Richard C.
Bourne
31 Lakeshore
Drive
P. O. Box
525
Belgrade Lakes, ME
04918
(207) 495-3379 (207) 495-2969
FAX
rbourne@gwi.net
Professional
Experience:
1995 to Date
Common Sense Computing,
Inc., Readfield and Belgrade Lakes, ME
Vice-President, Treasurer,
and Senior Systems Consultant
- Initiated business and
information systems services consulting practice. Perform
business- information system assessments. Develop system
strategies and information systems [applications, networking,
integration, data management]. Provide technology shopping,
project management, system installation and operations support
services. Deliver project management and office suite
training.
1987 to 1995
Digital Equipment
Corporation, Augusta, ME
Information Systems Manager,
Manager Strategic Systems Development, Data Resource
Manager
- Introduced software
engineering methods and transitioned technology to relational
database management and client/server architecture. Enabled IS
staff reduction from 50 to 30 in business expanding over
ten-fold.
- Developed comprehensive
end-user data access and management decision support system
environment for over 250 active users.
- Developed plant
Manufacturing Execution System (MES) initiative to realize 15%
reduction in manufacturing costs and to enable "lot-size of one"
process management. Design enabled collaborating companies
(FASTech and CIMple Integrations) to develop and market
FactoryWorks Electronics product.
- Established collaborative
MES program among worldwide semiconductor, storage, electronic
module assembly, PC, and systems manufacturing
organizations.
1974 to 1986
Eastman Kodak Company,
Apparatus Division, Rochester, NY
General Supervisor and
Applications Analyst, Planning and Materials Systems
- Architected, developed,
and deployed manufacturing data management and distributed
database management infrastructure serving 152 departments.
Enabled $110-million annual savings on $20-million investment with
staff of twelve senior IS specialists. Data-independent
application architecture (critical success factor to Division
business reengineering project) achieved ahead of most optimistic
schedule.
- Designed and deployed
information warehouse infrastructure (DB2, SQL) serving several
hundred end-users in 17 lines of business. Pioneered use of
4th-generation software development and delivery
tools.
- Developed acclaimed
systems assurance review process reducing staff requirements from
several full-time to one part-time person. Conducted over 100
performance/quality reviews. Reduced software defect rate by
factor of 100.
1974
On Loan from Eastman Kodak to
national, not-for-profit emergency health care research, education,
and professional/paraprofessional membership organization.
Society for Total
Emergency Programs, Inc. (STEP), Rochester, NY
Executive Director
- Developed programs and
services for individual and organizational members; coordinated
regional and national symposia; represented STEP to federal and
state agencies, professional organizations, sponsors, and
suppliers; prepared grant applications and organized funding
campaigns; managed paid and volunteer staff.
- Developed first
commercially available patient record system that compiled
ambulance and rescue data from commercial, volunteer, and
municipal services on regional basis. System used as reference
model by U. S. Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare.
Prior to 1974
Eastman Kodak Company,
Apparatus Division, Rochester, NY
Project Engineer, Research
Laboratory
Project Development Engineer,
Computer Services, Research and Engineering
Senior Development
Engineer/Development Engineer, Research and Engineering
- Performed supervisory and
project assignments in mathematical modeling of physical systems
(electronic, thermal, mechanical) and processes. Developed
scientific application systems for engineering analysis. Performed
applied research in numerical analysis methods. Developed
state-of-the-art computer-aided design system (printed-circuit
layout).
- Designed and developed
electronic systems/subsystems for wide variety of consumer,
business, custom, and government products; e.g., cameras,
thermographic and electrostatic copiers, and avionics and space
technology equipment.
Education:
BSEE with Distinction, 1959,
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
Professional Affiliations,
Certifications, and Licenses:
Senior Examiner, Margaret
Chase Smith Maine State Quality Award, 1997/8; Examiner,
1996
Adjunct Faculty, University
of Southern Maine at Lewiston (Introduction to Project Management,
2000) Adjunct Faculty, Thomas College (Data Communications,
1998)
Trainer, Center for Public
Sector Innovation (Augusta), University of Southern Maine
(1996-1997)
Instructor, Maranacook Adult
Continuing Education (1997)
Member, Maine Association of Professional
Consultants
Member, Margaret Chase Smith
Quality Association Awards Committee (1996-1999)
FCC General Radiotelephone
Licensee
Company-Sponsored Training
Included:
National Technical
University: Principles for Developing Complex Software and Hardware
Systems
Relational, Object-oriented,
and Semantic Database Systems
Principles and Practices:
World-Class Manufacturing, Total Quality Management, Six-Sigma
Quality
Malcolm Baldrige National
Quality Award Requirements
Community and Public
Service:
Town of Belgrade (ME)
Planning Board, Chairman (1989-1999)
National Ski Patrol System,
Inc., various leadership positions, 1969 to present