Objective

To continue working in the design and analysis fields of computer applications, including relevant areas of intellectual property protection such as software patents and copyright. 

US Patents

Robert is the inventor of several US software patents including 6,052,672 for software techniques such as "Data processing system for complex pricing and transactional analysis". (To see the full text of the patents, visit www.uspto.gov.) 

Professional Experience

1999 - Present:

Mentat Consulting Pty. Ltd.,

Melbourne, VIC

• Provision of technical assistance for patented software involved in US lawsuits and potential lawsuits against large US corporations. Analysis of technical designs as well as interactions with the USPTO regarding existing patents, new patent applications and continuations of existing patents.
• Provision of technical assistance for copyrighted software involved in a US lawsuit against a large US corporation.
• Support for various web based applications.
• Specification and testing of Web based screen support for a Windows-NT and Microsoft-SQL based pricing application.
• Enhancement of pricing model to include Multi-Currency Support, Multiple Billing Cycles, Tax Rates, Interest Calculations, and Earnings Allowance.

1993 - 1998:

Mentat Consulting Services, Inc.,

New Jersey, USA

• Data Modeling (using ERwin/ERX) as well as project management and assistance in software development, testing, implementation and support for a Pricing and Costing System of the Global Funds Transfer department.
• Data Modeling as well as assistance in software development, testing, implementation and support for a Transaction Monitoring Application for the Global Funds Transfer department.
• Relational Database Design (for NonStop-SQL & Microsoft-SQL-Server).
• Application Design for parallel processing architecture (i.e. Tandem) and for LAN server architecture (i.e. Windows-NT).
• System Testing, System Conversion, System Integration, Y2K Testing.
• CASE Tool Development and Client/Server Development.
• Contributed to US Patent applications for data model and software techniques.
• Microsoft Windows 3.x/95/98/NT, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Project, Visual Basic, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, MicroFocus-Cobol.

1988 - 1993:

Financial Systems Technology,

Melbourne, VIC

• Tandem, Guardian, Pathway, Cobol85, SQL, TACL, TMF, RDF, BASIC, Dbase IV.
• Application Design, Program Specification, Course Presentation, Program Coding, System Testing, Performance Analysis, Technical Documentation.

1984 - 1988:

National Australia Bank,

Melbourne, VIC

• IBM 3090, MVS, CLIST, ISPF, Cobol, JCL, DMS, IMS DB/DC, DB2, Easytrieve+, FileAid, Xpediter, Panvalet, Datavantage, Telon, Datamanager, Dbase III.
• Worked on Retail Banking systems (for Statements Generation and Account Processing), a Data Dictionary conversion project, and in-house software tools.

Education

1982 - 1984:

Swinburne University,

Melbourne, VIC

• ICI Award for Best Final Year Data Processing Student.

Contact Info

Email:      or  Phone:  0413-459-378