I was an Applications Programmer for 7 years at Monitor Labs, Inc., a company that manufactures air pollution monitoring equipment and systems. Though I enjoyed the UNIX-related part of my job, and got pretty good at the regulatory side of it, I left as I felt it was time to put my skills to work for the church.
At Monitor Labs, I
provided technical support, troubleshooting, and training for Data
Acquisition Systems (DAS) on the UNIX and Windows NT platforms. These
computer applications collect data from gas analyzers that are
monitoring various combustion products and stores it for later
reporting.
I worked with customers wherever in the world they might be, usually by phone and modem, to configure, modify, or fix problems with their DAS. In the United States, this was usually power plants and other sites which had some combustion process that the EPA and state air quality regulatory agencies require monitoring.
I am trained as an ISO 9001 internal auditor and helped develop and maintain a process for continuous quality improvement in the Software Services department based on the ISO 9001 standard, which is a certification in quality compliance and improvement.
I enjoy working with *nix and supporting and training folks. If
you are interested in brief on-site training on Linux/UNIX on the
desktop, I have organized my work experience into a Linux/Unix-related resume, a trainer resume.
While I am employeed at the Rocky Mountain Conference, my time will be
very limited for this. Contact me at ben at tde dot com.
I was ordained a "deacon" in 1970, and an "elder" in 1976 in the Nebraska Conference. I served from 1975-1978 in the Jefferson County Larger Parish and from 1978-1979 in the PEACe Parish, near Lincoln. In 1980 I founded Ministry in Human Sexuality, serving as Executive Director until 1988. I enjoyed teaching, doing workshops, advocating for sexuality education, those who experience disabilities, and GLBT folk, and an active sexuality and pastoral counseling practice. I wrote articles for a singles newspaper and other publications, presented a paper on mixed orientation marriages, and planned cooperatively a series of workshops for those dealing with disability and sexuality. These activities are reflected in my Curriculum Vitae.
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Send
personal E-mail to my personal address, ben at tde dot com and
business-related E-mail to my work address. ben at rmcumc dot com.