Walter Charles Burcham

WALTER CHARLES BURCHAM

Home Address:9220 E Headquarters Rd, Prescott Valley, AZ86315

Phone: (928) 533-3280

Office Address:YavapaiCollege, 1100 E Sheldon Prescott, AZ 86301

Phone: (520) 7762052

EDUCATION

2005 – 2006Landmark Education Forum and Advanced Course

2002 - PresentComp TIA A+ and Comp TIA Network + Certified.

2004Certified to work on Dell Dimension and Optiplex Desktops, Dell Workstations and Latitude Notebook Computers.

2001- 2003Project CENTRL (CENTer for Rual Leadership)

Two-year Leadership program based out of the

University of Arizona

1988 – PresentYavapaiCollege, Prescott, AZ

Continuing Education Micro Computers

1986 – 1988The Prudential, Phoenix, AZ

Programmer Analyst

1985 – 1986Yavapai County, Prescott, AZ

Programmer Analyst

1981 - 1984Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Bachelor of Science

Major: Computer Information Systems

Minor: Business Management

Operating System IBM 3083 MVS

DEC PDP 11/70

LanguagesCOBOL, BASIC

1972ScottsdaleCollege, Scottsdale, AZ

Continuing Education General Studies

WALTER CHARLES BURCHAM

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

YAVAPAICOLLEGEPrescott, Arizona

Senior Support Specialist - June 1995 to current.

The first point of contact for students, staff and faculty seeking technical assistance for college technology issues on the Prescott campus. Responsible for the coordination and administration of technology issues between administrative staff and instruction. Responsibilities include technical support and training over the phone, in person, or by remote computer utilities. A Specialist tasked with troubleshooting and repair of PC computer hardware and applications. Perform technical, coordination and planning activities to support the technology requirements of Faculty, Staff and instructional labs. Maintain the integrity of instructional workstations, software and lab environments. Exercise some supervision of part-time students.

YAVAPAICOLLEGEPrescott, Arizona

Institutional Research Assistant - October 1, 1991 to June 1994.

Title III - 5-year government grant.

Responsible to the Institutional Research Analyst, for projects involving the extraction of data from complex data systems existing in both micro and mainframe environments using statistical research methods. Confer with a variety of constituents to gather information and determine specifications and timetables. Design systems and/or programs to extract data supporting student outcome project; able to verify and produce informative, documented reports.

Operating Systems VAX 6100, 6310, 8350

DOS 4.1, 5.0

Languages/Packages COBOL, VAX RMS, DEBUG

dBase, Lotus 123,

Quattro Pro, WordPerfect, Express Pub, AMI Pro

YAVAPAICOLLEGEPrescott, Arizona

Programmer/Analyst April 4, 1988 to September 30, 1991. Title III 5-year government grant. June 1994 to June 1995 hired as full-time permanent.

Meet with end users to determine information requirements needed on necessary reports. Determine report design or layout. Design and code programs needed to produce reports, and to document said reports. Also, maintain existing programs.

Operating SystemsuVAXII, 6100

8250, 8350, 6310

Languages COBOL, VAX RMS, DEBUG

WALTER CHARLES BURCHAM

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CORP. of AMERICAPhoenix, Arizona

Programmer/Analyst May 11, 1986 to March 20 1988.

Operating System IBM 3081 MVS

LanguagesCOBOL, TSO/ISPF, OS/MVS JCL, PROF

YAVAPAICOUNTYPrescott, Arizona

Programmer/Analyst July 30, 1985 to May 8, 1986

Operating Systems IBM 4361 DOS/VSE

LanguagesCOBOL, VSE/ICCF, CICS/VS, SDF, DOS/VSE JCL

WALTER CHARLES BURCHAM

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Elected President of Prescott Frontier Day's, ‘Worlds Oldest Rodeo’, 1997, 1998 & 1999. Perform coordination and planning activities to support the production of the ‘World’s Oldest Rodeo’. Plan, organize and conduct studies to define problems and opportunities, identify deficiencies and recommend and implement solutions which impact Prescott Frontier Days effectiveness and provide input for planning a $500,000 budget, with an economic impact on the Prescott area in excess of $20 million dollars over a five day period. Coordinate eight directors and their 40 chairmen and 500 additional volunteers to ensure reliable, available and consistent access to information resources. Exercise supervision of part-time office manager. Constantly seek and obtain sponsors and partnerships in the production of the ‘World’s Oldest Rodeo’ and supporting events.

Board of Directors of Prescott Frontier Day's, "Worlds Oldest Rodeo", September 1995 through 2001 (2, 3 year terms).

Arena Director for the ‘Worlds Oldest Rodeo’ in 2000 and 2001. Coordinate the activities of four Chairmen their assistants and volunteers with the Stock Contractors, Rodeo Announcer, Sound Engineer and Scoreboard and Timers to ensure the smooth transition from competitor to competitor within events and from event to event. Our Arena achieved 2nd runner-up in the Justin ‘Best Footing Award’ and 1st runner-up in ‘Most Improved Award’. Both are highly coveted awards and the highest rating ever for the “Worlds Oldest Rodeo”

Featured Siminar Speaker at the 1999 and 2000 ‘Coors Showdown’ Rodeo at America West Arena in Phoenix and MGM Grand at Las Vegas. Topics ‘But we’ve never done it that way before’ and ‘We are not going to do it that way anymore’.

Elected ‘Justin Standard of the West, Committeeman of the Year’ by the Prescott Frontier Days, ‘World’s Oldest Rodeo’ membership for 1998. A National Award at the local level.

WALTER CHARLES BURCHAM

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Board of Directors for United Families of Arizona. We help in the community with projects like ‘Feed the Hungry’, gather blankets hats scarves, etc. to provide for the under privileged, produce the ‘Gheral Brownlow Memorial 10K’ and the ‘Prescott Turkey Trot’ to gather food for the Yavapai Food Bank. Among other things…

Appointed ChairmanWilliamsonValley Corridor Plan Committee. January 2005 – December 2005. This committee studied and gathered information in an effort to produce a plan for growth in the Williamson Valley Corridor and have it amended to the Yavapai County General Plan.

Selected to Project CENTRL class 16. This is a two-year rual Arizona Leadership Program based out of the University of Arizona. Two individuals from each ArizonaCounty (for a total of 30) are chosen for this program.

Appointed to the YavapaiCounty Planning and Zoning Commission by District 1 YavapaiCounty Supervisor Gheral Brownlow

Appointed to the YavapaiCounty Board of Adjustments and Appeals by District 1 YavapaiCounty Supervisor Gheral Brownlow

Awarded the first ever Buckey O’Neill ‘Spirit of Community’ Award in 1998.

Created 'Red Hot Events' in 1996. In the past, I have produce or assist in production of nearly every running event in the Prescott area including Whiskey Row Marathon, Prescott Frontier Days 10K, Mint Creek Ranch 8K and Arizona Christmas City Run 10K.

Board of Directors for Prescott Area Leadership, 1998, 2004 & 2005.

‘Class 7’ Prescott Area Leadership for 1996 - 1997.

WALTER CHARLES BURCHAM

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Comp TIA A+ and Comp TIA Network + Certified.

Certified to work on Dell Dimension and Optiplex Desktops, Dell Workstations and Latitude Notebook Computers.

Founding member of Yavapai College Council On Instructional Labs. (COIL)

Elected President, Operating Staff Association.

(includes sitting on the President's Advisory Council and Key Communicators Council) June 1992 1993.

Elected member Operating Staff Association (O.S.A.),

YavapaiCollege, June 1991 1993.

Appointed Chairman, Intra Employees Relations Committee

(I.E.R.C.) YavapaiCollege, April 1991 1992.

Founding member of the Prescott Endurance Club, to take over production of the MAN AGAINST HORSE RACE, now in its 19th year. This club is nonprofit and donates the proceeds of the race to local charities. Elected President of Prescott Endurance Club May 1990 1993.

Board of Directors for Sierra Manor Homeowners Association. President for two years. Duties included organizing, directing and managing the operations of SierraManorTown homes. January 1981 May 1983.

WALTER CHARLES BURCHAM

HOBBIES

Basketball, Basketball, Basketball.

Shotokan Karate

Captain of City of Prescott Basketball ‘A League’ Team.

City Champs 1991, runner-up 1992, City Champs 1993 and1994.

Participate in 10K's half marathon’s, marathon’s, bi and triathlons in an ongoing basis.

Biking, Swimming, Hiking, Camping and S.C.U.B.A diving

Captain of City of Phoenix 7-man Flag Football Team

from 1978 through 1984. Attained playoffs every year, second place two years and Champions two years. (I am a bit competitive)