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Resume of Michael R Royce 77 Auburn Street Concord, NH 03301-3047 (603) 224-3805 MRR@RoyceFamily.com www.RoyceFamily.com

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Summary
"Best Ideas That Work"
(Proven Track Record of Completed Projects)

I am most interested in converting the many hundreds of thousands of mainframe / MS-DOS Cobol applications to Windows.
More details here

Also, I would like challenging and interesting positions where I am allowed to use my extensive magical skills & experience to solve computer application problems.

- Offers over 25 years experience
- Development of productive applications such as:

Accounting
Administration
Capacity Planning
Data Conversion
Insurance
Networks
Payroll
Personnel
Scheduling
Utility Billing
etc.

- Installation of hardware and software
- Database Design
- Training

A Brief Summary of Why You Need Me


I am most interested in converting the many hundreds of thousands of mainframe & PC-DOS Cobol applications to Windows.

I offer a distinctive blend of vision, creative computer skills and commitment with a collaborative style of leadership that gets quick results that everyone can use.

Try to envision how a few of my project solutions would help your organization:

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Example (1):
The position I liked best & most responsible:
With only 3 years of computer development experience (and NO Unisys experience - this would be unheard of in the consulting business of today - too bad because clients lose a lot of good people) , the best position I have had with my career was 10 years as IT Manager / Systems Analyst / Programmer for the Concord School District. I liked that position best because I created the Unisys mainframe computer system 6-months after CSD purchased their computer. I added applications (payroll, budgets, account receivable / payable, personnel, student records / scheduling, health records, food services, attendance, report cards, guidance analysis, utility usage (electricity, fuel oil & gas), etc.) purchased from Unisys and extensively altered or custom built to meet the ever changing user needs.

I designed & installed equipment to network the computer system that tied all 12 schools together with the business office. This was my most productive work environment because I was free to do everything that was necessary to solve computer-related problems.

It seems I did this so well that Unisys technical staff, from throughout New England, visited the school district's data center to understand what I was doing that was so much better.

(One team manager told me that nobody was utilizing computer resources and producing results like I was. At the time, I didn't think much about this comment but over the years I have learned he was correct - not very many computer systems work well - most IT departments & software vendors are not responsive to user needs).

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Example (2):
Most challenging project completed:
I rewrote the Unisys financial package that did not work at all. This is a very long story but the net result is that the school district had a full functional financial system and Unisys paid the school district $10,000 for my batch program changes that they could not fix themselves. Unisys did not want my new on-line program (workhorse of the system - theirs didn't work at all) because they thought it was too complicated. My on-line program was 50% smaller and accomp- lished more. Over time, I rebuilt the payroll & financial systems, taking the best features of each totally unrelated application and making them work seamlessly together.

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Example (3):
Very good working with clients:
At the Bank of Boston (now Bank of America), the payroll systems manager told me I was the only consultant that gave him what he wanted. (Again, I provide service, I get things done correctly)

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Example (4):
Creative computer processing:
On a Y2K project, one phase was to merge on-going development from other departments with source code that was Y2Ked. With my process, I could merge 125 programs per day. Other contractors would merge 5 per day. I offered to share my process with other Y2K contractors but they were not interested (nor did the company care).

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Example (5):
Flexible creative computer projects:
The past four years, I have donated consulting days to our Public TV Auction, Channel 11, Durham, NH (1 day per auction day - 37 consulting days so far). These consulting days are very diverse - that is, I need to be very creative instantly.

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With my extensive experience, I have many supporting stories. Just ask, chances are I have already solved your typical kinds of problems elsewhere.

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I have many success stories. A small investment in my service will save your company many times over. Just E-mail me a general description of your problems to start me thinking.


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MRR@RoyceFamily.com
www.RoyceFamily.com