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I started at ADR as an SE in the Paramus NJ office in Nov 1980. I moved to Princeton in 1989
where I worked for Mike Fields as National Operation Manager. I stayed on through the CA acquistion. I accepted
a transfer with CA from Princeton to Dallas on 4/1/1989. I stayed until January of 1993. |
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I worked out of the Cleveland office from 1982 to 1992. I survived 4 years with CA before
the told me I didn't fit the mold, I still consider that to be a compliment. |
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Joined ADR in the fall of 1979. Working with the ADR Services group under Bill Cox, I was part of a technical team that developed applications that executed under Datacom/DB. During my 10-years with ADR, I worked as an Application developer, a Datacom/DBA, a Technical Team Lead on migrating Datacom/DB from an IBM Mainframe to a Honeywell mini-computer rewriting Assembler code into Pascal. When Computer Associates acquired ADR, I once again was thrust back into a Team Lead role for their Services organization (CA Services, Inc.) working directly with the Datacom/DB product line. I am still working with CA as a Delivery Manager, in the Technical Services (CATS) organization and oversee one of the largest contracts in the Services division (US Customs Service now renamed Department of Homeland Security - Bureau of Customs and Border Protection). |
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Nice to see so many familiar names... ages ago... a kind of reunion in cyber space. Interesting... I joined ADR-Germany on March 1, 1985 - stayed at CA since November 1, 1988 - and it still is fun working in the Datacom area. A lot has changed but I am very glad that it is continuously improved and still is the fastest DBMS around! It is a pity that I lost track of so many colleagues that left the company. Maybe I can meet them this way again! |
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I worked in the training department creating computer-based training from 1984 to 1989 when I couldn't take CA anymore. Worked at Merrill Lynch for 11 year and now freelancing. |
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I worked for Insyte Datacom from 1977 to 1978 when ADR acquired them. My role at Insyte and ADR until 1980 was a Technical Service Rep. I then went into sales in 1980 and moved from Dallas to Houston. I worked for ADR through the Ameritech acquisition and the CA acquisition as well. I left CA in 1991 and spent the next 12 years at Information Builders, Compuware, Candle and Sun Microsystems. I am currently unemployed, so if anyone is looking for someone in the Dallas area, please call me. (4-4-04) |
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I started at ADR in 1983 and left CA in 1990. I look forward to hearing from any of the ADR folks... A reunion would be great! |
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I was with Compass, the subsidiary in Wakefield MA. I had a lot of good friends down at ADR corporate, mostly in finance. I'll write more later. Hello to those who remember me and Compass. |
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I started at ADR in 1984 on the OS/Look development staff. Relocated to the Atlanta sales
office in 1986 where I continued to work on LOOK development through that fateful day in 1990 when CA purged many
of the participants in the Rumor bulletin board. To Sanjay, I'll reiterate my question of that morning... "Did
you find anything interesting?" |
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I joined ADR in 1981, coming from Amdahl where I was a Field Software Engineer in Tulsa. I
worked on LOOK as a developer from then until the Rumor purge in 1990. |
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My life related to ADR started in the UK in 1978 when I joined CAP-CPP, the then distributor
of ADR products in Europe. When I started our offices were in Lambs Conduit street in central London, After a few
years we moved out to Richmond and then in 1984? to Hitchin, about 35 north of London. When I started, I was in
sales for a few years with people like Richard Tebbits, Ed Kanaurous, Paul Clem and others, selling the general
products (remember those). Then in the Hitchin Days, after the ADR acquisition of Insight, I started selling Datacom,
still have fond memories of Orrin Stevens spending a few days with us "training" how to do it - I guess
it worked quite well, as in one year (1987?) in the UK we sold 18 Datacoms against Cullinet's 1.... Then in 1988,
Ad de Graaf - with less fond memories of Denny Streigel - asked me to go and work for him in Princeton, a chance
I jumped at, and have never looked back since. As fortune would have it, I am now with IBM, running the Web services/SOA
strategy for the WebSphere brand - CICS of the 21st century... |
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Thank you for doing this! What a neat idea. ADR was more my family and life than my family
and my life, for a lot of years. What an adventure! |
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I worked at ADR from December 1981 until March 1989. I worked as a proofreader and production
coordinator in the Publications Department, as a junior techinical writer on the Roscoe staff, and senior techinical
writer on the Product Services staff. |
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Much deserved & long overdue thanx to Steve for creating & maintaining this site! |
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Great site. I enjoyed reading about the good times at ADR. I worked as a Computer Operator from 1986 through the dreaded Data Center closure in 1990. What a sad day. I continued to work at CA as a Tech Support Rep until I left in 1998 to work for Money Access Service. I am now a Systems Engineer working for First Data Corp in Wilmington. |
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ADR was a very special experience...the names database brings back lots of great memories...I live in New Hope,PA...still in the software business. ADR 1969 to '88 |
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Finally managed to get hired at ADR in December 1986 |
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I consider it a very good idea to come, at least elctronically, together again after all these
years. |
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I was the sales manager for ADRI, and worked there from 1983-1989. Since then I started a
mobile financial services company. See the website www.b2emobile.com |
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Worked for ADR from 1975-1980 in the Houston office. Was the 2nd Technical Support Representative
in Houston replacing Yvonne Schick when she moved into sales. Was promoted to Regional Technical Coordinator Region
3 (followed Sue Byxbee). 5 years of travel did me in! It was a great job! |
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Them was some GOOD TIMES! I never had so much fun at work and still see several of my friends from ADR. I would like to be added to the list and would be glad to have my email address included. I will be looking for pictures to add to the website. I have a few incriminating ones from Paramus branch Christmas parties I think. Thanks for doing this! |
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I'm out in Santa Barbara, CA, still doing software development. |
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It was great to hear about this website! I was with Vollie from late 1979 until the CA acquisition, then worked mainly on Product Integration Group, until I left in 1993. Then worked with Legent until 1995, then went with Lotus just before it became part of IBM. Am married again, retired, and living in Bordentown City, and loving my life. |
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GRIGGSTOWN - Mike Guzik passed away on Sunday [September 9, 2007 ] of complications from lung
cancer. Born in New York, he was a Griggstown resident for 37 years and was a life member of the Griggstown Volunteer
Fire Company, serving as recording secretary for over 20 years. Beloved husband to the late Britt Guzik and son
of Pearl and Leo Guzik, he is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Peter and Alexandra |
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What a HOOT!!! Nice to see that the old guard is still guarding the memories of what for me
were my best years in DP or IT or MIS or whatever. |
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Just found this web site and was amazed to see some of the old names. I first started working for ADR in 1985 as developer for DSGEN. I later was laid off after the takeover by CA but was hired back 6 weeks later as a level 2 Datacom-DB, DR support person. I then progressed backward to level 1 support. And worked in the Los Colinas, Tx office until 1992. I have continued to work as a Datacom-DBA since then. Working at ADR was a great time for me. I started in the new building and all the glitch was new to me. Great memories. |
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I worked at ADR from 1984-1988. From 84-88 I worked in the Vienna office as a CSR. I transferred to the San Francisco office in May of 1988. I'm still here in the beautiful city by the bay. |
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Hi! I ran into your website and list of former ADR-niks this morning... I only worked there
for 50 weeks, ending with the day CA laid off so many of us. But I am still in touch with a few people who were
there longer (all from Purchasing), and I will pass your info on to them. I don't know if they will contact you,
but I will let them know about your website. |
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I was with ADR from 1983 until 1988. I hope everyone is well. Hope we can get together in the future. It would be great to hear from people I worked with in Rocky Hill and Dallas. |
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I joined ADR in Dallas in January of 1980 from EDS. I have been working on the Datacom products
ever since except for a one year sabbatical to another company. I feel privileged to have known and work with the
people of ADR. My best wishes to all. |
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March, 2004 - I had a great time with ADR which started in 1979,
had several sales management positions. The latest was Sales Director Central Europe (Holland , Belgiun, Germany,
Austria and Switzerland).Left with the CA take over. |
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Worked at ADR from 1979-2001, in the Support Center, |
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I just dropped in searching for some old friends. |
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I was working for ADR with the agent in Norway, called Effektiv Databehandling owned by Nils Nilsson. The company where based on the agency and did not do well after CA bougth ADR in 1987. I work for IBM now and will work out of Somers this autumn. I actually looked up Michelle Mazzeo. It would have been so fun to meet here again. Anybody who can help? |
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This is so cool! Talk about bringing up the fondest memories of my ADR family. I was a TSR in the Atlanta office late seventies and GSM with MS. Valdez and MS Prazuch, what a hoot, Iris danced and Sue and I cheered on. I am currently in Perdido Key Florida. Still looking for what it is that I will be when I grow up. |
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Began with ADR in 1985, was let go when CA purchased us in 1988 and rehired 8-weeks later. Have been with CA's Advantage Datacom/DB Database line of products ever since! |
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Joe Lamantia It would be fun to see some of the folks who used to inhabit this remarkable company. I really
never fully appreciated how great a place it was to work until I experienced others such as C.A. |
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I was at ADR from 1984 on. I was a Datacom consultant/installer/educator in the Chicago office
and stayed with CA through 1990 when I foolishly let myself be seduced by a fly by night outfit called MFJ International
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I worked for ADR as the level 2 support manager for some of the Datacom products in Dallas from 1/1985 until acquired by CA in late 1988. I continued to work for CA until Sept 2000 when I went to work for IBM. My personal email is Incline100 at hotmail.com |
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I was at ADR in the Dallas sales office as a TSR. (I can't remember the year I started...early
1980's. 1982?). In 1985 I moved to Princeton to work on the IDEAL Support Staff. In 1987 I took a leave of absence
to have a baby and never made it back. |
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I used to be Sue Goldberg. I was at ADR from 1976 - 1979 -worked as the Resident TSR, then on the Vollie team. I went to Mathematicaaka Martin Marietta, aka On-line Software aka CA then was dumped like many others. |
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I was employed at ADR from July 1984 until February, 1990 (after CA acquisition). I was first a :Level I Support Tech under Chip Hull. I then was a staff consultant for Dwight Mundwiler for Dataquery/Datareporter products and finally a QA Engineer after the CA takeover. |
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I was with ADR, The ADROIT Group, from mid 1983 until about 6 months after the Vikings conquered
us in 89. I will be digging out some pictures and sending them out. |
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72 Linvale Road Ringoes, NJ 08551 609-466-4457 908-500-0621 cell |
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Alvin G. McNair, 46, of Lawrenceville met his Lord and Savior on Monday, March 23, 2009. This man of God leaves behind his wife of 24 .5 years, Karla Burley McNair, and four children whom he loved unconditionally, Kari (21), Zachary (Zack - 19), Kassidy (14), and Kamaron (12). Born in Newburgh, NY, and a former resident of Fremont, MI, Alvin had been an area resident most of his life. He graduated from Purdue University, Class of 1985, with a degree in computer science. Alvin took great joy in the lives of his children by watching and sometimes coaching them in softball, field hockey, soccer, wrestling, football, track, basketball and was looking forward to lacrosse. His wife and children will miss him tremendously as husband, father, coach, and cheerleader. He was an active member of Central Baptist Church as a deacon, leader of Men's Ministries, Stockade Ranger, and Sunday School teacher. Alvin was a man after God's own heart and wanted to demonstrate a Christian example to each person he met. He served with Capital Track Officials as a timer and starter for high school track, his first love. He was an avid golfer and a world class track athlete. Alvin is also survived by his mother, Geraldine Harris McNair; four brothers, Timothy McNair and his wife, Nicole, of Atlanta, GA, Christopher McNair and his wife, Latisha, Patrick McNair and his fiancée, Tara Robinson, and Nicholas McNair, and several nieces and nephews all from North Carolina. He is also survived by a very dear half brother, James Henry and his wife, Johnny Mae, of Florida and their children. He was loved and is greatly missed by his mother-in-law, Virginia Scott, and sister-in-law, Charlene Edwards of Indiana. He was predeceased by his father, Henry Alvin McNair. |
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Brings back fond memories. Started October 24, 1984 in Video Training/Tech Writing on Datacom. Part of the CA layoff, but they called 5 weeks later to come back. Now I am manager of tech writing for CA India in Hyderabad, India. |
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I began my career with ADR in 1981 as a TSR in the Atlanta office.In 1982 I began working
on the U.S. Army Project VIABLE in the Vienna office. Project VIABLE defined my ADR career. I left in 1990 before
the CA acquisition. |
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If anyone is passing through Bedminster NJ, give me a call. office 908-306-7273 |
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Don & Linda O'Donnell (formerly Linda Siroky) My husband and I are both former ADR employees (it's where we met), and would love to be included
on your roster. We have wonderful memories of our time at ADR and have never enjoyed working anywhere else nearly
as much. Thanks for putting this together! |
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This is fantastic! Freddi Leighton and Rob McGrath told me about this site. I was a member
of the IDEAL product staff and I have great memories of Princeton. My now 15-year-old "baby" still has
the beautiful quilt made for him by the "Ideal-ists!" Wow ... time sure flies. |
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I was at ADR from 1976 until the CA takeover in 1988. I worked International from '76 through
'79, Vienna region sales from '80 through '82, DB sales support Vienna, National Accounts Tech Manager Paramus
and finally Datacom consulting. There are a ton of memories from the Fox, Rocky Hill Inn, Vienna office, Paramus
office, HQ, Dallas, overseas trips and especially the people. Years after leaving, I married another ex-ADR person,
Carol Carrozza and we now have a wonderful son, Devon. |
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I have often wondered where all the ADR people went. They are some of the finest people I
have ever worked with and it would sure be nice to have an avenue for tracking there whereabouts. |
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I started at ADR in 1980 and I am currently still employed by CA, Inc. who acquired us back in 1988. I am an Operations Director for North America Presales. I see you have my name listed in the ADR 1988 listing. My position back than was actually eMail/Ideal Level II Support. I was previously a member of the Vollie Support Staff and you have Anthony Ruggieri listed as well who should have been listed under Systems Dept. |
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I worked at Compass from 1970 to 1990, mostly doing DARPA-sponsored research in operating systems and compilers. I am now a full-time student in Physics at Northeastern University, finishing up a thesis in biophysics. Mostly I do computer simulations of nanomotors as they toil along despite being bashed repeatedly by random thermal events. Sounds like life! My wife and I are gradually moving from Lexington, Massachusetts to our retirement home near Stowe, Vermont. Our son David goes to Tufts. I have many fond memories of working with the people at Compass/ADR. |
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Worked in Houston office 1973-1980. Tech support, sales and region manager. Many fond memories. Moving to Austin, TX in June 2004. Wiser in my old age. |
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Hired by Wick in 1967 as a programmer right out of programming school. Worked for ADR until 1972 at which time I moved to California to work for then former ADR President, Dick Jones (now deceased by the way). My first job at ADR was to format text into the decision symbol for Honeywell Autoflow. I eventually rewrote the three Autoflow main processing modules. My first office-mate was Mike Guzick. I will send more info later. |
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STEPLER, III, , WILLIAM "BILL" Of Garland, passed away November 20, 2006 in Dallas. Born April 18, 1955 in Camden, New Jersey. A software consultant with U.S.A. Consulting. Bill was a loving and caring person and enjoyed helping others. He spent time helping to get donations of crayons and toys for Childrens Medical Center. Bill was proud to serve as a referee for the North Texas Soccer Association. Bill loved his family and will be loved and missed by them. Times will be remembered of him driving "Ms. Molly" and feeding "Buffy" roast beef. Bill is survived by his wife, Linda Stepler; sons, Billy Stepler & wife Pat, Warren Spenser Stepler & wife Jennifer, and Baby Spot; parents, Bill & Jo Stepler; sisters, Joann Stepler, Kathy Rappold, Michele Pritchard; brother, Wayne Stepler; and numerous nieces & nephews. |
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Reads or during conversations about ADR then must have had style and culture which other companies
are missing the company if after such long time joy still arises. |
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I worked at ADR/CA from 1981-2005, then after almost 25 years, CA decided I wasn't needed any longer. Well, I finally found the light at the end of the tunnel. I was re-united with my friends and have a great job at Princeton Softech. |
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I worked at ADR from 64 to 77, part time for the first 8 years, full time for the rest. Since
then I've banged around, mostly in hardware at DEC, and now at Sun. |
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I had 10 delightful years at ADR, starting in 1978 as a MetaCobol consultant, becoming a Datacom
consultant (what fun that was!), ending up as a National Accounts Manager, where I got to know my wife, Carole,
who's still at SUNY-Albany. The alumni list has so many people I worked with and really admired. It was great to
have all those good memories revived. |
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Worked with ADR-Europe in the Kloten, Switzerland office from 1982 through 1989 as a secretary, office administrator and marketing assistant. Married Wes Thielke in 1987. Now living in Hillsborough, NJ. |
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I was with ADR from 1978 through 1992 (yes, until after the CA acquisition). I worked on the ETC and eMAIL development staff in Princeton. In 1985, I moved to ADR's European headquarters in Kloten, Switzerland, but continued to work as a developer for Princeton.I married Franesca Benzoni, who was a secretary, office administrator and marketing assistant in the European office. Now living in Hillsborough, NJ, and working for Broadbeam Corporation, which was founded in 1988 by another ex-ADR person-- Boris Fridman. |
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John Viescas I was at ADR from 1982 until 1988. I was Development Manager for Datacom/DB, Product Manager for Datacom/DB and Datadictionary, and Field Consultant in the Pacific Northwest when my wife accepted a job at Microsoft. I left ADR when CA took over and worked 5 years at Tandem Computers as the west coast Technical Marketing Manager for NonStop SQL. I started my own consulting business in 1993 and have written more than 10 books, most on Microsoft Access and SQL. (SQL Server still doesn't have the index load balancing that Joe Lynn invented for Datacom/DB |
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Most may remember me as Sandy Mark. Joined ADR in 1977 as a CSR out of the "New York" office (which later located to Paramus). Later transferred to Princeton to the Education Department, until CA took over then had me on the Roscoe staff and then writing CBTs using ADROIT. Finally left in 1991. It is great to see so many familiar names, this site is a wonderfull idea. |
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Barry Walter I worked at ADR from 1983 - 1988. Marty Goetz hired me to bring computer-based-training into
ADR. |
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Still in Cleveland and working with a start up. My kids are grown. Still married to Maggie.
Would love to hear from some of the sales guys and if you are ever in Cleveland during the summer the fishing is
great on my boat the Osprey. Lake Erie has cleaned up significantly and walleyes and steelhead abound. |
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ADR was a great experience for me, as a young technician. After building technical skills
at University Computing in Dallas, I joined ADR in Dallas in 1989 on the Datacom team. Those days bring fond memories,
as we worked hard to bring inverted list technology into the relational model. I worked with a great team of people
in the Dallas office and enjoyed it very much. After 5 years my wife wanted to return to New Jersey and I was lucky
to receive a transfer to Princeton. I spent another 5 years with the company until it was sold to CA. After leaving
ADR I joined TSI International as VP of Operations and helped to develop their EDI & mapping technology. Following
a short stay at TSI, I joined Harbinger in Atlanta Georgia. Harbinger was an emerging company in EDI and Electronic
Commerce. That was a lot of fun as we were growing the company and eventually it went public. In 2003 I had enough
fun and decided to retire from IT. I purchased a commercial HVAC and electric service company and am having fun
(again) growing a very small company; in a completely different market. You can read about the company under www.peands.com.
Now in Atlanta 11 years I have a small home surrounded by horse farms and find pleasures in country life. My hobbies
are Sporting Clays and I take customers out and key employees have a bi-annual outing. You can check out the last
outing under http://peands.com/internal/CR/CR.html |
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Greetings to all ex-ADRers! Began working for Dick Pace in ADRSI in Jan 1984. Worn many hats: new product devl., new release QA, Support, onsite Project Manager at FDIC data center, Y2K Project Manager, Customer Relations Organization. Currently am a Customer Advocate in the CA Austin, Texas office. |
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Although I was a client using the ADR products from 1985 (Vollie, Librarian, MetaCOBOL, Datacom
and Ideal) and spent some time at the Hitchin office on training courses, I did not actually join the "ADR"
support team until 1989, by which time it was part of CA. The ADR team was like a company within a company in CA
for many years. At the time I joined all my colleagues were ex-ADR and of course I spent many weeks in both the
Princeton and Dallas offices over the years I was with CA. |
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ADR was a special time; glad to see this website. I was hired just as CBS was being introduced
in 1983 and became "Mr. CBS" as its developer. Later, I helped develop SQL. I left for a couple of years
to work on INGRES, and then back to Datacom in Level 2 support. Last year I became one of two Level 2 Support Managers.
Looks like I may be adding XML to the CBS and SQL list of products very soon. |
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I was at Compass from 1969 - 1991. My web site is http://wolfberg.net Use your browser's back button to get back here. |
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I am currently working at a software house called Flashline, Inc that has an IT asset management
tool. Personal contact information: (added 3-11) This is a fantastic idea, great virtual meeting place for us ADRers. I joined
ADR in 1981 and was there through the CA acquisition in 1988. I was based out of Cleveland, Princeton and spent
time in D.C. while at ADR. I supported the ADR products in the field for CA until 1996. |
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In 1966 Wolf Research and Development lost or did not get renewed several NASA contracts in their Houston
office. They decided to keep their staff by not giving raises, and management took pay cuts. As a result Jerry
Wellen left their College Park, MD office, and became a manager at ADR. I got a job at Vitro, but left two months
later because they materially misrepresented the job (gofer instead of programming), and Jerry got me to work in
the Arlington, VA office. I worked on a number of government contracts (7094 data extraction at Goddard Space Flight
Center; plotting software for Federal Reserve, some Navy yard work). I met Mike Guzik when he was assigned to manage
an AUTOFLOW contract for NASA/Goddard; this started as a four person project, but one programmer, Don Jordan, was
hospitalized and dropped out. The fourth person was a young woman (Lucy ?) hired to produce the documentation,
but she never talked to us or asked for anything, and spent most of her time on the phone - she disappeared not
too long after. Mike decided he would handle the program input and main logic, and I would produce the output (Stromberg-Carlson
4020, and a coarser printer version). We finished the nine month project in six, and I believe that this is when
Mike got the idea for the Librarian (yes, I've read Marty's alternate history) because he was commuting from Princeton
weekly with several boxes of cards (he was also working on a sort for the NSA/Stretch). Mike told me that Marty
didn't see the need for the Librarian, and that he grudgingly gave Mike a year to work on it only after Mike threatened
to quit. Needless to say, six months later Mike had a preliminary version and several paying customers, and it
took off from there. The other thing I haven't seen mentioned is how Mike got into programming - he was a professional
truck driver who was injured (not his fault), and had to take up something else. |
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