Here are some examples of Mr. Gartons' current and recent management and contract administration tasks:

• Advanced Diamond Technologies, Compliance Officer
• Review contract; establish and document polices to assure contractual compliance
• Submit deemed export license applications and shepherd through the process
• Create customized timesheet in Excel to handle payroll and reporting requirements


• Advanced Prairie, Inc., Business Manager
• Advise on business structure and approach
• Manage all aspects of SBIR proposal


• Active Seniors Options
• Organize, market, and manage Expo for Seniors
• Develop and manage web sites


• Caviton
• Prepare invoices
• Create customized indirect cost estimator


• Danville Area Community College
• Write federal proposal for geriatrics workshops
• Manage workshops funded by proposal
• Handle all government invoice submissions and financial paperwork


• H. C. Materials, Inc.
• Prepare for government audits
• Resolve invoice issues
• Quickbooks setup and advice


• Cost-Incurred Reports (ICE Model) to Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) for the following companies:
• Caviton
• H. C. Materials
• Iguana Robotics
• Starfire

Here are some examples of Mr. Garton's work at former places of employment:

At Argus Systems Group, Inc.

• Managed a $1 million+ effort to have software security products evaluated by international certification board (Common Criteria).
• Established quality control and documentation departments; procured and developed tools to reduce time spent in documentation tasks.
• Helped institute and run the Center for Advanced Research in Information Security (CARIS), jointly established by Argus and the University of Illinois. (www.caris.uiuc.edu)

• Established new translation division with initial $2.3 million, 3-year contract; managed Taiwan subcontractor efforts exceeding $700,000.
• Re-engineered operations from department to team structure, eliminating a level of management in division of 32 professional engineers, managers, courseware developers, and support personnel, with annual budget of $1.5 million.
• Reduced overhead expenses from 75% in 1995 to 60% in 1996.
• Returned operations to profitability in 1996 after two previous years of losses.
• Organized, trained, motivated, managed team of 20+ courseware developers to develop 85 hours of interactive multimedia courseware in the Windows environment, meeting or exceeding all project goals (schedule, profitability, quality, asset-building, and customer satisfaction). Budget of $1.1 million over 18 months.

• Organized, trained, motivated, and managed team of 25+ courseware developers to develop entire first-semester chemistry course on MicroPLATO platform. Budget of $600,000.
• Founded and guided regional, 250-member professional group (ACE) for educational computing in the public schools. ACE was the leading professional group in the area for educational computing, with annual conferences, professional institutes, monthly newsletter, public domain software library, and scholarship grant program, and other programs.