Keith G. Chuvala

16711 Starboard View Dr.

Friendswood, TX 77546

Employment

July 1999 - Present

United Space Alliance, Houston, Texas.

· Manager, Space Operations Computing (SpOC). The SpOC team works on-site at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston. The team employs multiple languages (C++, Delphi, VB, Pascal) to create and maintain Windows-based situational awareness applications for on-orbit and ground support operations.

· Served as Technical lead from July 2000 – March 2008

· Co-architect, designer, developer of Cargo PC System Software and associated tools

· Co-architect, designer, developer of Payload Operations Ground System (POGS) services and associated tools

· Author and maintainer of numerous documents: interface control documents, design documents, procedures documents, etc.

February 1997 - July 1999

First Intermark Corp., Arkansas City, Kansas.

· Chief Information Officer, with oversight of IT staff, PC LAN and AS/400 minicomputer operations and development

· Run a "mixed bag" LAN with OS/400, Windows NT, Linux, and Win9x-based servers, Wintel, Macintosh and dial-up clients

· Develop applications for process automation of digital color-on-demand production

· Oversee migration of in-house software systems (character box->GUI)

· Database design and implementation (AS/400, Interbase, Visual dBASE)

1988-1997

Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas.

· Network Administrator, overseeing campus-wide fiber/copper Ethernet, and managing all campus Internet resources.

· Perform all LAN design, administration, and maintenance

· Custom programming of LAN applications

· Troubleshoot PC hardware and software problems

· Train users in various computer related areas

· Conduct hardware/software-related workshops.

· Instructor in computer science, teaching C, C++, Pascal, Introduction to LANs, Computer, Brain, & Society, Client/Server computing, and Introduction to PC's.

1985 to 1986

The Computer Patch, Arkansas City, Kansas.

· Outside sales representative

· Promoted to store manager in 1986

1978-1988

KKJY, KRZY, KLYT (Albuquerque, New Mexico)

KRKY, KSOK, KWKS (Winfield, Kansas)

· Radio Announcer

· News, Traffic

· Commercial and PSA production

· Satellite programming

· Earned FCC 3rd Class license with Broadcast Endorsement

Education

· Master of Information Technology summa cum laude 2003, American Intercontinental University, Chicago, IL

· B.A. magna cum laude l985, St. John's College, Winfield, Kansas. Double Major, Biblical Languages (Greek & Hebrew) and Ecclesiastical Languages (Latin & German)

· Certificates for training in various computer-related areas.

Training, Specialized Educational Experience

· Borland Developer's Conference

· Frequent Speaker on dBASE and programming topics (see "Activities")

·North Dakota Department of Human Services, Bismarck, N.D.

· Week-long training of staff from regional offices in Visual dBASE (June 1997). Kathy Moum, coordinator.

· Boeing Commercial Aircraft Group (via Butler County Community College)

· Train developers, MIS staff in Unix Fundamentals, Internet, and C/C++ language. Lecture/Demo and hands-on formats. Gary Burch, BCCC/BOB representative, (316) 775-1124 -or- Kathy McCoskey, BCCC representative, (316) 523-6225

· Application Developers Training Company, Minneapolis, MN

· Train developers in dBASE for Windows / Visual dBASE. Intensive, week-long on-site and corporate training. Lecture/Demo format. Eric Woodrow, Trainer coordinator, 1-800-578-2062

Consulting Clients

· J. Kent Winblad, M.D., Winfield, Kansas

· Design and code Windows-based patient tracking and contact system. System coded in Visual dBASE 5.6 and Microsoft Office applications (via OLE automation). Winfield Medical Arts, P.A. (316) 221-6100

· Positive Marketing Impact, Inc., Arkansas City, Kansas

· Design and implement all operational software (dBASE, C), LAN Scott Richardson, President, (316) 441-0013

· Mathews, Taylor, and Krusor, Attorneys at Law , Winfield, Kansas

· Design and implement office network, consult on software systems Bill Taylor, Partner, (316) 221-1120

· Winfield Consumer Products, Inc., Winfield, Kansas

· LAN and software consulting Terry Lawrence, Vice President, (316) 221-2268

· Gilliland Printing, Inc., Arkansas City, Kansas

· LAN administration, systems analysis, programming (FoxPro, MS Access) Steve Gilliland, President, (316) 442-0500

· First Intermark Corporation, Arkansas City, Kansas

· Custom programming, design (FoxPro), LAN consulting Greg Kelley, CEO, (316) 442-2460

· General Electric Aircraft Engine Maintenance Center, Winfield Kansas.

· Custom programming for ASE ADAPS machine. Write PC applications (in C) interfacing to A/D hardware. David Krusemark, Test Systems Specialist, (316) 221-1300

· Cover Rite Industrial Coatings, Inc., Winfield, Kansas

· Design and implementation of LAN, software consulting Jeff Richardson, President, (316) 221-6776

· Daniels Rock & Ready Mix, Winfield, Kansas

· Design, program custom payroll application (dBASE) Chet and Betty Daniels, Owners, (316) 221-9060

· Sears Franchisee, Winfield, Kansas

· Design, configure, administrate LAN Custom inventory management programming (dBASE, C) J.D. Ellis, Owner

Activities, Memberships, Publications, and Honors

· RAD Advisory Board member, BorCon, November 2003, San Jose, CA

· Speaker, Inprise Conference (ICon), preconference tutorial "Killer WinAPI" (API access from VdB 5.x/7.x applications) and technical session "Gadgets 'R' US" (Win95 UI objects), August 1998, Denver, CO

· Speaker, Borland Conference (BorCon), July 1997, Nashville, TN

· Member of Team Borland (dBASE) 1992-1999

· Editor in Chief, Inside Visual dBASE (The Cobb Group) 1994-1996

· Speaker, Borland Developers Conference, July 1996, Anaheim, CA

· Speaker and member of the Advisory Board, Borland Developers Conference, June 1995, San Diego, CA

· Speaker, Borland International Conference, June 1994, Orlando, FL

· Technical Editor, contributing author, dBASE Advisor magazine (Advisor Publications)

· Contributing author to Inside dBASE for Windows (New Riders)

· Contributing author to Killer dBASE for Windows (Que Publishing)

· Technical Representative to the Kansas Research and Education Network (KANREN)

· Member, Winfield Rotary Club, chair of award-winning International Service committee, 1993

· President, Echo Computer Users Group, Winfield, Kansas

· Member, Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society in Social Sciences

· Named to Rotary International Group Study Exchange with Chile, 1990

· Selected as an Outstanding Young Man of America 1988

· Who' s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities (1984 & 1985)

· Named to the National Dean's List all undergraduate years (1982-1985)

Last Revision: March 2008