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Terry
Hickman
Education:
11/84
Apple
Computer Corporation, Chicago, Illinois.
Apple
microcomputer maintenance school.
06/84
Control
Data Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
High
capacity hard disk drive maintenance school.
08/79
- 05/80
Lexington
Technical Institute, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
Major:
Electronics Engineering Technology.
Associate
of Applied Science to be awarded upon completion of five additional credit
hours.
07/73
- 12/78
University
of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
Major:
Zoology.
Bachelor
of Science degree awarded December, 1978.
Experience:
05/96
to Present
The
Gadgetorium, LLC.
Indianapolis,
Indiana
Manager
and Chief Technical Resource.
This
position has led to the production of software, web sites and many other
technical
achievements.
This web site and the products contained herein are an example of
my work.
I
generate and maintain the web site and am writing all the
software presented. I am familiar with
many
technologies in many areas. These include programming, Graphics
Design, Audio Engineering
business
operations.
03/93
to 06/95
Mediatech,
Incorporated.
2010
North College Avenue
Indianapolis,
Indiana 46205
Programmer/Analyst.
This
position entailed telecommunications software design and implementation,
desktop publishing,
picture
scanning and editing, advertising copy writing, technical writing and Novell
Network System
Administrator.
Participated in the production of a telecommunication system that closely
resembles
the
internet as we know it today.
04/91
to 03/93
Corporate
Networks.
Indianapolis,
Indiana
Senior
Programmer.
Duties
included product evaluation, writing articles for magazines (LAN) and custom
computer software
development.
Attended Oracle's SQL training courses. Participated as a panelist on
EDI at Comdex.
09/85
to 08/90
PC
Expertise Company.
3050
West 79th, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268
President,
Chief Consultant and Professional Programmer.
Requires
managing and operating a hardware/software consulting company. Duties
include installation and maintenance of clients' applications software and
advising them on matters
pertinent
to solving business problems with computers. I wrote and maintained commercial
and custom
software
packages used to perform a a wide variety of tasks.
05/84
to 06/85
University
of Kentucky Electronic Maintenance Department.
Lexington,
Kentucky.
Electronics
Instrumentation Technician III.
Responsible
for the installation and repair of a wide variety of electronic devices for
the
entire campus. Additional duties included writing test equipment controlling
software used
to facilitate the repair of equipment and consulting with campus departments
about their hardware and
software
requirements.
12/83
to 05/84
Southland
Manufacturing Company.
220
Lisle Road, Lexington, Kentucky.
Test
Department Manager.
Duties
included coordination of the activities of test department personnel involved
in
testing the products of an electronics assembly line. This required giving
technical
assistance in the repair of both the product and the testers used in the
testing of it. Also,
new programs for some automated testers (Fairchild and Prodigy) were developed
and/or
debugged as needed as well as some new tester design and implementation.
03/83
to 06/83
General
Telephone Evaluation and Test Department.
Harrodsburg
Road, Lexington, Kentucky.
(A
temporary position via the Norrell Company)
Test
Technician.
Performed
destructive and non-destructive tests on electronic equipment submitted by
either vendors or General Telephone for evaluation of performance. This required the
construction and operation of automated and non-automated test beds then using
them to
generate explicit data describing specifications, safety and durability of the
products.
These data were then compiled, organized, written up and presented to the
engineering
staff for their evaluation.
6/81
to 1/83
Western
Geophysical Company of America.
3700
Westchase, Houston, Texas.
Field
Service Technician.
Supervisor:
Larry Gilpin.
Responsible
for the installation, maintenance and operator training
of analog and
digital
equipment used in seismic exploration. This required
understanding various
complex
analog and digital devices and the ability to quickly
troubleshoot them to
the
component level. This position required some international travel.
1/81
to 6/81
Microtek
Services, Inc.
3890
N. Freeway, Houston, Texas.
Computer
Technician.
Supervisor:
Carl Huff.
Installed
and maintained Microdata brand mini computers and
various other brands of
peripherals
as well as management of some repair shop functions.
9/80
to 1/81
Houston
Instruments Division of Bausch and Lombe.
One
Houston Square, Austin, Texas.
Test
Technician.
Supervisor:
Joe Garza.
Performed
the final assembly, testing and repair of
digital
X,Y plotters. These machines used the Zilog
Z-80
family of micro components.
7/78
to 8/80
School
of Biological Sciences, University of Kentucky
Lexington,
Kentucky.
Senior
Laboratory Technician.
Supervisor:
Gary Uglem Ph.D.
Helped
design, perform and interpret experiments aimed at
determining the physio-chemical properties of cell
membrane
transport in animal systems. This required an understanding
of the research techniques and tools
employed
in a modern biological research facility. Examples:
radioisotope tagging, liquid scintillation detectors,
electron
microscopy, various chromatographic and spectroscopic
testing methods, and biochemical solution
preparation.
1972
to 1975
Earnest
Holbrook, MD
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky.
Surgeon's
Assistant/Scrub Technician.
Supervisor:
Earnest Holbrook, MD
Assisted
in various surgical procedures including: nephrectomy, splenectomy,
cholecystectomy, appendectomy, laparotomy and cesarean section. I
also assisted in pre and post operative patient care as well as
general office procedures.
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