Summary of Qualifications

Objective                   Challenging contract work..

Availability                Varies with current workload; contact me for details

Tax Stuff                   Meet IRS qualifications for 1099 (have WA C 600 license too), but 
                            will consider W-2 work

Languages Used              Perl, C++, C, Icon, Unix shells, Pascal, SQL, Fortran, Cobol, Visual
                            Basic/VBscript, 4GLs, etc. Some exposure to Java.

Languages Designed          D++ (database extensions to C++), DNSC (DNS compiler),
                            lots of other domain-specific "little languages"

Systems Administered        Unix (Solaris, SCO, Linux, Ultrix, Unixware, HP/UX, Irix, AIX), 
                            Windows 3.1x/95, Windows NT, Mac OS

Email Systems Tamed         Sendmail, Microsoft Exchange, Smail; Eudora, Pegasus, Exchange, or
                            any other mail client software

Web & Elecronic Commerce    Apache, Netscape, MS IIS admin experience; designed and 
                            implemented the substructure of first version of an early online store
                            (www.booksonline.com), exp. with online credit card validation

Databases                   MS SQL Server, Informix, brief exposure to Oracle. Familiar with
                            relational databases from the inside out; have designed & implemented
                            a relational database engine based on Btrieve/Ctree (am now porting
                            to ODBC). Also familiar with object-oriented database concepts.

Networks                    TCP/IP, Microsoft,Novell; Cisco and Livingston router configuration;
                            DNS and NIS+; news servers (INN, B, C) and clients; security tools
                            COPS, Satan, tcp_wrappers, etc.

Tools                       Unix tools (yacc,lex,etc.); publishing tools including Troff, Ventura,
                            some FrameMaker and TeX; Microsoft Office

Windows Programming         X11/Motif, MS Windows (recently with Visual C++), Mac OS, 
                            Curses, DOS text-based windowing packages

Communications  Skills      Extensive public speaking and teaching experience and clear writing

Schooling                   BSCS, Louisiana State 1978, with honors

Education                   In progress;  omnivorous reader

References                  Available upon request

Mark McWiggins' Work History

January 1993 - Present      Mostly self-employed. Sample tasks:  porting Intek D++ database
                            engine to ODBC (1998-99); interim systems administrator for Siemens
                            Ultrasound (1998); SQL Server DBA in  support of an electronic 
                            commerce project for Humongous Entertainment (1997); supervised 
                            an ISP's coversion  from SGI/Irix to Sun/Solaris (1997) ; maintained 
                            and enhanced an online credit-card processing system 
                            http://www.creditnet.com) (1996-98)

April 1992 - Dec. 1992      Sierra Geophysics, Inc. Implemented parts of a user interface for
                            a seismic modeling system using Motif and C++. Installed and 
                            enhanced makefiles and revision control systems (RCS, CVS) for 
                            smooth configuration control and releases of a large system over
                            multiple platforms (HP, Sun,DEC, IBM RS/6000, SGI).

May 1991 - Feb. 1992        ESCA Corporation Evaluated object-oriented databases and
                            other development tools.  Wrote technical papers and gave talks on 
                            object-oriented technology.  Installed Internet mail and Usenet news 
                            on an  organization-wide basis.  Performed other related systems 
                            administration tasks on Ultrix and SCO Open DeskTop systems.

1987 - 1990                 Intek, Inc. Designed and implemented D++, a relational database 
                            engine and C++-based 4GL, ported it to several different platforms 
                            and windowing systems, and supported it.  Ported Intek C++ from the
                            AT&T source, fixed many bugs and made many changes to support 
                            DOS C compilers, wrote a manual, and performed technical support.
                            Taught C and C++ classes to junior programmers.  Performed primary 
                            systems administration tasks on Sun, Xenix, Unix V/386, and Apollo 
                            systems, with secondary administration responsibility for a Novell 
                            network. Designed a language to support graphical event-driven 
                            simulations.

1985 - 1986                 Telecalc, Inc. Designed and implemented a relational database engine 
                            in support of a telephone operator scheduling/call processing 
                            application.

1984  - 1985                Teltone, Inc. Designed a standard user interface system and tools for a 
                            telephone call-accounting system.

1984                        GeoSystems Software, Inc. Designed a Yacc-based language for an 
                            automated mapping and surveying system.

1983 - 1984                 Microrim, Inc. Worked on a never-released C-language rewrite of 
                            RBase; designed the RBase Extended Report Writer language and 
                            implemented the initial version of its front end.

1979 - 1983                 IMSL, Inc. Participated in the design and implemented Protran, a 
                            very-high-level-language for numeric applications; software tools guy.

1979                        Brown and Root, Inc. Inventory applications in Cobol.