Ron Henry:
CLASS OF 1957

Southwest High SchoolClass of 1957
Minneapolis, MN
Lake Harriet Upper Elementary SchoolClass of 1953
Minneapolis, MN
Vance Elementary SchoolClass of 1951
Paris, IL
Roselawn Elementary SchoolClass of 1951
Danville, IL
Audubon Elementary SchoolClass of 1951
Minneapolis, MN
Ron's Story
Life
After having worked in the Computer Software Development Industry since college, I am now developing and managing numerous Web Sites reaching into other entreprenurial areas. Although I have travelled extensively (49 States and over 100 countries), I have lived within a couple of miles of 43rd and Upton since 1950. I have two children, four grandchildren and one hale and hearty parent, all of whom live locally.
1953-2002 Software developer, author, instructor, tester and executive
1955 Developer of early computer assembler
1955 Developer of first commercial use of computers
1958-1965 Co-developer of early compilers
1959-1965 Co-developer of early operating systems
1962-1995 conducted computer science seminars in over 30 states and over 100 countries
1962 Co-developer of early data base management system
1962 Developer of inertial guidance system for Scott Carpenter
1962 author, Documentation & Debugging
1963 developer of early accounting system (think QUICKBOOKS)
1963-1966 Co-Developer of early artificial intelligence system to assign ZIP codes to mailing lists
1964-1966 Co-Developer of Transportation Planning System
1964-1982 Co-developed world's largest and fastest linear programming systems
1964 Developer of early test scoring system (MMPI, SAT et al..)
1965 Co-developer of early software librarian
1966-1969 charter member of MACRO, Control Data group of "outstanding" software developers
1966-1970 Co-Arch...Expand for more
itect of modal splits (freeway/public transit) in Minneapolis, Detroit, Cleveland, San Francisco and Sydney.
1966 Co-architect of Cybernet, forerunner of the Internet linking supercomputers placed around the world
1966-1975 Helped develop supercomputer centers and Cybernet links in New York, Houston, Kansas City, San Francisco, London, Paris, Munich, Sydney, Hong Kong, Budapest, Johannesburg, Ljubljana, Kuwait, Bangkok, Bombay.
1966 earned Certified Data Professional (CDP) designation
1966 Co-Developer, early Virtual Memory System
1966 Author, poem The Ghetto, the File and the A Register
1967 Charter member of Metropolitan Council (Minneapolis/St Paul)
1967 Charter member, Society of Certified Data Professionals
1968 Developer of first spreadsheet package
1968 author, International Telecomputng Systems
1968 Co-developer Civil Engineering system
1971 developed automated income tax system (think TurboTax)
1972 author,Advanced Programming Techniques
1972 author, Documentation Standards
1973 Wrote first programmed instruction manual
1975 Wrote software specifications standard for the Department of Defense
1975 author, Relational Data Bases
1975 author, Structured Programming
1984 Developed automated software testing system
1988-1989 Project manager of the development of a real time accounting system tying together dozens of offices (pre-Internet)
1989-1991 Director of development of data gathering system for STAR WARS
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