David D. Scribner: Bio / Resume

David Scribner got his start in personal computing back in 1981 when he purchased a Commodore VIC-20 from a friend, plugged it into his TV and couldn't get enough of it. In early 1983 he purchased an IBM-PC, which helped guide him into establishing a professional career in the tech industry shortly thereafter.

Since then he has trained others, consulted, offered technical support and worked as a PC repair technician, system administrator, programmer, managed software stores and districts in the mid-west and southern states, and managed PC retail, service and training departments, most recently focusing once again on network management, system administration and web development.

Scribner has written software for S-100 bus-based systems, Z-80, IBM-PC compatible and Macintosh computers, and specialized in file format conversion, filters and print utilities. From 1985 to 1990, he operated a popular computer bulletin board system, The Pinnacle, in West Texas using the open-source software RBBS.

During his career in the IT industry, he has had the opportunity to work with a variety of operating systems including CP/M, UNIX, Micronix, XENIX, QNX, Macintosh, PC/MS-DOS, Windows and Linux, and a wide selection of personal and mini-computer hardware architectures as well.

In 1985 he developed and taught several beginner, intermediate and advanced courses in DOS, Lotus 123 and WordPerfect at the local ComputerLand where he worked. Scribner continued to teach the beginning DOS classes free to the public for over a year after he left the company in 1986 to pursue his independent practice consulting, programming and training others in using their PCs and software.

After successfully managing software retail stores in Texas in the late '80's he was promoted to district manager where he brought his skills in teaching, managing and technology to his stores. Operating as a district manager into the late '90's allowed David to continue his involvement in the tech industry, yet still enable him to advance his districts to top-performance in the company.

Scribner later served as an assistant manager for a large computer retailer where he managed the training and service centers, assisted customers, managed the store's network, trained fellow associates on various technical issues and repaired or installed upgrades in PCs to decrease turn-around time for the service department.

He has also written several "how-to" articles instructing readers in tweaking software ranging from Lotus 123 and Borland utilities to Linux desktop environments and performing various tasks, solving problems or enhancing the user's experience. The most recent of these articles can be found online at Tuxist.org.

Currently Scribner is operating as an independent under contract and freelance assignments servicing the IT needs of individuals, small and medium businesses with their PCs, networks, system administration, web site authoring, Linux migrations and training, and is active maintaining his memberships with CompTIA IT Professionals and the North Texas Linux Users Group, as well as serving as maintainer for the open-source GNU Privacy Guard FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) and helping out with other open-source projects.

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