Tom's Resume

             SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE AND INVOLVEMENTS

Special Expertise

    Lecturer at local Universities about Business and Community Planning.  Modeled and
     forecast Land Use and Zoning scenarios for the Hunters Point Special District, Special Sub-
     district, and Queens West developments.   Developed and performed Emergency Planning
     and Emergency Management role playing and computer gaming for the Department of
     Defense, Department of Commerce and FEMA as Secretarial Appointee.  Authored
     textbooks re: Network Planning Techniques, Bar Code Applications, and Computer
     Integrated Manufacturing Vocabulary for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.  Authored
     PERT Planning text for R. C. Sellers  and PERT/CPM planning text for the Victoria
     Employers Federation (Australia).  Authored 600+ magazine articles.

    Created Transitioning System for Advanced Technologies (Manufacturing, Automation,
     Biotechnologies, Medicine and Intelligence) used by DOD, Army, Navy and US Air Force,
     IITRI, CAM-International and CACI, Inc.  Named US SBA Innovation Awardee, 1985.
     Honored by NYS Senate and Assembly for business expansion results in New York State.
     Twice named Outstanding Engineer by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). 
     Elected Fellow by the Institute for the Advancement of Engineering 1984.  Elected Fellow
     by the Institution of Production Engineers (England) 1986.  Lectured internationally in 1986
     representing SME President William Johnson.  Awarded an "Oscar," authorized by the
     National Academy of Film Arts and Sciences, from the Los Angeles Society of Engineers
     and Scientists for applying bar coding to motion picture studio inventories.  Selected by
     Lesko Publications as Innovator for cross pollinating technologies.  Elected Fellow Society
     of Manufacturing Engineers 1987.  Chairman, CASA of SME Manufacturing Planning
     Committee (1978-1989).

    Member Community Board #2 (Western Queens) 1972-1992; Chair, Land Use and Zoning
     (CB#2) 1972-1986; Public Member Land Use & Zoning (1986-2004); Member Queens
     Borough President's Land Use Committee 1978-Present; Member, Borough President's
     Queens West Zoning Task Force 1972-2003.  Conceived and implemented CB#2 Local
     Development Corporation (President 1981-1987); Advisor, Hunters Point Community
     Council (1977-2003); Volunteer Executive Director, Hunters Point Community Development
     Corporation (1992-1994); Member,(Chairman) NYS Department of Corrections Queensboro
     Correctional Facility Advisory Board (1987-Present).  Volunteer Grants writer/Fund Raiser
     for 501c (3) organizations.  Member: Mayor Guiliani Transition Team.

    Member LGA Kiwanis (President 1986); Nassau County designate (by Thomas Gulotta) to
     NYS Department of Corrections Advisory Board; Counselor to United Nassau Soccer
     Association.  Cubmaster and Pack Chairman, Trainer BSA.  VP - Taxpayers Association
     of Baldwin.  Vice Chairman - Baldwin Public Schools Property Disposal Committee.  VP -
     Baldwin, NY Chamber of Commerce (1985-1987).  President Baldwin Republican Club
     (1985-1987).  Usher Captain for Saint Christopher RC Church (1962-Present).

Experience:

December 1987 to Present
     Thomas V. Sobczak, Consultants, PO Box 0433, Baldwin, NY 11510
     Owner (100%)                    (Scaled down effort due to limited mobility)
     Application Configured Computers, Inc., PO Box 0433, Baldwin, NY 11510
     Owner (50%)         (Name changed when I bought out my partners in 1998)

Responsible for managing consulting operations (Systems Analysis, Risk Analysis,
Computer Security, Disaster Recovery Planning, Data Mining and Market Research.)  Redefined
data processing operations for clients.  Implemented state-of-the-art planning systems for AIL,
LORAL, Solarex, and Standard Oil of Ohio.  Integrated Materials Management applications with
outsourcing and supplier management for Waldes Kohinoor and Grumman.  Taught PERT/CPM,
Computer Security, Bar Coding Applications, Technology Transfer and Shop Floor Management
for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and the American Management Association.  Trained
consultants to perform program reviews for Federal agencies (Mil-Std. 1521A).  Lecturer at Hofstra,
NYIT and New York Polytechnical Universities.  Expert witness explaining the legal ramifications
of poor planning. Served as volunteer Executive Director for a not-for-profit Community
Development Corporation creating $150,000 in consistent annual  income.

January 1972 to November 1987
     Little People's Productivity Center, Inc., 2580 Grand Avenue, Baldwin, NY 11510
     Vice President (owned 50%)

Managed Consultancy.  Staff grew to 57 with a revenue stream of $2,500,000/yr.
Responsible for Configuration and Logistics Management at USAF/ASD.  System designer to
USAF.  Created and implemented Production Control systems for Federal Contractors.  Advised
and created computer integrated manufacturing strategies to optimize Federal contracts.  Audited
purchasing, materials management and shipping/receiving to assure compliance with Military
standards.  Bar code market application strategist.  Authored  Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Bar Code Primer.  Created and taught the Bar Code implementation programs for SME, AIIE, and
the American Management Association.  Appointed by the Secretary of Defense to the ANSI Bar
Code committee (X-10) and the US DOD LOGMARS Implementation Advisory Council.
Transferred Technology under contract to USAF, US Army and US Navy.  Created the SME
Computer Integrated Manufacturing glossary (remains ILO world standard.)  Developed Network
Transfer Bus to facilitate Engineering to Manufacturing data transfer for Lockheed-Martin Loral
Electronic Systems.

Education
     Sussex College (University of London), Haywards Heath Campus, England
     Ph.D., Management 1972
    
     Hofstra University, School of Business, Hempstead, NY
     MBA, Management 1965
    
     Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Ft. McNair, Washington DC
     BA, Defense Economics 1962  
     BA refresher, Defense Management 1972
    
     St. John's University, Brooklyn, NY
     BA, Social Science 1959