WILLIAM J. WADDELL, JR.
6513 Meadow View Road
Hillsborough, NC
(919) 942-3344
CAREER
SUMMARY
A
seasoned administrator and accomplished data processing manager with over 28
years of corporate management, computer systems implementation, and project
leader experience. Major strengths are
problem solving, managing, motivation, programming, systems analysis and
design. Other skills include
statistics, mathematics, planning and organization. A dedicated, considerate, open-minded team builder, who seeks
innovation and challenges.
CAREER
HISTORY
WADDELL
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, Hillsborough, NC
-- May 1999 to present
Owner
and executive officer of start-up company specializing in systems analysis and
program design.
* Increased capacity for large environmental laboratory
network in initial project. Merged the data from two laboratories with
different instrumentation and operating systems into a standard corporate
format.
TRIANGLE
LABORATORIES, INC., Durham, NC -- 1989
to May 1999
Privately
owned environmental and pharmaceuticals testing laboratory specializing in
dioxin, organic and inorganic analyses with annual sales over $15 million.
Senior
Systems Analyst -- 1993 to 1999
Operations
Manager -- 1991 to 1992
Systems
Manager -- 1989 to 1991
* Expanded quality improvement effort to deliver consistent
products and reduce reworks by over 50%.
* Reorganize production reduce work schedule from 35 days
to 14 days, reduced work-in-process by over 40%.
* Streamlined operating procedures and reorganized
management to increase annual production capacity by 50%.
CORPORATE
PERSONNEL, INC., Charlotte, NC -- 1987
- 1988
Consulting
firm providing technical programming services to industry.
Consultant
* Programmed consistently under budget and ahead of
schedule saving an estimated $270,000 over 18 months.
CONSOLIDATED
DATA PROCESSING, El Paso, TX -- 1983 -
1987
El
Paso County government department providing services to the county, city and
appraisal entities.
Applications
Manager -- 1986 to 1987
Director -- 1983 - 1986
* Merged three departments and directed transition. Eliminated duplication saved over $1
million/year.
* Installed accounting and payroll/personnel systems.
Doubled management information halved clerical effort.
THE
EBERT CORPORATION, Lansing, MI -- 1981
to 1983
Privately
owned land appraisal firm offering appraisal software and consulting services.
El
Paso Project Manager
* Developed a tax collections system, reduced processing
times from 14 days to one day for $200M annual revenue.
MADILL
SYSTEMS, INC., Durham, NC -- 1974 to
1981
Privately
owned software development and consulting group.
Vice
President
* Led team to develop multi-city, overnight
analysis/reporting systems. Allowed
expansion, doubled sales in 1 year.
* Managed software development service group while
generating 50% to 100% growth over 5 years.
PREVIOUS
EXPERIENCE -- 1969 to 1974
Positions
of increasing responsibilities and complexity in systems analysis, design and
programming.
* Developed a large scale, integrated textual reporting
system. Reduced annual clerical needs by three positions.
EDUCATION
BS
Mathematical Sciences - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1990.
Graduated with distinction.
AFFILIATIONS/ASSOCIATIONS
Board
of Directors, Orange Grove Fire Company, Hillsborough, NC 1998-2001
Paramedic,
Orange County EMS, Hillsborough, NC 1991 - Present
Lieutenant,
Orange Grove Fire Company, Hillsborough, NC
1991 - Present
Chairman,
Orange County Board of Adjustment, Hillsborough, NC 1989 - 1996
Chairman,
Orange County Planning Board, Hillsborough, NC
1990 - 1996
Member,
Friends of the Bonds, Hillsborough, NC 1997
Trustee,
Wesley Foundation, Chapel Hill, NC 1988
- 1990
INTERESTS
Scuba
Diving, Travel, Languages, Politics
WILLIAM J. WADDELL, JR.
TECHNICAL SKILLS SUMMARY
WADDELL
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, Hillsborough, NC
Programming:
Visual Basic, Clipper, C shell script, VMS DCL, MS Excel, Windows NT, 95 and
98, MS-DOS, DEC VMS, HP-UNIX, DEC RSX11M+.
Applications:
System Design, Integration of different instruments and operating systems,
Laboratory Information Management Systems upgrades, Centralized Result
Reporting (paper and electronic) into Corporate standards, Instrument Specific
Programs (Finnigan MAT and MicroMass).
TRIANGLE
LABORATORIES, INC., Durham, NC
Programming:
Clipper, Pascal, dBase III & IV, FoxPro, VMS DCL, MS Access, WinBatch, C,
Visual C++, QuatroPro, MS Excel, Lotus 1-2-3 -- Windows 3.1, Windows NT and 95,
MS-DOS, DEC VMS, HP-UNIX, DEC RSX11M+.
Applications:
Laboratory Information Management, Result Reporting (paper and electronic),
Instrument Specific Programs, Accounting (GL, PR, AP, AR, SO, IN), Sales,
Management Reporting, Instrument Control, Network Support, PCAnyWhere, cc:Mail,
process control.
CORPORATE
PERSONNEL, INC., Charlotte, NC
Programming: PL/I -- CICS, TSO, MVS, DB2.
Applications: Document Image Storage and Retrieval System,
large scale Data Base Management.
CONSOLIDATED
DATA PROCESSING, El Paso, TX
Programming: COBOL, PL/I, COBOL -- MVS, IBM's DOS, CICS,
TSO, HP-2000.
Applications: Accounting, Payroll/Personnel, Property
Appraisal, Criminal Justice Information System, Property Tax
Billing/Collection, and Other Governmental Applications.
THE
EBERT CORPORATION, Lansing, MI
Programming: Fortran, PL/I, COBOL, JCL -- DEC RSX11M+,
MVS, IBM's DOS, CICS, TSO.
Application: Property Appraisal, Property Tax Collection,
and Facilities Management.
MADILL
SYSTEMS, INC., Durham, NC
Programming: COBOL, RPG, PL/I, Fortran, Basic, Assembler,
vendor specific languages -- IBM (several OS), Burroughs, CDC, DEC, DG, many
small computer systems.
Applications: Accounting (GL, PR, AP, AR, IN, etc.),
Management Reporting, Governmental Systems (Appraisal, Tax Billing/Collections,
others), many customer specific projects.
WILLIAM J. WADDELL, JR.
MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY
WADDELL
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT Hillsborough, NC
* Created own company. Recruited programming support to
increase capacity.
* Negotiated contract to evaluate, design and implement
consolidation of two high-resolution facilities within large environmental
laboratory network.
* Installed operating system for
high-resolution instrumentation start-up.
* Consultant to laboratory providing analytical services to
pharmaceutical and environmental industries.
TRIANGLE
LABORATORIES, INC., Durham, NC
* Supervised small DP shop comprised of up to six
members. Included four programmers and
data processing staff.
* For 10 months filled in as Operations Manager. Directed production staff of over 100. Also continued to direct activities of the
MIS group. After my stint, returned to
work in the MIS group.
* As Project Leader, on a number of projects, I’ve directed
the activities of MIS staff and worked with users to develop specifications,
identify documentation needs, and prepare test plans. Worked within an FDA program validation environment.
CORPORATE
PERSONNEL, INC., Charlotte, NC
* Performed hands-on programming.
CONSOLIDATED
DATA PROCESSING, El Paso, TX
* Directed the Data Processing department for the City and
County governments of El Paso, Texas.
The staff of 60 operated with an annual budget of $4.5 million. As Director, I reported to the County
Commissioners, the City’s Mayor and the Tax Appraisal District.
* As Applications Manager, directed the activities of four
development teams and one application support team.
THE
EBERT CORPORATION, Lansing, MI
* Directed the daily activities of a data center run for
use by the City of El Paso. Included
report generation and special programming support.
* Also, directed the activities of a conversion team which
transferred applications from a DEC PDP11 system to an IBM mainframe.
MADILL
SYSTEMS, INC., Durham, NC
* As Vice President, directed the daily activities of between
3 to 6 programmers. The firm was a
contract software house. Consequently,
the teams were dynamic, changing with the requirements of the various
outstanding projects.