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John
(“Juan”) Xuna ======*******====== PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
(DURING THE LAST 10 YEARS)
Independent
Technologies Corp.
( www.IndependentTech.com
) 11422 Miracle
Hills Drive, Suite 500, Omaha, NE
68154, US Dates Employed:
1998-2002
(Daryl
Ingalsbe, President. Phone:
402 496-4700.) Director
in the Software Department.
I developed for Client (Sprint Corporation, FON Group) an Oracle application, in
Visual C++, Windows NT, and with ODBC connectivity. The program -named
“Contracts and Commissions”- calculates commissions due on 60,000 public
phones, and administers the 50,000 contracts of those phones. It can be easily
adapted to work with other DBMS engines. For 2 years I had an office at
Sprint’s HQ (in Overland Park, KS). Vice President of International Sales Promoted in June of 2000. Relocation to Florida was necessary. Remuneration now based on commissions. Telecommunications sales were in recession. R&D Software Center is in New London, MN, and I would like to stay in Florida. I am in excellent terms with former employer. Currently, I am still selling some of their consumer products at eBay, but now as an independent sales agent. (Please see also www.1stTEL.net and www.IndependenTEK.com -sites that I own, and that I have created to promote their products nationally –former- and internationally –latter- although soon will be shut down). ======*******====== LodgeNet
Entertainment Corp.
( www.LodgeNet.com
) 3900 West
Innovation Street, Sioux
Falls, SD 57107-7002, US Dates Employed:
1994-1997
(Supervisor: Tim Flynn, President.
Phone: 605 988-1000.) Manager of
International Licensing.
Negotiated all hardware and software technology licensing agreements with
business partners in Latin America and Asia. Our systems were successfully
deployed in Japan, Korea, Brazil, Panama, Peru, Dominican Republic and
Venezuela. Responsibilities
included: Search for "Licensees"; review their operations and
proposals; qualify candidates; make recommendations to CEO/COO; negotiate
Letter-or-Intent / Licensing Agreement; migration of technology (software
localization, software licensing, permits); export's clearance; determination of
harmonized codes; coordinate training and technical support; quotes preparation;
analysis/reporting on sales statistics; accounting on royalties and remittance
taxes.
======*******====== University of
Colorado. Boulder Campus.
Telecommunications Program.(
www.ColoState.edu
) In 1993
I earned a Master degree in Telecommunications from the University of
Colorado, Boulder. This ws a time when many network technologies where
sprouting (ATM, FDDI, Token Ring, Frame Relay, SMDS, wireless,...).
Satellite transmission, budgeting of uplinks and downlinks,
cellular technologies, and network protocols (my Thesis was based
on TCP/IP) were the topics that attracted my professional interest. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
(DURING 1970’s and 1980’s)
Ø
During the 1980’s I worked mostly in
Software. I founded two software
ventures to develop database engines. Also
worked in the development of software, to test storage devices in a
manufacturing environment. Ø
I graduated in 1974 from the University of
Puerto Rico with a BSEE in Electronics and Radiating Systems.
For the rest of the 1970’s I worked with radars and avionics, as well
as in airline’s data communication systems. Animal Science
Software International (
www.DairyTEK.com
) 201 East River
St., Two Rivers, WI 54241. Employed: 1991-1994
(Supervisor: Venture: I was the founder) President, Owner, Software Developer For eight years (1981-1986 and from
1991-1994) I developed -in "C"- applications software for the
agribusiness industry. These applications were database management systems,
applied to the operation of dairy farms.
"Animal Science Software
International",
Two Rivers, WI, and "Scientific
Software", Old San Juan, PR, were eventually
closed for lack of venture capital.
======*******====== Storage
Technology Inc.
( www.StorTEK.com
) One StorageTek
Drive, Louisville, CO 80028. Employed: 1986-1991 (Supervisor: Victor Perez, VP.
303 673-5151) Production
Manager
(PR), SAS Programmer at Puerto Rico
plant. Then promoted to Production Manager. Test
Software Engineer (CO)
In 1988 I was transferred to the headquarters in Louisville, CO,
there: (1)
I
wrote SAS programs to retrieve data, and then combine it, to generate Annual
Labor Standards Reports. (2)
Implemented
a database for the Disposition of Electronic Boards (either Rework/Refurbishing
or Scrap). I created the ROSI formula using an innovative curve-fitting
algorithm –Hermite Polynomial. (3)
Developed
in C language a Channel Emulator to diagnose our solid-state memory devices. (4)
Wrote
AUTO-MDL. Critical software that I
created at STK. Written in C, with INFORMIX as DBMS, and UNIX OS. It interfaced
with users, particle counters, bar-code readers, environmental stress chamber,
etc. (5)
Developed
the AUTS-Tape (Automatic Unit Test System for Tape Products) to allow for
automatic unmanned testing and data collection from Tape Transport units, and
corresponding Control Units. ======*******====== Columbia Data
Products (of Puerto Rico)
( www.CDP.com
) 1070-B Rainer
Drive, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714. Employed: 1983-1984 (Felix Fano, Plant Mgr. 407 869-6700) Manager of Board
Test and Manager
of Systems Test:
First Computer manufacturer that came up with a fully "100% IBM-PC
Compatible". As Test Manager in Gurabo, PR, I was responsible for the work
of 260 employees (3 shifts), and 6 Supervisors. All employees were laid off as a consequence of
financial irregularities at the Maryland headquarters discovered by the SEC
======*******====== British Airways
( www.British-Airways.com
)
75-20 Astoria
Blvd, Jackson Heights, NY 11370
(Used to be located in 245 Park Ave., NYC) Dates Employed:
1977-1980
(Supervisor: Jim Wheeler. Phone: 800 545-7644.) Telecommunications
Officer I worked 4 years for this Airline, in a
rich environment of computer networks and high-tech telecommunications
equipment. I was part of a small team of Engineers who maintained the BOADICEA
Reservation System, including software upgrades and data traffic-control. Worked
"on-call" 24 hours, often having to do immediate air shuttling to BA's
ticket offices (at many US airports: NY-JFK, Washington-Dulles,
Boston-Logan,…) where we would do on-site troubleshooting and repairs. This
reservation system was at the time one of the world's largest long-haul
telecommunication networks. It carried not only British Airways traffic, but
many other hosts (Clients: Air India, Cunard, Quantas, South African
Airways, TAP, ...). I left British Airways to found my first software venture in
Puerto Rico (Jan. 1981-1983). ======*******====== Databit Inc.
(
www.SSC.Siemens.com
and www.ICN.Siemens.com
) 110 Davis Drive,
Hauppauge, NY Dates
Employed: 03/1976-06/1976
(Supervisor's Name: Earl
Bailey.) International
Sales Manager (Middle East, Europe, W. Africa)
Accepted an offer made by the pioneers in the development of Time-Division
Multiplexers. I was excited by the professional opportunity given, and ecstatic
for the trust and responsibilities laid on me. Only two years out of college, I
became an International Sales Manager. They doubled the salary I had with my
previous employer, and when traveling overseas I had an additional 30% as
"hardship allowance". But, the promised 30% traveling came closer to
90% (recently-married, that was intolerable at the time).
Therefore, I resigned after a couple of long business trips to the Middle
East, and Europe. Although I worked there for only a few months I
included this for its professional significance. In 1984 the company merged with
Siemens Stromberg-Carlson. On 1992 they move to Boca Raton, FL (Siemens
Information and Communication Networks Inc.) ======*******====== Airborne
Instruments Laboratories ( A. I. L. )
( www.AIL.com and www.EDOcorp.com
) Route 110
(Suffolk County, Long Isl.) Farmingdale,
NY - Dates Employed: 1974-76 (Supervisor: Bob Olson, Engineering
Dir.) Radar
Engineer,
International Trainer.
I worked on development and field installation of Secondary Surveillance
Radars (AN TPX 42). Traveled to South America (Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil) for
installations at airfields, and for the training of air-traffic controllers in
these systems. AIL used to be
a Division of Cutler-Hammer, then was bought by Eaton. In May of 2000 AIL merged
with EDO Corp. ======*******====== Nuclear Center of Puerto Rico, US Atomic Energy Commission (www.EM.DOE.gov/bemr96/ceer.html
)
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
Campus, Mayagüez, PR 00806. Dates
Employed: 1972-1974 (Supervisor: Dr. Julio Gonzalo) Optical Research
Assistant Solid State Physics Laboratory. Worked
part time in Optics Science research to pay for my tuition expenses at the
University of Puerto Rico. Position expired when graduated from UPR.
I assisted Dr. Gonzalo Gonzalez. He pioneered laser crystallographic
studies (Brillouin and Raman scattering).
======*******====== PSA Peugeot-Citroën
S.A.
( www.PSA.fr
) Avenida de Citroën
3 y 5, 36210 Vigo, Spain
- Employed: 1965-67 Salary (Supervisor:
[34-986] 21-50-50 ) Industrial Officer
Mechanical Draftsman, Lathe and Milling Machine Operator. In 1962, automobile
manufacturer -Citroën- awarded me a Scholarship (for an Associate Degree in
Mechanical / Industrial Engineering) . After graduating Summa Cum Laude,
I accepted an offer made by this car-manufacturer to join their ranks. With
10,000 employees in Vigo, Spain, this is their largest automobile operation in
Spain. In 1967, I was granted an Electrical Engineering Scholarship, by the CONDE
DE FENOSA Foundation (www.FBarrie.org).
Consequently, I left Citroën to start Electrical Engineering studies in
Barcelona, Spain. ======*******====== JOB-RELATED
TRAINING COURSES: JIT (Just in Time), SPC
(Statistical Process Control), MRP (Material Requirements Planning), COBOL,
PROLOG, and … many more courses and seminars. ======*******====== Military Service: I
became US citizen in 1976. Before then, from Sep. 1970 to Dec. 1971, I served in
the Spanish Armed Forces (Military Police. Madrid. Spain). ======*******====== Polyglot: I do speak English,
Spanish (vernacular), Portuguese (vernacular Old-Portuguese:
Galician) and French. Wife is a Brazilian-born American. ======*******====== EDUCATION
Universidad de Vigo, Spain ( www.Uvigo.es )
Asso. Industrial Engineering,
Degree received in 1965, 125 Semester Hours Major: Industrial Machinist (Lathe and
Milling Machine); Minor: Industrial
Drafting GPA equ. to: 3.96 out of 4;
Honors: Summa Cum Laude (passed board with Sobresaliente) ======*******====== University
of Puerto Rico, School of
Engineering, Mayagüez, PR , US (www.UPRM.edu
)
Bachelor of
Sciences in Electrical Engineering,
Degree received in 1974, 117
Semester Hours Major: Electronics; Minor: Radars, Antennas and Radiating Systems GPA: 3.49 out of 4;
Honors: Magna Cum Laude ======*******====== Inter
American University , Cagüas, PR ,
US ( www.inter.edu
)
Master in Business Administration.
Pending Board Exam for Degree, 1985, 60 Semester Hours Major: Business Administration,
Accounting; Minor: Taxes and
Finances. GPA: 3.67
out of 4 Note: I left San Juan before passing to
the final Board exam (compulsory for granting of degree). ======*******====== Colorado
State University; Fort Collins, CO, US
(www.ColoState.edu
)
Ph. D. in Computer Sciences.
Not finished! 1993-94 (16
credits, about ¼ of credit requirements) Major: Computer Sciences; GPA: 3.5 out of 4 Note: Due to personal circumstances
studies were interrupted in 1994, and accepted offer by LodgeNet. ======*******====== University
of Colorado, Boulder, CO, US ( www.Colorado.edu
)
Master of Sciences in Telecommunications.
Degree received in 1993; 60
Semester Hours Major: Telecommunications;
Minor: Satellite, Cellular, and Network Protocols;
GPA: 3.69 out of 4 ======*******====== JOB-RELATED CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES: For scans of academic credentials, and
newspaper articles, please visit my website: www.Xuna.net
======*******====== JOB-RELATED HONORS, AWARDS: 1 Colorado State Graduate Grant 2 TAU BETA PI (Engineering Honor Society).
Treasurer and Secretary 3 Summa Cum Laude and Magna Cum Laude
undergraduate degrees 4 Scholarship
granted by Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza "Conde de Fenosa"
( www.Fbarrie.org
) 5 Citröen-Hispania Scholarships ======*******====== JOB-RELATED SKILLS: Ø
C, C++, Java, Visual C++, Visual J++, Visual Basic, SAS,
Prolog, Cobol, Fortran, Assembly, ... Ø
MFC, WFC, RNI, JNI, J/Direct, Java/COM, OLE, ActiveX,
Oracle, Informix, ODBC, JDBC ... Ø
Milling and Lathe Machinist, ... and LNC
programmer. Ø
Founded two software companies (Scientific
Software, and Animal Science Software Int'l). Ø
Academic background in Biological Sciences
(uncommon in EE/CS Engineer curriculums). ======*******====== |
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