John Donohue Work History 1998 - 2002 Pacoima, CA AnWright Corporation              (Use the Back Button To Return)

AnWright Corporation is a parts manufacturing subcontractor to Aerospace located in Los Angeles. I consulted on tech matters there for ten years and on a full-time basis for the past four. The extraordinary fountainhead of this corporation, Mr. Lloyd Anderson, consented to write a letter attesting to my value, linked here. He is available at (818) 896-2465.     AnWright was a complex and exhaustive IT implementation. I designed and engineered an integrated accounting and production control system running on a database file server system. Besides full-blown accounting, this program included an expert system in quotation, capturing the half-century wisdom of Mr. Anderson's method. Also, full quality control compliance with ISO9000, EDI, job cost, shop floor tracking and inventory/shipping/receiving. This large application is running on a 21 node ethernet LAN under FoxPro and is robustly multi-user with vast data validation in place. The entire application is unified by a consistent and attractive GUI to facilitate interaction with the system by traditionally non-computer-knowlegable factory workers.     I designed a site, http://www.toolingballs.com for an interesting product proprietary to AnWright, 'tooling balls.'     In addition to the complex IT mission, I became de facto letter writer and de-obfuscation functionary for Mr. Anderson, as well as sounding board and targeted task facilitator. An example of this last was the running of the YR2000 accountability, both upwards to our customers and downwards to our vendors. I did personal research projects and traveled as representative of the company more than once.

What is required to write control software? The designer must grasp the essence of enterprise: capital wisely deployed in pursuit of profit. Everything must emerge from that understanding. I comprehend the dynamics of capitalism on a meta level, and this wisdom is brought to bear in every interaction regarding business. Additionally, the AnWright contract required successful leadership of a multitudinous personnel pool consisting of every age, race, sex, nationality, personality and skill level -- precisely the leadership challenge one must expect to encounter in a vital enterprise in Southern California. I do not hesitate to state that I possess the character for this human leadership role on an advanced level of excellence. Accomplishing this ambitious project, essentially a long series of rollouts demanding brainstorming, research, modeling, rigorous technical implementation and challenging human interactions, is my premier demonstration that I am qualified to be a Manager of New Venture prototypes and realizations at IdeaLab.