Howard T. Parsons, Jr.

The Parsonage
414 Carrsbrook Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22901-1216
434 973 5409 hpa8522a@westpost.net
SUMMARY
A Senior Software Engineer with 30 years of experience developing
programming languages, textual processing and system management
applications in a global corporate environment. Proven proficiencies
in Perl, PL/1, Java, Assembler and Cobol. A team leader with the
ability to collaborate and coach effectively in order to achieve
timely business results and creative solutions.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
LEXIS NEXIS, Charlottesville, VA 1982 - 2008 Present

Senior Software Engineer (1997 - Present)

Served as application developer and primary support for the Editorial
Automation System (EAS).
* Served as the Technical Lead on the Automated Annotations and
Statutes Navigation project.
* Developed a series of robotic applications to automatically and
reliably service various publishing functions within the company
with little or no human intervention.
* Performed QA Testing on new and upgraded systems.
Text Project Manager (1989 - 1997)
Tasked with responsibility for Editorial Automation System data
conversion and information export applications.
* Managed a team of extremely talented analyst/programmers from 1990
through 1996.
* Created a data formatting system for the on-line graphical
representation of tables and forms.
* Developed flexible, modular data conversion tools for database
publishing systems
Analyst/Programmer (1982 - 1989)
Developed data conversion applications and performed system analysis
as preparation for the Editorial Automation System project.
* Developed device driver applications for laser printers as part of
the manufacturing pre-press process.
* Participated in the Editorial Automation Development project
designing and implementing database import/export tools.
* Invented the TOOL programming language in 1987 to enable easy and
rapid development of flexible publication specifications.
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THE HARRISON COMPANY, Norcross, GA 1979 - 1982
Programmer/Analyst
Developed and maintained electronic publishing applications and data
analysis tools.
* Developed device drivers for Autologic APS-5 Photo Composer.
* Developed time and effort saving data analysis applications.
* Developed footnote placement and re-pagination applications.
* Helped to secure contracts for treatise publications by rapidly
developing reliable programmatic solutions to meet client's
publishing and layout requirements.
Peachtree Warehouse Distributors, Chamblee, GA 1977 - 1979
Operator/Programmer, Data Processing Manager
Developed specialty reporting systems and task automation
enhancements.

* Assisted in the implementation and installation of an on-line data

entry and ordering system
* Served as DP Manager until the company ceased operations.
Capitol Food Distributors, Atlanta, GA 1976 - 1977
Computer Operator
* Served as second shift computer operator for a large regional food
purveyor.
Best Products Company, Richmond, VA 1974 - 1975
Computer Operator
* Served as second shift computer operator for a chain of catalogue
showroom stores.
EDUCATION
BS, Biology, North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, NC

Graduate Studies in Virology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

COMPUTER AND PROGRAMMING SKILLS
PL/I
JAVA
Assembler
Perl
TOOL
C
PHP
Cobol
RPG
NEAT/3 & VS
sGML & XML
(X)HTML
Dreamweaver
CSS
MySQL
WebAssist
HomeSite

Web Design
Web Development
WebMaster
TopStyle
MS Word
Excel
Power Point
Outlook
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Networking

IBM VSAM
IDMS
IBM z/OS
JCL