My Companies...

• eQSL.cc - The Electronic QSL Card Centre - a free web-based QSL exchange for ham operators
  • One of the largest amateur radio membership and awards organizations in the world, with over 400,000 members across every country on the planet
  • Over 1.2 billion eQSL cards in the database by 2024
  • Postage, paper, and printing cost savings of over $2 billion by early 2024
  • Paper savings alone represented over 230,000 trees saved by 2024
• Human Settings Institute, LLC - A hypnotherapy practice
  
  • Certified by NGH (CCH) and IACT as a hypnotherapy instructor (CMT)
  • Thousands of clients since 2014
  • Almost exclusively now over Zoom teleconference
  • Focusing in part on Functional Neurologic Disorder and Functional Movement Disorcer (FND/FMD)
  • Working with hundreds of Suzy Batiz' AliveOS entrepreneurs and seekers
  • Developer of the Palace of Mind ® framework for hypnotherapy metaphors, presented at Hypnothoughts Live 2023 and 2024
• Air-Wave Productions - Bird's Eye View series of Aerial Travel Adventure Videos
  • Shot in HD on wide screen and available on DVD or download
  • First aviation video on Blu-ray
• AirBaboon - A reminder service for aircraft owners and pilots
  • Reminders for annual inspections, 100 hour inspections, oil changes, AD compliance, medicals, flight experience, BFRs, and other time-critical events
• ScubaMatch.com - Scuba dive buddy matchmaking system (no longer active)
  • The first buddy finder based on preferences rather than simply residence location
• Aquatrix - The Internet Scuba dive trip reservation system (no longer active)
  • The first in the world to offer online reservations anywhere in the world using a browser
• ZotoFoto - Print and mail postcards right out of your camera or camcorder anywhere in the world (no longer active)
  • The first
• MailButton - Stop spam at the source with a MailButton on your web site (no longer active)

My Professional Life (previously)...

• At HealthLine Solutions, Inc., Plano, TX, I was the Chief Technical Officer.
  • Reduced telecom expenses by 80%.
  • Architected the next generation hospital inventory management system with thin-clients, handheld computers, and industrial database server back-end.
  • Created the company's entire web presence to produce a 30,000% improvement in lead generation with a 90% reduction in advertising expense.
  • Single-handedly wrote the customer support, change management, and release management systems.
  • Created new corporate image, brand, product positioning, print ads, trade show graphics, and logo.
• At The Brady Group, Inc., Dallas, TX, I was the Chief Technology Officer and Webmaster.
  • Took company from a cold-call sales strategy to web-based lead generation that produced $2 million in sales in the first year.
  • I designed and project managed a speech recognition air fare shopping system for Cheap Tickets that doubled their revenues the day they switched it on and helped them go public.
  • Technology consultant for PepsiCo, State Farm, JC Penney, Harris Corp, AmSouth Bank, Briggs-Weaver, Hi/Lo Auto Supply, and others
• At LINX Data Terminals, Inc., Plano, TX, I was the CIO and Director of Customer Support and Training.
  • Pioneered and single-handedly wrote the first Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system in the world with CTI "screen-pop".
  • Responsible for training and support of a VAR group that eliminated all competition in Mexico.
• AXM Corporation, Richardson, TX (Chief Technical Officer)
• At Marine Midland Bank, Buffalo, NY, I was a software consultant.
  • Reduced CICS screen coding times from 6 weeks per screen to 2 hours through innovative use of software conversion tool I wrote.
• At Infotrax Control Systems, Plano, TX, I was VP of Systems Development.
  • Project managed and helped write $1 million check processing tracking system that paid for itself in 6 months at RepublicBank Dallas
  • Pioneered the use of barcodes in bank check processing.
• At Corporation for Distributed Systems, Plano, TX, I was VP of Systems Integration
• At Microsystems Development Corporation, Irving, TX, I was a Systems Programmer
• At Dr Pepper Company, Dallas, TX, I was a Programmer/Analyst
  • Rewrote accounting programs to reduce time required to run daily batch processing from 23 hours down to 45 minutes
  • Optimized accounting programs' use of disk to give back 75% of wasted space
• At University of Dayton Research Institute at Kirtland AFB Laser Weapons Labs, I was a Programmer working on the Airborne Laser Laboratory, a weapon that was shooting down missiles using lasers in top secret test flights at the very time when all the so-called experts were lining up to pompously proclaim that it couldn't be done and that Ronald Reagan was a lunatic. (Oh, by the way, read this).

• Winner, Programmer of the Year award, 1975/76
• 4th Place, Regional Programming Competition (FORTRAN), Texas A & M University (oh, I had never programmed in FORTRAN before)

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