Ronald John Sefchick Born: September 9, 1935

RESUME

PERSONAL

Ronald John Sefchick Born: September 9, 1935

1555 Sky Valley Dr. Apt. CC102 Married - 5 Children

Reno, NV 89534

TEL: (775) 747-1516

EDUCATION

University Of California - Riverside BA In Physics

University Of California - Los Angeles Advanced Physics (Grad work)

Riverside City College AA In Mechanical Eng.

University Of Rochester Advanced Studies (Optics)

Arizona State University Music Education

WORK EXPERIENCE

2004 – PRESENTINSTRUCTOR TMCC

Teaching of Workplace Spanish for targeted industries such as health care, teachers and banking to name a few plus Spanish conversation techniques including cultural ins and outs of Hispanic culture. ESL instructor at Barnes & Noble. Instructor for general computing and Microsoft Office. Participant in projects such as computing for non-English speaking students, inventory control classes for bringing warehouse personnel up to speed on modern scanning techniques and personal computer tutoring.

1998 – ONGOING WRITER VARIOUS ENTITIES

Columnist for MrNewsMx.com, an on-line newspaper under byline “Arnold Walker” covering the theme of culture shock brought on by returning to the US after an absence of 36 years. The column formerly dealt with life in Mexico from a humorous standpoint. Columnist for El Universal, a large metropolitan newspaper in Mexico City, covering computing and life in general in Mexico Columnist dealing with computing for the on-line version of “The News,” a large Mexico City English language daily. American-based editor for World Image Press, a watchdog organization based in Madrid Spain. Also web page designer and contributor for same. One full-length novel published on-line by Van Goach editors from Canada plus several short stories. Proof reader for my wife, a professional translator and interpreter.

1994 – 2004 IT DIRECTOR SERVI ALIMENTOS (MEXICO)

Responsible for all aspects of computing on PCs for a large-scale industrial caterer. Duties included care and nurturing of all computers plus training and programming of administrative functions. Installed and maintained a company-wide network including Internet programming and web page design.

1990 – 1994 IT DIRECTOR ESTRATEGIA BURSATIL (MEXICO)

Responsible for organization, planning and control of Information Technology for a large securities brokerage house. Main on-line system was IBM AS400 and served entire Mexico City operation plus telecommunications linkup to 4 regional sites throughout the republic of Mexico. Responsible for all SW/HW maintenance on 150 micro computers installed throughout the brokerage system.

1979 - 1990 IT CONSULTANT SEVERAL COMPANIES (MEXICO)

Specialist in micro computer applications on equipment ranging from Apples to PC's of all shapes and sizes. Applications programmed, installed and maintained covered all aspects of data processing, administration and statistical analysis. Banks formed majority of companies. Also worked with small to medium sized firms located principally in Mexico City with two clients in Texas and one in Oregon. The work was done in BASIC, CLIPPER, dBASE and the C programming language.

1977-1979 SALES MANAGER (BANKING TERMINALS) PHILIPS MEXICO

Responsible for marketing the Philips PTS line of teller-operated banking terminals in Mexico. Training done at the Philips headquarters in Holland and factory in Sweden. Duties included prospecting, demonstrating and testing of the actual systems.

1975-1977 IT MANAGER PHILCO MEXICO

Supervision of the data processing department of Philco’s main appliance factory in Mexico Main system was a Burroughs 3500 subsequently replaced with an on-line link to the IBM 370/158 at the parent company (The Mexican Alfa Group) in Monterrey. The department was 50 people strong and included all IT from data capture to reporting and inventory/production control.

1970-1975 ACCOUNT/OPERATIONS MANAGER TIEMPO COMPARTIDO (MEXICO)

Assisted in the start-up and production phase of the GE time sharing affiliate in Mexico. Account Manager portion consisted in selling the service to prospective clients and doing follow-up on the actual applications including training and programming. Principal languages were FORTRAN and BASIC. The Operations Manager portion was dedicated to keeping the local CPU up and running for user service, backup and billing as well as assisting in the formal installation of the teleprocessing links via Dallas to enter into the principal GE mainframe complex in the USA.

1965-1970 OPTICAL DESIGNER GOERZ OPTICAL CO. (USA)

Responsible for computer aided design and testing of full blown lens systems for cameras and telescopes. The products covered military, NASA and commercial systems. The design was done on a large scale Control Data 6600 computer and the theoretical testing on an early version of the GE MARK II time sharing service. Main accomplishment was the design of a special hand-held camera for Moon exploration by astronauts.

1967-1968 PROFESSOR NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (MEXICO)

Teaching of computer science and compiler design (FORTRAN) on small-scale mini computers (IBM 1604 and CDC G15). Programming language studies and feasibility evaluations were done on the mainframes, the CDC G20 and the Burroughs 5500.

1961-1967 OPTICAL ENGINEER NORTHROP CORPORATION (USA)

Design of optical systems based on computer analysis. The applications were principally military systems for ranging and tracking of missiles and enemy ordinance. The computers were early IBM and Control Data models. Part of the work was carried out at Cape Canaveral and there was also participation in human factors experiments for the command and control instruments manufactured at Northrop during this period.

1951-1961 ENGINEER IN TRAINING SEVERAL COMPANIES (USA)

REAL ESTATE SALESMAN - MUSICIAN

Engineering experience obtained principally with Northrop and General Dynamics in summer training programs. Work was mainly in production and inventory control in large factories. Much attention and detail given to work flow throughout the production cycle. Also did a stint as a facilities engineer in which space utilization and office optimization were practiced. Real estate work was done part time selling land and homes in the California high desert town of Hesperia. Music experience was obtained as a professional musician and extended from grade school right up through 1967.

OBJECTIVES

I feel my long journey through the perils of science and fantasy plus a quixotic love-hate relationship with bureaucracy on both sides of the border has given me the insight to bring lots of knowledge, understanding, smiles and tears (tears of joy to be sure) to any institution I might happen to join. If one is as old as one feels I surmise that I have a good fifty years or so before I even consider slowing down.