Dan Pernokis, BSc
President
Dan Pernokis is a software developer, programmer, and web designer – with a
diverse background in business, government, and academic applications. Dan's expertise has been applied to
natural resources management, point-of-sale systems, the hospitality industry (reservations & property management),
on-line banking, payroll & human resources, developing ANSI language standards – and even to space research, science
fairs, and Mozilla projects. He is versed in business information needs of both large and small enterprises.
Dan holds a BSc from the University of Toronto and he has more than 45 years
of experience in various aspects of information technology.
Below are some of the highlights of Dan's long and varied career as a computer professional.
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An information technology (software) professional for over 45 years |
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Systems and applications programming |
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- DATABUS, PL/B
- C/C++
- COBOL
- ASSEMBLER
- HTML & CSS
- JavaScript
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Network administration |
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- Novell NETWARE
(also 10-Net and LAN Manager)
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Hardware and software installation & configuration |
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Systems analysis |
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- Systems integration, Systems testing
- Quality assurance, Confidence testing
- Audit design & control
- Software evaluation
- Data modeling & data interfacing
- Spreadsheets
- Technical writing & documentation
- Disassembly ("reverse engineering")
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Data warehousing |
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- Data conversion & merging
- Archiving & backups
- Legacy systems & data access
- Database archiving
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ANSI Language Standards technical committee member |
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- Co-author of the
ANSI language standard for PL/B
(formerly known as DATABUS)
- Contributor to The American National Standard Dictionary for Information Systems
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Business analysis, feasibility, and cost-benefit analysis |
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Software instructor, customer training, tutoring |
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ORACLE script development & implementation |
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- SQL*LOADER and SQL PLUS
- Database archiving & data warehousing
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Product development and applications expertise |
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- Hospitality & property management, reservations, restaurant sales
- Retail point-of-sale
- Telephone systems
- Accounting & Payroll (A/R, A/P, G/L, HR/HRIS)
- Inventory control
- On-line banking
- Forest inventory
- License & Registration
- Web site development, design & consulting
- Technical writing
- Book publishing
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Exposure to additional technologies |
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- Robotics
- GPS & GIS
- CD-ROM and multimedia authoring
- Digital photography, photo editing, image processing
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Rocket science (studies for European Space Agency) |
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- FLEX/Sentinel-3 Tandem Mission Photosynthesis Study
- FLEX Bridge Study
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Media exposure |
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- Eight years in radio broadcasting & on-air production work
- Editing & proofreading journal papers for publication
- Audio-visual technician
- Reference expert to local media
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Community participation |
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- Rotary Club Science Fair – Deputy chief judge
- Sault & Area Community Radio – Board of Directors member
- Contributor to Mozilla projects (Firefox and Thunderbird)
- Poll worker in federal & provincial elections
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Awards and honours |
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- Kiwanis Club of Toronto – Award of Merit
- Valedictorian – High School Graduation
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