15285 Springrun Dr

Chesterfield, MO 63017

636.530.7204 (home)

314.283.0244 (cell)

paul@paulswarthout.com

 
                                   Paul A. Swarthout

Skills Summary:

Entrepreneur:................... Founded Antidote Computer Services in 1997

CTO................................... IT departmental responsibilities for multiple customers

IT Manager:..................... Managed multiple IT projects for multiple customers, simultaneously

Author: ............................ Employee manual, contracts for services, software user manuals, software documentation, For the Love of Goldens: http://goldens.paulswarthout.com, Yahoo!Answers

Languages: ..................... C++, Visual Basic (VB, VBA, VBScript), JavaScript, ObjectView, Ada, Fortran

Operating Systems: ....... Windows 2.x through Vista, VAX/VMS, Vulcan, Unix, Linux

Server Applications: ...... Windows Server & Small Business Server, Blackberry Enterprise Server, MS Exchange Server, MS IIS

Databases: ...................... MySQL, MS SQL Server, MS Access, Oracle, Sybase SQL Server

Application Software:.... MS Office since 3.0, OnCenter, McAfee, Norton, AVG Antivirus software, Palm Desktop, Ghost, Quickbooks Pro, Peachtree, Visual Studio, VNC, InDocs, and much more

Networking: .................... M0n0wall, TCP/IP, NetBIOS, NetBEUI, DNS, DHCP, RAS, WINS, WiFi

Telephones:..................... Blackberry Enterprise Server, Microsoft Exchange Active Sync, Blackberry & iPhone configuration, VoIP

Experience:

1997 to present, President/Owner, Antidote Computer Services, Inc.

Founded Antidote Computer Services in 1997 to provide software development, database development, and technical support services (servers, workstations, and network) to businesses in St Louis area.  Antidote has designed, developed, and maintained accounting software, point-of-sale software, order tracking software, customer acquisition software, many websites, and more for various customers since its inception.

Provide “IT Department for Hire” services to small & medium-sized businesses

Evaluated each customer’s request for service, determined their actual needs, and created a plan to meet those needs

Assessed and implemented services tailored to each customer’s IT needs, for hundreds of customers and prospective customers in the St Louis metropolitan area

Assigned the appropriate IT professional to each customer and maintained the appropriate level of supervision to guarantee employee productivity and quality of service

Designed and managed the development of software to automate the sales process for a company selling customer sports uniforms and equipment

Designed and managed the development of software to manage the sales cycle for a company selling automobile warranties

Managed the redevelopment of a local manufacturing company’s custom accounting software

Developed software to organize users’ Twitter tweets.  Anticipate a end of 1st quarter public release of http://www.Twitanize.com

Provided on-going support for all software products as requested by the customer

Handled all Antidote corporate financials, sales, marketing, hiring/firing; maintained final authority for all corporate deliverables; developed strategic IT plans as requested

Provided advice, counsel, education to clients concerning IT issues and trends; provided development and coordination of IT solutions;

Provided IT support during the acquisition of an IT company by one of my customers

Authored all attorney-approved contracts, proposals, and estimates, and an original employee handbook

Negotiated outcomes from third party vendors on the behalf of Antidote’s customers; worked directly with AT&T, NuVox, Dell, OnCenter, RIM, Nextel, Centurytel, Charter, Intuit, Sage (Peachtree) and many others on the behalf of Antidote’s customers

1995 To 1998, Development Team Lead, Deltek (SalesKit Software)

Developed Sales Force Automation product as a member of a development team

Developed Hostware, a companion product used by SalesKit customers to import their existing legacy sales force data into the SalesKit sales force automation product

Managed the migration of the SalesKit product to the Oracle backend database

Provided database administrator tasks including installation, configuration, upgrades, ongoing maintenance, and performance tuning for Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle RDBMS

Created software documentation for the Hostware product

Managed the development team responsible for creating proprietary software to install the SalesKit product on customers’ computers.

1990 to 1995, Consultant, ComSys (Cutler/Williams, Inc)

for Deltek (SalesKit Software)

Developed the database "data integrity aware" application, Hostware, for importing customers’ legacy data into the proprietary SalesKit database; Development was done in C++

for Union Pacific Technologies

Developed software development project proposal for Norfolk Southern Railroad

for Busch Entertainment

Developed a Revenue Balancing application for the Cash Control personnel at Sea World of California and Busch Gardens, Tampa; Development was done in C

for Anheuser Busch

Developed Time and Expense Reporting system for the Corporate Engineering department; Development was done in ObjectView

Developed productivity enhancement tools designed to aid the development team

Developed an Import utility to import data into the Engineering Service Request system (ESR) from Microsoft Excel; Application developed using Microsoft Windows 3.0, Microsoft Excel 2.x, DDE, ObjectView 1.0

for UNOCAL

Developed a data-driven Oil and Utility Accounting System (OUAS) using the Rapid Application Development (RAD) methodology;

Provided Sybase SQL Server expertise for the migration of a third-party Oracle-based database schema to Sybase SQL Server for use in the Oil and Utility Accounting System

for GTE (Contel)

Developed the Outside Plant System, an interactive, multi-user, graphics-based telecommunications network facilities design / mapping and engineering records management system, as part of a team; Development was in C on a VAX

1983 to 1990, Software Engineer, Boeing (McDonnell Douglas)

Developed Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tool to be used on fighter jet software design projects; Development was done in Ada with Oracle as the backend database. (Note: Our team created a new CASE tool, not used a CASE tool to develop software.)

Developed software tools with Ada to aid software development activities for military aircraft and served as on-site technical advisor for Oracle

Maintained software and supported an ATLAS compiler. Developed software tools as necessary to aid software development; Development was done in Fortran and DBL

Education:

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science; Bradley University, Peoria, IL

Volunteer:

2002 to present, Volunteer, Gateway Golden Retriever Rescue (GGRR)

Architect of the current http://www.ggrr.com website, including the members-only areas

Automated large parts of the group’s intake and membership paperwork with members-only areas of the website with job-based access restrictions

Provided a foster home for 23 displaced golden retrievers; worked to rehabilitate animals with behavioral issues and teach basic manners and house breaking

Worked at fund raising, public awareness, and educational events designed to educate the public about the golden retriever breed and raise money through donations to care for the animals

(FYI: Gateway Golden Retriever Rescue is responsible for educating the public about the golden retriever breed.  Further, the organization accepts abused and neglected golden retrievers into a program designed to rehabilitate them, match their personality to that of a family wanting to adopt, and finally finding them a permanent loving home.  GGRR is a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization)