Bill Prew on Experts Exchange

Bill Prew

IT / Software Engineering Consultant

United States

Web Page:

https://www.experts-exchange.com/members/billprew.html

Member Since: 2000/07/13

Industry: Computer & IT

Top Skills:

VB Script Windows Batch Scripting Languages

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Points this month170,175

Total points9,402,811

Questions: 10

Solutions: 5817

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Group Discussions: 8

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Senior Member Technical Staff and Information Systems leader with 20+ years experience, able to adapt quickly and leverage a wide range of technology to manage and organize projects and resources effectively. Excellent planning, communication, and problem solving skills, works well with people, performs as a leader or hands on contributor to information projects.

Specialties: Languages: C/C++, VB, Java, COBOL, Fortran, Pascal, Assembler, RPG, AWK, XML, HTML, Progress/4GL, PostScript

Platforms: UNIX, MVS, VMS, MSDOS, IMS, TSO, JCL, OS/400, Windows, NT, XP

Technologies: TCP/IP, DL/1, DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, Progress/DBMS

Tools: MS Office, MS Access, MS Project, FOCUS, SAS, IFPS

Languages

Elementary Proficiency

Level Progress

Current: Level 68

Bill needs 119,189 points to level up.

LVL 69

What do levels mean?

Overall

68

9,402,811
VB Script

39

3,078,430
Windows Batch

31

1,990,622
Microsoft DOS

30

1,883,455
Microsoft Excel

24

1,244,781
Microsoft Office

22

979,926
Scripting Languages

21

956,134
VBA

20

829,224
Windows OS

16

554,794
Programming

16

540,302
Powershell

16

530,796
Shell Scripting

15

473,203
Query Syntax

15

454,251
Microsoft Access

14

428,335
Outlook

14

396,293
SQL

13

375,116
Visual Basic Classic

13

339,975
Windows 7

11

245,414
Microsoft SQL Server

10

237,153
Windows XP

10

213,086
Microsoft Legacy OS

10

203,998
Windows Server 2003

9

177,984
Software

8

153,383
Databases

8

151,592
Windows Server 2008

8

142,280
Windows 10

8

132,108
Microsoft Applications

8

129,284
Visual Basic.NET

7

126,957
Programming Languages-Other

7

125,722
Oracle Database

7

114,284
Microsoft Word

7

112,615
Regular Expressions

7

107,018
C#

7

100,106
HTML

6

92,068
.NET Programming

6

84,493
JavaScript

6

81,702
Spreadsheets

5

69,318
File Sharing Software

5

69,100
Miscellaneous

5

65,947
Exchange

5

64,256
Web Development

5

63,615
Microsoft Server OS

5

61,786
Linux

5

54,691
Active Directory

5

52,384
ASP.NET

5

52,120
Networking

5

50,899
Storage Software

4

49,652
Microsoft Development

4

48,614
ASP

4

48,163
Perl

4

45,367
XML

4

45,039
System Utilities

4

42,484
Office 365

4

39,646
MySQL Server

4

38,782
FTP

4

36,514
Microsoft SQL Server 2005

4

35,968
Email Clients

4

35,914
Operating Systems

4

34,500
Microsoft SQL Server 2008

4

33,314
jQuery

3

31,300
Web Browsers

3

30,625
Security

3

30,050
Storage

3

29,686
Windows Server 2012

3

28,980
IT Administration

3

28,200
System Programming

3

26,647
MultiMedia Applications

3

26,613
PC

3

26,604
Unix OS

3

25,972
Google

3

25,779
JScript

3

25,468
Windows Networking

3

23,193
Java

3

22,369
Math / Science

3

20,730
Web Languages and Standards

3

20,650
Chrome

3

20,550
PostgreSQL

3

20,430
Adobe Acrobat

3

18,600
Digital Audio

3

18,568
Installation

3

18,100
Mainframe Languages

2

17,468
Server Software

2

17,452
Visual C++.NET

2

17,200
Algorithms

2

17,076
Windows 2000

2

16,400
Printers and Scanners

2

16,100
Office Productivity

2

15,796
Project Management

2

15,768
Desktops

2

15,410
Windows Vista

2

15,089
Python

2

14,930
Facebook

2

14,800
C

2

14,700
Email Servers

2

14,699
Social Networking

2

14,554
Office Suites-Other

2

14,546
Internet Explorer (IE)

2

13,850
Internet Marketing

2

13,800
Bootstrap

2

13,750
PHP

2

13,555
SSH / Telnet Software

2

13,450
PDF

2

13,307
Project Management Software

2

13,300
Storage Hardware

2

12,929
Email Software

2

12,800
Enterprise Software

2

12,650
SSRS

2

12,600
Windows Server 2016

2

12,600
Editors IDEs

2

12,564
Linux OS Dev

2

12,564
.NET MVC

2

12,250
Images and Photos

2

12,090
Microsoft PowerPoint

2

11,850
Fonts Typography

2

11,600
Networking Protocols

2

11,484
Web Development Software

2

11,200
Windows 8

2

11,050
Twitter

2

10,900
DB Dev Tools

2

10,868
Experts Exchange

2

10,675
ColdFusion Language

2

10,550
Apple Hardware

2

10,375
Programming Theory

2

10,354
Citrix

2

10,000
Microsoft Visio

2

9,800
DB2

2

9,550
Web Servers

2

9,548
C++

2

9,500
iPad

2

9,475
Microsoft OneNote

2

9,448
Automotive

2

9,300
REST

2

9,050
Multimedia Programming

2

9,014
Microsoft Visual Studio

2

9,000
Linux Distributions

2

8,400
Email Protocols

2

8,299
Microsoft SharePoint

2

8,150
Sales

2

8,150
Document Management

2

8,100
Encryption

2

8,100
SSIS

2

8,050
Apple OS

2

8,025
Hardware

1

7,950
Chat / IM

1

7,750
Microsoft Server Apps

1

7,000
Contact Management

1

6,800
Anti-Virus Apps

1

6,664
CAD/Architecture Software

1

6,600
OCR

1

6,550
iPhone

1

6,475
Cloud Services

1

6,400
Web Applications

1

6,400
Azure

1

6,050
Windows

1

6,050
FileMaker Pro

1

6,000
Word Processors

1

6,000
iOS

1

5,725
Cloud Computing

1

5,550
GIS/GPS Programming

1

5,550
Computer Games

1

5,538
Laptops Notebooks

1

5,450
Web Graphics Software

1

5,350
CSS

1

5,250
DNS

1

5,050
Microsoft IIS Web Server

1

5,000
LINQ Query

1

4,950
Constant Contact

1

4,800
Analytics

1

4,600
Web Services

1

4,550
Network Operations

1

4,300
Firefox

1

4,250
Acronis

1

4,168
Assembly

1

4,160
SSL / HTTPS

1

4,084
Web Components

1

4,050
Golang

1

4,000
Routers

1

4,000
SAP

1

4,000
VMware

1

4,000
Internet Explorer (IE)

1

3,800
Dell

1

3,658
Wireless Hardware

1

3,450
Linux Networking

1

3,400
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

1

3,400
Disaster Recovery

1

3,350
Mainframe OS

1

3,200
Network Analysis

1

3,200
Document Imaging

1

3,068
Mailchimp

1

3,050
Apple Software

1

3,000
CodeTwo

1

3,000
Components

1

3,000
DB Reporting Tools

1

3,000
E-Commerce

1

3,000
Presentation Software

1

3,000
Remote Access

1

3,000
SystemTools Software

1

2,950
Smartphone Programming

1

2,900
Content Management

1

2,875
Gmail

1

2,800
Windows Live Mail

1

2,800
Adobe Creative Suite CS

1

2,783
RAID

1

2,600
Photos / Graphics Software

1

2,565
Crystal Reports

1

2,550
IBM System i

1

2,550
SOAP Protocol

1

2,550
Voice Over IP

1

2,550
JSON

1

2,464
Displays / Monitors

1

2,450
AWS

1

2,400
Anti-Spyware

1

2,400
Google Chrome OS

1

2,400
Lotus IBM

1

2,350
FoxPro

1

2,300
Consulting

1

2,136
Microsoft Dynamics

1

2,100
Productivity Apps

1

2,100
VPN

1

2,050
Android

1

2,000
Angular

1

2,000
Apache Web Server

1

2,000
Application Servers

1

2,000
Cisco

1

2,000
HTTP Protocol

1

2,000
Internet Protocols

1

2,000
Network Architecture

1

2,000
Network Security

1

2,000
OS Security

1

2,000
R

1

2,000
SCCM

1

2,000
Server Hardware

1

2,000
Smartphones

1

2,000
Statistical Packages

1

2,000
Thunderbird

1

2,000