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Alan Freeman - General Resume & Accomplishments
Alan Freeman - Arlington Texas 76014-1444
OBJECTIVE
I am a multi-talented, self-motivated, organized individual, with extensive computer and electronic technical expertise in PC software and hardware. I am seeking new opportunities in a technical, IT, and/or computer programming capacity. I have worked from my home office in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex for about 16 years. I am seeking contract work and/or long-term placement. I am not looking to relocate.
SKILLS
Skill Name Skill Level Last Used Experience
Visual Basic 4/6 Expert Currently used Twenty-two years
QuickBasic DOS Expert Occasionally use Twenty years
Web Design/HTML Intermediate Currently use Twelve years
Visual Studio .NET Intermediate Occasionally use Four years
Microsoft Access/VBA Intermediate Occasionally use Five years
Microsoft Excel Intermediate Occasionally use Five years
Microsoft SQL Intermediate Occasionally use Four years
EXPERIENCE
I enjoy programming in Microsoft VB6, VB.NET, QuickBasic and VBA. I have used the Windows Visual Basic development environment since it was introduced in 1991. I am experienced in using the majority of Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel, Access, Web development tools. I have used third party add-in OCXs, DLLs and COM objects to achieve advanced Graphical User Interfaces that use SQL and/or Access to pull data from various external sources. Additionally, I have worked on applications using Data Transformation Services in Access and TSQL to move millions of electronic transactions among databases daily.
Wintek Software Company Feb 1996 - Current www.cdcontrol.com
Arlington, Texas, USA
Owner/Senior Software Programmer (self-employed)
Since 1996 I've written my own software/hardware products and marketed them to over 25 countries. I independently developed digital television automation software for running TV stations unattended. It allows entire TV station content to be generated, stored and controlled via a single PC. All video and audio content is stored on the PC, queued and runs unattended. This provides complete walk-away from a TV station, saving thousands of dollars in personnel cost. The software can be used in Digital TV, Low Power TV, Satellite, Cable TV, Closed-Circuit TV, or any office, business, or classroom televisions are hung on a wall. It is written in VB6.
Wintrax is software and hardware I developed that controls Sony/Pioneer mega-CD changers. It provides a means to manage and control large CD collections with as many as 9600 CDs. It is used worldwide by restaurants like TGIF, Low-Power FM radio, Cable Radio and music lovers. Written in VB6, Wintrax uses many third-party add-on libraries from Progressive Software, FarPoint, Sheridan, Apex TrueDB Grid and other add-ons for graphics, graphic controls, OCXs, DLLs, COM Objects and automation controls for Visual Basic.
The PSR is a hardware device I designed that controls up to twenty-four 400-disk Sony/Pioneer mega-CD changers via a serial or USB port. It can manage as many as 24 CD changers. This is similar to the hardware I designed and marketed for broadcast TV/Radio industry software to access commercial CD changers as well.
Virtual Cart Machine is radio station live assist digital audio software with time and temperature announcement. It was written in VB.NET. All content is digital and unlimited storage is available on the music server computer's hard drive.
EzDJPro is radio station digital automation software with auto music playlist generation and automated time and temperature announcements too. It was written in VB.NET. This product launched several contracts with weather content providers such as the National Weather Service, Weather Underground, The Weather Channel and Accu-Weather.
Scott Traffic LLC Mar 1989 - Current
(Formally Scott Studios Corp, Electric Works Corp, dMarc, Inc., Google)
Waxahachie, Texas USA " Dave Scott (Blyth), Owner
Senior Software Engineer and Developer
I work for Scott Studios and Scott Traffic LLC from March 1989 to Current, first full-time, now contract. As a Senior Microsoft Visual Basic 4/5/6/VB.NET and QuickBasic for DOS programmer, software engineer, hardware engineer, and technical engineer I am involved in research-and-development and implementation. For the past 22 years I have developed innovative multi-million dollar products for Windows to digitally automate major radio, TV, satellite, and cable broadcast stations. My most recent accomplishments have automated commercial and satellite radio station weather plus send weather and storm alerts via cell-phone text messaging. Major clients are XM/Sirius Satellite Radio, Weather Underground and Accu-Weather. I do occasional updates and maintenance on these programs.
Accomplishments:
2011-WeatherAudioAlert - Software that generates an audio alert from National Weather Service alert text to be immediately aired over radio and TV stations in emergencies.
2008-2009 Radio Station Text Message Service " A web-based program to allow radio station listeners to sign up for weather, news, alerts and other radio station messages to be sent to their cell phones as daily text messages. It was written in MS Visual Basic 6, MS VB.NET 2008, ASP.NET, JavaScript, LINQ, CRML and PHP and uses SQL Server 2005 as the backend database. I wrote the server side programs.
2005-2009 Unattended Weather - This application used a library of 7,000 audio files per voice to generate audio weather forecasts on the fly using data from the National Weather Service, MSN and Weather Underground. The forecast included openings, closings, time announce, liners, alerts, airport delays, multiple city sky and temperature conditions. It was used on 21 channels by XM/Sirius Satellite Radio Network and other radio stations for unattended automated voice weather forecasts. I created and supported this program written in MS Visual Basic 6 for Windows.
2004 Voice Tracker II - This was the first Internet voice-tracker for radio. This software allows audio stub files to be passed to/from a radio station over the Internet. This facilitates remote DJs/announcers to record a four-hour radio show in less than 10 minutes and upload it to the radio station. It works by allowing them to hear the beginnings/endings of songs and commercials as they record voice tracks. I wrote this in VB.NET for Windows.
1999 School Closing System - This product was a PC based telephony card application to answer phone calls to radio stations regarding school closings on bad weather days. I wrote this in MS Visual-Basic 6 for Windows and used add-on third-party COM OBJs, ActiveXs and DLLs.
1996 Voice Tracker - I wrote this 'first of its kind radio station voice-tracker software allows radio stations a means to voice-track four-hour shows in about 10 minutes. This helped reduce millions of dollars in man-power costs. I wrote this in MS Visual Basic 6 for Windows.
1992 AXS - In this third-generation digital audio radio station software I added features such as user friendly intuitive graphics, touch-screen and hot-button support. It supported CD control, digital hard-drive audio, live assist, drag-and-drop songs/commercial, satellite automation, automatic commercial, inventory management, and voice tracking. I co-authored this program in MS Quick Basic for DOS with many additional DLLs and add-on third-party objects.
1991 DDJ2 - This program was similar to Digital DJ below, but I added features to control mega-CD changers using hardware I designed to control the CD changers as well as the audio switching.
1989 Digital DJ - I created the first digital radio station automation system to play music, announcements and commercials from a personal computer. It supports live-assist and satellite automation. It was written in March 1989 and first installed at radio stations KCDY-FM/KAMQ-AM Carlsbad, NM in November 1989. It was completely written by me in MS Quick Basic for DOS. This program was featured on CBS-TV's 48 Hours in 1992 in a segment called 'Radio Wars showing how radio stations could improve their programming and bottom-line.
TXU Energy Corp. Feb 2000 - Apr 2004
Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas, USA
Senior Software Programmer Level IV
I worked as a Senior Software Programmer at TXU Texas Utilities Business Services IT Department in Fort Worth and Los Colinas. I programmed in Microsoft VB.NET, VB6, Visual Basic 4, Microsoft FrontPage, Raw HTML4, Microsoft Excel, Word, Access and SQL. I used most Microsoft Office products and tools. Some projects involved using Microsoft VBA for data population of databases from SQL Server/Access Databases to Excel Spreadsheets and Word documents. I also applied my skills using many third-party add-on libraries and packages such as datagrids, graphics, controls, OCXs, DLLs, COM Objects, and automation controls for Visual Basic. I also worked as a computer operator at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant with TXU, using MV-8000 DataGeneral Main Frame computers.
EDUCATION
Technical Certification
Nashville Technical Institute - Aug 1979 - Nov 1979
Federal Communications Commission First Class Radio/TV Broadcast Engineer License
FCC Broadcast Endorsement in addition to the above license.
Amateur Radio Technician-Plus License (Call Sign: KC5JGP)
GMRS Communications License
College / University
Middle Tennessee State University - Aug 1976 - May 1979
Major: Mass Communication. Minors: English & Psychology
Military
United States Air Force - Aug 1971 - Aug 1977
I served five years of active duty service and one year of reserve. I had over three years of electronics training. I received an Honorable Discharge on August 5, 1976. I am a Vietnam War Era Veteran. I held a 'Top Secret security clearance and worked with computerized and mechanical electronic telephone switching systems for global priority communications. I was stationed in Texas, Florida, California, Okinawa, Philippines and Japan. This was the launching pad for my electronics and programming knowledge.
References: Available Upon Request
OBJECTIVE
I am a multi-talented, self-motivated, organized individual, with extensive computer and electronic technical expertise in PC software and hardware. I am seeking new opportunities in a technical, IT, and/or computer programming capacity. I have worked from my home office in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex for about 16 years. I am seeking contract work and/or long-term placement. I am not looking to relocate.
SKILLS
Skill Name Skill Level Last Used Experience
Visual Basic 4/6 Expert Currently used Twenty-two years
QuickBasic DOS Expert Occasionally use Twenty years
Web Design/HTML Intermediate Currently use Twelve years
Visual Studio .NET Intermediate Occasionally use Four years
Microsoft Access/VBA Intermediate Occasionally use Five years
Microsoft Excel Intermediate Occasionally use Five years
Microsoft SQL Intermediate Occasionally use Four years
EXPERIENCE
I enjoy programming in Microsoft VB6, VB.NET, QuickBasic and VBA. I have used the Windows Visual Basic development environment since it was introduced in 1991. I am experienced in using the majority of Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel, Access, Web development tools. I have used third party add-in OCXs, DLLs and COM objects to achieve advanced Graphical User Interfaces that use SQL and/or Access to pull data from various external sources. Additionally, I have worked on applications using Data Transformation Services in Access and TSQL to move millions of electronic transactions among databases daily.
Wintek Software Company Feb 1996 - Current www.cdcontrol.com
Arlington, Texas, USA
Owner/Senior Software Programmer (self-employed)
Since 1996 I've written my own software/hardware products and marketed them to over 25 countries. I independently developed digital television automation software for running TV stations unattended. It allows entire TV station content to be generated, stored and controlled via a single PC. All video and audio content is stored on the PC, queued and runs unattended. This provides complete walk-away from a TV station, saving thousands of dollars in personnel cost. The software can be used in Digital TV, Low Power TV, Satellite, Cable TV, Closed-Circuit TV, or any office, business, or classroom televisions are hung on a wall. It is written in VB6.
Wintrax is software and hardware I developed that controls Sony/Pioneer mega-CD changers. It provides a means to manage and control large CD collections with as many as 9600 CDs. It is used worldwide by restaurants like TGIF, Low-Power FM radio, Cable Radio and music lovers. Written in VB6, Wintrax uses many third-party add-on libraries from Progressive Software, FarPoint, Sheridan, Apex TrueDB Grid and other add-ons for graphics, graphic controls, OCXs, DLLs, COM Objects and automation controls for Visual Basic.
The PSR is a hardware device I designed that controls up to twenty-four 400-disk Sony/Pioneer mega-CD changers via a serial or USB port. It can manage as many as 24 CD changers. This is similar to the hardware I designed and marketed for broadcast TV/Radio industry software to access commercial CD changers as well.
Virtual Cart Machine is radio station live assist digital audio software with time and temperature announcement. It was written in VB.NET. All content is digital and unlimited storage is available on the music server computer's hard drive.
EzDJPro is radio station digital automation software with auto music playlist generation and automated time and temperature announcements too. It was written in VB.NET. This product launched several contracts with weather content providers such as the National Weather Service, Weather Underground, The Weather Channel and Accu-Weather.
Scott Traffic LLC Mar 1989 - Current
(Formally Scott Studios Corp, Electric Works Corp, dMarc, Inc., Google)
Waxahachie, Texas USA " Dave Scott (Blyth), Owner
Senior Software Engineer and Developer
I work for Scott Studios and Scott Traffic LLC from March 1989 to Current, first full-time, now contract. As a Senior Microsoft Visual Basic 4/5/6/VB.NET and QuickBasic for DOS programmer, software engineer, hardware engineer, and technical engineer I am involved in research-and-development and implementation. For the past 22 years I have developed innovative multi-million dollar products for Windows to digitally automate major radio, TV, satellite, and cable broadcast stations. My most recent accomplishments have automated commercial and satellite radio station weather plus send weather and storm alerts via cell-phone text messaging. Major clients are XM/Sirius Satellite Radio, Weather Underground and Accu-Weather. I do occasional updates and maintenance on these programs.
Accomplishments:
2011-WeatherAudioAlert - Software that generates an audio alert from National Weather Service alert text to be immediately aired over radio and TV stations in emergencies.
2008-2009 Radio Station Text Message Service " A web-based program to allow radio station listeners to sign up for weather, news, alerts and other radio station messages to be sent to their cell phones as daily text messages. It was written in MS Visual Basic 6, MS VB.NET 2008, ASP.NET, JavaScript, LINQ, CRML and PHP and uses SQL Server 2005 as the backend database. I wrote the server side programs.
2005-2009 Unattended Weather - This application used a library of 7,000 audio files per voice to generate audio weather forecasts on the fly using data from the National Weather Service, MSN and Weather Underground. The forecast included openings, closings, time announce, liners, alerts, airport delays, multiple city sky and temperature conditions. It was used on 21 channels by XM/Sirius Satellite Radio Network and other radio stations for unattended automated voice weather forecasts. I created and supported this program written in MS Visual Basic 6 for Windows.
2004 Voice Tracker II - This was the first Internet voice-tracker for radio. This software allows audio stub files to be passed to/from a radio station over the Internet. This facilitates remote DJs/announcers to record a four-hour radio show in less than 10 minutes and upload it to the radio station. It works by allowing them to hear the beginnings/endings of songs and commercials as they record voice tracks. I wrote this in VB.NET for Windows.
1999 School Closing System - This product was a PC based telephony card application to answer phone calls to radio stations regarding school closings on bad weather days. I wrote this in MS Visual-Basic 6 for Windows and used add-on third-party COM OBJs, ActiveXs and DLLs.
1996 Voice Tracker - I wrote this 'first of its kind radio station voice-tracker software allows radio stations a means to voice-track four-hour shows in about 10 minutes. This helped reduce millions of dollars in man-power costs. I wrote this in MS Visual Basic 6 for Windows.
1992 AXS - In this third-generation digital audio radio station software I added features such as user friendly intuitive graphics, touch-screen and hot-button support. It supported CD control, digital hard-drive audio, live assist, drag-and-drop songs/commercial, satellite automation, automatic commercial, inventory management, and voice tracking. I co-authored this program in MS Quick Basic for DOS with many additional DLLs and add-on third-party objects.
1991 DDJ2 - This program was similar to Digital DJ below, but I added features to control mega-CD changers using hardware I designed to control the CD changers as well as the audio switching.
1989 Digital DJ - I created the first digital radio station automation system to play music, announcements and commercials from a personal computer. It supports live-assist and satellite automation. It was written in March 1989 and first installed at radio stations KCDY-FM/KAMQ-AM Carlsbad, NM in November 1989. It was completely written by me in MS Quick Basic for DOS. This program was featured on CBS-TV's 48 Hours in 1992 in a segment called 'Radio Wars showing how radio stations could improve their programming and bottom-line.
TXU Energy Corp. Feb 2000 - Apr 2004
Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas, USA
Senior Software Programmer Level IV
I worked as a Senior Software Programmer at TXU Texas Utilities Business Services IT Department in Fort Worth and Los Colinas. I programmed in Microsoft VB.NET, VB6, Visual Basic 4, Microsoft FrontPage, Raw HTML4, Microsoft Excel, Word, Access and SQL. I used most Microsoft Office products and tools. Some projects involved using Microsoft VBA for data population of databases from SQL Server/Access Databases to Excel Spreadsheets and Word documents. I also applied my skills using many third-party add-on libraries and packages such as datagrids, graphics, controls, OCXs, DLLs, COM Objects, and automation controls for Visual Basic. I also worked as a computer operator at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant with TXU, using MV-8000 DataGeneral Main Frame computers.
EDUCATION
Technical Certification
Nashville Technical Institute - Aug 1979 - Nov 1979
Federal Communications Commission First Class Radio/TV Broadcast Engineer License
FCC Broadcast Endorsement in addition to the above license.
Amateur Radio Technician-Plus License (Call Sign: KC5JGP)
GMRS Communications License
College / University
Middle Tennessee State University - Aug 1976 - May 1979
Major: Mass Communication. Minors: English & Psychology
Military
United States Air Force - Aug 1971 - Aug 1977
I served five years of active duty service and one year of reserve. I had over three years of electronics training. I received an Honorable Discharge on August 5, 1976. I am a Vietnam War Era Veteran. I held a 'Top Secret security clearance and worked with computerized and mechanical electronic telephone switching systems for global priority communications. I was stationed in Texas, Florida, California, Okinawa, Philippines and Japan. This was the launching pad for my electronics and programming knowledge.
References: Available Upon Request