Curriculum Vitae 

Robert Leigh Pritchett

MSCS, CTE

1952 Thayer Dr.  Richland, WA 99352

1-509-943-2524 (Home)

1-509-210-0217 (Home Business)

888-684-2161

rpritchett@maccompanion.com

Skype: maccompanion

Learned Skills

• Proficient in both Microsoft and Macintosh-based software.
• Online Publishing and Web Management.
• Computer/telephony network design, installation, support and maintenance in Apple, Windows and other UNIX/Linux environments.
• Various telecommunications/network infrastructure certifications.

Education

• Loss Mitigation Dec. 2006 - Present
• Short Sale Magic October 2006 - Present
• Apple Product Professional 2006-2007
• Masters of Science, Computer Systems, City University, Dec. 2000 Focused on systems analysis and development and computer installation and support.
• Computer Telephony Engineer (CTE), Cyberstate University, CTI Institute, Dec. 2000
• Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), June 2000
• Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD), BICSI, 1992-2004
• RCDD LAN Specialist, BICSI, 1993-2005
• Devry Institute Electronics, 1982-1984
• Bachelor of Arts, Administrative Management, Minor in Data Processing, Central Washington University, 1982
• General Studies, BYU, Provo, UT. 1974-1975

Professional Experiences

3-Rivers Synergy Centre - January 2007- Present - Alternative Energy System Sales and Marketing - http://www.synergycentre.net

Giggles Gluten-free Bakery & Deli, October 2007 - Present - Baker and Store Manager - http://www.glutenlessmaximus.com

Costless Carpet, web sales - Spring of 2007 - http://www.costlesscarpet.com

InStar Corporation, Tech Writer, Web Manager, Software certification, Document Control, Tech Support, March 2003 – December 2006, http://www.instarcorp.com.

MPN, LLC, CEO, Consultant, Project Management, Publisher and Chief Editor of macCompanion, January 2002-Present. http://www.maccompanion.com. Assign and edit product reviews to about 15 volunteer staff for publication. Publish monthly magazine and participate in an AudioCast in iTunes - Mac ReviewCast.

MacNut, LLC, 1996-December 2002, Richland, WA.

Editor-in-Chief, Hardware, Software, Book reviewer, MacNut Magazine CEO. Assigned and edited product reviews to over 20 volunteer staff worldwide for publication.

Formare-Technica, Ltd, June 2002-February 2003, Tigard, OR. Founding Member, Director, Data Services, Web Master, http://www.projcom.org. Helped establish the Projects Server, assisted with Division 25 (CSI) presentations.

A&B Roofing, 2001-2002, North Bend, WA. Job Estimating and installation of steel, shingles and hot-mop style roofs.

BiddersGuild.com, 2001- 2002, Kennewick, WA. Board of Directors, Technology Manager, Sales Support, http://www.biddersguild.com. Helped get subscriptions to the service. Worked with programmers, Sales Team to improve the web site. Worked with Architects and Contractors to post projects. Helped on Stevens Center plumbing projects.

Pritchett Teleconsulting, 1996-2003, Richland, WA. Beta-tested various software programs and hardware for both Windows and Apple environments. Telecommunications project management (both Inside and Outside Plant fiber and copper and fiber-to-the-desk. QA'ed the Bonneville Power Administration fiber run between Seattle, WA and Portland, OR in what is now called NOANet. Also taught courses in infrastructure design.

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC), Technical Analyst, Editor 2001, Norwalk, CT. Reviewed and wrote articles regarding various Internet Telephony hardware and software applications for TMC technical journals (some telecommuting involved) and website http://www.tmcnet.com. Interviewed companies on-site (even outside the US) and published results.

SCM Consultants, Telecom Designer, 1996-2001, Estimates, project management, design and consulting for such facilities as the Walla Walla State Penitentiary Telecom Upgrade and school districts in Hermiston, OR, Morrow County School District, OR, Pasco and Richland, WA, including systems installations. Also private business such as Charter Communications for the Richland I-LAN and various businesses in Kennewick, WA. All aspects of Concept, Design, Planning, Bidding, Estimating, Installation, As-building and Maintenance. Some System Administration. Also provided content and maintained a Telecommunications and Technology website. Gave presentations and training. Fiber and copper projects. http://www.scm-ae.com/

Christenson Electric, 1996, Portland, OR. Taught and trained structure wiring and low voltage courses in Portland, OR. Project-managed telecommunications upgrades at the HP facility in Corvallis,OR. QAed Eugene, OR School District infrastructure. Bidding, Estimating, Installation, As-building and Maintenance. http://www.christenson.com/

Boeing Computer Services, 1982-1995, Richland, WA. Project management: planning, design/engineering for both multi-million dollar Inside and Outside Plant projects (including fiber-to-the-desk) for many government and contractor facilities (required security clearance). Senior Computer Systems Analyst work: feasibility studies. All aspects of Design, Bidding, Estimating, Installation, As-building and Maintenance. Computer Technician and Office Equipment Technician work: Provided services to all office equipment installation, maintenance and upgrades such as personal workstations (including all electro-mechanical pre-computer systems, i.e, typewriters, copiers, calculators, shredders, etc.), mainframe peripherals, all computers and computer networks.

CWU, 1978-1982, Ellensburg, WA. On-site workstudy for Computer Services: All office equipment including reprographics, IBM typewriters, mainframe terminals and networks. Some Computer Systems Analyst work as part of the Computer Services department. Also worked as full-time night custodian as an employee.

Pritchett's Repairs, Self-employed office equipment maintenace and repairs for local Office Equipment vendors. 1978-1982, Ellensburg , WA and Columbia Basin region. Copiers, printers, typewriters.

Project Design and Management Experience

1996-Present – Project-manage online magazines and editorial staff.

2003

InStar Corporation network relocation consulting and assistance.

2002 Bidders Guild move, network and website updates and shutdown in Kennewick.

Created Fiber Troubleshooting Guide for Grant County, WA and Paramount Communications, Kennewick, WA.

FormareTechnica Projects or Windows Server preparation and install, Tigard, OR http://www.projcom.org

BiddersGuild.com network move and relocation, Kennewick, WA.

Internet Telephony Labs testing, evaluations, interviews, published results (Technology Marketing Corporation), Norwalk, CT, around USA and Canada.

Consulting on fiber backbone project, Morrow County School District, Morrow County, OR.

2000

City of Richland, Richland, WA I-LAN site survey, drawings for Outside Plant fiber project via Charter Communications (Kennewick, WA). Richland, WA.Carmichael Middle School reconstruction project, Richland School District, fiber-to-the-desk, telephone system structured wiring system, (3M Volition), Richland, WAPhases 2 and 3 of Internet Telephony project, Tetra Tech (feasibility study, Y2K and presentation) Pasadena, CA and around the USA.

SCM Consulting, structured wiring and PBX maintenance, Kennewick WA.

Columbia Industries campus, Outside Plant fiber, (Siecor), Kennewick, WA.

1999

Pasco School District Elementary Schools, Structured Wiring infrastructure (Lucent), Pasco, WA.Pasco School District Elementary Schools, Structured Wiring infrastructure (Ortronics), Pasco, WA. Phase1 of Internet Telephony Project, Tetra Tech (team building, PBX study, feasibility study, 170 locations around the world).

Columbia Industries campus, Inside Plant Structured Wiring infrastructure (AMP) Kennewick, WA.

1998

SCM Consulting Systems Administration and client consulting (Novell), Kennewick, WA. Continued maintenance of “Robert’s Technology and Telecommunications Corner” website (begun, 1996, ended end of 2000), Kennewick, WA.

1997

Pasco Elementary School District, Inside and Outside Plant structured wiring including fiber (Ortronics/Lucent), Pasco, WA.Hermiston School District, Outside Plant copper and fiber, Hermiston, OR.Walla Walla State Penitentiary, Inside and Outside Plant structured wiring upgrade project including new Telecom Building, (Lucent, Allied Telesyn and Cisco, plus secured telephone taping systems). [Managed weekly status meeting between contactors and client, kept Engineering Design Notices in check and teams busy. Project installation completed in 9 months for 72 buildings including cut-over and much of work done at night], Walla Wall

1996

Bonneville Power Administration fiber QA, (now NOANet) [Wilson Construction], Seattle to Portland, I-5 Corridor. Hewlett-Packard campus, Buildings 1-11 Inside and Outside Plant structured wiring, coax and fiber (AMP), MDF expansion (Meridian system), Corvallis, OR

1995

Hewlett-Packard, Buildings 1-11, trailers and in town facilities, Inside and Outside Plant structured wiring, coax and fiber (AMP), SCADA system, [managed team of 11, did all bidding and estimates, status presentations, Christenson Electric, Portland, OR.], Corvallis, OR.

Eugene School District, all schools QA, (AMP) structured cabling infrastructure, [Christenson Electric, Portland, OR], Eugene, OR and surrounding communities. Hanford Nuclear Reservation (Dept. of Energy), Insideand Outside Plant Structured Wiring (AMP) both copper and fiber, fiber-to-the-desk (OCC) and Cisco router installations (52) all areas. Switched hubs from Ungermann-Bass to Cabletron. Standards-based systems, peer reviews, contractor and client negotiations. [Boeing Computer Services] Richland, WA.

1994

Hanford Nuclear Reservation (Dept. of Energy), Inside and Outside Plant Structured Wiring (AMP) both copper and fiber, fiber-to-the-desk and Cisco router installations, DS3 cutovers, Hub reengineering, phone system rewiring, UNIX and IP subnets, DISCUS cutovers, broadband to fiber cutovers, fileserver room upgrades. [Boeing Computer Services] Richland, WA.

1993

Hanford Nuclear Reservation (Dept. of Energy), Inside and Outside Plant Structured Wiring (AMP) both copper and fiber, T1 to FDDI cutovers, mainframe interface cutovers, baseband to fiber cutovers, Scanner to optical disk storage, UNIX subnets, ISDN (IVDTS) GTE to US West cutover, Kaufmann to Ungermann-Bass interface. [Boeing Computer Services] Richland, WA.

1992

Hanford Nuclear Reservation (Dept. of Energy), Inside and Outside Plant Structured Wiring (AMP) both copper and fiber, Data Entry cutover, Secure bridge network, Annex II reinstallation. [Boeing Computer Services, Richland, WA]

1991 Hanford Nuclear Reservation (Dept. of Energy), Inside and Outside Plant Structured Wiring (AMP) both copper and fiber, Fileserver room upgrades, baseband network installations. Area 1100 and throughout the whole reservation, [Boeing Computer Services] Richland, WA.

Evaluations, Reviews and Publications

See http://www.maccompanion.com/archives/archivesindex.html

MacNut Archives

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.mac-nut.com

2002

Web Page Construction Kit and Freeway 3.5, book and software review, The Finder, April 2002, pp. 12-14.

Carbon Programming, book review, The Finder, April 2002, pp. 16-17.

MacLinkPlus Deluxe 13, software review, The Finder, March 2002, pp. 12-13.

2001

QuickTime for the Web, book review, The Finder, December, 2001, p. 7.

Macintosh OS X Developer’s Guide, book review, The Finder, December, 2001, p 6.

A Mac Guy in a PC World, article, The Finder, December, 2001, pp. 12-13.

Excel@High School, software review, The Finder, June 2001, p. 12.

Excel@Middle School, software review, The Finder, June 2001, pp. 10-11.

Mimeo, hardware review, The Finder, March 2001, pp. 8-11.

Norton Personal Firewall, software review, The Finder, February, 2001, p. 11.

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Perfect Wedding, software review, The Finder, January 2001, p. 14.

2000

A Business Card, software review, The Finder, December 2000, pp. 12-13

VideoLink Pro, software review, The Finder, December 2000, pp. 4-5.

Art Explosion, 750,000, software review, The Finder, November 2000, pp. 10, 14.

MacLink Plus Deluxe, software review, The Finder, November 2000, pp. 9, 14.

MusicMatch Jukebox Plus, The Finder, October 2000, pp.12, 14. (and presentation to McMug)

Web Savant, software review, The Finder, October 2000, pp. 10-11. (and presentation to McMug)

Adobe Illustrator 9, software review, The Finder, October 2000, pp. 6-9. (and presentation to McMug)

Sams Teach Yourself eJobs Hunting Today, book review, The Finder, June 2000, p. 7.

Blue Label PowerEmulator, software review, The Finder, April 2000, pp. 13-14.

Crossing Platforms: A Macintosh/Windows Phrasebook, book review, The Finder, March 2000, pp. 6-7. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/platforms/reviews.html.

1999

The Unauthorized Guide to the Internet, book review, The Finder, December 1999, p. 7.

Internet Auctions for Dummies, book review, The Finder, December 1999, p. 6.

My iMac, book review, The Finder, December 1999, p. 6.

McMug member likes ‘buggy’ prize, article, The Finder, September 1999, p. 10.

PalmPilot, The Ultimate Guide, 2nd Edition, book review, The Finder, September 1999, p. 9.

PalmPilot for Dummies book review, The Finder, September 1999, pp. 8-9.

1998

“I’ll Take What Works, thank you” , article, The Finder, August 1998, pp. 12-13.

Technology Marketing Corporation, TMC Labs April 1 - December, 2001.

Published “Centrinity”, Communications ASP, December, 2001, http://www.tmcnet.com/casp/1101/1101labs1.htm 

Published “VoiceGenie Technologies”, Communications Solutions, October, 2001, p. 37.

Published “VocalScape VocalConnect”, Internet Telephony, September, 2001, pp. 36-39, http://www.tmcnet.com/it/0901/0901labs1.htm 

Published “VocalScape Communications, Inc”, Customer Inter@ctions Solutions, September, 2001, pp. 60-61, http://www.tmcnet.com/cis/0901/0901labs.htm#11 

Published “Tellme”, Communications Solutions, August, 2001, pp. 36-39, http://www.tmcnet.com/comsol/0801/0801labs2.htm 

Apple Telephony: A Report From Macworld Conference & Expo, July 31, 2001,

Listed as “Technology Editor”, TMC Labs in Internet Telephony, August, September, October issues.

Listed as “Technology Editor”, TMC Labs in Communications Solutions, August, September, October issues.

Robert’s Telecommunications & Technology Corner

http://web.archive.org/web/20000818133602/www.scm-ae.com/robertscorner/

Internet User Group, 1998-2000

OWT Tech List Comments, 1998-2000

 http://www.owt.com/usersgroup/data/

Telephony Markup Language, 1999-2000

 http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/tml.html

Volunteer Activities

Contributing editor/reviewer for "The Finder," Documents available at http://www.macusergroup.com

Member, IEEE.  Former secretary/publisher of "The Relay" for the Richland section http://www.ieee-rs.org.

Tested software and hardware for the Macintosh as an Appleseed tester for Apple.

Red Cross volunteer.

Amateur Radio License, KD7KXU.

Scouting

Completed all requirements for Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, culminating in receiving the Eagle Award and the Duty to God Award. Served in the Stevenson Explorer Post and acted as Assistant Scout Master in Stevenson Washington. Served as Blazer B Leader in Richland, Washington. Participated in the Order of the Arrow as a Brotherhood member.

Community Activities

Primary: Taught classes in Ellensburg, Washington, Richland, Washington, Norwalk, Connecticut.

Sunday School: Taught courses in Stevenson, Washington, Provo, Utah, Dutch Harbor Alaska, Ellensburg, Washington, Richland, Washington, Norwalk, Connecticut.

Honorably served a full-time mission in the Arcadia California (Spanish-speaking) Mission and served the San Fernando Valley area, East LA, Rosemead, Monticello, North Hollywood, Hacienda Heights, Norwalk, West Covina, La Puente areas. Taught Elders and Priesthood courses in Provo, Utah, the mission in California, Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Ellensburg, Washington, Richland, Washington and Norwalk, Connecticut.

Other Callings/Missions: Served as Spanish Name Extraction Instructor, Family History Center, Richland, Washington and supervised 12 people. Served as Crestview Ward Mission Leader and Missionary. Served as Emergency Family Preparedness Specialist, Employment Specialist and Director.

Helped with the Freeman Report (editing and format) for the Freeman Institute, Provo, Utah while at BYU.

Participated in the Israeli Folkdance team, BYU, Provo, Utah.

Taught English at the British Institute, San Salvador, El Salvador.

Served as President of Hanford High School Band Boosters, Richland, WA.

Assisted with Odyssey of the Mind, Hanford Middle School Team, Richland, WA.

Participated in supporting the Tri-Cities Young Astronaut and Young Scientist programs with Pacific Northwest Labs and Battelle.

Served as the President of the Internet Users Group, Kennewick at Oneworld Telecommunucations.

Served on the Board of Directors for the Mid-Columbia Macintosh Users Group and also served as Secretary. Pasco, WA for two terms.

Served as Music Ribbon Festival volunteer a few times, CUP church, Richland, WA.