Ted Markowitz's Curriculum Vitae

• Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the University of New Haven in West Haven, CT.
• 1995 Xerox CIO Leadership award winner for assisting in the analysis and redesign of the existing Xerox global technical infrastructure. Technologies included: network operating systems and protocols, mail and messaging services, directory naming services, message-oriented middleware and a new World Wide Web infrastructure;
• Chief architect, project manager and lead developer for a team of 10 which reengineered a formerly paper-based Accounts Payable function into a workflow-managed, digital imaging process using a client/server architecture and object-oriented techniques throughout. The C++-based PICASOÓ suite of applications is currently in full production handling over 50,000 payments per month with a minimum of 25% savings in operating costs. PICASOÓ was an Intel/ComputerWorld RealWare award finalist at a recent NYC DBExpo in recognition of its innovative use of OO technology in support of on-line transaction processing (OLTP);
• Project initiator, designer and developer of several artificial intelligence (AI) applications including knowledge-based expert systems for automated charge card authorization and real-time pattern recognition & expert technical analysis in the trillion $ global foreign currency market;
• Technical consultant to senior management on a range of technologies including: World Wide Web application development, object-oriented toolsets, hierarchical storage management architectures, parallel processing hardware, satellite telecommunications and AI;
• Creator of an R&D group chartered with exploring new information technologies and analyzing technical trends with a special emphasis on their competitive business impacts. Representative deliverables included a platform-independent graphical user interface testbench and a monthly technology analysis for a group of over 300 technical managers and developers;
• Coordinator of a multi-million $ R&D budget for a major business process reengineering effort;
• Representative to the press and industry organizations on behalf of the corporation. Typical events have included presentations at the Michael Hammer Forum, London SWIFT banking technology conference, MIT Sloan School, annual UNIX Expo and the International Congress of Informatics Associations in Rio de Janeiro;
• Founding chairman of the group, $MART-F$, devoted to the use of AI in the financial services industry.

• Discovering, designing and delivering production applications using advanced technologies in a wide range of business domains and diverse hardware/software environments;
• Hands-on development of new applications using a variety of technologies including:
• object-oriented tools and techniques (C++, OODBMS, Booch...)
• client/server and OLTP architectures (Windows/UNIX TCPIP environments)
• digital imaging systems
• automated electronic workflow tools
• several RDBMS’s as database administrator, designer and developer (Oracle, Informix, ...)
• various UNIX tools as system administrator and hands-on developer (Solaris, Linux, ...)
• Artificial Intelligence
• World Wide Web development tools
• Exploring and evaluating the latest information technologies;
• Managing highly skilled staffs in the areas of systems development, on-line analytics, technical consulting and strategic technology analysis;
• Acting as an internal, company-wide, technology consultant and primary liaison to external research organizations and information technology vendors;
• Developing R&D processes and administering major R&D projects;
• Creating and managing combined Windows & UNIX-based software and hardware infrastructures;
• Communicating complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences alike as univerity professor and business presenter.

Netscape Professional Services 1997-2000
NYC, NY 
Principal Consultant

Xerox Corporation Global Process & Information Mgmt. 1991-1997
Rochester, NY & Fairfield County, CT 
Chief Knowledge Engineer

Primary responsibilities at Xerox:

• Special consulting assignments on behalf of Xerox senior systems management and Xerox business unit line management. Typical engagements: design of a hierarchical storage management architecture for Xerox Business Services Document Technology Center sites across the US and development of World Wide Web-based multimedia training components for 70,000 Xerox employees worldwide;
• Analysis, design and coding of information systems for sales transaction profitability analysis, accounts payable transaction imaging and workflow handling, ... ;
• Hands-on research into advanced technologies in support of the GP&IM SW development organization;
• Training of development staffs in new software methodologies and techniques, e.g., OOPS, particularly during tenure as a senior member of the Object Technology Competency Center;
• Management of a PC and UNIX-based software development computing infrastructure, including all hardware, software and network acquisition, management and technical support.

American Express Corporation 1981-1990
New York, NY 
Director - Technology Research & Communications
Project Mgr. - Decision Support Systems
Sr. Systems Programmer

Primary responsibilities at American Express:

• Responsible for directing the investigation of advanced information technologies on behalf of Project Genesis (a $250M reengineering effort); technology consulting to Sr. Management; strategic analysis of technology trends; management of a research staff; administration of a multi-million $ R&D project fund; design and development of decision-support systems and AI applications.

Columbia University Center for Computing Activities 1977-1981
New York, NY 
Senior Consultant / Analyst
Technical Writer / Assistant Newsletter Editor

Primary responsibilities at Columbia:

• Provided technical consulting in DEC and IBM environments to research faculty and students; developed, scheduled and taught end-user classes in application tools, computer languages and operating systems. Wrote extensive documentation for university systems and university newsletter.

Columbia University School of Engineering & Applied Sciences 1986
New York, NY 
MS (Computer Science) 

Columbia University 1974
New York, NY 
BA (Music & Russian Studies) 

Fordham Preparatory School 1970
Bronx, NY 

• Hardware: Sun (System Administrator); Intel PC’s; Macintosh; IBM mainframes
• OS: UNIX (Solaris/Linux); Windows (3.1, 95 & NT); Novell Netware; IBM VM & MVS
• Languages: C/C++; Java; Javascript; Perl; LISP; Pascal; Basic; Fortran; APL
• Tools: Multiple RDBMS’s & SQL tools (Oracle & Informix as both Database Administrator and developer); Booch OO methodology; many PC and UNIX-based applications and development toolsets, WWW development tools

• Member of ACM, IEEE & IEEE Computer Society, AAAI (American Association for AI) and Internet Developers Association
• Member of Editorial Board for the journal Expert Systems
• Adjunct faculty member: Computer Science Department, Fordham University, New York, NY

• Russian & German