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Resume
Andrew H. Carver
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andy@andycarverconsulting.com; database@andycarverconsulting.com
U.S.
Citizen; widowed; two children.
Overview:
Experienced
analyst, engineer, and problem-solver. Experienced
teacher of database systems and design, formal logic, XML, UML. Pursuer
of IT skills, havinga good grasp of
database design, ORM, SQL, XML (XPath etc.), VB, Java, C, PHP, HTML,
and WordPress.
Publications
(in chronological order):
Balsters,
H., Carver, A., Halpin, T., and Morgan, T. 2006,
‘Modeling Dynamic Rules in ORM’, On the
Move to Meaningful Internet Systems 2006: OTM 2006 Workshops, eds.
R.
Meersman, Z. Tari, P. Herrero et al., Montpellier. Springer LNCS 4278,
pp.
1201-10.
Halpin,
T., Carver, A., and Owen, K. 2007, ‘Reduction
Transforms in ORM’, On the Move to
Meaningful Internet Systems 2007: OTM 2007 Workshops, eds.
R. Meersman, Z.
Tari, P. Herrero et al., Vilamoura, Springer LNCS 4805, pp. 699-708.
Carver,
A., and
Halpin, T., 2008,
‘Atomicity and Normalization’,
presented at the EMMSAD
Workshop, 20th International CAiSE Conference,
Montpellier, France,
June 2008.
Carver,
A., 2008,
‘How To Avoid Redundant Object-References’, On
the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems 2008: OTM 2008 Workshops,
eds. R.
Meersman, Z. Tari, and P. Herrero, Springer LNCS 5333, pp. 770–779.
Carver,
A., and Halpin, T., 2010, ‘Atomicity and Semantic
Normalization’, International
Journal of Information System Modeling and Design, 1:2,
pp. 23-39..
Carver,
A., and Morgan, T., 2011, ‘Characterizing Business Rules for Practical
Information Systems’,
BPMDS 2011 and EMMSAD 2011, eds. T. Halpin et al., Berlin,
Springer LNBIP 81, pp. 443-452.
Carver,
A., 2011, ‘Roles in ORM: A Suggested Semantics’, OTM 2011 Workshops, eds.
R. Meersman, T. Dillon, and P. Herrero, Springer LNCS 7046, pp. 360–369.
Carver,
A., and Morgan, T., 2012, ‘A Framework for Relating Business
Constraints to Information Systems’,
BPMDS 2012 and EMMSAD 2012, eds. I. Bider et al., Berlin,
Springer LNBIP 113, pp. 300-314.
Carver,
A., and Halpin, T., 2013, ‘Reference Scheme Reduction on Subtypes in
ORM’, OTM 2013
Workshops, eds. Y.T. Demey and H. Panetto, Springer LNCS
8186, pp. 457–466.
Distinctions and Skills:
Distinctions:
Technical
editor, Halpin & Morgan, Information
Modeling and Relational Databases, 2d
ed. (2008)
Member,
Program Committees of the EMMSAD Conference and the ORM Workshop, last
several years
Member,
IFIP Working Group 8.1 (Information Systems),
since 2012
Technical
reviewer of book proposals, for Artech House Publishers,
since 2012
Contributor,
OMG standard on the Semantics of Business Vocabulary and Rules (SBVR),
2003-2007
IBM
Certified in DB2 Business Intelligence Solutions V8.1
(2008)
IBM
Certified Database Associate, DB2 V8.1 Family (2006)
Sun
Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform (2002)
Technical
skills:
Some
Languages learned:
SQL;
XML: XQuery, XML Schema, XSLT, Schematron;
C; Java
(SDK 1.3.1); Delphi;
VB;
ORM;
HTML; Tcl; PHP.
Some
Languages still learning:
C++
(intermediate); JavaScript (beginner).
OS’s/protocols
used: Windows
XP - 10; Unix;
ftp; intermediate understanding of TCP/IP.
Some
other software used:
Visual Studio,
IBM DB2 (certf’d.); Visio (advanced); SQL Server; mySQL; phpMyAdmin;
WordPress.
Other skills:
Read
German, biblical Greek/Hebrew/Aramaic, some French
(demonstrating language aptitude).
Can
use, and train others in, formal deductive logic (useful
in any rigorous intellectual discipline).
Can
relate IT concepts and issues to semantics areas, e.g.
speech act theory and cognitional theory.
Education
(in
chronological order):
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1973-74
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Oklahoma Baptist University
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(Music and
humanities)
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1974-76
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Austin College
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(Music and
humanities)
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1976-79
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University of Oklahoma
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B.S.E.E.
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Electrical
engineering
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1989
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Southern Ore. State College
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(2 economics
courses)
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1990-95
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Westminster Theological
Seminary
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M.Div.
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Theological
studies
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1995-2001
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University of Durham (in U.K.)
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Ph.D.
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New Testament
studies
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2007-2009
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Neumont University
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M.S.C.S.
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Computer
Science
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Selected Employment-History (in chronological order):
KGMC-TV
(which is now
KOCB, channel 34), Okla. City: Aug.
1980-May 1985
Last
position held: Maintenance
supervisor.
Responsibilities:
Upkeep and repair of all
the station's broadcast and studio equipment (shared responsibility for
transmitter,); eliciting information about equipment problems and
solving them.
Neumont
University,
Salt
Lake City,
Utah:
December
2002-June 2008.
Teacher
of information modeling (database
design); formal deductive logic; relational database systems.
Responsibilities:
Introductory- and
intermediate-level courses in information modeling, deductive logic.
Extend
Health,
Salt
Lake City,
Utah:
January–March 2010.
Technical
Business Analyst. Worked, with a design team, on their
Medicare-eligibility software project.
INTI
International
University,
Nilai,
Malaysia:
April
2010-June 2014.
Assoc.
Prof., of information modeling (data modeling), relational DB systems,
XML, business modeling.
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http://andycarverconsulting.com/