John E. Selvage
President, Selvage Custom Software
12607 Kirkham Road
Louisville, KY 40299
(502) 267-3681
"Uniquely qualified to apply engineering-based solutions to database-management and Internet-interface challenges"
Technical Skills
- Software
"C", APPX (4GL), Progress (4GL), MS Access, HTML, FORTRAN, Speed II (4GL), MS SQL, CodeBase, xBase, Basic, COBOL, Pascal
- Platforms
HP9000, RS6000, PCx86, Vax/VMS, Wang VS, HP100 (Palmtop)
- Operating Systems
UNIX (HPUX, AIX, etc.), Windows 95/98/NT/3.x,, DOS, VMS, Wang VS OS
- Applications
Accounting (General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable), EDI, Internet-related training & development, Inventory Management, Payroll, Image Processing (Automatic Target Recognition and Optical Character Recognition),
Telephony, Publication, Recruitment, Association Management, Product Distribution, Healthcare, Parallel Processing, Neural Network Applications
Professional Experience
President, Selvage Custom Software (1993 - Present)
Owner of a computer consulting company contracted to clients in Louisville KY, Chicago IL, and Alpena MI. Provide wide range of services including operations consultant, systems analyst, database management, and employee training. Presently
employing (2) full-time consultants and (3) part-time subcontractors. Clients include several Fortune 500 companies, including Kentucky Fried Chicken, Mitsubishi Corporation, and United Parcel Service.
Senior Consultant, Kennedy & Associates (1989 - 1993)
Consultant with a Richmond, VA based company serving primarily 4GL clients across the country.
Senior Engineer, Martin Marietta Orlando Aerospace (1986 - 1989)
Senior Consultant for defense contractor, working in areas such as automatic target recognition, optical character recognition, visual inspection systems.
MIS Director, Americall Systems (1985 - 1986)
Responsible for ALL computer-related services for local long distance carrier.
Engineering Intern, International Business Machines (1982 - 1984)
Worked in a variety of areas, including development of operating system router software (370 Assembler), Information Center representative (including training classes for high-level management
employees), and software tester for Quiet-Writer and Wheel-Writer series of typewriters.
Independent Contractor (1981 - 1985)
Provided a variety of services to several Louisville-area companies. Highlights include a graphical interface for the Humana Heart Institute's Artificial Heart Program and development of
practice-based medical billing package.
Publications
- Selvage, J.E., Chenoweth, D.L., and Gold, V.E., "Geometric Feature Extraction Using the Chord Transformation," Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE Aerospace Applications Conference, Snowmass, CO, 3-10 February 1996.
- Selvage, J.E., Chenoweth, D.L., and Cooper, B.E., "Detecting Man-Made Objects in Aerial Reconnaissance Images," Proceedings of the SPIE Optical Engineering and Aerospace Sensing Conference, Orlando, FL, 1993.
- Gold, V.E., Chenoweth, D.L., and Selvage, J.E., "Image Segmentation Using Modified Neural Network Techniques," Proceedings of the 1996 IS&T / SPIE Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science & Technology, San Jose, CA, 27 January - 2 February
- Chenoweth, D.L., Cooper, B.E., and Selvage, J.E., "Aerial Image Analysis Using Fractal-Based Models," Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE Aerospace Applications Conference, Vol 2, pp. 277-285, Snowmass, CO, 4-11 February 1995.
- Cooper, B.E., Chenoweth, D.L., and Selvage, J.E., "Fractal Error for Detecting Man-Made Features in Aerial Images," IEE Electronics Letters, pp. 554-555, March 1994.
Education
Candidate for Ph.D., Computer Science & Engineering (1991 - Present)
University of Louisville
Master of Engineering, Engineering Math and Computer Science (1984 - 1987)
University of Louisville
Graduated with High Honors
Bachelor of Science, Engineering Math and Computer Science (1981 - 1984)
University of Louisville
Graduated with High Honors