Bill L. Sparkman

IT Consultant, CEO

Before creating Epiphany Enterprises, Inc., Mr. Sparkman was a Senior Computer Analyst Team Leader for PRC, Inc. The primary task of PRC 's Fairborn office is to provide database and web based applications for the National Air Intelligence Agency (NAIC), United States Air Force.

Mr. Sparkman was responsible for the following projects:

Propositioning: Member of the prototype project determining the future for NAIC's entry and storage of intelligence information. An object oriented design possibly using XML as a basis is being considered. Oracle 8i and Java development will be the basis of this cross platform publishing environment.

Designed and developed XML eXtract. Lead 3 professionals to dynamically create XML instances of databases stored in Oracle. The user selects the database and model they are interested in. XML eXtract creates a DTD from the metadata for the model and populates XML files with data in the model. XML eXtract is written in Java and utilizes JDBC to interface with the Oracle RDBMS.

Designed, presented, and developed a web based Ad Hoc Query Application for the customer. The Ad Hoc Query Application is written in Java and may be run as a stand alone Java application or as an applet within the Netscape Browser. It may be installed to operate in a two tier or three tier mode. Currently, the JDBC interface is customized to access an Oracle RDBMS running on Solaris servers. This application reads metadata to dynamically provide access to new tables and fieldsany time they are updated by the Oracle Administrators.

Designed, presented and developed a PL/SQL application which dynamically creates HTML to relay Electronic Warfare (EW) data that is available. HTML/Forms and JavaScript are also created dynamically by the PL/SQL Procedures.

Researched, proposed, and successfully implemented new Graphics capabilities for the Dynamic Information Operations Decision Environment (DIODE). The application now includes the ability to create graphics for hierarchy charts, flow charts, network diagrams, and digital maps of the world - relaying facility information. Web browsers display these graphics within Generic Logic's GLG Plugin. The graphics are dynamically created from data in an Oracle database. Utilized the talents of five developers during this three-month development effort.

Before Mr. Sparkman worked for PRC, Inc., he was a Special Applications Program Manager for the National Weather Service, Alaska Region. The NWS provides forecasts for Alaska 24 hours/day, 7 days/week. This position was part of the Computer Management Unit which oversees all computer operations for the Region.

Mr. Sparkman was responsible for the following Special Applications and Projects:

Data Distribution (DD) - Designed and developed a RPC/XDR client/server application, written in C. DD delivers information about the availability of Hydro/Meteorological (H/M) data to any number of servers via the TCP/IP protocol. The Alaska Region sends and receives data via X.25, serial and network communications. These data are initially stored in Flat Files on UNIX systems. DD is the service by which the notification of every file is delivered to the data servers on the network.

LP Modification - Researched and modified the standard UNIX LP Spooler. The Alaska Region has been able to use the Spooler to prioritize and sequentially process H/M data at the Regional Head Quarters and at the Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau Forecast Offices.

Alaska Incident Response System (AIRS)-- The Alaska Region via AIRS now has the ability to communicate via INMARSAT Satellites to remote LANs for the delivery of data to meteorologist in emergency situations. Researched , configured and documented all communications, networking and UNIX configurations required. AIRS team members were awarded the NOAA Administrator's Award on December 10, 1996. For more information contact Mobile Telesystems Inc. about their TCS-Ultralite product line: www.mti-usa.com.

ARONET: Initial creation, development and installation of operational HP/UX data and application servers for the Anchorage Forecast Office, Alaska Regional Headquarters and CWSU.

Co-developed HP/UX Internet Server to deliver Alaska products to CoastWatch program, WWW Home Page (www.alaska.net/~nwsar), Alaska Division of Emergency Services (ADES) and the Alaska Region's Anonymous FTP server.

Mr. Sparkman was a contributing author to the following papers:

1996: Distribution of Weather Service Data in Today's Computing Environment.. 12th Preprints, 12TH International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology. American Meteorological Society, Atlanta, GA., 51-54

Kelley, H.L, J. Dragomir, W. Sparkman, 1996: Development Efforts and Operations of RISC based laptops for Remote Locations. Preprints: 12TH International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology. American Meteorological Society, Atlanta, GA. 47-51.

Dragomir, J.H, W. Sparkman, and H.L. Kelley, in press: Alaska Incident Response System forecast support and development in 1996. 13th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology. 12.5 AMS, Long Beach CA., 2-7 February, 1997.

Hufford, G.L., H.L. Kelley, W. Sparkman, and R. Moore, in press: Use of real-time multi-satellite and radar data to support forest fire management. Weather and Forecasting. Preprints: 13TH International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology. American Meteorological Society, City, St., page. September 1998.