Neil F. Waldhauer
(831) 427-1529 130 Serra Court, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 e-mail: neil@blondeguy.com
Objective Consultant
Computer Skills  Languages: Java, C++, HTML, REXX
Tools: GCC, CSet++, Visual Age C++, Visual Studio, Subversion, Clearcase, Clearquest
Operating Systems: OS/2, Windows, QNX, Solaris, NetWare, MacOS
Professional Associations: President, OS/2 Bay Area Users Group
Employment History
September 1999 - Current Sole proprieter of Blonde Guy LLC, Santa Cruz, CA

Created the Suntan Special software. Wrote the software and the documentation. Produced a manual and created a web site to promote the software. Set up an online store to sell Suntan Special which allows credit card and international orders. Fufilled orders, producing and distributing the software. Promoted the product on Web portals and News sites.

Suntan Special is a product that installs and configures OS/2 and eComStation computers. It installs every major piece of software and all relevent patches, configures networking and adjusts the desktop. Suntan special delivers a sophisticated setup for a general computer user or a software developer.

Other activities (details are on www.blondeguy.com website):
Software maintenance of Automated Fare Card system using OS/2
Web application using IBM WebSphere and Java; www.blondeguy.com
OS/2 System Administration and Troubleshooting
OS/2 Software Engineering for Semiconductor Equipment using C++ and Borland OWL

September 2006 - CurrentProject Leader for the PMMail project

Reporting directly to the board of OS/2 VOICE, lead a team of 22 developers to modernize PMMail, an OS/2 e-mail client. Responsiblilities included coding, documentation, marketing and sales.

November 2006 - CurrentSecretary and member of the board of directors, Warpstock Corporation

Warpstock Corporation is an organization of volunteers dedicated to promoting education, information, and social opportunities to those persons interested in computer operating systems and related software through the production of at least an annual technology conference. The WarpstockCorporation Board of Directors accepts bids from potential host cities in a competitive process.

October 1994 - September 1999 Senior Software Engineer for Wyatt River Software, Santa Cruz, CA
Web application - user interface using Java/Swing
Software usage measurement - agent using C/Win32, Win16, OS/2, MacOS
Software licensing tool - server and library using C/Solaris, Win32, Win16, NT, OS/2, HP-UX, AIX, VMS, UNIX SVR4, Cray UNICOS, NetWare, MacOS
Patent 6021438 License Management System using Daemons and Aliasing
November 1993 - September 1994 Software Consultant, Santa Cruz, CA
Prepared feasibility studies of data reduction techniques for liquid chromatography. Used C and Excel
May 1990 - November 1993 Software Engineer for Spectra-Physics Analytical, San Jose, CA
Wrote data reduction and instrument control software in C under OS/2
Automated build and source code control using PVCS
Administered a Novell NetWare network for twelve developers.
Developed procedures for ISO 9000 certification
April 1979 - August 1989 Software Engineer for Waters Chromatography Division, Millipore Corporation, Milford, MA
Developed data reduction software for Liquid Chromatography, Gel Permeation Chromatography and Process Control in FORTRAN, BASIC and C under VAX/VMS and RSX-11
May 1978 - August 1978 Consultant for AT&T, Basking Ridge, NJ
Wrote software to customize a database package for a marketing measurement system using FORTRAN under VM/CMS
January 1977 - August 1977 Consultant for Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ
Wrote software to customize a database system for maintenance of long distance network equipment using PL/1 under MVS
Education BS Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1978
Systems and Software Requirements Management, California State University at Long Beach, 1999