About

Mark has 40 years of experience in software development and IT consulting. Specialties: Custom software development, web application and database development, WordPress, CodeIgniter, Java, Javascript, PHP, photography, video, computer graphics. Currently he is the owner of Mark Dahmke Photography, specializing in commercial and drone photography, video. FAA sUAS Remote Pilot certification.

Resumé

March 2014 – Present
Owner, Dahmke.com, LLC dba Mark Dahmke Photography

Commercial and drone photography, video. Aerial site surveys, 2D maps and 3D models. FAA sUAS Remote Pilot certification. Member PPA. Through my LLC I also do website design, software development, IT consulting , video, technical writing and editing, 3D model design and 3D printing, book layout and publishing.

March 2014 – December 2020
Director at Large, The Sea Village AOAO, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

Chair of the Communications Committee, manager of website and member database.

June 2014 – August 2017
Database Administrator, International Association of Torch Clubs, Inc.

I managed the member database, member portal and public-facing website for the International Association of Torch Clubs, and designed the member portal and database schema. I also provided IT support for directors and club officers.

January 1995 – September 2015
Vice President / Co-owner, Information Analytics, Inc.

September 2015 – January 2020
Consultant, Information Analytics

Information Analytics is a full service information technology company, providing web design and hosting, custom software and database development, ecommerce applications, embedded software development, dedicated and co-located hosting, project management and consulting. The company has a broad range of experience with both Windows and Linux application development. We sold the business to Layne Sup in 2015.

October 1985 – January 2000
Consultant/Software Developer at Aliant Communications (formerly Lincoln Telephone)

As a consultant to Aliant Communications and later for Alltel, I helped develop several information services including Navix, Aliant’s Internet access service, and a network of public Information Kiosks.

January 1983 – June 1996
Contractor/Software Developer, Professional Research Consultants, Omaha.

At PRC I assisted with database design and software development in the R&D Dept.

October 1979 – January, 1995
Owner, MCD Consulting

In 1979 I started a consulting business out of my dorm room and later provided consulting and software development services for many clients including several Nebraska state agencies and IBM, Professional Research Consultants of Omaha, a leading health care marketing research firm.

1989 – 1991
Consulting Editor, Circuit Cellar INK Magazine

October 1979 – January 1987
Consulting Editor, BYTE Magazine

In 1977 while a sophomore at UNL, my first published article appeared in BYTE Magazine and in 1979 I was hired as a Consulting Editor at BYTE. McGraw-Hill published my first book “Microcomputer Operating Systems” in 1982, and my second and third books were published in 1983 and 1985. I worked at BYTE from 1980 to 1983 on a full-time basis, writing articles and a monthly column for a sister publication, Popular Computing. I wrote cover stories and product reviews of the first portable computers, including Compaq and Osborne.

Volunteering

Judge, Greater Nebraska Science and Engineering Fair
March 1976 – Present

I’ve volunteered as a judge at GNSEF since 1976 and since 1995 have maintained the organization’s website and online registration system.

Member, Advisory Board, Hyde Memorial Observatory
August 2015 – Present

Member, University of Nebraska CSE Industry Advisory Panel
January 2012 – Present

Committee Member, Nebraska Governor’s Task Force on Telecommunications
1983