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A Journey of Innovation and Dedication
My passion for coding began in 1983 when I submitted my first application for publication, called "Typing Smiley." Though it wasn't published, it was only the start of my determination to pursue software development. Around the same time, I pushed boundaries by making my Atari 800 play music, control lights, and even simulate the Space Shuttle for a school project.
My education at Total Technical Institute provided a strong foundation in computer hardware, circuit board design, and machine language programming, alongside opportunities to teach. Tri-C completed my Associate degree in Computer Science, and Baldwin-Wallace laid the groundwork for my Bachelor’s degree. Early on, I balanced hardware design and software writing. My expertise in machine language programming opened the door to creating background software (TSR), which led me to join a local development team. This team eventually contributed to the creation of Norton Anti-Virus during my year in California.
After leaving Symantec, I returned to Northeast Ohio and partnered with another talented developer to found Stage Research, Inc. Stage Research specializes in software and hardware development for theatrical and themed industries. As projects evolved beyond Stage Research’s business model, Inline Technology emerged as a dedicated division to develop custom business software, computer networks, phone systems, websites, and email solutions.
Notable Projects
Below is a partial list of the hundreds of projects that I was involved with.
Typing Smiley - an educational game that teaching keyboarding skills. Graphic intense (as intense as you could get in 1983), written in BASIC. Doom Screen Saver - remember when Doom was the game to play? Inline Technology wrote the screen saver that would take over your screen and shot creatures. SFX - Stage Research developed this application to play sound and control devices for theatre, theme parks, cruise ships, exhibits and more. Product of the year in 2001 and 2007. SFX changed the theatre world by using computers to play audio (remember my Atari 800?). RF Guru - Frequency coordination for wireless microphones. RF Scanner - Frequency scanner to find frequencies uses in a venue. Tamatrac - Offender GPS and Chemical Tracker - Website Portal, Blackberry Application, Android Application, Firmware development. iTrax - Scheduling application to process recycling material from semi-trailers and trains; Track material through a plant; Provide EPA and other documents for conversion of material into product; Norton Antivirus - one of the first Antivirus products. Assembly Language programming, Windows 95/98 background application to catch computer viruses before they harm your computer. Pest Patrol - background application to stop those other programs that could harm or slow down your computer like worms, malware, etc. Y2K - the transition between 1999 and 2000 was suppose to crash all computers. Remember? Well they didn't all crash, maybe it was because of our Y2K application? Dolphin Cove - An educational touch screen application to learn about sea life deployed at Sea World.
C#, C++, C, ASM, Java, Java Script, Python, Perl, PHP, SQL
Windows Forms, Web Applications, Android, iOS, Firmware
More Information
Visit www.timelinetheatrics.com for theatrical applications.
Visit www.inlinetechnology.com for custom applications, websites, and network design.