Doug Simms

Background

About Doug Simms

CV: From Salisbury, Maryland Virginia Military Institute, BS Chemistry, 1977 Senior thesis on laboratory automation published in the Intel User's Guide for the DEC PDP-8 Air Force and Joint Staff Supply/Fuels Officer, various locations, 1977 - 1990 Aide to Commander/Special Projects, Defense Fuels Supply Ctr, 1979 - 1981 Special projects and logistics, Area 51, NV 1984 - 1987. J-4 Logistics Staff, Petroleum Office, Seoul, Korea. 1987 - 1989 Joint Chief of Staff for Logistics (J-4), Pentagon, 1989 - 1990 Special fuels, logistics and technology projects. Developed Draft Standard and Test Plan for Radio Frequency ID Tags (RFID) as part of the ANSI RFID Tag Committee. This later became the ISO and IEC international standard. Researched Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and techniques for logistics applications. Deputy Program Mgr, Fuels Automation Management System, Gunter AFB, AL, 1990 - 1994 FAMS was a $125 million program that deployed automated gas stations, fuel tank gauges, and a wireless base and wholesale level fuel distribution and accounting system worldwide, accounting for fuel sales of over $4 billion annually. The system was deployed at over 200 bases worldwide and centrally developed/managed at the FAMS Office. Retired from the Air Force, 1994 Adjunct Professor, Auburn University Montgomery, 1995 - 1996 Owner, DNS Computer Services Montgomery, AL, 1995 - current. Builds/hosts/maintains over 45 websites and provides regional computer support. Accomplishments include the State Treasury website and Unclaimed Property Database, automating the process to increase annual returns to citizens from $2 million to over $35 million, while saving in annual operating costs. Also developed/maintained the State Legislature website- Specialties: Website design/hosting/maintenance, computer maintenance (PC and Mac), computer graphics, networking.