KITTY MUNSON COOPER
Albuquerque NM



Objective

Self-employed computer consultant in website design, programming, and training. Specialty is helping small business owners become self-sufficient in maintaining their sites. Focus is on making web sites that are simple and easy to navigate rather than overloaded with graphics.

Experience

Over 25 years in the computer industry with expertise in numerous programming languages including Python, Perl, PHP, Javascript, MySQL, Modula2, Fortran, Bliss, Lisp, C, Mumps, and various assembly and scripting languages.

2000 - to date

Self-employed consultant, Albuquerque, NM

1990-2000

Assistant Vice President, Technology sector
Bank of New York,   New York, NY

  • Created and implemented an online documentation center on the company intranet. This included creating a training course and a manual for authoring HTML documentation. 
  • Chief troubleshooter and manager for VAX and Alpha technical support team.
  • Coordinated the implementation of clustering across all departments in the bank involving about 300 people.
  • Created and maintained tools and utilities in DCL, Modula2, and LISP.

1986–1990

World Champion
Bridge Professional,   London, UK and New York, NY

  • Represented the UK for an EEU gold medal and a European bronze.
  • Upon return to the USA, my US team won the World Championship.

1980–1985

Assistant Vice President
Banker’s Trust Co,   New York, NY

  • Managed and was chief troubleshooter for a technical support team for VAX and PDP-11 computers (MACRO-11, DCL, Fortran).

1978-1980

Self employed part-time consultant,   New York, NY
  • Part-time contract work in Assembler and Fortran on PDP-11s in order to be a partially stay-at-home mother.

1975-1978

Senior Software Engineer
Digital Equipment Corporation,   New York, NY
  • Troubleshooting and projects in Fortran, MACRO-11, RSX on PDP-11s.

1974-1975

Consultant
AGS Computing Inc,   New York, NY
  • Money Transfer projects: Fortran and MACRO-11 on PDP-11s.

1973-1975

Software Engineer
Digital Equipment Corporation,   Maynard, MA
  • TYPESET-11 project: Assembly language on PDP-11s.

1972-1973

Systems Programmer
AHS Medical Systems,   Woburn, MA

  • Assembly language and MUMPS on PDP-11s.

Education

1972 A.B. cum laude, Fine Arts, Harvard University

  • First program written in Fortran at NSF summer program at Brown University in 1966.

Interests

Bridge, genealogy, gardening, art, digital photography, the Internet.