In the 1960's in return for a small allowance, my parents rotated the five children through household chores: bathrooms, kitchen, laundry, and grounds. I also changed our chevy wagon's oil and cross-switched the tires, helped repaint the upstairs bathroom, and the exteriors of our house and garage and cared for our german shepherd, "Silver Rex of Franconia Crest". In the late 1960's I started work delivering pennysavers, mowing lawns and babysitting in my Queens, New York neighborhood. In the early 1970's I worked while attending Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan as a cashier, courier and marketing intern. Later in the 1970's I worked while an MIT undergraduate doing dining service, internships, social & cognitive science research, and sales. In the 1980's I started working professionally as a programmer at a Boston management consulting firm supporting a Time Analysis + Billing System (TABS). From there on I mostly consulted, accepting assignments, programming projects and support positions in business, education, finance, government, law and medicine. Recently I returned to my native New York to help reorganize the Port Washington Twin Pines Food Coop & Charitable Thrift. Below is a list of links to my experiences. Please let me know if you find anything interesting? tom.e.turner at gmail.com
Dates: Organizations and opportunities:
Start End tasks and systems supported.
03 04 to now Port Washington Twin Pines Food Coop & Charitable_Thrift
Fundraising for portchest.org, office + web work, deliveries,
repairs, recycling, maintenance, posting ads to craigslist.org
03 98 to 03 04 Free Software Foundation Project GNU, volunteer.
at MIT's LCS & AI Lab now CSAIL: FUNdraising revenGNU,
Media monitoring + news alerts, web searches for source code,
developers and patents , GNU+Linux Apache migration.
10 03 to 10 03 MIT Engineering Systems Division, research support:
MIT Libraries: Barker, Dewey and AeroAstro search and delivery.
04 02 to 06 02 MIT Press, international promotions fullfillment support:
Apple MacOS Filemaker Pro, Adobe Pagemaker.
04 01 to 08 01 Distributed Media Corporation (acquired by NCT Group),
Boston agent
Barnes & Noble College Bookstores, "Site & Sound" field support.
09 99 to 07 00 MIT Sloan School of Management. Sloan Technology Services
Microsoft Windows, Sun Solaris and Red Hat Linux support
04 98 to 09 98 Landmark Securities, LLC, momentum trader:
NASDAQ Level II trading of equity account.
03 98 to 03 04 Free Software Foundation Project GNU
at MIT's LCS & AI Lab now CSAIL, volunteer:
Media monitoring, web searches, GNU+Linux Apache support.
03 97 to 03 98 Stream International, Software Support Representative:
Microsoft Word Knowledge base phone support.
12 96 to 02 97 Adecco, Stream HP "Spike" project support:
HP PC Windows systems support and troubleshooting.
09 95 to 09 96 MIT Sloan School of Management. Computer Center Consultant:
PC-DOS, Windows, MacOS, Netware & Unix support.
?? 94 to ?? 94 Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS now TWX sub) volunteer.
Initial domain name search and sub domain suggestions for
tbs.com (already taken) and turner.com (available at the time).
?? 94 to ?? 95 MIT Campus Dining, Pritchett Grill @ Walker, grill cook
06 93 to 09 96 FSF Project GNU at MIT's LCS & AI Lab now CSAIL, volunteer:
FUNdraising revenGNU, Unix system user support,
NYT, WSJ, ABI Inform & LEXIS software patent searches.
06 95 to 06 95 Optisensors, Inc. (consultancy in electro-optics), R.A.:
Preparation of figures for NSF grant proposal + patents.
02 95 to 05 95 DataSmith REsources, Inc., production support:
Real Estate listings and reports.
03 95 to 04 95 MIT Department of Civil & Environmental Eng , R.A.:
Update of CEO directory for Economic World Congress.
01 95 to 02 95 William Kennedy & Associates, R. A.:
AV support, PC system search.
11 94 to 11 94 Center for Strategy Research, R. A.:
Marketing survey of Canadian client's customers,
Transportation trade press search at US DoT
Transportation Systems Center &
MIT Barker Engineering library,
Bloomberg financial research and analysis.
01 94 to 06 94 Boston Cablevision Community Access & Programming Foundation:
Volunteer MYOB accounting system setup on Apple MacOS,
Zoom faxmodem, Procomm & WinFAX setup on 466 PC,
Posting Internet lists to BNN Answer Channel IVBB.
09 93 to 09 93 H. Kim, MIT Sloan School of Management, Consultant:
PC DOS Lotus 123 Value Line Investment Survey.
03 93 to 05 93 MIT Digital Open High Resolution Systems Group:
Internet search and DECstation Ultrix support.
03 93 to 04 93 Center for Information, Technology & Society:
Consultation with Director regarding IBM VM/CMS WAIS.
03 93 to 03 93 Institute for Scientific Information "The Scientist":
Consultation with Editor on internet distribution.
02 93 to 02 93 Atlantic Market Research & Technology Applications Group:
Market survey of datacom managers for Ameritech.
01 93 to 03 93 Carnegie Commission on Gov't, Science & Technology:
IBM PS/2 Omnipage OCR of reports & post to Internet.
12 92 to 01 93 Dr. G. Wu, MD, (Ophthalmologist), systems consultant:
LKC UTAS 2000 Electroretinogram (ERG) system setup.
11 92 to 01 93 E.B.& E.L. Ross, Counselor at Law (trusts & estates):
IBM PC MS-DOS Time billing and estate software survey
10 92 to 10 92 International Society of Optoelectronics (ISOE):
AV and Internet communications support.
?? 92 to ?? 92 Jeff Kennedy Associates, Inc.
Display circuit board assembly and test.
02 92 to 11 92 MIT Audio Visual Services, AV tech:
On call AV support.
09 91 to 06 92 The Financial Times, Pearson, PLC of London, Sales Rep.:
MIT campus subscription sales.
12 90 to 09 92 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA),
Fare Collection Control Systems Developer:
IBM PS2 MegaBASIC GE Fanuc PLC Ladder Logic Magtek card reader.
09 89 to 11 90 MIT Environmental Medical Service (now EH&S), Sys Admin:
PC DOS systems setup + posts to MITnet, Techinfo, and
usenet (now google) groups, eg:
Conference on Laboratory Waste Management
11 89 to 12 89 MegaKnowledge, Inc.(acquired 1/90 by Intellicorp),:
Kappa Windows 3.0 KBMS system pre-sales support.
08 89 to 12 91 MIT SCTV36 and CCTV (Cambridge Community Cable TV):
Video production and cablecast volunteer.
03 89 to 06 89 Free Software Foundation Project GNU@MIT LCS & AI Labs:
Technical Support Specialist and Distribution Volunteer.
06 88 to 01 89 MIT Whitaker College of Health, Science & Technology (HST):
DEC VAX VMS Computer Systems Coordinator.
0? 87 to 0? 87 HMS B&WH Rosenberg Labs, Consulting research programmer
Laboratory assay data aquisition via RS-232C interface routines.
10 87 to 07 88 MIT Press: "Made In America", Project R.A.:
OECD econometric time-series data import + processing with
IBM VM / CMS SAS, Lotus 1-2-3, and Apple Mac OS chart graphics.
05 87 to 02 88 HMS B&WH Cardiac Catherization Lab, Consulting Programmer:
DEC VAX VMS FORTRAN medical imaging and angiogram analysis.
Ported/converted/tested Dr. Kirkeidee's source to utilize
Theory and Applications Unlimited (TAU) real-time image
processing system (RTIPS) library calls.
01 87 to 06 87 MIT Department of Economics, System Admininstration:
AT&T UNIX System V computing cluster setup & support.
12 86 to 07 87 Foundation Technologies & James Martin Publications, R.A.:
Expert systems & KBMS's reviews running on PC's + Mac's.
11 86 to 04 87 Zacks Investment Research, Inc., Consulting Programmer
sales+trade show demos and spreadsheet importing
interfaces for equity earnings forecast DBMS's
10 86 to 12 86 Cambridge Planning & Analytic, Inc., Consulting Programmer:
PC DOS BASIC equity share-price time-series chart graphics.
08 86 to 09 86 Boston Financial and Equity Co., Inc., Consulting Programmer:
Lotus 1-2-3 Leverage Equity Analysis Plan(LEAP) macros.
05 86 to 08 86 Advanced Algorithms & Portfolio Management, Programmer:
DEC VAX UNIX FORTRAN futures trend-trading
risk-adjusted return-ranked backtests.
03 86 to 04 86 MIT Endicott House Conference Center, Consulting Programmer
Lotus 1-2-3 cost accounting spreadsheet macro maintenance
01 86 to 02 86 Technical Data Corporation (acquired by Thomson),
Consulting Programmer
Prototyping index options(OEX)advisory with Lotus 1-2-3 macros.
07 85 to 04 86 HMS & Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI)., Consulting R. A.:
DEC VAX VMS radiological image
Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC)
DBMS entry.
11 84 to 06 85 Bremer and System Development Corporation, Consulting R. A.:
DBMS price & performance survey for the US DoT TSC.
?? 84 to ?? 84 Gold Hill Computers, Inc., sales demo developer:
IBM Storyboard presentation production for
06 84 to 10 84 US DoT Transportation Systems Center: NHTSA FARS, Programmer:
IBM PC DOS BASIC + Microcom RELAY GOLD micro to mainframe
macros accessing Boeing Computing Services IBM VM/CMS.
01 84 to 06 84 MIT I/S (now IS&T) Help Desk phone, online, and onsite support:
Honeywell Multics, IBM VM CMS and DEC VAX VMS.
09 82 to 01 83 Chadbourne & Parke, LLC, Manhattan, NYC, Consultant
Office automation requirements survey and systems evaluations.
09 82 to 12 82 Resource Planning Associates, consulting coder,
Coding financial risk profiles of petroleum and natural gas
projects.
0? 82 to 0? 82 Horn & Company, Consulting Programmer
PC spreadsheet analysis plus Mac presentation graphics for:
"World Investment Strategies Explained" (W.I.S.E.)
(Bernard Horn, Jr., MIT Sloan GM '80 is now President of
01 79 to 12 81 Bremer: Management Consultants in Data Processing, Programmer:
Time Analysis & Billing System (TABS):
DEC OS78 BASIC maintenance and support.
Auto dealership finance and insurance:
TRS-80 to IBM PC-DOS BASIC package port and customizations.
01 78 ?? 12 78 American Energy Services, Inc., Sales Representative:
Energy audit software & seminars.
09 77 to 01 78 MIT campus publications, ad salesman for:
"The Tech", "Thursday", "The Graduate" (now GSN), and "Voodoo"
Ad sales to national recruiters and local merchants.
06 77 to 09 77 Mass Fair Share, Canvasser
Outreach and fundraising.
09 76 to 12 76 Boston Mayor's Office of Federal Relations, Intern.
MIT Political Science internship.
06 76 to 09 76 Harvard University Department of Sociology, R.A.:
Filming physician-patient non-verbal interactions.
10 75 to 12 75 MIT Department of Brain + Cognitive Science, UROP R.A.
Field subject survey of temporal frames of reference.
09 75 to 06 76 MIT Campus Dining, "Twenty Chimneys", grill cook.
06 75 to 09 75 Christopher Morley Park, Roslyn-North Hills, NY, Summer Staff:
Ticket sales, tennis court and pool attendent.
01 75 to 06 75 New York City OTB, Intern:
Production of 35mm slide and sound track for Marketing VP.
01 74 to 06 74 Stepsavers International, Inc., Courier:
Package pickup and delivery around Manhattan, NYC.
Please email me if you need to know more?