William M. Howard, B.S.M.E.
10 Fish Avenue, Post Office Box 316
Jefferson, Maine 04348-0316
(207) 214-7912
billhoward@ivorydigits.com
www.ivorydigits.com
SUMMARY
Success in areas of project management, technology, development, and teaching.
Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering has been supplemented with management and technical seminars.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
EXPERIENCE
Jefferson Village School, Jefferson, ME: Computer Technology Coordinator, 8/2009-Present. To the kids at this K-8 school, I am the computer guy. They call me Mr. Bill. I oversee the Maine Learning Technology Initiative program which includes laptops for the 5th through 8th grades plus a computer lab, internet access and filtering, network management, and software instruction.
Educational sabbatical, 2009.
Penobscot Job Corps (Career Systems Development Corporation), Bangor, ME. Substitute Instructor (Culinary and Facility Maintenance), 2/2008-7/2007.
S. J. Rollins Technology, Inc., Bangor, ME. Information Systems Support, 2/2006-10/2007.
Grace Evangelical College and Seminary, Bangor, ME. Chief Advancement Officer, 10/2004-1/2006. December of 2005, an endowment of $450,000 was received.
Bangor Baptist Ministries, Bangor, ME. Development Assistant and Systems Manager, 3/2003- 10/2004.
Passamaquoddy Tribe, Pleasant Point Reservation, Perry, ME. Project Engineer and Computer Network Manager, 1991-2003. Project manager for the construction of a 15,000 sq. ft. office building and a 150,000 g.p.d. waste water treatment facility. Planning Department grant application writer. Network manager, systems analysis, application development and computer instructor.
Washington County Technical College, Calais, ME. Instructor, 1999 Spring Semester. Manual Drafting, CAD, and Independent Contractor Management including project management with emphasis on organization, planning, bid development, correspondence, insurances, bonding, budgeting, expense tracking and tax planning.
BankBoston (now Bank America), Dedham, MA (Kenda Systems, Inc., Wilmington, MA Contract Consultant) Computer Network Administration and Application, 1997. Novell NetWare 4.1 Administration with OS/2 transaction server and retail banking application support. Provided second level support to the 500 retail branches.
Parker Hannifin Manufacturing Engineer, 1986-1991 Metal working and casting. Statistical process control. Simultaneous engineering for manufacturing and design. Manufacturing process drawings done with CAD (CADKEY). CNC programming for lathes, machining centers, and gear hob. Cost reduction team leader and award winner.
Georgia-Pacific Corporation 1981-1985
Team Leader for Purchased Software, System analysis and programming for paper mill maintenance applications. Specified and developed maintenance management system for Division's northeast mills. Programmed and maintained source code (BASIC) for VAX-VMS networked system.
Plant Engineer responsible for steam generation, facilities and equipment maintenance as well as project management for a 100 ton per day fine paper mill. Projects included $2,000,000 rebuild of the paper machine white water system for solids recovery and wastewater lagoon closure. Supervised a foreman and 10 union trades people.
Project Engineer responsible for general mill projects, fire protection, and computer files of equipment for high quality pulp and fine paper manufacturing. Projects included water supply pumps and piping, fourdrinier and press section vacuum pump installation, and maintenance data system development. Supervised 2 people in the fire protection maintenance team.
Moore Business Forms Mechanical Development Engineer, 1980 Invented and developed a system that measures the modulus of elasticity of paper during continuous web printing. This project required basic research, mechanical design, and system analysis. Also designed components for business machines such decollators and detachers.
Norton Company Manufacturing Engineer, 1976-1979 Process Engineer for low and high production of vitrified and organically bonded grinding wheels. Accomplishments included wastage reduction (eliminated stress cracking in small vitrified product, etc.), process improvements (microwave preheating of hot press products, etc.), and product development (organic ball wheel, etc.). Statistical process control and analysis. Developed a microwave heating process for the Wellyn Garden City, England factory.
EDUCATION
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1976, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Grace Evangelical Seminary College and Seminary, Homiletics and Hermeneutics studies.
Various management and technology classes.