John S. Jones

227 South Dunning Street

Ventura, CA 93003

phone - (805) 628-2520

e-mail: johnsandersjones@juno.com

Summary

I am a highly motivated Software Engineer with over 30 years experience both in product development and in product support. My expertise includes a variety of operating systems and hardware platforms.

Technical Knowledge and Skills

• Operating Systems – Windows, Linux, AIX, MVS/XA, UNIX, VM/SP, MS-DOS, OS2
• Hardware - Personal Computers, IBM RISC 6000, SUN SPARC STATION, IBM 43xx/30xx, UNISYS 5090, WANG VS, WANG OIS
• Printers -  Xerox metacode printers, IBM AFP printers, OCE PCL printers
• Software – IBM Infoprint, Compart, WebEx, VMware, Microsoft Virtual PC
• Command and Scripting languages  - DOS bat files, JCL, REXX, EXEC2, CLIST, XEDIT/MACROS, UNIX SHELL, Xerox JSL
• Program Languages – C, Assembly, Fortran, Basic
  
  

Professional Experience

Elixir Technologies – Ventura, CA                                              June 1991-June 2010
Elixir Technologies is a leading developer of innovative software for document composition, resource management, print stream conversion, and document archival.

Customer Support - Responsible for supporting Elixir’s PC based electronic form design, document composition and print stream software.  This included support for the full line of the Elixir products – both legacy and next generation.  Maintaining FAQ documentation for both internal and external usage.

Quality Assurance – Responsible for assuring Elixir’s Window’s based software, which had been converted from MS-DOS GUI, was ready for launch.


Cadam – Burbank, CA                                                                 June 1989-June 1991
CADAM (Computer Augmented Design And Manufacturing) software (CADAM was a subsidiary of Lockheed Corporation)

Technical Support Representative -Provided software support to End users, IBM System engineers and VARS utilizing RISC 6000, MVS, and VM/SP platforms.

Logos Computer Systems – Mt. Arlington, NJ                          June 1978-June 1989

Logos was a developer of machine language translation software.

IBM Support Representative - Responsible for support of mainframe installations in Europe. This included installations in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, and the Netherlands.

Senior Program Analyst -As Project Leader, I assisted and coordinated the development of the Logos translation system on the following platforms: MVS, UNIX, and VM/SP. My Responsibilities also included the migration of this product base from VM/SP to UNIX, VM/SP to MVS, and WANG OIS to VM/SP operating systems. While involved with the performance and cost analysis program, I also participated with the installation of the software at various customer sites.

Program Analyst -As a valued member of Logos programming staff, I participated in the development of various programs that contributed in the advancement of Logos translation software. The Lexical Database Update Utilities and Semantic/Syntactic Rules Validation Programs were also part of this effort.

Operations Supervisor -Though my primary responsibility was for the operation of the WANG OIS and IBM Timeshared Facilities, I also developed an automated backup system for Logos. I was also the author of an internal Systems’ User Guide.

Community Involvement

Chair of the Ventura Social Services Task Force
NAMI – Ventura County
MVCC – Midtown Ventura Community Council board
Ventura House Farm Workers committee

Previously

 Vice-Chair of City of Ventura's Historic Preservation Committee

 Chair / Vice Chair of Midtown Ventura Community Council

 Chair of MVCC Historical Committee and Newsletter Committee

 Member of City of Ventura's Seize the Future Citizen Outreach Committee

 Volunteer Tutor at Project Understanding from 1993-2003

 Volunteer at Westside Police Storefront

 Vice President of Business Development for Green Cure, a nonprofit organic gardening and education organization

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