Clarence G. Cope, III
3598 N Atherton St, Apt 1
Port Matilda, PA 16870
814-883-9183
Career Summary
.Career beginning in USMC in 1967, spanning four generations of computer technology, the last 23 years as a Consultant
. BS in Computer Science, 1972, Pennsylvania State University
.Experience in nearly every facet of computer science
-Top Level Management Consulting
-Marketing Analysis
-Merchandising Analysis
-Databasedesign
-Very Large Scale Data Bases
-Data Modeling
-Data Mining
-UserTraining
-Technicalsupport for users groups
-Systemdesign, programming, and implementation
-Research and management recommendations
-Needsanalysis and hardware/software recommendations
-Business applications (AP, AR, GL, Inventory, Security, Order Entry, Financial, Bad Debt
Recovery, Customer Service, Bill of Materials)
-Healthcare applications (CSC/Comtech applications, data interchanges, debt recovery, claim entry, diagnosis analysis and verification, insurance, verification, prescription verification and printing, customer database)
-Banking applications
-Publishing applications
-Manufacturing applications
-Warehousing and Distribution applications
-Insurance applications
-Scientific applications
-IntelligenceModeling
-Military applications
-Systemsprogramming
.Consulting experience on many platforms, operating systems, languages, and software packages
-Hardware experience on Windows NT, IBM 3090/3081/4381/370/360/1410/1401, RISC 6000, Digital DG/UX, Hewlett-Packard, Teradata, Sequoia, Pertec, Stratus, VAX 8530, Prime 9955, General Automation ZEBRA, Wang VS 85, and PC's
-Software experience in Unidata, Universe PICK, COBOL (IBM, Stratus, VAX, Wang, PC), SQL (Teradata, Access, Sybase), HTML, CGI, Java, Perl, Microsoft Access, Sybase, Advanced Revelation, Visual Basic, Alpha4 and Alpha5 Databases, Dbase II, Prime Information, Primos Database, C, DB2, IMS, IDMS, JCL, Assembler, Fortran, PL/I
Experience Details
* Senior Consultant
Client:Companion Technologies, Inc, 6/06 – 6/29/07, (803) 264-5866
Duties:Programming and Support The CPM Doctors Practice Software Suite, acomprehensive system for all aspects of running a practice, from a single office to the largest multi-location practice, support for wide range of customer problems system wide. HIPAA compliance, Electronic Data Exchange specialist
Environ:Universe, Unix, NT, Kermit
* President and CEO
Client:DMCons, Inc, 6/99 - present (814) 234-4543
Duties:Design and publish The DMCons mvToolbox, acomprehensive suite of utilities for theIT professional usingmulti-value languages, design marketing strategy, develop sales approaches, write and give promotional presentations, sales scripts, provide full spectrum of consulting services featuring mvToolbox.
Environ:Unidata, Universe, and D3, Jbase, Reality, Revelation
* Senior Consultant
Client:Perseus Books Group, 6/2000 - 5/2002 (303) 444-3541 X181, reporting to Sharon Rupp-Rivers VP
Duties:Took over lead programmer’s function when he resigned. This client’s software was abysmally butchered, prompting the lead programmer to leave and the company to stop using the system. CIO assigned me the task of restoring the software and the user’s confidence in the software. Long range planning to meet expanding business requirements. Connecting disparate databases together to reduce data staging problems.
Environ:Universe Pick on a Windows NT platform, Wintegrate, Pick D3, MS Access
* Senior Consultant
Client:University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine, 3/1999 – 6/2000 (215) 746-5106,
Reporting to Dan Shapiro
Duties:Took over programming Department when Director was reassigned and Department head quit; performed Department head duties until Department could be re-staffed;brought back computer department from the brink of total collapse, oversaw programming staff, directed Y2K remediation, disaster recovery planning, rewrote the schools entire scheduling process, fixed hundreds of really ugly programming problems, repaired basic design flaws in several sub-systems, restored the school’s confidence in the computer department.
Environ:Unidata Pick 4.1 on a RISC 6000, Wintegrate, Unix, IBM 3090, DB2
* Senior Consultant
Client:C-Cor, Cable equipment manufacturer and distributor, 10/1997 - 7/1998, reporting to Kevin Fagley,
(814) 238-2461
Duties:Merge three releases of purchased software, and 3 years of custom changesinto one harmonized
system. Over 15,000 entities inspected for harmonization. Generated very sophisticated tools to
implement software merge.
Environ:Digital DG/UX, Unidata Pick, DataWorks manufacturing package
* Contractor
Client:Johns Hopkins Employee Health Plan, HMO provider, 6/1997-10/1997, reporting to JP Ford,
(410) 685-7200
Duties:Assist newly created HMO in implementing HMO services;software enhancements, problem resolution,
create data, interchange and interface with Maryland state agencies, assist HMO partners with state data
exchange issues
Environ:Hewlett-Packard 9000, Universe
* Senior Management Consultant
Client:TV Shopping Network, dedicated television retailing channel broadcast from Australia to the Pacific
rim nations and far east, reporting to the TVSN President William Schereck, 2/1997 - 4/1997
Duties:Audit the company's computer system, telephone system, warehouse and order fulfillment operations, and
management team, advise TVSN how to prepare for explosive growth, research intermittent problems with
international phone calls originating in Philippines, determine whether structure of phone system and
phone center management was optimal for expected growth, design and build a marketing database using
Sybase and MS Access populated from an Advanced Revelation system, train marketing analyst how to use
the database
Environ:Novelle Network, Sybase, Access, and Advanced Revelation
* Project Management
Client:EDS at Sprint Spectrum, Sprint subsidiary, start up company providing cellular phone services,
Overland Park, KS, 7/96 - 9/96
Duties:IT Team Leader for Interface team to Database Marketing group, design system interfaces, coordinate
vendors in building interfaces, coordinate between vendors and business groups, oversee creation of
logical data model
Environ:Hewlett-Packard 9000, Unix
* Senior Consultant
Client:KingdomCompany, largest in USA for distribution of fast tape duplicators and supplies,
Distribution, Direct Marketing, Mansfield, PA (800) 788-1122, 11/95 - 06/96
Duties:Design and build Marketing Database utilizing MS Access/Visual Basic, Instruct marketing
department in use of Database, advise company owners on setting up an Infomercial division, general
system design, advise owners on hiring of MIS head, research source of unusually high COGS figure.
Environ:Novelle Network, Microsoft Access
* Senior Consultant
Client:MercyHealthPlan, Medicare/Medicaid HMO, 200 Stevens Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19113, (215)
937-8851, 9/94 - 7/95
Duties:Augment staff in redesign and rewrite of CSC health care systems; major data conversion programs;
detailed analysis of system wide impact of modifications; specialized search and list processing programs to
perform impact study
Environ:Hewlett-Packard, Unix, Universe (a PICK database)
* Senior Consultant
Client:QVCNetwork, world’slargest cable home shopper network, West Chester, PA, 19380, (215) 430-
1000, 4/89 - 8/94
Duties:Senior Consultant to the Executive Vice President of Programming and Merchandising, DBA for
the Teradata decision support data warehouse, Design DS Infrastructure (tables and applications), oversee overall usage, optimize usage, disaster recovery planning, table optimization, data security, build reporting systems, teach marketing and merchandising groups how to efficiently use the Teradata, oversee daily backups, implement interfaces with all other platforms, monitor usage and space allocation, assist both groups in doing research, data modeling, data mining, marketing analysis; viewership measurement and pattern analysis, business performance evaluation; key member of merger team in QVC's $424 million acquisition of major competitor, responsible for marriage of the two corporations massive databases (DB2 and Teradata), responsible for data correspondence mapping, conversion strategy, conversion scheduling, and implementation; technical advisor to merger team on database issues; Conversion of company databases from Sequoia to IBM, responsible for data conversion, conversion strategy, scheduling, and migration of main company files; enhance OE system to identify, document, and prevent fraudulent orders;
Environ:IBM 3090/3081/4381, Teradata, Sequoia, Pertec, Stratus, PICK Basic, IBM COBOL II, DB2,
JCL, Teradata SQL, Teradata utilities, Stratus COBOL, MS Excel, Paradox, MS Access, Realia COBOL
-FordandFlower Attorneys at LawOkidata
-GordonBrothers/LustreDiamondsFosterMedicalCorp
-KEYDATACorpCRCChemicals
-FirstFidelityBankAetnaLifeCasualty
-HRB-SingerUnited States Marine Corps
Technical References
Kelly Allen (project leader) 803-264-1634
Eugene Perry (employer,employee, & coworker) 303-817-5112
John Burgeson (CEO) 800-788-1122