DAVID G. SMITH
- CARING:
Part-time night crew. Enjoying being on a Fortune “100 Best...” team at Wegmans Store #04, Fairport Road.
» GROCERY STOCK CLERK: Tops Markets ['05- '08]
Part-time weekend days (plus occasional nights) at Tops Store # 417, Panorama Plaza; lots of friendly interaction! “Employee of the Month” for over a year.
» “MR. MOM” ['99-Present]
First daycare, now after-school care provider for our two kids, from newborn through grade school.
- CREATIVE:
Created fundraiser ads, posters, promotional DVD, newsletter content, etc. for local Montessori School.
» PHOTO EDITOR -- “HazMat Review” ['01-'04]
Enhanced & optimized photos for publication in esteemed small press literary magazine.
» INSTRUCTOR -- “Intro to Writing” ['01]
Taught how to write more and better in any field or genera, at a local non-profit writing center.
» AUTHOR -- “JVOX” ['93]
Demoed voice-driven programming in J. Explored verbal interface issues. Published in 1993 ACM/IEEE SIGAPL Proceedings, as lead author.
- CAPABLE:
Software marketing strategy support, GUI analysis and feedback, pre-alpha testing, etc. Separately, designed logo family for financial-markets data analysis software products; overhead slides & script for product launch. Tradeshow layout, staff action planning, overhead slides, scripts, and screen-saver design.
» SENIOR INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER / INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT ['90-'98]
Instructional design and training development services, mainly to Eastman Kodak Company. Performed front-end analysis, proposal writing, detail task analysis, designed specifications, and guided development and delivery of top-quality training programs dealing with consumables, hardware, computers, and quality initiatives.
» PRODUCT MANAGER: EMAIL ['90]
Rescued international team developing PC-based electronic mail product. Resolved personnel and morale problems. Brought focus to practical issues of requirements analysis, functional specs, graphical user interface design, documentation, packaging, and test procedures. Served two product manager functions concurrently. Proposed elimination of my own position.
» PRODUCT MANAGER: SAX (SHARP APL under UNIX) ['88-'90]
Protected customer goodwill and corporate assets during ramp-down of unprofitable product line. Negotiated contracts and built up VAR/OEM relations. Balanced austerity with ongoing marketing and customer support. Rationalized administration to give senior management accurate reports. Helped defend market position by answering legal interrogatories in trade-mark challenge and arbitration cases.
» ACCOUNT MANAGER: SHARP APL under MVS ['86-'88]
Twice doubled revenues from annual software license-fees. Negotiated “win-win” agreements worth millions with Morgan Stanley, a major Wall Street investment banking firm, growing account to become single largest customer. Other Fortune-500 clients included CitiBank, Upjohn and Kodak, as well as Southwest Airlines and others.
» INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER / INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT ['85]
Provided instructional design and development services to Eastman Kodak’s Graphics Imaging Systems Division at Kodak’s Marketing Education Center.
» TRAINING DESIGNER / INSTRUCTOR / AUTHOR / APL PROGRAMMER ['77-'85]
Taught APL programming and trained instructors in the U.S., Canada, and U.K. Authored, illustrated, and contributed to reference manuals, promotional, training and other materials. Participated in all aspects of software engineering as team member and team leader, including software maintenance, conversions, systems analysis, systems design and specification, program construction and systems integration, evaluation and testing, and packaging and delivery.
» SIGN-LANGUAGE INTERPRETER FOR DEAF PEOPLE ['73-'77]
Simultaneous word-for-word translation of college lectures, meetings, etc. between spoken and “signed” English, for the benefit of deaf students, faculty and staff. Twice voted “Best Interpreter” by student body. First recipient of RIT/NTID administration’s annual “Frisina Award” for personal contributions to the advancement of deaf students.
