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Norm Olsen

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Norm's Resumé

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Overview

Thirty years of programming experience, specializing in CAD/CAM since 1974, Mapping/GIS since 1984, map projections and coordinate systems since 1988. Highly proficient in C, C++, Windows 95/NT, Unix.

Special
Expertise

Has specialized almost exclusively in the design and implementation of geographic coordinate system software since 1988. Expertise includes map projections, coordinate systems, and geodetic reference systems implemented in C and C++ for high performance environments.

Employment
History

1988 - Present, Mentor Software, Inc., Principal

Designed, authored, and documented all of Mentor Software’s products, including:

Tralaine: general purpose coordinate conversion utility

Coordinate System Mapping Library: coordinate system conversion software used in AutoCAD MAP, AutoCAD World, GeoCoordinator, GeoQuest, ESRI's Atlas GIS, GeoSQL, and many others.

Hawkeye: adds coordinate conversion capability to AutoLISP

Multric: Vector rubber sheeting for AutoCAD

Marinus: GIS data conversion utility.

DLG2DWG: Digital Line Graph conversion utility for AutoCAD

DLG2DGN: Digital Line Graph conversion utility for MicroStation

DLG2MIF: Digital Line Graph conversion utility for MapInfo

1984-1988 Graphics Information, Inc., Vice President

Managed staff of 6 developing oil & gas exploration tools in C on Unix.

1981 - 1984 AGS Computers, Inc., Senior Staff Consultant

Developed portions of Intel 8086/Unix based telecommunications product while a resident visitor at Bell Laboratories.

1974 - 1981 Auto-Trol Technology Corporation, Senior Product Manager

Managed design and development of CAD/CAM products in Assembly/FORTRAN on Varian platforms.

1967 - 1972 Link Division, Singer Corp. Product Support Engineer.

Installed, upgraded, maintained commercial and military flight simulators, hardware and software.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Physics, 1967, Union College, Schenectady NY

Languages

Highly proficient in C, C++, AutoLISP. Limited proficiency in FORTRAN, MicroStation MDL, Pascal, Visual Basic, Java.

Systems

Have developed products for/using the following platforms: MS-DOS, UNIX, Windows 95/NT, MFC, AutoCAD ADS, AutoCAD ARX, MicroStation MDL, Visual Basic, Borland Delphi, Optima++.

Rates

$150 per hour, $900 per day, $3,600 per week plus expenses. Travel time is billed at one half consulting rate for travel beyond two time zones.

Mentor Software, Inc.
2221 East St. Suite 203
Golden, CO 80401
303-279-9366
Fax 303-278-4099

Sales: 303-278-3534 X100
Tech: 888-ASK-NORM