From: john@n7kbt.rain.com (John Opalko)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.resumes
Subject: Unix/C Software Engineer available in Portland area
Date: 25 Jan 93 03:29:11 GMT
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Organization: Two strange people in Forest Grove, OR


			John G. Opalko
			47350 NW Otis Lane
			Forest Grove, OR  97116
			(503) 357-6875
			john@n7kbt.rain.com


Objective: Software Engineering position at a growing company

	Relevant Experience

August 1992-Present

Contracting and consulting.

	Short-term assignments with local clients.


October 1987-May 1992

McCaw Cellular Communications, Kirkland, WA
Software Engineer

	Developed data communication programs, drivers, parsers, interfaces
	and data collection and report generation programs in support of
	nationwide cellular telephone network. Developed system and network
	administration tools and system security tools.  Provided Informix
	database administration for very large call-processing database.
	Duties included upgrading and maintaining hardware and software in
	existing systems.  Also responsible for evaluating and recommending
	candidates for job openings and evaluating and recommending purchases
	of new hardware and software.


March 1980-Sept. 1987

AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naperville IL

1984-1987: Software Developer, Autoplex Cellular Switch Project and Autoplex
	   1000L Integration Project

	Responsible for testing and porting software for IMS token ring;
	successfully integrated each new IMS load with zero downtime to the
	working lab.  Received Extraordinary Contribution Award for work on
	Autoplex port.  Responsible for maintaining, enhancing, and
	generalizing an internal makefile generator to make it a saleable
	product. 

1980-1984: System Administration, SDS labs

	Maintained PDP-11/70s using UNIX/RT.


January 1979-March 1980

All Steel, Inc., Aurora IL
Programmer

	COBOL programming developing management tools on an IBM 370/145
	running DOS/VSE.


July 1975 - January 1979

Packard Instrument Company, Downers Grove IL 

1977-1979 Assembly Language Programmer.

1975-1977 Computer Operator
Responsible for IBM 370/135 running DOS/VS.


	Programming Languages

C, Unix shell scripts, lex, yacc, awk, SQL, embedded SQL, 370 assembler,
COBOL, FORTRAN, RPG-III


	Operating Systems

Berkeley Unix, System V Unix, SunOS, DOS/VSE, DOS/VS


	Hardware

Sun SPARCstation servers and clients, ATT 3B2 computers, IBM 370 series,
WeCo 3B20/S, WeCo 3B20/D


	Education

1972 Fenger High School, Chicago, IL

1979 AS with High Honors, data processing, College of
     DuPage, Glen Ellyn IL

1984 BS computer science, Illinois Benedictine
     College, Lisle IL

1984-1987, post-graduate work at DePaul University,
           Chicago, IL towards a Masters in computer
           science focusing on Artificial Intelligence


	Societies and Associations

Voting member, ACM
Member, IEEE
Member, IEEE Computer Society


	Accomplishments and Awards

Circle of Excellence nominee at McCaw Cellular Communications

Extraordinary Contribution Award, AT&T Bell Laboratories

-- 
John Opalko			Somewhere in the foothills of the Coast Range,
john@n7kbt.rain.com		Forest Grove, Oregon, USA

		"Fast; cheap; correct.  Pick two."
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