Edward
T. Ordman
Computer Consulting, Programming,
Documentation
I am interested in consulting or term employment, seeking
interesting
projects. I prefer shorter term to longer term assignments.
Areas of expertise:
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Complex Data Base Design (Can all this data fit together? Within
space/time limits?)
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Data Mining (What can our data be used for? What else can we find out?)
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Distributed Systems Architecture (How can we divide up the problem?)
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System Simulation / Prototyping (How does it work? How could it work?)
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Problem Determination (What do we want the computer to do?)
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Problem / Solution Description (How do we explain to our people how it
works?)
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Other interesting problems considered.
Tools used:
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C, C++, Pascal, Basic, Visual Basic, HTML, Fortran, Cobol, others as
needed.
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Multiple DBMS systems
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Mathematical theory and analysis
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Rapid prototyping
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Excellent writing and speaking skills.
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Excellent English. Converse and draft in French and German. Read
Scandinavian.
Background:
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A.B., Kenyon College. Ph.D., Princeton University (1969)
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College / University teaching (University of Kentucky, University of
Memphis,
small college, overseas)
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Non-teaching work with National Bureau of Standards (now NIST), NASA,
state
government, private consulting / programming.
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NSF Research grants; other grants; extensive publication list.
Some past assignments or projects:
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Data base design for public and private organizations.
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Data base optimization.
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Finding new and better ways to present the data.
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Survey instrument design, survey processing.
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Factory floor quality control system design (computer portion).
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Which part of the computer system / application / data is owned by
which
department?
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Econometric modeling, data analysis, trend forecasting.
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Conceptual design / feasibility.
A favorite activity:
Several times I've been
called
in because a project supervisor wants the computer to do A and B. When
I talk to the people who will be using the system every day, they want
it to do C and D. Further discussion reveals that none of them
knew
that the computer could also do E and F. At this point sample screens
or
quick prototypes allow them to reach agreement and a sense of
participation
in deciding what the new system should do. At this point I can
program
the system (depending on size), but I'm also comfortable with
assignments
where someone else is going to be doing the final programming and
ongoing
maintenance.
Contact information:
email e-mail edward@ordman.net
I migrate between two homes:
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132 Everett Park, New London, NH 03257, phone 603-526-6428
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4045 Graham Oaks Ct., Memphis, TN 38122 phone 901-327-9735
- Fax (at either home) 309-413-5123
Some more information about me is in my Academic
Page
Last Revised: June 2005