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Frank Kurka - Web Developer
26B Sullivan Ave., Newton Upper Falls, MA 02464
(617) 630-1109 send mailto:frank@fkx.com

Web Developer:

Experienced in the development, installation and maintenance of web sites using Microsoft tools and associated software including: Frontpage2000, Visual Interdev 6, Visual Basic 6, Office 2000, Windows 2000, Information Server 4/5, SQL Server 7.0 and Exchange 5.5 and 2000, Site Server 3.0 and Commerce Edition.

Microsoft Level 2 Website Developer and MSDN Universal Subscription member currently producing small business Websites and private websites on a project and experimental basis.

Web Languages and Tools:

Internet/Intranet Applications Programming with:
- FrontPage2000, Dreamweaver, Fusion 4, Flash 4 and GoLive for HTML and DHTML based web sites.
- Visual InterDev 6 for ASP pages using JavaScript/VBS with Active X Components and Controls.
- Visual Basic 6 for WebClasses, DHTML Applications, IIS Applications and XML applications.
- VJ6 for Applets, Applications, COM components for XML and ADO based applications.
- Microsoft Access 2000 and SQL Server 7.0 for database applications
- VBA and VBS for Exchange, Outlook 2000 and Office 2000 Applications Development
- Microsoft MTS and MSMQ Tools and related TechniquesSite Server 3.0/Commerce Edtion Tools: Knowledge Manager, Search, Direct Mail, Analysis,XML

3D Animation, Multimedia and Digital Video Production:

Extensive Multimedia Development including Digital Graphics, 2D/3D Animation, VRML, OpenGL, Shockwave and other technologies.

Edited over 200 mathematics videos on professional computer based editing systems and created over 2,000 graphics for video productions using Illustrator and   Photoshop.

Created a 5 minute animated production made up of various independent 3D segments that demonstrates the use of 3D Studio and nonlinear editing systems in animation work. The entire animation including editing and music was created, edited and produced solely within a PC using 3D Studio and TouchVision's DVISION with no external video tape stages. Done in 1993, it represented one of the first such productions ever made.

Various test projects include using 3DStudio/MAX, Director 7 and Lingo, Media 100, Avid MC Express, After Effects, Premiere, Truespace, Bryce 3D, Poser 3, Freehand, Canvas 7, Cakewalk, Acid Pro and various MIDI sequencers and audio editors .

Microsoft Exchange and Office Projects:

I maintain and administer an NT4, Exchange 5.5 Server and a W2k Exchange 2K Server. I develop and write Applications for the Exchange Server, Outlook 2000 Client and other Office 2000 Applications such as Word, Excel and Access.

Other Software:

Project 98, Visual Test 6, InDesign, Director 7.

VJ6:

Currently exploring the use of MS Java (VJ++6) for client side DHTMl pages, Controls and Components and for server side components for use with XML and ADO database applications.

VB6, VBA and VBS:

Currently exploring the use of VB6 for Web DHTML and IIS Applications as a replacement for ASP, and for OpenGL, XML, VRML and multimedia applications. Experimenting with various controls, graphics, music and animation for use with a future generation of Web Sites, and more advanced GUI user interfaces.   Experimenting with Microsoft SQL Server 7, MAPI and Exchange Programming. Created an Active X Control to download and install fonts for web pages.

(1993-1999):

Specific Projects and Clients:

Independent Research - In addition to the Client projects described below, I'm developing a showcase Website that will feature DHTML, XML, CSS and original Active X custom controls written in VB6, VC++ and Java. The site will offer tutorials in   various Web Technologies and will demonstrate ASP and SQL Server, Data Warehouse examples, XML Database use, ActiveX Controls, VBScript, Java, Shockwave, VRML, Active Server pages etc. and serve as a test bed for the various software technologies.

As part of this project, I maintain a small NT 4.0, Windows 2000 Pro and Server host network to operate local servers for webs under development prior to publication to various publicly available hosting servers.

IPS of Boston - (http://www.ipsboston.com/) - developed their previous corporate Website.

Geneve Consulting Group - Performed a consulting Study that recommended a specific set of hardware and software tools for as the basis of their infrastructure for developing Internet/Intranet applications for a new banking school in Chicago.

Ampersand Venture Capital Corporation - Consulted with them to evaluate their needs for a corporate Website. Developed a plan and budget.

New England Professional Brokerage - developed their website.

Brookline Adult & Community Education Corporation - Taught evening computer courses for 2 years in Visual Basic, PhotoShop, Internet and FrontPage Website Development Software.

Inso Corporation - Part of a team that performed a makeover of the corporate Website The new site is substantially faster, with better graphics, organization, and navigation and was designed for cross browser compatibility. Previously done manually with simple tools, the site is now automated with FrontPage. Over 190 pages and 500 graphics elements.

Urbanimage - Performed Editing and Digital graphics for a series of Management and Instructional Safety Video Programs for their client - Johnson & Johnson Corp. - Using AVID Media Composer, Adobe Illustrator and PhotoShop and online imaging techniques. Three video programs in 6 months.

Harvard Business School - Part of a team that produced a CDROM for the November 95 Technology Colloquium. My responsibilities included - digitizing all video material, editing and compression to QuickTime formats on an Avid Media Composer 800, all graphics handling including resizing, tone control, palette management and format conversion, CDROM test pressing, animation and titling sequences, music editing - PhotoShop, Premiere, DeBabilizer, Truespace, Sony CDROM writer and software.

Matrix Video - post production of several industrial videos on an AVID Media Suite Pro system. Included digitization, editing and PhotoShop digital graphics.

Harvard Business School Publishing Corp. - Created a 60 second opening 3D Animation for a CDROM based management series with 3D Studio.

Video Publishing Group, Corp. - Nonlinear editing and PhotoShop graphics for 90 separate Mathematical Video programs using Data Translation Media 100.

Spectrum/NETG - produced 5 animations for an IBM CDROM health project and a 20 second animation for an insurance company agent software program (3D Studio).

Prior History:

20+ years of Computer Industry Experience:

1986 - 1993:

Cost Effective Computers, Inc . - initial partner.

In 1986, I started a 3rd party hardware and software maintenance organization for specific IBM based office products, the IBM Displaywriter and the PC. My company repaired systems, performed telephone support and On Site training and support of Displaywriter and PC based word processing systems. Also developed, installed and supported independent software packages that were not supplied by IBM.

Established sales and service offices in Ontario, CA; Needham, MA; Hartford, CT & NYC with approx. 800 accounts, including: NY State Dept. of Law, Mass General Hospital, Harvard, CBS Sports, UCLA, Aetna, Met Life, The New England, Travelers, Liberty Mutual, Cigna, BlueCross/BlueShield, Arthur D. Little, and others.

Hired, trained and managed all personnel including Maintenance, Sales and Telemarketing. The company grew to a 20 person, 850K/year service revenue organization before the anticipated decline of installed base of obsolete systems.Sold assets and closed company in 1993.

1980 - 1986:

Freelance Programming and Independent Consulting.
IBM - Marketing Assistance Program (MAP) for PC and Displaywriter word processor:

- Performed installation, training and support for these Intel 8086 based systems.
- Wrote applications software for CPM86 and MSDOS running on the above systems.
- Performed Training and Support for first time users of the IBM Displaywriter
- Developed and Produced a 3rd party telecommunications package for PC (Telekomm).
- Designed and Manufactured an add-on keyboard attachment a Numeric Keypad
- Involved with development of 16 bit OS for Intel 8086 (CPM86) for IBM Office Systems.
- Converted and brought application packages to market for CPM86 on Displaywriter.
- Sold and supported 3rd Party add on for IBM Typewriters, turning them into Word Processors.
- Sold and supported IBM PC as an IBM PC MAP in their Burlington Store.

AVCO Corp and Northrop Corp . - performed Automatic Test Equipment Software Quality Assurance on ATLAS programs for Gyroscopic Navigation Devices.
DEC - Software Quality Assurance work for Single Board Computer Microcode.

1970 - 1980:

Employee of various computer manufacturers and OEM's.
Honeywell (Waltham, MA) - Corporate staff as Senior Competitive Analyst for Honeywell US Sales.
Perkin Elmer/Concurrent Computers (NJ) - International Marketing Support and Corporate Support staff as Competitive Analyst. (and independently wrote database and word processing software to run on company systems...)
Instrumentation Engineering (NJ) - Applications Programming for Automatic Test Systems in ATLAS language running on Interdata computers for Seimens Products (and independently wrote microcode for first integrated terminal/microprocessor based PC using an Intel 4004 in Intel assembly language)
Interdata (NJ) - Field Service Representative, Manhattan. Component Level diagnosis and repair of Interdata minicomputers and peripherals and software support on site in customer accounts in Manhattan, NY, NJ and CT.
Digilab, Block Engineering (Cambridge, MA) - Field Service, Global Customer Support - Software Installation, Training and support of customers with Data General Nova controlled Infrared Interferometer; performed board level repair of Data General minicomputer based systems in US, UK, Germany, Japan.

Mellon Institute (Pittsburgh, PA) - Technician and Operator of Minicomputer based Digilab Infrared Interferometer.

	Frank Kurka - Web Developer 26B Sullivan Ave., Newton Upper Falls, MA 02464 (617) 630-1109 send mailto:frank@fkx.com
Web Developer:	Experienced in the development, installation and maintenance of web sites using Microsoft tools and associated software including: Frontpage2000, Visual Interdev 6, Visual Basic 6, Office 2000, Windows 2000, Information Server 4/5, SQL Server 7.0 and Exchange 5.5 and 2000, Site Server 3.0 and Commerce Edition. Microsoft Level 2 Website Developer and MSDN Universal Subscription member currently producing small business Websites and private websites on a project and experimental basis.
Web Languages and Tools:	Internet/Intranet Applications Programming with: - FrontPage2000, Dreamweaver, Fusion 4, Flash 4 and GoLive for HTML and DHTML based web sites. - Visual InterDev 6 for ASP pages using JavaScript/VBS with Active X Components and Controls. - Visual Basic 6 for WebClasses, DHTML Applications, IIS Applications and XML applications. - VJ6 for Applets, Applications, COM components for XML and ADO based applications. - Microsoft Access 2000 and SQL Server 7.0 for database applications - VBA and VBS for Exchange, Outlook 2000 and Office 2000 Applications Development - Microsoft MTS and MSMQ Tools and related TechniquesSite Server 3.0/Commerce Edtion Tools: Knowledge Manager, Search, Direct Mail, Analysis,XML
3D Animation, Multimedia and Digital Video Production:	Extensive Multimedia Development including Digital Graphics, 2D/3D Animation, VRML, OpenGL, Shockwave and other technologies. Edited over 200 mathematics videos on professional computer based editing systems and created over 2,000 graphics for video productions using Illustrator and Photoshop. Created a 5 minute animated production made up of various independent 3D segments that demonstrates the use of 3D Studio and nonlinear editing systems in animation work. The entire animation including editing and music was created, edited and produced solely within a PC using 3D Studio and TouchVision's DVISION with no external video tape stages. Done in 1993, it represented one of the first such productions ever made. Various test projects include using 3DStudio/MAX, Director 7 and Lingo, Media 100, Avid MC Express, After Effects, Premiere, Truespace, Bryce 3D, Poser 3, Freehand, Canvas 7, Cakewalk, Acid Pro and various MIDI sequencers and audio editors .
Microsoft Exchange and Office Projects:	I maintain and administer an NT4, Exchange 5.5 Server and a W2k Exchange 2K Server. I develop and write Applications for the Exchange Server, Outlook 2000 Client and other Office 2000 Applications such as Word, Excel and Access.
Other Software:	Project 98, Visual Test 6, InDesign, Director 7.
VJ6:	Currently exploring the use of MS Java (VJ++6) for client side DHTMl pages, Controls and Components and for server side components for use with XML and ADO database applications.
VB6, VBA and VBS:	Currently exploring the use of VB6 for Web DHTML and IIS Applications as a replacement for ASP, and for OpenGL, XML, VRML and multimedia applications. Experimenting with various controls, graphics, music and animation for use with a future generation of Web Sites, and more advanced GUI user interfaces. Experimenting with Microsoft SQL Server 7, MAPI and Exchange Programming. Created an Active X Control to download and install fonts for web pages.
(1993-1999):	Specific Projects and Clients: Independent Research - In addition to the Client projects described below, I'm developing a showcase Website that will feature DHTML, XML, CSS and original Active X custom controls written in VB6, VC++ and Java. The site will offer tutorials in various Web Technologies and will demonstrate ASP and SQL Server, Data Warehouse examples, XML Database use, ActiveX Controls, VBScript, Java, Shockwave, VRML, Active Server pages etc. and serve as a test bed for the various software technologies. As part of this project, I maintain a small NT 4.0, Windows 2000 Pro and Server host network to operate local servers for webs under development prior to publication to various publicly available hosting servers. IPS of Boston - (http://www.ipsboston.com/) - developed their previous corporate Website. Geneve Consulting Group - Performed a consulting Study that recommended a specific set of hardware and software tools for as the basis of their infrastructure for developing Internet/Intranet applications for a new banking school in Chicago. Ampersand Venture Capital Corporation - Consulted with them to evaluate their needs for a corporate Website. Developed a plan and budget. New England Professional Brokerage - developed their website. Brookline Adult & Community Education Corporation - Taught evening computer courses for 2 years in Visual Basic, PhotoShop, Internet and FrontPage Website Development Software. Inso Corporation - Part of a team that performed a makeover of the corporate Website The new site is substantially faster, with better graphics, organization, and navigation and was designed for cross browser compatibility. Previously done manually with simple tools, the site is now automated with FrontPage. Over 190 pages and 500 graphics elements. Urbanimage - Performed Editing and Digital graphics for a series of Management and Instructional Safety Video Programs for their client - Johnson & Johnson Corp. - Using AVID Media Composer, Adobe Illustrator and PhotoShop and online imaging techniques. Three video programs in 6 months. Harvard Business School - Part of a team that produced a CDROM for the November 95 Technology Colloquium. My responsibilities included - digitizing all video material, editing and compression to QuickTime formats on an Avid Media Composer 800, all graphics handling including resizing, tone control, palette management and format conversion, CDROM test pressing, animation and titling sequences, music editing - PhotoShop, Premiere, DeBabilizer, Truespace, Sony CDROM writer and software. Matrix Video - post production of several industrial videos on an AVID Media Suite Pro system. Included digitization, editing and PhotoShop digital graphics. Harvard Business School Publishing Corp. - Created a 60 second opening 3D Animation for a CDROM based management series with 3D Studio. Video Publishing Group, Corp. - Nonlinear editing and PhotoShop graphics for 90 separate Mathematical Video programs using Data Translation Media 100. Spectrum/NETG - produced 5 animations for an IBM CDROM health project and a 20 second animation for an insurance company agent software program (3D Studio).
Prior History:	20+ years of Computer Industry Experience:
1986 - 1993:	Cost Effective Computers, Inc . - initial partner. In 1986, I started a 3rd party hardware and software maintenance organization for specific IBM based office products, the IBM Displaywriter and the PC. My company repaired systems, performed telephone support and On Site training and support of Displaywriter and PC based word processing systems. Also developed, installed and supported independent software packages that were not supplied by IBM. Established sales and service offices in Ontario, CA; Needham, MA; Hartford, CT & NYC with approx. 800 accounts, including: NY State Dept. of Law, Mass General Hospital, Harvard, CBS Sports, UCLA, Aetna, Met Life, The New England, Travelers, Liberty Mutual, Cigna, BlueCross/BlueShield, Arthur D. Little, and others. Hired, trained and managed all personnel including Maintenance, Sales and Telemarketing. The company grew to a 20 person, 850K/year service revenue organization before the anticipated decline of installed base of obsolete systems.Sold assets and closed company in 1993.
1980 - 1986:	Freelance Programming and Independent Consulting. IBM - Marketing Assistance Program (MAP) for PC and Displaywriter word processor: - Performed installation, training and support for these Intel 8086 based systems. - Wrote applications software for CPM86 and MSDOS running on the above systems. - Performed Training and Support for first time users of the IBM Displaywriter - Developed and Produced a 3rd party telecommunications package for PC (Telekomm). - Designed and Manufactured an add-on keyboard attachment a Numeric Keypad - Involved with development of 16 bit OS for Intel 8086 (CPM86) for IBM Office Systems. - Converted and brought application packages to market for CPM86 on Displaywriter. - Sold and supported 3rd Party add on for IBM Typewriters, turning them into Word Processors. - Sold and supported IBM PC as an IBM PC MAP in their Burlington Store. AVCO Corp and Northrop Corp . - performed Automatic Test Equipment Software Quality Assurance on ATLAS programs for Gyroscopic Navigation Devices. DEC - Software Quality Assurance work for Single Board Computer Microcode.
1970 - 1980:	Employee of various computer manufacturers and OEM's. Honeywell (Waltham, MA) - Corporate staff as Senior Competitive Analyst for Honeywell US Sales. Perkin Elmer/Concurrent Computers (NJ) - International Marketing Support and Corporate Support staff as Competitive Analyst. (and independently wrote database and word processing software to run on company systems...) Instrumentation Engineering (NJ) - Applications Programming for Automatic Test Systems in ATLAS language running on Interdata computers for Seimens Products (and independently wrote microcode for first integrated terminal/microprocessor based PC using an Intel 4004 in Intel assembly language) Interdata (NJ) - Field Service Representative, Manhattan. Component Level diagnosis and repair of Interdata minicomputers and peripherals and software support on site in customer accounts in Manhattan, NY, NJ and CT. Digilab, Block Engineering (Cambridge, MA) - Field Service, Global Customer Support - Software Installation, Training and support of customers with Data General Nova controlled Infrared Interferometer; performed board level repair of Data General minicomputer based systems in US, UK, Germany, Japan. Mellon Institute (Pittsburgh, PA) - Technician and Operator of Minicomputer based Digilab Infrared Interferometer.