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Hello, my name is Bill Day. I am the owner of a small PC network consulting business. I've been working with electronics since 1975 and programming computers since 1978. I began designing UNIX based networks in 1985 and Novell Netware networks since 1989. I'm looking for training, consulting, or temporary jobs in Southern California (Orange County). I've designed software for both Microsoft and Netware products, typically API level using Assembly, Pascal, or Visual Basic programming languages. I have Novell (CNA,CNE), Microsoft (MCPS,MCSE,MCT), and other certifications. Before starting this consulting business in 1995 my career was based in electronics and computers. I began in 1975 installing car radio-telephones and repairing one-way voice pagers. After mastering the two-way radio business, I needed to move on to something more complex. In 1978 I switched from the radio electronics field to the computer electronics field. This is also when I began programming in CPM BASIC. By the early 1980's I had completed my engineering studies. Shortly after that, I was promoted to a Sr. Engineering position. Right about then is when I got my first IBM PC (one 360K floppy, no hard disk, cassette data storage). As part of my job (around 1985), I started working with UNIX based networks. By 1985 my PC had been through several upgrades. To make working in UNIX and DOS easy, I created (using the C language) all the DOS commands on the UNIX computer and all the UNIX commands on the DOS computer. In 1985 I was running about my sixth bulletin board system. This handled 16 on-line connections running at any of three speeds (300, 1200, and the ultra fast 2400bps modems). The setup was a 12MHz Intel 286 CPU with 2 high speed 40 Megabyte Hard Dish Drives running a UNIX like operating system with 16 Hayes 2400bps modems. The system ran all the typical BBS stuff like email. It also had interactive real-time gaming and real-time chat (like the Internet's ICQ or IRC). By 1989 I left the engineering field to work full time in the computer or information technology field. | 