Who we are ...

Richard ("Rick") L. High

Current work

As a trainer since 1985, and self-employed since 1986, Rick has been involved in many projects, including:

• Writing course materials to be used by other instructors in the business, featuring DB2, IMS, CICS, COBOL, Oracle, and MS SQL Server
• Teaching classes for companies such as Pepsico, JCPenney, Neiman Marcus, State of Mississippi, Harris Bank, Cigna, and Pacific Life.

Prior background and experience

2001-present: Dallas, Texas

Integrity Technology Solutions - Founder; software consulting and training with primary emphasis in systems design, DB2, and Oracle.

1986-2001: Dallas, Texas

High Technologies - President; technical training, solutions development. Rick founded the company then sold it to a Boston firm and continued to serve as President.

1984-1986: Dallas, Texas

Shared Financial Systems - Development manager, involved in design, code, test, and implementation of CICS-IMS/DB Customer Information system; DBA support; instructor to client programming staff on CICS and IMS.

1981-1984: Dallas, Texas

Zales Corporation - Lead Analyst, involved in design, code, test, and implementation of CICS-IMS/DB systems for Purchase Order Management, Transfers Systems, and more.

1979-1981: Dallas, Texas

Gibbs and Hill - Development Manager; technical work included establishing and RJE site linked to an IBM 3033 running under MVS using TSO, CICS, and TONE; management responsibilities included budgeting, work scheduling, data entry staff supervision, and monitoring on-line system.

1977-1979: Fort Wayne, Indiana

Wire Manufacturing - Programmer, DOS IMS maintenance, telephone support

Education

B.S. Computer Technology, 1977, Purdue University

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