web.

• Designed, built, supported, and maintained heterogeneous Novell, Windows NT 3.5 and 4.0 network including remote TCP/IP dial up capability and Intranet web server.
• Created and maintained a 1.5 million record prospect database using Foxpro. Originally designed for 100 calls per day, was able to handle up to 6000 new prospects per day entered by up to 20 telephone representatives.
• Designed and wrote programs to automatically download, index, and convert reports from our transfer agent into HTML for distribution on our Intranet.
• Installed multiple line Direct Inward Dial fax server on our Windows NT network and managed AT&T Definity Phone Switch and Intuity Audix.

• Ran successful computer consulting company providing sales, support, service, and custom programming (using Dbase, Foxpro, Visual Basic and C) for PC's and PC based networks.

• Maintained a 500,000+ line Real Estate office management system in UCSD Pascal.