ALEX POPADICH

1999 - 2001

Independent Consultant
Xephyr Systems
Brownstown, MI

Consulting and contracting on a Web Based System to provide tuition assistance processing for Ford Motor Company employees. Converting an eterprise legacy database system into a web based intranet system.

1997 - 1999

Technical Director
Health Media Research Laboratory
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Technical Coordinator and director of the Health Media Research Lab. The lab is part of the University of Michigan Cancer Center and is engaged in the creation of instructional software and multimedia software used to inform and raise public awareness of cancer research and health risks. Duties included supervising and supporting a sfaff of software engineers and multimedia programmers. Evaluating new technolgies, particularly networking hardware and software and their possible applications in information dissemination. Meeting with various community leaders and medically oriented organizations in order to secure grants and participation in the promotion of health education materials. Working with other university staff members in order to better utilize resources which were available within the University. Promote greater learning by hiring a staff of student interns and participating in university groups.

1996 - 1997

Independent Consultant
Xephyr Systems
Phoenix, AZ

Developing a portable Sales automation tool for the auto dealerships. Implementation of sales forms and prospect tracking on Apple Newton hand held devices, which includes an up to date database of Kelly Blue Book used auto prices. All information gathered by the portable devices is communicated to a Macintosh database server and web server this is then shared over a LAN intranet, or WAN intranet for reporting and administrative purposes.

1993 - 1996

Senior Consultant
Grant Thornton
Denver, CO

Project leader and consultant with the Advanced Technology Practice of Grant Thornton. System integration for telecommuncations company in the Phoenix area. Integrated Scopus Proteam problem tracking software to Avalon Manufacturing software. Used Scopus Design Team and TCL development environment to create custom applications for technician dispatching, tracking repaired equipment (RMA), and technical support functions. These custom modules were then integrated with Avalon manufacturing software.

Project leader and consultant with the Advanced Technology Practice of Grant Thornton. Assigned as project leader of a mission critical application for a prominent health care company in the Detroit area. Manage a group of 8 developers, make assessments and recommendations to executive level officers. Coordinate with UNIX system-analyst and data-base administrator to integrate the client application, with middle-ware products, and other server functions. Project accomplishments: Building a working model of all business functions using a technique known as Extended Relational Analysis (ERA). Capturing all business rules, and applying some business process re-engineering at departmental levels. Designing the look and feel, and functionality of the GUI for the client-application. Building an object class library for developers to use in implementing the client applications.

1991 - 1993

Research Engineer
Cybernet Systems Corp.
Ann Arbor, MI

Performed research, wrote proposals and status reports for government related contracts. Software developer for a government funded research lab which develops and designs a variety of AI, robotic and Human Factors software. Projects include:

• a Human Computer Interaction tool for determining what would be the most intuitive cockpit display
• a real time navigation system for vehicles using a Global Positioning System (GPS),
• a decision making tool using a method known as the Analytic Hierarchical Process (AHP),
• a Portable Operator Control Station for the DARPA un-manned ground vehicle project.
  

1990 - 1991

Software Engineer
Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM)
Ann Arbor, MI

Developed software for United States Post Office project for Optical Character Recognition of hand written zip codes. Work involved developing artificial intelligence algorithms and neural networks for doing OCR on cursive handwriting, as well as developing a custom database of known addresses in the US for fast context sensitive search of zip codes.

1985 - 1990

System Analyst
Lutz Associates Inc.
Farmington Hills, MI

Developed, installed and maintained various database systems for Ford Motor Company, Chrysler Corporation, AT&T, Michigan Cancer Foundation, and others. System administrator for in house desktop publishing operation, composed of a Macintosh/PC Local Area Network.