RESUME

Mitchell David Waite

Experience

1999–2001                            Tenlights.com LLC

Chief Executive Officer

·     Launched RavenQuote stock charting software.

·     Increased sales of RavenQuote to $0.5 million.

·     Added 750 customers paying $40/mo in 3 months.

·     Designed and constructed Web site Tenlights.com.

 

Sausalito, CA

 

1990–1996                            Waite Group Press, Inc.

Publisher and CEO (see sample books)

·     Increased sales from 0 to $10 million in five years.

·     Managed 30 employees,

·     Published 30 computer books per year.

·     Sold to Simon and Schuster for $10 million.

 

Corte Madera, CA

 

1977–1996                           The Waite Group, Inc.

Author and CEO

·     Wrote 25 computer books under my own imprint.

·     Worked with 15 publishers.

·     Expanded writing team from 2 to 50 authors.

·     Signed 15-book $1-million contract with NAL.

 

Mill Valley, CA

 

1975–1977                            Digital Telephone Systems

Technical and Freelance writer

·     Wrote manuals for Codec-based digital PBX systems

·     Received company’s highest award for technical writing.

·     Developed Installers training course.

 

Ignacio, CA
 

1971–1973                            Inner Space Electronics

Electronic Technician

·     Designed microvolt level EEG biofeedback amplifiers.

·     Silk-screening and photo fabrication for printed circuits.

·     Wrote and published first article for Popular Electronics.

 

Berkeley, CA

1968–1971                            Physics Dept, College of Marin

Electronic Lab Technician

·     Maintenance & calibration of oscilloscopes, ph meters, etc.

·     Design and construction of instrumentation interface circuits.

·     Surplus equipment renovation.

 

Kentfield, CA
 

 1964–1965                            Western Electric Co  

Telephone Installer

·     Installation and testing of telephone switching equipment.

·     Cable running, soldering, mainframe installation & alignment.

Sunnyvale, CA

Education

1971–1975                            Sonoma State University 

·     B.S., Nuclear Physics.

·     GPA 3.85.

 

1968–1971                            College of Marin    

·     Associate of Science in Physical Science and Math.

·     GPA 3.85.

 

1967–1968                             Healds Engineering College

·     Electronic theory in AC and DC circuits, radio & TV repair

·     Solid State and digital electronics.

·     GPA 4.00. 

 

Rohnert Park, CA

 

Kentfield, CA

 

San Francisco, CA

Skills

 

Engineering

·     Analog Instrumentation

·     Digital Electronics

 

Programming

·     Visual Basic, JavaScript, Java, C++, C, HTML

·     Solid State and digital electronics.

 

Web Design

·     HTML, XML, FrontPage, PageMill, Dreamweaver

·     Flash, Swish

 

Page and Graphics Design

·     Photoshop, PageMaker, Freehand, Quark Xpress

 

Digital Video

·     Final Cut Pro

 

Stock Market

·     Stock Trading, Options, Naked Puts

Interests

Computers, swimming, hiking, cooking, Zen, biofeedback future studies

Licenses

1st Class FCC Radiotelephone

 
Sample of Books Authored, Coauthored and Published
The Waite Group's C++ Primer Plus
by Stephen Prata (Paperback - September 1998)
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Other Editions: Paperback | All Editions
The Waite Group's Object-Oriented Programming in C++
by Robert Lafore, Waite Group (Paperback - December 1998)
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Waite Group's Visual Basic Source Code Library
by Brian Shea, et al (Paperback)
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars
The Waite Group's C Primer Plus
by Stephen Prata
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

 
The Waite Group's Unix System V Primer
by Mitchell Waite, et al (Paperback - July 1992)
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
  UNIX Primer Plus, Third Edition (Other Waite Group)
by Stephen Prata, et al (Paperback)
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.3 out of 5 stars
Samba Primer Plus (Other Waite Group)
by Matt Gillard (Paperback - March 2000)
Not Yet Published
The Waite Group's Visual Basic 6 How-To
by Eric Brierley, et al (Paperback - October 1998)
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars
Waite Group's Visual Basic 6 Database How-To
by Eric Winemiller (Editor), et al (Paperback - August 1998)
Avg. Customer Rating: 2.8 out of 5 stars

See 80 Waite Group titles.