Graduate of Purdue University with a degree in computer science.

Attended Indiana University MBA program.

1968 - 1971
IBM Systems Engineer/Salesman.
Received the prestigious District Manager's Award for outstanding achievement.

1971 - 1972
Computer science instructor at the University of Indianapolis.

1971 - 1973
One of the original founders and stock holders of Lycor Computer Systems a computer consulting firm.

1973 - 1978
One of the original founders of LCT (Liquid Crystal Technology) a manufacturer of liquid crystal thermometers.
Vice President of Manufacturing with factories in Chicago, Indianapolis, and San Francisco.
One of the first developers and manufacturers of "mood" rings. Introduced liquid crystal products to the promotional products industry.

1978 - 1980
Co-owner and Vice President Sales of Nearly Famous Textile Printing Company, Inc. Pioneered screen printing on bandannas. Founded US Scarf a supplier of imprinted bandannas to the promotional products industry.

1980 - 2000
Owner, President, and CEO of Franklin Mills, Inc. a textile manufacturing and embroidery company. Was the first to introduce embroidered hats into the promotional products industry. Started Franklin Embroidery as the nation's first public embroidery digitizing center.

Recipient of thirteen (13) PPAI supplier achievement awards.
Recipient of the coveted PPAI Golden Pyramid award for outstanding use of specialty advertising.
Board member of the Johnson County Hospital Foundation.

2000 - Present
Owner and President of Franklin Internet Systems, Inc. a state-of-the-art Internet development and marketing company.

Mr. Laufhutte has over 20 years of graphic and commercial art experience along with over 18 years of computer experience. During his career as a commercial artist he has successfully designed and created many corporate identity packages, silkscreen designs, advertising and many other forms of media communications.

Programming - PHP, JavaScript, PERL, CGI Programming, and custom programming includes interface with MySQL, XML, Dynamic HTML and on-line catalog design. Proficient with all aspects of HTML, XML and CSS.

Networking - DNS, TCP/IP networking, firewall configuration and installation. Proficient with web server installation, configuration and setup, Windows 2000 configuration and operations.

Operating systems - Including MS-Windows NT, XP & 2000. Experience includes TCP/IP networking, DNS configuration, kernel tuning, script programming, SSL, file and data conversion, revision control systems, program maintenance, system administration tasks including setting up user accounts, software installation, cleaning file structures, changing access modes, CRON scheduling, cleanup/incremental backups, printer management, process management, configuring ports, terminals, modems, printers, application software and O/S installation. Electronic mail installation and configuration.

Relational database management systems. - MySQL, Access. Full life cycle system design and development. Experienced with web sites via CGI, dynamic html document creation.

Additional Software Experience - Installation and Configuration of IIS, Gauntlet Firewall, Sidewinder Firewall, SSL Certificate installation, Apache web server, PGP, Mercury Mail, Corel Draw, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe PageMaker, Macromedia Freehand, Macromedia Fireworks, Macromedia Dreamweaver, and Macromedia Flash, MS Word, PowerPoint.

EDUCATION
Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale - 1988
Corel Draw Training - 1994
Microsoft Training - 1998
Macromedia Training - 1998
HOTT PHP Class – 2002

Education - Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA

1978 - 1985
Senior Programmer/Analyst at Star Technologies
Helped design, implement and maintain applications for local governments which included real estate taxes, local income taxes, payroll, financials, water and sewer billing, and parking ticket/citation tracking.

Assisted in the design and programming of custom software for small businesses.
Assisted in the development of accounting packages for small city governments.
Provided trouble-shooting and maintenance for supported custom software applications.

1985 - 1997
Senior Programmer/Analyst at Information Resource Technology
Maintained and developed software for bookstore operations including Point of sale, purchasing, sales analysis, credit card transaction processing, book club membership processing, inventory control and EDI ordering.

1998 - 2003
Senior Consultant, Services at Computer Associates
Responsible for implementation of software packages at customer sites including analyzing, installing, training and troubleshooting. Packages implemented include:

Unicenter TNG base Unicenter Asset Management Unicenter Software Delivery
Unicenter Argis Unicenter Remote Control Unicenter Management Portal

Also called upon to analyze and repair poorly implemented installations by analyzing, planning and implementing solutions to resolve customers problems.
Assigned to large manufacturing company as extended IT staff..

Duties included customer support and ongoing enhancements for legacy applications.
Worked with EDI department to maintain orders and invoices for remote manufacturing plants.
Helped with Y2k implementation and large project to update software to 4GL.
Helped define standards for documenting program changes.

2003-present
Business Consultant
Responsible for programming, analyzing and troubleshooting Internet server side web applications using Access, PHP and MySql.

Technical Addendum
OS/Environments: WindowsXP, WindowsNT, Windows2000 Pro, Windows2000 Server, Windows9x, IRIS, UNIX: SCO Unix, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, Linux

Development Applications: Business Basic, BITS, uniBasic, uucp, Bourne shell script, Perl, COBOL, Procomm Plus, Fortran, Computone Mux, OpenBasic, Thoroughbred, IDOL IV, Manbase, Raduform barcoding, Windows command script, PHP, MySQL, Zend Studio

Hardware: PCs/Servers, HP UNIX servers, Sun Solaris workstations, Data General mini-computers, Computone MUX, Hayes modems, Linux servers, credit card readers, barcode readers, barcode printers

Software: MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint), WordPerfect Office (WordPerfect, Quattro), Crystal Reports, SQL Server, Lotus Notes (email), Unicenter NSM 3.0, Unicenter Argis, Unicenter Software Delivery, Unicenter Asset Management, Unicenter Remote Control, Unicenter Service Plus Service Desk, Macromedia

Package experience: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Inventory, Point of Sale, Purchasing, EDI, reporting, Payroll, Word Processing

Graduate of Purdue University with a degree in computer science.

1971 - 1983
Aeroquip Corporation
Systems Development Manager
Responsible for mainframe application development, installation and development of all distributed equipment and systems. Directed development and installation of on-line/interactive shop floor data collection.

1984 - 2000
Pilkington
Director, Management Information Systems
Responsible, corporate wide, for all data processing and communications equipment, and for all information systems development and maintenance. Oversaw development of new replacement systems, including HR/payroll, purchasing/accounts payable, order entry/shipping/invoicing, OE products standard cost buildup, manufacturing shop floor reporting and inventory tracking.

2000 - Present
Business Consultant
Developing sales, marketing, and financial systems for companies such as AP Technoglass. Designing and developing Internet based systems for corporate applications

Board of Directors, United Way of Jackson County
Chairman, Allocations Committee, United Way of Jackson County