RESUME
NAME: John W. Castor
SKILLS: Wildlife Management, Interpretive Guide, Photography, Information Technology Management.
2008 : Available
EXPERIENCE: 2005 to 2007 - Interpretive Ranger and Camp Ground Host - Denali National Park and Katmai National Park Alaska
Guideing visitors, leading interpretive walks and protecting Park resources.
EXPERIENCE: 2002 to present (Winters) Jonny Horizon Digital Services. .
Nature photography sales and publishing . www.jonnyhorizon.com
EXPERIENCE: Purple Mountain Internet.1996 to 2002 : Owner Operator, Purple Mountain Internet.
Purple Mountain Internet is a full service Internet Service and Content Provider.
PMI was sold to Americanisp.
EXPERIENCE: Lockheed Martin Corporation
1986 to 1997: Manager, Information Systems. I. T. planning and support for the Flight Systems product area within Lockheed Martin Astronautics Company Certified as TQM facilitator (Organizational Dynamics Inc.) Technical oversight for $2-4M annual capital acquisition budget. Directed Office Automation technical support staff.
1985 - 86: Manager, Office Automation Products Center. Managed corporate Office Automation Systems Center in Greenbelt, Md. Orlando Florida and Denver Colorado. Responsible for corporate electronic mail and conferencing systems.
1981 - 85: Manager, Technology Research. Directed research and development for MM Data Systems (MMDS), Denver, concerning leading edge technologies including artificial intelligence, natural language processing, knowledge-based systems, laser-based storage technologies, and Multi-Vendor Large Scale Data Integration software (patent pending). Data Base research (full text search, natural language interface, backend query generation.)
1979 - 81: Consultant, Mini Computer Applications. Performed feasibility studies and programming on mini and micro computers . Languages used included C, Pascal, Fortran, COBOL and Basic.
1977 - 79: Principle Computer Systems Designer. Performed technical interface between host complex and local office for training, technical information dissemination, and consulting. Instructor: OS/JCL, TSO, Computer System Fundamentals.
1975 - 77: Applications Programmer. Developed and maintained IMS/COBOL systems on IBM mainframes for finance and manufacturing applications.
1972 - 75: Quality Assurance. Reviewed all MMDS modifications and new computer systems to assure compliance with established standards, clarity of documentation, and operational effectiveness.
United Artists Records, Hollywood CA
1969 - 72: Programmer Analyst. Programming and maintenance for a variety of business applications. Technical interface to large data processing center.
Systems Development Corporation, Santa Monica CA
1968 - 69: Supervisor of computer operations. Responsible for three shift operations of a large data processing center.
Computer Sciences Corporation, El Segundo CA
1966 - 68: Member, Technical staff. Performed programming and maintenance of proprietary software packages.
North American Aviation, Downey, CA
1964 - 66: Senior Computer Operator. Apollo project. Fortran instructor at evening institulte.
