Reid Spencer Consulting

Technical Skills

Below are a list of my skills in various categories. Following each skill, in parentheses, is the year in which I first gained practical experience with the skill.

Expertise Languages Systems Tools
CORBA(1995)
Unix(1980)
C++(1985)
Object Databases(1991)
Distributed Object Systems(1995)
SGML(1986)
XML(1999)
C++(1986)
C(1981)
Java(1998)
Perl(1997)
OMG IDL(1995)
Objective-C(1992)
i86 Assember(1984)
Unix Shells & Filters(1984)
Linux(1991)
SunOS(1985)
Solaris 2.x(1998)
MS Windows(1990)
MacOS(1988)
HPUX(1997)
IRIX(1996)
NextStep(1992)
Ultrix(1989)
MSDOS(1982)
MTS(1977)
GCC(1989)
gdb(1989)
cvs(1995)
Rational Rose(1995)
RequisitePro(1)
SoDA(1)
ClearQuest(1)
ClearCase(5)
Purify(3)
Quantify(3)
Segue SilkPilot(1)
Segue SilkTest(1)
Pro Kappa(1994)
Methods Middleware Databases Internet
Rational Unified Process(1999)
UML(1998)
Wirfsbrock CRC (1995)
Design Patterns(2000)
Meyer OOSC(1988)
ACE+TAO(1996)
VisiBroker(1996)
Orbix(1996)
OrbixTalk(1996)
BEA WebLogic Enterprise(2000)
IBM MQ/Series(1997)
Objectstore(1991)
Sybase(1992)
Oracle(1996)
Versant(1994)
MS Access(1998)
Objectivity(1994)
Informix(1995)
SQL Server(1999)
HTML(1995)
XML(1999)
SGML(1986)
Apache httpd(1998)
OpenOffice(2002)
Macromedia Dreamweaver(1999)
BEA WebLogic Server(2000)

Business Skills

  • Worked at a wide range of business types (ISV, telecommunications, manufacturing, marketing, finance, healtch care, transportation, consulting)
  • Understand business process re-engineering from my work at Boeing.
  • Assisted with founding of Performant, Inc. and led the initial specification for the first product, OptiBench
  • Able to sustain high levels of commitment, enthusiasm, motivation, and creativity.
  • Able to identify and resolve interpersonal conflicts with mutually agreeable solutions.
  • Effectively communicated and sustained an organizational vision at AT&T Wireless, and then realized that vision.
  • Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills for both technical and business content. I have authored thousands of pages of internal documents and web sites.