David Wills

davidwills.us
26°16'42" N 127°46'35" E  elev 102m
There is simply nothing like messing about with computers

EXPERIENCE:

Collegiate Associate Professor   University of Maryland, UMAD-UMUC-UMGC Asian Division 1996-present

Teaching Computer Studies courses in Japan, Germany, Guam, and Korea on:

Taught UMUC Distance Education classes. 1998-2014

Bases taught at:
Okinawa: Camps Foster, Kinser, Hansen, Courtney, Futenma. Torii Station. Kadena AB.
Japan: Yokota AB, Camp Zama, Yokosuka NB, Misawa AB.
Korea: Yongsan, Osan AB, Camp Humphreys, Daegu: Camps Henry and Carroll.
Germany: Hohenfels, Stuttgart Panzer Kaserne.
Guam: Andersen AB, Navy Base.

Research Associate    Honeywell Corporation

Developed a scalable, parallel, portable, real-time instrumentation development environment for Intel Paragon multicomputer and Sun workstation cluster.

Instructor Graduate Assistant    University of Minnesota

Taught Computer Science courses on:

Lecturer    UMED University of Maryland, European Division

Taught Computer Studies courses in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands on:
Introduction to Programming, Data Structures, Unix Operating System, C Programming, File Access and Organization, Programming Languages, College Algebra

Programmer    IBM Corporation

Ensured that the complete and correct set of the user interface (MRI) for the IBM AS/400 was available for worldwide natural-language translation.
Enhanced and maintained the translation management system used by IBM Translation Centers.

Graduate Assistant   New Mexico State University

Taught a computer science class on Assembly Language and Computer Architecture

Programmer    New Mexico Solar Energy Institute

Created a software system to collect and analyze data from remotely-located photovoltaic electric sites.
Coordinated the operation of the collection/analysis system and trained personnel in its use.

Research Assistant    New Mexico State University, Physics Dept.

Developed a graphics-oriented simulation of an ultraviolet Lidar.

Software Engineer    RATSCAT Dynalectron Corp., White Sands Missile Range

N 32 52' 51" W 106 20' 50"
Developed and maintained software for the realtime acquisition of radar backscatter signatures.
Produced and installed programs to analyze the radar data.
Mediated between the engineering staff and the data processing staff to coordinate activities and to ensure timely delivery of products.

Computer Scientist    National Security Agency

Analyzed and evaluated the security and integrity of commercial operating systems for the DoD Computer Security Center.

EDUCATION:

MISC:

Languages

French and Spanish intermediate.
German and Japanese elementary.

Certifications

A+
Network+
Security+
LPIC-1 (Linux)
CCNA
SCJP (Java)
CIW Security
MySQL Core
CWNA (wireless)
Oracle SQL (partial)
ZCE (PHP)
details...

Test scores

HDL: 48 55   Total cholesterol: 175
BMI: 22.3

Clearance

None now, but did have Top Secret with SBI.

Never:

flunked, fired, indebted, audited, defaulted, credit-unworthy, bankrupted, repossessed, evicted, sued, arrested, restrained, incarcerated, smoked, addicted, overdosed, obese, tattooed, pierced, VD/STDed, medicated, hospitalized, deprogrammed, transgendered, gaslighted, doxxed, misgendered, deadnamed, astroturfed, Covid, Cancelled

Been, done

married, fathered, divorced, and polygraphed

Photo...
Computo ergo sum