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Y2K Transition Plan

Steve Maziarz — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:12:03 +0000

Create and supervise the execution of a plan for a large data entry firm with approximately 120 workstations, in a WAN environment, which would:

allow absolute minimum expenditures
could be implemented in a relatively short period of time
would allow the company to continue operations into the year 2000

The team conducted an extensive inventory of all workstations and server infrastructure, identifying workstations and servers which could not transition to Y2K. These systems were either given software and firmware upgrades or replaced.

The plan was successfully designed and executed and the transition to Y2K occurred without incident.

Help Desk Software

Steve Maziarz — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:03:21 +0000

Designed and led the development of a comprehensive Help Desk ticketing system. Software had an Artificial Intelligence component to facilitate expedient responses. It allowed a technician to key in a description of the issue. It would then suggest a series of solutions ranked based on their previous effectiveness. Many Management Reports were also provided.

Additionally, it also facilitated a revenue boosting subscription service whereby data was shared with other organizations allowing them to use and contribute to the ever growing knowledge base.

Software Evaluation and Documentation

Steve Maziarz — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:41:48 +0000

Assist a medical equipment manufacturer in evaluating and documenting an automated testing system. Their vendor went out of business and left them with little documentation. This task involved a thorough analysis of the existing software and subsequent documentation and enhancements.

Tele-Radiology

Steve Maziarz — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:35:46 +0000

Revolutionary in it’s day, I designed a system to allow automated transmission of NMRI, CAT and XRAY images from a hospital to an off- site radiologist for review on a personal computer. The system saves valuable time in providing patient services. This PC based product has tremendous cost advantages over existing systems.

The system was designed to service hospitals and radiologists in rural environments, where the time it would take for a staff radiologist to get to the hospital from his home could be an hour or more.

Cybernetic Light Theater

Steve Maziarz — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:43:05 +0000

This unique project was developed for Buffalo Place. It is one of my more publicized accomplishments. Located in Lafayette Square in downtown Buffalo, NY this combination of hardware and software allowed people to interact and control a variety of lighting in and around the park.

As a part of the project, I developed a new computer language to facilitate easily changing the logic and allowing integration of additional sensors and objects.

Quality Control Systems

Steve Maziarz — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:53:54 +0000

These products were developed for the television division of General Electric. Services were rendered in Virginia and New York. One system was mainframe based and the other microcomputer based. Together, these systems worked to significantly improve the quality of products produced while at the same time minimizing the amount of human involvement.