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 month72,100

Total points10,192,661

Questions: 10

Solutions: 6036

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Courses:

Posts: 1

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 71

Bill needs 175,339 points to level up.

LVL 72

What do levels mean?

Overall

71

10,192,661
VB Script

39

3,145,030
Windows Batch

32

2,115,447
Microsoft DOS

30

1,895,880
Microsoft Excel

26

1,407,456
Microsoft Office

24

1,155,451
Scripting Languages

22

1,023,584
VBA

22

1,005,724
Powershell

17

629,021
Windows OS

17

612,469
Programming

16

560,752
Query Syntax

16

541,951
Shell Scripting

15

483,703
Microsoft Access

15

468,085
SQL

15

462,816
Outlook

14

442,493
Visual Basic Classic

13

339,975
Microsoft SQL Server

12

291,328
Windows 7

11

252,664
Windows XP

10

213,086
Microsoft Legacy OS

10

203,998
Software

9

179,408
Windows Server 2003

9

177,984
Databases

9

168,367
Windows 10

8

154,358
Windows Server 2008

8

144,830
Microsoft Word

8

136,715
Programming Languages-Other

8

136,322
Oracle Database

8

134,734
Visual Basic.NET

8

133,682
Microsoft Applications

8

132,834
Regular Expressions

7

127,718
C#

7

108,256
HTML

7

101,968
JavaScript

6

95,302
.NET Programming

6

90,118
Spreadsheets

6

86,968
Miscellaneous

6

83,747
Web Development

6

74,265
Microsoft Server OS

6

72,436
File Sharing Software

6

72,000
Networking

5

67,099
Exchange

5

64,756
Linux

5

62,091
ASP.NET

5

55,345
Active Directory

5

52,384
ASP

5

50,763
System Utilities

4

49,734
Storage Software

4

49,652
XML

4

49,214
Microsoft Development

4

48,614
Web Browsers

4

47,275
Office 365

4

45,896
Perl

4

45,367
FTP

4

39,614
Microsoft SQL Server 2005

4

39,018
MySQL Server

4

38,782
jQuery

4

38,150
Operating Systems

4

36,850
Email Clients

4

35,914
Microsoft SQL Server 2008

4

35,864
Windows Server 2012

4

35,155
Security

4

34,825
System Programming

4

34,447
Storage

4

33,786
IT Administration

3

31,800
PC

3

30,454
Unix OS

3

29,022
Google

3

28,829
Chrome

3

28,050
Microsoft PowerPoint

3

26,950
MultiMedia Applications

3

26,613
JScript

3

25,468
Math / Science

3

23,830
Adobe Acrobat

3

23,300
Windows Networking

3

23,193
Java

3

22,369
PostgreSQL

3

21,480
Windows Server 2016

3

20,700
Web Languages and Standards

3

20,650
Office Productivity

3

20,396
Project Management

3

19,918
PDF

3

18,807
Digital Audio

3

18,568
Installation

3

18,175
Facebook

2

17,850
Fonts Typography

2

17,800
Mainframe Languages

2

17,468
Server Software

2

17,452
Visual C++.NET

2

17,200
Storage Hardware

2

17,104
Algorithms

2

17,076
Enterprise Software

2

16,800
Editors IDEs

2

16,614
Windows 2000

2

16,400
Programming Theory

2

16,154
Printers and Scanners

2

16,100
Python

2

15,430
Desktops

2

15,410
Images and Photos

2

15,190
SSRS

2

15,150
Windows Vista

2

15,089
REST

2

15,025
C

2

14,700
Email Servers

2

14,699
Windows 8

2

14,650
Social Networking

2

14,554
Office Suites-Other

2

14,546
Experts Exchange

2

14,275
Azure

2

14,150
Windows

2

14,150
Internet Explorer (IE)

2

13,850
Internet Marketing

2

13,800
Bootstrap

2

13,750
ColdFusion Language

2

13,675
PHP

2

13,555
SSH / Telnet Software

2

13,450
Project Management Software

2

13,300
Email Software

2

12,800
Linux OS Dev

2

12,564
.NET MVC

2

12,250
iPhone

2

11,675
Microsoft Visual Studio

2

11,600
Networking Protocols

2

11,484
Web Development Software

2

11,200
Twitter

2

10,900
DB Dev Tools

2

10,868
Web Services

2

10,400
Apple Hardware

2

10,375
CSS

2

10,350
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
Productivity Apps

2

9,300
Proofreading

2

9,150
Technical Writing

2

9,150
Multimedia Programming

2

9,014
Linux Distributions

2

8,400
Email Protocols

2

8,299
Document Management

2

8,150
Microsoft SharePoint

2

8,150
Sales

2

8,150
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
Cloud Services

1

6,400
Web Applications

1

6,400
Routers

1

6,300
Components

1

6,250
Laptops Notebooks

1

6,050
FileMaker Pro

1

6,000
Word Processors

1

6,000
iOS

1

5,725
Photos / Graphics Software

1

5,665
Cloud Computing

1

5,550
GIS/GPS Programming

1

5,550
Computer Games

1

5,538
Web Graphics Software

1

5,350
DNS

1

5,050
Microsoft IIS Web Server

1

5,000
LINQ Query

1

4,950
Constant Contact

1

4,800
SCCM

1

4,675
Analytics

1

4,600
Network Management

1

4,550
Vulnerabilities

1

4,550
Golang

1

4,300
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
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

3,118
Google Apps

1

3,050
Mailchimp

1

3,050
Apple Software

1

3,000
CodeTwo

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

2,850
Windows Live Mail

1

2,800
Adobe Creative Suite CS

1

2,783
JSON

1

2,764
RAID

1

2,600
Crystal Reports

1

2,550
IBM System i

1

2,550
SOAP Protocol

1

2,550
Voice Over IP

1

2,550
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
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
Server Hardware

1

2,000
Smartphones

1

2,000
Statistical Packages

1

2,000
Thunderbird

1

2,000