Mantos Consulting, Inc.: Peter H. Mantos, Jr.

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Peter H. Mantos, Jr.

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Summary	Managed technical and supervisory personnel with budgetary responsibilities within Fortune 100 companies. Over twenty years of experience in application software development. Graduate degrees in both Business Administration (Finance) and in Computer Science. Uses excellent communication skills to span corporate, customer, and technical jargon in order to facilitate inter-team cooperation. Expert and current in many computing environments, languages, and software development methodologies.
Objective	To bridge the gap between the art of business management and the science of information technology through a mastery of both. Seeking management opportunities within information-based organizations or their support departments that use my technical expertise and challenge my managerial skills. Desire high-visibility, departmental and budgetary responsibility, and authority to select appropriate technology, personnel, and processes in order to anticipate and meet and exceed dynamic customer needs and expectations.
Experience	President and Owner, Mantos Consulting, Inc., Albuquerque, NM. August 1998 to present and March 1990 to May 1994: Developed engineering analysis tools designed to increase output and efficiency of semiconductor factories. Developed PC-based application to track vendor equipment training. Produced end-user training and software internals manual. Performed financial analysis of high-tech firms for possible acquisition and/or pre-IPO investment by others. Provided technical advice and support to independent oil-and-gas producers. Assisted board-level selection of technical managers by conducting pre-employment interviews of candidates for clients.
	Year 2000 Program Coordinator, Intel Corporation, Rio Rancho, NM. December 1997 to August 1998: Coordinated the activities of the 200mm Fabs and all of the Sort facilities world-wide to address the Year 2000 issue. Intel was on track regarding critical systems. Led several teams of site and functional area coordinators and stakeholders to help inventory, assess, test, remediate, and deploy solutions to ensure continued delivery of quality product while providing a safe working environment for employees. Used virtual factory automation, engineering, and operations management forums to engage product owners. Wrote the Yr2K Owner's Manual for Intel Technology Manufacturing Group.
	Sort 9/11 Automation Group Leader, Intel Corporation, Rio Rancho, NM. May 1994 to December 1997: Built and managed a team (8+ people) that supported the automation (computer) activities of an organization (200+) dedicated to the testing, screening, and quality benchmarking of semiconductor products. Primary output of the team included reliable, documented, and supported computing, network, and software platforms in support of manufacturing (testing) operations. Testing involved the identification and classification of quality product, and providing parametric information used as feedback in support of the manufacturing, process, cost, and yield improvements. The heterogeneous computing environment included multiple flavors of UNIX, NT, VAX/VMS, and Windows-based workstations as well as fault-tolerant servers operating under multiple network protocols including TCP/IP, DECNET, PATHWORKS, and Apollo Token Ring. Fiscally responsible for a $1M operational/personnel budget and influenced multi-million dollar, strategic capital decisions. Other duties included: Administered corporate policy. Developed local policies. Introduced quality metrics and version control procedures. Maintained ISO9000 conformance. Ensured people success and development. Promoted multi-facility synergy via active participation and leadership of joint management teams, computing councils, and strategic corporate bodies.
	Technical Application Specialist, Siemens Transmission Systems, Inc., Albuquerque, NM. November 1988 to March 1990: Provided technical support and consultation to programming staff as a team member; Synchronized disparate remote databases; Designed database extracts for 4GL end-user reporting; Supported and enhanced payroll and manufacturing applications.
	Contract Programmer, Digital Equipment Corporation, Albuquerque, NM. September 1988 to November 1988: This three-month contract produced a satisfied customer, code that is still in service, and a job offer: Maintained software in many different languages for various manufacturing applications. Designed and maintained database extracts and subroutines to interface Rdb, DBMS, and RMS with FOCUS 4GL. Provided technical support to programmers.
	Systems Analyst, TAD Technical, Inc., Cambridge, MA. March 1986 to September 1988: Key team member; aided in the design and implementation of a contract-support and invoicing system using COBOL and Rdb as front end to third party A/R, payroll, and G/L packages. This full-time permanent position encompassed many roles including varying degrees of design, specification, coding, testing, training, and enhancement. This successful project resulted in systems that have been continually improved and are in use today. Provided technical support to programmers, users, and managers. Supervised several college cooperative-education students.
	Director of Information Services, Access Innovations, Inc., Albuquerque, NM. January 1984 to January 1986: Provided computer support for company functions including all phases of private database construction such as data-capture, conversion, enhancement, abstracting, indexing, and verification. Interfaced various machines and applications using RS-232 communication protocol. Responsible for budget and very small programming staff.
Education	Coursework and degrees: Intel-based management programs including Team Leadership, Managing at Intel, Behavioral Interviewing, Constructive Confrontation, Project Management Series, Effective Meetings, High Performance Systems, and Organizational Development. Master of Science in Computer Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1993. MBA in Finance, Robert O. Anderson Graduate School of Management, Albuquerque NM, 1992. Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, University of New Mexico, 1986.
Technical	Languages: Ada Algol Assembler(s) BASIC(s) C C++ COBOL(s) DataTrieve(4GL) FORTRAN IBI FOCUS(4GL) Java Lisp Pascal PL/I Prolog Visual Basic Operating systems: DOS (many) LINUX RSX-11/M UNIX VAX/VMS Windows/NT Network environments: Apollo Token Ring DECNET PATHWORKS PPP SLIP TCP/IP Databases: ACCESS DBASE DBMS Lotus RMS Rdb/VMS (SQL) Works. Other tools: ASK MAN/MAN CASE tools Cyborg Developer Studio FMS Jyacc JAM TDMS VAXSET
Associations	Memberships: Association for Computing Machinery (since 1984) Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Electronic Frontier Foundation League of Women Voters (since 1990) Muscular Dystrophy Association (1980 - 1994) Past Secretary Exec. Committee and past Sr. Camp Counselor NM Commission for the Blind State Rehab Council (since 1996) NM Tau Alumni Association (of Sigma Alpha Epsilon) University of New Mexico Alumni Association (since 1994) Other: Private Pilot License (since 1986)