Résumé
Thomas W. Dockery, Jr.
226 Winter Brook Dr.
Walkersville MD 21793 	Home: 301-845-1281 tom@paradoxis.com
Office: 301-698-5904 dockeryt@ibacorp.us	

Skills
•	Computer systems and software
Unix (HP-UX, Solaris, Linux, AIX, and several other variants), MS Windows (3.x, 9x, NT, 2000).
 
•	Computer languages, DBMS’s and protocols
C, C++, HTML, Java, MySQL, Perl, XML.
 
•	Tools and packages
Apache, CVS, HP OmniBack II, JBuilder, Legato, RCS, Tomcat.
 
•	Other skills
Good writing skills, technical sales, N-tier systems, GUI, OOD, project planning, configuration management, moderate fluency in French, reading knowledge of Spanish. 
Experience
•	Senior Developer/Technical Manager 
IBA (Irving Burton Associates, Inc.), Frederick MD.
November 1997 to present.
Development of distributed applications using Java and Tomcat on Windows NT/2000, HP-UX, Solaris and Linux for Department of Defense as subcontractor to EDS.  Development of Web database applications using Java with Oracle 7 on Windows NT. Y2K related analysis and technical documentation. Development of C++ and Perl-based multi-tier applications on Windows NT and HP-UX. Administration of HP 9000 Unix servers in the IBA data center in Frederick, and at the American Diabetes Association in Fairfax VA. Technical management of team of developers and administrators working on e-commerce, business intelligence and other applications, for both commercial and government customers.
 
•	Technical Consultant
Hewlett-Packard Company, Falls Church VA.
May 1996 to November 1997.
Technical sales support on-site at America Online in Reston VA. Responsible for presenting technical information, benchmarking, and configuring HP 9000 Unix systems. Also responsible for discovering new customer projects and plans. Involvement with local and remote support teams, assisting and acting as customer advocate.
 
•	Director, Product Development,
VPE, Inc., Carlsbad CA and Alexandria VA.
December 1993 to May 1996.
Product development lead and system architecture after buy-out from SAIC. Continued application development and management in C, OSF/Motif, PostScript and SQL. Successful version release. Port of VPE product to BSD and Linux. Support of port to MS Windows NT. New development work for Web product using HTML, HTTP, and CGI, as well as some Java and Perl. Experience with Web server installation and management.
 
•	Systems Development Manager,
Market Focus Technologies Division of SAIC, San Diego CA.
October 1991 to December 1993.
Continuation of previous position, with extension of responsibilities to include management of development group, as well as porting and development under OS/2. Significant network interprocess communication work in Unix and OS/2 using pipes and sockets. Technical sales support and customer contact. Several successful releases.
 
•	Lead Systems Developer,
Market Focus Technologies, Inc., Carlsbad CA.
October 1987 to October 1991.
Responsible for group involved in development and maintenance of Unix and MS-DOS application development software. This included dynamic GUI mechanisms, imaging, support of client-server applications, event-driven logic, and database support. Developed in C, X11 with OSF/Motif, PostScript and SQL. Significant porting work on DEC, HP, IBM, SCO, Sun and other systems. Did on-site joint development work with AT&T Bell Labs, Sun Microsystems and Sony of France, and worked on projects for CitiBank and Coca-Cola. Successful initial product release. 

•	Financial Application Support,
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway NJ.
April 1986 to September 1987.
Responsible for maintenance and integrity of IBM 370 and MS-DOS based financial reporting systems for international operations of this Fortune 500 pharmaceutical firm. Support of existing COBOL and Adabas systems, with much work in SAS, Foresight, IFPS, ISPF-PDF and dBase III. 
 
•	Systems Consultant,
Software Shoppe, Inc., Fayetteville AR.
September 1984 to March 1986.
Retail sales and support of MS-DOS and Macintosh hardware and software. Application and database specification and development for several clients, primarily using dBase III and Turbo-Pascal. 
Education
•	MBA. 1986, Data Processing Emphasis, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville AR.
•	BA 1982, Mass Communications, Harding University, Searcy AR.
•	Professional Training Courses, Seminars and CBTs:
•	Business Objects (business intelligence and data mining software)
•	JBuilder
•	Oracle Web Applications.
•	HP-UX internals
•	HP-UX performance tuning
•	Internet security.
updated 10 February 2003