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  The Perseus Corporation

 

F. David Gill 216.321.4735
2667 Hampshire Road      fdavidgill@aol.com
Cleveland Heights, Ohio  44106-2510
U.S.A.  


Software Designer & Consultant

PRIVATE PRACTICE
as owner of The Perseus Corporation

2006 -
present
STICHTING MEDISCH CENTRUM BILTHOVEN
Bilthoven, the Netherlands

Design Web site under development for Dutch cardiology and rheumatology practice.  Web site is entirely in the Dutch language.

2006 RAINBOW EMERALD NECKLACE TOUR
Cleveland, Ohio

Designed and managed Web site for an annual  bicycle event for the  benefit of  Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital.

2005 STANFORD HOSTEL
Peninsula, Ohio

Designed and managed Web site for Hostelling International USA affiliate located in an historic 1843 farmhouse in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, among the few HI-USA hostels within a U.S. National Park.

2004 -
2007
INSTRUCTOR RESOURCES
Akron, Ohio

Designed and managed Web site for education management firm specializing in health and safety training for emergency medical services personnel,  businesses, industry, medical offices, and the lay public.

2004 -
present
PARSON WEEMS
New York, New York

Updated and manage Web site for publisher services firm offering commission selling, sales and marketing management, and coordination of freelance project support.

2004 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, INC.
Cleveland, Ohio

Designed Web site for nonprofit corporation providing a safe environment and supportive services to direct formerly homeless women toward self-sufficiency and independence.

2004 -
present
ISLA MUJERES WOMEN’S RETREATS
Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Updated and manage Web site for a firm organizing retreats for women on Mexico’s Isla Mujeres and in the Yucatan Peninsula.

2003 -
present
MITCHELL’S FINE CANDIES
Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Updated and manage e-commerce Web site for family-owned and -operated chocolate confectionery founded in 1939.

2003
present
PETE’S TAVERN
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Developed and manage Web site for traditional neighborhood tavern.
 
2002 -
present
DBC  DELICATE BALANCE COLLECTIVE
Cleveland, Ohio
Developed and manage Web site for popular musical ensemble.
 
2002 -
present
CAROL HASLETT CONSULTING
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Developed and manage Web site for project management consulting firm.
2001 -
2004
RAMSGATE ROYAL HARBOUR BREWHOUSE & BAKERS
Ramsgate, Kent
England
Developed and managed Web site for artisanal British brewpub and bakery.
 
2000 -
2003
LIGHTING RESEARCH OFFICE
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Developed and managed Web site for illuminating engineers’ professional organization.
 
1979 -
present
GE LIGHTING
Cleveland, Ohio
  • Design and produce commercial software for lighting engineering and lighting economics calculations.  Projects required both original mathematical research and original data base design.  This software was generally recognized as the lighting industry standard.

  • Manage technical lamp and ballast data bases used by lighting cost calculation software worldwide.

  • Conducted application software training seminars as guest lecturer at the renowned GE Lighting Institute.

  • Administered technical help desk for an international customer base.

OTHER PRIVATE PRACTICE

1979 - 1980 OHIO BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY  (now AT&T)
Cleveland, Ohio

Restructured commercial account billing and customer master files to accommodate reorganization of internal marketing responsibilities.

1978 ANTONIUS HOSPITAL
Utrecht, the Netherlands

Developed system specification and cost study for proposed clinical information database for the Department of Cardiology.

DIRECT EMPLOYMENT

1973 - 1979 THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
Cleveland
, Ohio
  • Managed world’s largest and most advanced database documenting the medical and surgical treatment of heart disease.

  • Designed accounts payable system in service for twenty years.

 
1970 - 1973   HONEYWELL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Provided technical support to health care, governmental, educational, and manufacturing users.

  • Developed hardware configuration and software proposals for prospective customers.

 
1968 - 1970 UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Maintained incentive accounting and industrial engineering applications at U.S. Steel Irvin Works.

  • Implemented payroll and product cost systems for U.S. Steel Homes Division.

CURRENT SOFTWARE EXPERTISE

CURRENT COMPUTER LANGUAGE EXPERTISE

CONFERENCE AND TRADE SHOW PARTICIPATION

1999

LightFair International

San Francisco, California

1995

Microsoft Visual BASIC
Developers’ Seminar

Chicago, Illinois

1989

Microsoft Visual BASIC
Developers’ Seminar

San Francisco, California

1988

Lighting World

Los Angeles, California

1984

CEDEX  International
Data Processing Conference

Paris, France

1984

CEBIT  Office & Information
Technology Fair

Hannover, Germany

1984 and
annually
1990 - 1999

Hannover Fair for Industry
and World Light Show

Hannover, Germany
1983

PC EXPO

San Francisco, California
1983, 1989 Lighting World New York, New York
1977

MEDINFO  3rd World Conference
on Medical Informatics

Toronto, Canada

EDUCATION

1963 - 1967

THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
University Park, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts in Speech

1966 - 1969

THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Undergraduate studies  in Political Science
Postgraduate studies in Music History, Art & Architectural History
Postgraduate academic average: 4.00

1975 - 1977

THE CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY
Cleveland, Ohio
Postgraduate studies in German
Academic average: 4.00

1999

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Columbus, Ohio
Continuing education studies in HTML

2004

THE CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Cleveland, Ohio
Emergency Medical Technology, Human Biology
Academic average: 4.00

CIVIC AFFAIRS

1995 - 2007

Chair, Board of Zoning Appeals
The City of Cleveland Heights, Ohio

1987 -2007

Member, Board of Zoning Appeals
The City of Cleveland Heights, Ohio

1985 - 1987

President, Local Development Corporation
The City of Cleveland Heights, Ohio

PERSONAL INFORMATION