Instructor Bio
I try to tailor the in-class examples to match the various professions and companies. I hope to get to know more about all of you during the class…
Rick Sprenkle
Education
- Bachelor of Arts - Physics - Cornell - 1985
- Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering - Cornell - 1986
- Masters of Mechanical Engineering - Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing - Cornell - 1986
- Masters of Business Administration - Endicott - 2003
Employment
Naval Flight Officer - US Navy - 1986 - 1994 (Lieutenant Commander / S-3 Viking)
- VS-41 SanDiego
- VS-21 Atsugi, Japan - Deployed on USS Enterprise and USS Independence
- Sea Based Weapons and Advanced Tactics School (SWATS - S3 Topgun-like school)
- Relevant collateral duties include networking command's computers (Novell) and later installing the base's first Windows NT domain
Rainman Software - Sole Proprietor - 1994-2000
- Developed NGCView, a windows shrink-wrap application for Astronomy
- Established on-line web commerce site in 1995
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates - Software Engineering Manager - 1997 to present
- Software Development with significant expertise in C++/VB/C#/ASP.NET/ATL/STL/DCOM/SOCKETS/SQL
- Environments Visual Studio 6, 2005 and 2008
- Currently developing skills in Linux (UBUNTU), PHP, Apache, Samba, MySQL, WPF, Mono
Teaching
- Instructor, Sea Based Weapons and Advanced Tactics School - 1990-1993
- Adjunct Professor, C++ Software Development, Northeastern - 2000-2001
- Adjunct Professor, Managing Information Systems, Endicott College - 2003 to preset
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