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GREETINGS!          


     I'm Doug Bell, a professional software consultant with

     16 years of successful microprocessor software

     engineering experience including firmware & application

     coding, design, and project management on systems

     ranging in value from $1,000 to $50 million.


     Call anytime to discuss how an experienced software

     consultant can be of benefit to your organization.


DOUG BELL                        




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         1279 Vintner Way, Pleasanton, California 94566

                   Email:  dougbell@netcom.com

             Tel: 510-846-5993    Fax: 510-846-5946




AGE: 37.  HEALTH: Excellent.  Married with two children.

MEMBER:  Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers



A W A R D:

     CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for
     support "...in the face of danger and hazards..." during
     Operation DESERT SHIELD and Operation DESERT STORM.





SUMMARY

     16 YEARS OF SOFTWARE CODING, DESIGN & MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE.

        Firmware & applications for...

        Embedded Systems
        Robotics & Real-Time Process Control
        Device Drivers
        CNC
        Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition
        Security, Access Control, and Fire control
        Facility Automation
        Automated Testing
        
        Custom IBM PC/Macintosh/Apple application design for
        control system user-interface, database, reporting,
        & expert sub-system.

        Custom IBM PC/Macintosh/Apple Business Data Processing



SOFTWARE SYSTEMS                

     Software engineering, firmware, and applications using...
        "C", Forth, Assembly Language,

     Applications using Microsoft VisualBASIC/QuickBASIC.





HARDWARE SYSTEMS

     IBM PC, Intel 80386-8086 8085 8080 8051, Z-80, DEC PDP-11/70
     LSI-11, Motorola 6809 6800 6502, Macintosh, Apple II+,
     HP-9000, Control Data, Data General, OPTO-22.





PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE  * * * *



     SOFTWARE CONSULTANT                    1993 - 1994


     SAGE INSTRUMENTS, INC.                 Oct'93 - Jun'94
     Designed and Developed automated software upgrade downloading 
     system between IBM-PC and telephone industry OEM
     systems;  full ZMODEM-based error detection/correction
     (Scope: 12,000 lines of code).  Implementation into Engr.,
     Production, and Product Service Depts.
     Using: "C", Z-80 assembly language & Forth.


     PEAK SYSTEMS, INC.                     Jun'93 - Nov'93
     Software engineering for semiconductor fabrication R&D.
     Designing robotics, computer-to-computer interface, and
     user interface.  Using:  "C", assembly language, & Forth.




     KING KHALED INT'L AIRPORT, RIYADH      1990 - 1993
     Capital airport for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

     Sr. Programmer managing programming staff (American, Saudi,
     and Filipino) responsible for 50 MILLION DOLLAR real-time
     airport control system -- largest FORTH control system in
     the world -- largest control system in the world when
     installed in 1983.
     Permanent member of airport's Computer Systems Configuration
     & Control board.
     * Designs & codes new control system software.
     * Designs & codes custom airport applications.
     * Supervises individual software projects.
     * Manages user problem solving process.
     * Manages control system database maintenance.
     * Systems analysis for all new airport computer systems.
     * Provides technical support for hardware maint. dept.

     SPECIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS
          * Successfully designed & supervised streamlining of
          control system by reducing number of central computers
          from 9 to 6, RAISING SYSTEM AVAILABILITY TO 99%
          * Designed AUTOMATIC ON-LINE DIAGNOSTIC REPORTING
          system for control system maint. personnel.
          * Designed airport FLIGHT INVOICING and A/R system.
          * Designed automated TIME & ATTENDANCE system for
          tracking employees.
          * Supervised Airport Monitoring Center night crew
          during recent GULF WAR SCUD ATTACKS.

     CONTROL SYSTEM SCOPE
          KKIA, the capital airport of Saudi Arabia is the
          largest airport in the world, virtually a city itself
          with approx. 20,000 employees.  It serves the capital
          Riyadh (Pop. 2,000,000) and the 5,000 member royal
          family.  During the Gulf war, we supported the USAF
          40-jet tanker group stationed at the airport.
          The airport-wide CONTROL SYSTEM monitors & controls all
          critical airport support functions including security
          access control (12,000 card holders), fire control
          (esp. jet fuel farm), building automation, runway
          lighting, and process control (water treatment, HVAC).

          PolyForth w/ClusterForth operating system/network/code,
          6 redundant central computers (PDP 11),
          470 redundant remote computers (8086),
          various other sub-computers,
          26,000 I/O points (analog & digital),
          800 card readers,
          Database size:  53 Megabytes.
          LAN for event reporting and trend analysis.

     CONTRACT STATUS:
          Successfully completed 2-year contract.





     D. K. BELL ENTERPRISES, INC.           1988 - 1990

     President of application software development company
     designing & developing IBM PC application software.

     *  "Professional Purchasing System" - Published by INCOMNET
       INC, Westlake Village, Calif.

     *  "INV Inventory System" & "MAINTAIN Preventive
       Maintenance" - Published by HEADWORKS SOFTWARE, Electric
       City, Wash.

     Also, postcard/product literature/label generator, contact
     management for sales and marketing, virus detector, payroll,
     and other programs.

     INSTALLATIONS INCLUDE:
     HUGHES AIRCRAFT,  ROCKWELL,  LOCKHEED MISSILE & SPACE,
     KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, EASTMAN KODAK,  EVEREADY BATTERY,
     GTE, UNION CARBIDE,  UNION PACIFIC,  LITTON,  HONEYWELL,
     HELMSLEY-SPEAR,  THE MENNEN CO.,  CITY OF PALO ALTO,  CITY
     OF DEARBORN MICH., SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES (SINGAPORE)





     SOFTWARE CONSULTANT                    (SAME PERIOD)
       dba D. K. BELL ENTERPRISES


     DIGITEXT INC.
     Design & development of hardware drivers.
     * Designed & developed MS-DOS disk BIOS interface for
     electronic stenographic keyboard system.
     * QA program for testing: generates random, sequential, and
     programmed tests, analyzes and logs test results.

     FLUID TREATING SYSTEMS INC.
     Design & development of IBM PC controlled SCADA system.
     * Fluid treatment monitoring turn-key systems.
     * Expert system handling out-of-tolerance conditions.
     * Graphic trend analysis of monitored values.
     * Operation cost analysis based on raw product integration.

     MASTERCRAFT ENGINEERING
     Design & dev. IBM PC controlled Forth mill press CNC system.
     * Monitoring and control software for Z-80 controller board.
     Stand-alone, menu-driven, user interface software at the IBM     
     PC for designing milling work, commanding the Z-80 board,
     and receiving positioning feedback, etc. from the Z-80
     board.

     PRIMUS INC.
     Custom IBM PC business software for medical test lab.
     * Integrated system that performs customer/doctor price
     quoting, invoicing, and A/R .



     MOSELEY ASSOCIATES INC.                1985 - 1988

     Lead Digital Engineer responsible software design,
     development, and technical support for the following SCADA
     systems...
     * Remote control computer systems for TV & radio broadcast
     industry.
     * Data acquisition and control via telephone dial
     access(dtmf) and voice response.
     * Automated audio switching system.
     Designed custom Forth development environment for PC.

     INSTALLATIONS INCLUDE:
     ISRAEL DEFENSE DEPT., BRUNEI TV BROADCAST NETWORK, TURKEY TV
     BROADCAST NETWORK.


     SOFTWARE CONSULTANT                    1981 - 1985

     COMMUNICATION MFG. COMPANY, INC.
     Software Systems Consultant responsible for design,
     development, and testing of all software for System 2000
     Facility Management System.  Scope: Energy management,
     security & fire monitoring, access control with anti-
     passback & time/attendance accounting.
     * Designed & developed add-on options:  Color graphic
     terminal with facility map and alarm drawing, multiple
     access controller interface, data gathering panel interface,
     hard/floppy disk drivers, printers, modems, guard terminals.
     * Designed & developed DEC/Forth memory management expansion
     64k to 4Meg.
     * Provided technical support for field engineering.
     * Designed & developed automated QA testing software.

     INSTALLATIONS INCLUDE:
     * AMERICAN EMBASSY MOSCOW *, UNION CARBIDE, MOBIL OIL,
     U.S. ARMY (AFRRI.), DUPONT.


     ALTON TECHNOLOGY INC.                  1980 - 1981

     Software manager responsible for development and support of
     Forth-based Mark-V Facility Management System.
     * Managed staff of 5 programmers and QA personnel.
     * Designed all software including add-on options, device
     drivers, and hardware diagnostics.
     * Supervised all individual software projects.
     * Managed system QA.
     * Supervised technical support for field engineering.

     SYSTEM SCOPE:  Energy management, security & fire
     monitoring, access control (anti-passback & time/attendance
     accounting).

     INSTALLATIONS INCLUDE:

     UNITED AIRLINES MAINT & OPER CENTER San Francisco Int'l
     Airport, LEVI STRAUSS, CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU.


     MULTISONICS INC.                       1979 - 1980

     Software engineer.  Designed & developed 8080-based SCADA
     systems.
     * Co-Designed and developed custom BAKERSFIELD WATER CONTROL
     PROJECT system with interface to Data General Nova
     accounting system.
     * Designed and developed text formatting system for in-house
     word processing system.


     UNIVERSAL ENGINEERED SYSTEMS INC.      1978 - 1979

     Software engineer.  Software design, development, & field
     support for 8085-based water/flood monitoring and remote
     control systems.

     * CALIFORNIA RUSSIAN RIVER PROJECT.



     ORIGINAL DESIGNS				

     * FIG Forth prioritized multi-tasker,
     * "EASY" - Z80 based custom language/assembler/operating
     system,
     * Direct threaded Z-80 Forth implementation.



APPLE II+ RETAIL APPLICATIONS DESIGNS   

     * NOTEPAD - Hypertext data-base.
     * REACH - Sales analysis and tracking.
     * BANNER - printing with multiple fonts.



EDUCATION               

     UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY.
          Major: Electrical Engineering & Computer Science.
          Minor: Physics.



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