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 month9,925

Total points8,073,745

Questions: 9

Solutions: 5439

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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 63

Bill needs 118,255 points to level up.

LVL 64

What do levels mean?

Overall

63

8,073,745
VB Script

38

2,973,305
Microsoft DOS

30

1,846,980
Windows Batch

30

1,827,097
Scripting Languages

21

903,309
Microsoft Excel

21

888,356
VBA

17

619,474
Microsoft Office

17

597,551
Programming

16

527,602
Shell Scripting

15

464,103
Windows OS

15

462,039
Powershell

15

460,296
Outlook

13

341,918
Microsoft Access

12

337,960
Visual Basic Classic

12

314,825
Query Syntax

12

314,126
Windows 7

10

238,214
SQL

10

227,891
Windows XP

10

209,436
Microsoft Legacy OS

10

203,998
Windows Server 2003

9

177,984
Windows Server 2008

8

139,030
Programming Languages-Other

7

125,672
Software

7

119,678
Microsoft SQL Server

7

116,003
Microsoft Applications

7

111,884
Databases

7

109,467
Microsoft Word

6

96,965
Oracle Database

6

95,509
Visual Basic.NET

6

91,232
Windows 10

6

91,183
HTML

6

76,518
Regular Expressions

6

74,368
JavaScript

5

69,352
File Sharing Software

5

68,050
Spreadsheets

5

61,718
Exchange

5

53,856
Miscellaneous

5

51,397
.NET Programming

5

51,218
Microsoft Server OS

5

51,136
Active Directory

4

49,484
Microsoft Development

4

48,614
ASP

4

48,163
Networking

4

47,499
Storage Software

4

44,452
Linux

4

43,816
XML

4

41,489
Web Development

4

38,640
System Utilities

4

37,884
Perl

4

37,617
Microsoft SQL Server 2005

4

35,968
Operating Systems

4

34,000
C#

3

30,206
MySQL Server

3

29,382
FTP

3

28,264
Microsoft SQL Server 2008

3

27,714
Email Clients

3

27,114
Unix OS

3

25,972
JScript

3

25,468
Windows Server 2012

3

24,880
Storage

3

24,486
Security

3

24,400
Web Browsers

3

24,050
PC

3

23,504
Java

3

22,019
ASP.NET

3

21,670
System Programming

3

21,372
Office 365

3

21,246
Windows Networking

3

21,143
IT Administration

3

20,300
Google

3

20,054
jQuery

3

19,300
Adobe Acrobat

3

18,600
Math / Science

2

17,680
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
Office Productivity

2

15,796
Windows Vista

2

15,089
Python

2

14,930
Chrome

2

14,100
MultiMedia Applications

2

13,138
PDF

2

12,682
Editors IDEs

2

12,564
Linux OS Dev

2

12,564
Office Suites-Other

2

12,496
Installation

2

12,000
PostgreSQL

2

11,780
Email Servers

2

11,649
Project Management

2

11,618
Networking Protocols

2

11,484
Web Development Software

2

11,200
Windows 8

2

11,050
DB Dev Tools

2

10,868
Storage Hardware

2

10,804
Internet Explorer (IE)

2

10,800
Fonts Typography

2

10,600
PHP

2

10,430
SSH / Telnet Software

2

10,400
Citrix

2

10,000
Email Software

2

10,000
Printers and Scanners

2

10,000
Microsoft Visio

2

9,800
Desktops

2

9,560
C++

2

9,400
Digital Audio

2

9,168
Project Management Software

2

9,150
C

2

9,100
Automotive

2

8,900
Enterprise Software

2

8,500
Web Languages and Standards

2

8,500
Linux Distributions

2

8,400
Sales

2

8,150
Document Management

2

8,100
Hardware

1

7,950
Encryption

1

7,900
Programming Theory

1

7,804
Experts Exchange

1

7,500
Windows Server 2016

1

7,450
Chat / IM

1

7,000
ColdFusion Language

1

7,000
Microsoft Server Apps

1

7,000
Multimedia Programming

1

6,964
Microsoft OneNote

1

6,898
CAD/Architecture Software

1

6,600
DB2

1

6,500
Cloud Services

1

6,400
Web Applications

1

6,400
Images and Photos

1

6,365
FileMaker Pro

1

6,000
Microsoft PowerPoint

1

6,000
SSRS

1

6,000
Word Processors

1

6,000
Bootstrap

1

5,600
Computer Games

1

5,538
Cloud Computing

1

5,500
Web Servers

1

5,498
Microsoft Visual Studio

1

5,450
Laptops Notebooks

1

5,400
CSS

1

5,250
Email Protocols

1

5,249
Microsoft IIS Web Server

1

5,000
SSIS

1

5,000
Internet Marketing

1

4,400
Network Operations

1

4,300
Acronis

1

4,168
Assembly

1

4,160
SSL / HTTPS

1

4,084
Firefox

1

4,000
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
Anti-Virus Apps

1

3,064
Social Networking

1

3,004
CodeTwo

1

3,000
Components

1

3,000
DB Reporting Tools

1

3,000
E-Commerce

1

3,000
Remote Access

1

3,000
Smartphone Programming

1

2,900
Content Management

1

2,875
Windows Live Mail

1

2,800
Adobe Creative Suite CS

1

2,783
iPhone

1

2,700
Photos / Graphics Software

1

2,515
OCR

1

2,500
Displays / Monitors

1

2,450
AWS

1

2,400
Anti-Spyware

1

2,400
Google Chrome OS

1

2,400
REST

1

2,400
Lotus IBM

1

2,350
JSON

1

2,164
Microsoft Dynamics

1

2,100
Productivity Apps

1

2,100
Android

1

2,000
Angular

1

2,000
Apache Web Server

1

2,000
Application Servers

1

2,000
Cisco

1

2,000
Contact Management

1

2,000
DNS

1

2,000
Facebook

1

2,000
FoxPro

1

2,000
HTTP Protocol

1

2,000
Internet Protocols

1

2,000
Microsoft SharePoint

1

2,000
Network Architecture

1

2,000
OS Security

1

2,000
Presentation Software

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
Twitter

1

2,000
Web Services

1

2,000
iOS

1

2,000
iPad

1

2,000

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