JAMES L. DAWSON
230 Shadow Smoke Lane, Siler City, NC, 27344 phone: 919.548.6521 email: generalmail@sspsi.com
SUMMARY OF CURRENT SKILLS
Over twenty-five years of shirtsleeve and managerial experience in technical environments, working as programmer analyst, systems analyst, EDI analyst, BizTalk integrator, team leader, project manager,and departmental director. Fully conversant with software engineering methodologies from requirements gathering through quality assurance testing to deployment to production.
EXPERIENCE
2001 - SECOND STAR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, LLC.
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Providing a team of experts in Electronic Commerce Implementation and Integration Services, focusing on BizTalk Server 2002, 2004, and 2006; the Covast EDI Accelerator for BizTalk 2002, 2004, and 2006; and EDI mapping using Mercator, Geis Application Integrator, and the BizTalk mapper.
1997-2001 RESEARCH TRIANGLE COMMERCE, INC. (PURCHASED BY INTERNET COMMERCE CORPORATION)
Director, Internetworking Services
Directed technical teams in day-to-day network administration and network security support, systems administration, software development, web page development, and EDI commerce center activities directly related to the success of RTCI internal and RTCI customer operations.
Provided EDI business analysis and hardware/software solution designs for clients, especially including product recommendations and custom solutions for EDI gateway implementations that could not be implemented successfully with off-the-shelf products.
Managed systems administrative support for multiple mapping/gateway engines, including iPlanet on UNIX, IPNet on NT, and Cyclone on NT.
Designed custom solutions to overcome EDI gateway product deficiencies, particularly in the area of managing multiple transmission protocols and document routing in a Service bureau environment.
Established and directed roll-out teams that analyzed, documented, and tested gateway products for potential partnering between RTCI and the product vendors.
1992-1997 ENCOMPASS
Team Leader, EDI Solution Services Team, 1995-1997
Led 15 person EDI implementation team including mappers, software developers, and business analysts whose responsibilities spanned determining customer requirements, designing solutions, developing maps and custom coded solutions, testing the result, and rolling out the final product.
Designed EDI transaction-to-database file processes for a complex logistics system that tracked inter-modal goods movement at the line item level.
Developed database functionality (SQL, Sybase) that stored and retrieved real-time supply chain data for goods movement tracking.
Lead Developer, EDI Solution Services Team, 1993-1995
Specialized in analysis, design, and mapping of complex 856 ASN X12 transactions
Coordinated roll-out of EDI customers.
Designed the relational database structure for support of logistics tracking of goods moved by motor (trucks) to be updated by X12 motor messages - primarily the X12 214.
Basic Mapper, Global Logistics Interface Builder Mapping Engine, 1992-1993
Performed business requirements analysis with customer and created X12 maps for logistics tracking messages such as the 300, 301, and 315 to meet the requirements.
Re-engineered the X12 envelope parsing engine with the result of increasing the parsing speed by a factor of 16
1987-1992 SYSTEX, INC.
Team Leader and Systems Analyst
Personally created and implemented software to monitor and graphically display the real-time status of 300 sites and 1800 communications lines on a national telecommunications network
Personally programmed software to control twenty-four modems that made 500 calls (not counting re-dials) in a twenty-minute period and to handle the received data traffic
Created and developed an automated documentation system that extracted essential elements of information from code modules, load maps, and cross-reference analyses and produced documentation for use by managers and programmers.
1981-1987 OAO CORPORATION.
Project Manager and Systems Programmer
Managed all operational and financial aspects of a major contract with the National Weather Service
Analyzed requirements, engineered the design, and installed a multi-unit CAD system.
Formulated software design specifications for the Navigational Processor of the Global Positioning System Satellite's Operational Capabilities monitoring system
Developed assembly language modules to support the above activities
1980-1981 LJA & ASSOCIATES
Programmer Analyst
Maintained and documented applications software running on a real-time system.
Developed software maintenance configuration control procedures and documentation standards
Debugged assembly language modules
1968-1980 United States Marine Corps
Commanded armor and infantry platoons and companies in combat and non-combat environments.
Served as battalion and special staff officer.
Served as Tactical Operations Analyst/Instructor at the USMC Command and Staff College, Amphibious Warfare School, and Communications Officers' Advanced Courses.
Created, designed, and implemented tactical warfare simulations for the U.S. military, including Marine Amphibious Force simulations used as the culminating exercises for Command and Staff College courses.
EDUCATION
B.A, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C., 1968
Digital Electronics Servicing, NRI School of Electronics, 1987-88
DG Assembly Language Programming, Data General Corp., 1983
Various military and technical schools and courses
PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS
Fiction
BLACK DUGAL'S MUSIC SHOPPE. Polyhedron, Issue #56, TSR, with John Miller, 1990
THE SOARHAWK. Port of Raven's Bluff, anthology, TSR, with John Miller, 1991
THE SAPIENT SORCERER. Polyhedron, Issue #82, TSR, with John Miller, 1993
FULL CIRCLE BOUNTY. Midnight Zoo, Vol#3, Issue 11, with John Miller, 1994
Non-Fiction
THE ATTACK HELICOPTER AND MECHANIZED FORCES. Guidelines for the proper employment of attack helicopters in support of mechanized ground forces. With O.W. McCormack. 1980.
THE SOVIET MEETING ENGAGEMENT. Analytical study of Soviet motorized rifle regiment tactics in the meeting engagement. 1980.
THE SOVIET MOTORIZED RIFLE BATTALION AS THE ADVANCE GUARD. Analytical study of Soviet advance guard tactics. 1980.
MARINE CORPS MECHANIZED FORCES. Guidelines for the proper employment of Marine Corps units and weaponry in a mechanized environment. 1979.
HISTORY OF AMPHIBIOUS TRACTORS. Historical overview of the development of amphibious landing craft. 1979.
MECHANIZED FORCES IN THE LINK-UP OPERATION. Examination of command, control, and communications problems in a mechanized link-up operation. 1979.
COLD WEATHER MECHANIZED OPERATIONS. Examination of the effects of cold weather on mechanized operations. 1979.
DESERT MECHANIZED OPERATIONS. Examination of the effects of a desert climate on mechanized operations. 1979.
USMC ANTIMECHANIZED RESOURCES. Description of weapons and tactics available to the USMC for use in the antimechanized role. Also a programmed instructional text relating the same information. 1979.
PRINCIPLES OF ANTIMECHANIZED OPERATIONS. Discussion of the most effective strategies for use against mechanized forces. 1979.
ANTIMECHANIZED OPERATIONS. Discussion of the most effective tactics for use against mechanized forces. 1979.
USMC INFANTRY BATTALION COMMANDER IN THE ANTIMECHANIZED ROLE. Guidelines for making command decisions at the infantry battalion level when facing a mechanized force. 1979.
OPERATIONAL HANDBOOK, USMC MECHANIZED OPERATIONS. Tactics manual presenting new concepts (for the Marine Corps) in mechanized warfare tactics and contributing to the shift of emphasis within the Marines toward using tanks and mechanized vehicles as a major combat arm rather than simply as infantry support vehicles. 1979.
AFOS DOCUMENTATION STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES. Operating procedures and standards for producing documentation for the National Weather Service's Automated Field Operating System. 1984.
AFOS FIELD OFFICE SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION, Vol. 1-21. User's manual and documentation.for the Automated Field Operating System. 1982.
Simulations
MARINE AMPHIBIOUS FORCE (MAF), NORWAY LANDING . Simulation of a MAF assault in Norway in support of NATO's left flank, developed for Command and Staff College and used as the culminating exercise for the 1979-1980 classes. 1979.
MECHANIZED FORCES IN THE LINK-UP OPERATION. Multi-participant tactical simulation stressing command, control, and communications problems inherent in a mechanized link-up operation. 1979.
THE BATTLE OF BRICE'S CROSSROADS. Tactical simulation of the battle between the Union forces of Sturgis and the CSA forces of Forrest. 1981.
CONFEDERATE TACTICS AT PEA RIDGE. Analytical study of the SPI simulation as part of QA process, incorporated into user manual for the game. 1980.