Resumé of
Alan H. Lake
Kalervonkatu 13 A 2
FI-20400 JYVÄSKYLÄ
FINLAND
E-mail alan.lake@lakeinfoworks.com
Site: www.lakeinfoworks.com
Local  044 2726 137 
International  +358 44 2726 137
Fax  +1 (309) 279-8695
Qualification Summary
	Self starter. Problem finder and solver. Skilled software engineer. 
High work ethic. High personal ethics.
Operating Systems
	Linux, Windows, Unix, and Unisys Work Flow Language.
Programming Languages
	PHP, Ruby, Javascript, HTML, SQL, Delphi, spreadsheet macros, C++, C, dBase, COBOL
Professional Experience
	Software development since 1968 with titles of programmer, programmer/analyst and software engineer.
Positions
Lake Information Works, Jyväskylä, FINLAND
Internationalization software package i18n for multilingual software.
Database software package InfoLake for fast data retrieval.
Software development as a consultant:
Contributor of code and documentation to Akelos framework, A port of Ruby on Rails to PHP.

A special browser called Benny Blount's Bodacious Book Browser for an American website. Data comes from csv files and is presented as various sorted lists and collapsible data trees. 

A customized version of InfoLake database package for Opintolinkki Oy, a Finnish company in education business. In this database system the data is collected in various spreadsheets and then transformed into a MySQL database, where fast and accurate retrieval is crucial.

Great Job, Inc., Westerville, OH
Founder and president.
Processed orders from Veterans Administration to Direct Shipping Department of Ross Products Division of Abbott Laboratories. Prints labels and documents, archives data and prepares confirmation files for the VA. Controls the bundling of cases based on specifications by shipper and product type. 

Consultant for the U.S. Government's Defense Finance Accounting Service.

RJO Enterprises, Dayton, OH
Maintained "C" language modules. Rewrote C language system in PowerBuilder. Produced white paper comparing and evaluating Objectware, PowerBuilder and Delphi.

Technical Consulting, Inc., Louisville, KY
Wrote employee benefits package in Visual Basic.

Quick Solutions, Columbus, OH
Wrote bank platform software.

Spear Contract Services, Norcross, GA
Cost engineering software for Reactor Restart Project at Westinghouse Savannah River Co. in Aiken, SC.

Standard Federal Savings Bank, Columbia, SC
Principal programmer/analyst during conversion from Burroughs Medium System to Unisys A Series using Newtrend's Miser software.

Earlier experience summary
Wrote User's Operating System package.
Designed inventory and billing system.
Maintained Newtrend's Miser banking software package.
Served as technical advisor on Burroughs Large System during conversion from other hardware.
Wrote an accounting system in Lotus 1-2-3 for a nuclear power plant.
Analyzed client's organizational problems.
Wrote documentation software.
Did system design for MRP inventory analysis and control system.
Wrote bank's electronic funds transfer system.

Special Accomplishments
Proposed and implemented computer solutions to problems being processed manually.
(1)Automated tasks indicated by an assigned report. 
Result $25,000 savings/month.
(2)Automated month end “rolling up”  of cost center data. 
Result: Four accountant man-days each month reduced to four hours for one accountant.
(3)Wrote system control software to manage clerical activities. It monitored work done and provided a dynamic menu that only permitted tasks that were appropriate at the time that the menu was presented.
Result: Prevented errors and resultant database repair time. 
On clerk's departure, manager was able to assume tasks without training. 
Reduced training costs for new clerk.

Education
DeVry Institute of Technology, Columbus, OH
Completed approximately one third of the requirements for a degree in Computer Information Systems.  GPA 3.87. Most credits gained by taking qualifying examination.

Security Clearance
Secret.