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Barry Prentiss

Professional experience / 1987 - Present Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Stanford, CA
Information Systems Development
§  Project conception, research, code development, documentation, testing, implementation, integration, maintenance and support of internationally accessible Information Systems in support of collaborative research and engineering efforts in the High Energy Physics field. Projects included:
§ Product Data Management (Smart Solutions’ Smarteam, Hummingbird’s Cyberdocs) system evaluation, selection, customization and integration.
§ Custom Design File Management System developed using proprietary Intergraph languages and interfaces.
§ Several Oracle access applications using Oracle Designer/Developer, Oracle OCI in C, Visual Basic, Java, Perl, SQLWeb and PHP.
§ In-house Application Distribution and Synchronization System.
§ Web-based Engineering Drawing Search and Viewing System.
§ Automated NT File Backup System.
§ Departmental Web System development and maintenance.
Design Management
§  Management of as many as 42 designers in 4 design groups with responsibility for hiring/firing, team building, motivation, training, scheduling, budgeting, design consulting, standards development, CAD systems enhancement, etc.
Project Design
§  Design development and documentation of ‘Ultra-High Vacuum’ systems and components currently installed in the SLAC Linear Collider.
1986 - 1987 Anicon, Inc. Milpitas, CA
Project Design
§  Provided frame and enclosure design for Advanced Epitaxial Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) system involving welded stainless steel frame and enclosure panels, injection molded control systems, aesthetic and ‘human’ engineering, etc.
§  Design requirements included ‘class-10’ clean room installation, ‘hepafilter’ laminar flow system, robotic wafer handling capabilities, Etc.
1982 - 1986 XMR, Inc. Milpitas, CA
Department Management
§  Management of Mechanical Design and Document Control functions including standards, procedure and policy determinations, hiring/firing, training, consultation and day-to-day supervision of five-person design staff and two-person document control staff.
Project Design
§  Project design responsibility on both the ‘Laser Micro-Machining Center’ and ‘UV Processor’ systems, including development, design and documentation of systems integrating high-power ‘excimer’ laser packages, precision optical trains, computer controlled positioning and sequencing systems, power supplies, gas and air handling assemblies, and computer interface components for each.
1979 - 1982 United Technologies, CSD Sunnyvale, CA
Project Design
§  Design, documentation, and prototyping of solid and liquid fuel ‘Ramjets’. Total involvement in MIL-Spec engineering processes.
1977 - 1979 EMI Therapy Systems Sunnyvale, CA
Project Design
§  Performed major redesign of radiation devices used in cancer treatment. Designed and detailed main drive assemblies, brake assemblies, hand control devices, remote control consoles, optical range-finding devices, digital display systems, etc.
1975 - 1977 ArgoSystems, Inc. Sunnyvale, CA
Design
§  Mechanical and EM packaging. Design and drafting of bracketry and enclosures, installation drawings, assembly drawings, exploded assemblies, mechanical details. Performed all aspects of packaging design and documentation.
Education / 2000-2002 UC Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA
BS in Information Systems Management
§  Graduated with Honors in the Spring of 2002
1997-1999 De Anza College Cupertino, CA
Courses in Pursuit of a Degree in Computer Science
§  ~100 Lower division credits in pursuit of a degree in Computer Science.
1997-1999 Oracle Education SF and SJ, CA
Masters Certificate
§  Oracle Application Developer, Designer2000/Developer2000
Masters Certificate
§  Oracle Web Developer, Oracle Web Server
1995-1997 UCSC Extension Santa Clara, CA
UNIX System Administration Certificate
UNIX Programming Certificate
Skills / Platforms: Windows NT, MacOS, Solaris, CLIX, AIX.
Tools: Oracle Designer/Developer, SQL*Plus, MS Office, MS Visual Studio (including Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual J++), Macromedia DreamWeaver/Fireworks, Allaire Homesite.
Languages: C, C++, VB, Java, HTML, DHTML, Javascript, Perl, SQL, PL/SQL, PHP.
Professional Activities / Active participant in local Application Development, Web Development and Emerging Technology trade shows and seminars including such topics as Oracle database technologies, Java, Visual Basic, HTML and XML development.