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Tim Culler

Tim Culler

Education and Experience

June 1997 MBA-Information Systems, City University

1986 BS Occupational Education, Cum Laude, Wayland Baptist University

Dual Majors- Business Administration, Criminal Justice

I have taught at Renton Technical College full-time, since 2001. Prior to that, I taught at Bellevue Community College part-time, since 1992, in two different programs (Criminal Justice and Information Technology-Programming). I also did the development work for a two year degree program in Database Administration for BCC.

My interest and experience with computers came from an unexpected area, it developed while I was in my prior career in Law Enforcement. I used computers to do intelligence analysis and to catch drug smugglers!

Classes Taught at RTC

I teach in the Computer Science Program in the areas of Office Applications, Database Programming, Database Administration, Programming with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), E-Commerce. and introductory level classes in various other topics.

Class List

  • CSI-102 Introduction to Office Applications
  • CSI-156 Introduction to Database Design and Theory
  • CSI-159 Applied Database Development
  • CSI-181 E-Commerce Foundations
  • CSI-277 IT Industry Research and Writing
  • CSI-293 Independent Design and Development Projects

Technical Training and Certification

Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Microsoft, 2002

E-Commerce Site Development, Microsoft, 2001

Integrating Office 2000 and the Web, Microsoft, 1999

Certified as Expert in Access Database Program, Microsoft. 1999

SQL Server Database Development, BCC, 1998

Oracle DBA, Oracle, 1997

Awards

  • U.S. Customs Service
  • Multiple Special Act and Performance Awards for Designing and Building
  • Computer Training Center, Developing and Teaching Computer Classes and LAN classes (as well as several awards for catching drug smugglers)
  • Bellevue Community College
  • Nominated for Margin of Excellence Award for Instructing
  • Hawaii Pacific University
  • Recipient of Robert E. Black Award for Excellence

I have pages of awards that I have won. In everything I do, from hobbies, to school, to my professional endeavors, I always strive for excellence.

Major Projects

As a Consultant, I have had full responsibility for several production databases in the Seattle area including some that I developed , and some that I inherited. These track everything from Construction Projects to Medical Surveys to Thoroughbred Race Horses in Kentucky.

While still employed at U.S. Customs I developed several databases to support the tracking and intercepting of drug smugglers. The earliest was in Honolulu in about 1988, and was developed in FoxPro. This analytical database tracked the offshore fueling of ships near Hawaii and ranked their relative risk of being a smuggling vessel based on a risk-ranking comparison. It closed a major loophole that had been exploited by smugglers prior to that.

I also developed some reference databases in MS Access which are still in wide use throughout Customs Intelligence Analysis Units in international airports all over the U.S., Canada. Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

I also was involved in two major International Projects

1997: As half of a two man team, I developed an Access front end for the Royal Saudi Customs Service Trade Statistics Database (this was a client-server model with Oracle as the back end).

1996: I designed an Access Database for the Royal Cambodian Customs Service to track drug smuggling suspects and wanted fugitives.

Work at play

Community Service

Rainier Beach Community Center (2001 - present)

Volunteer Advisor

Along with some of my students, I volunteer one weekend per month at the Rainier Beach Community Center, upgrading and fixing computers for underprivileged families in the area. This is a cooperative project between the Rainier Beach Community Center and Renton Technical College.

Boy Scouts of America- Chief Seattle Council (1993 - 1998)

Explorer Advisor

I assisted by providing training at Regional Explorer Academies, and as an advisor for local Post 497, where my activities included training, fund-raising, newsletter publishing and on the job mentoring.

Bellevue Rotary Club (1993-1998)

International Youth Exchange Program

I assisted in briefing youth exchange participants and their parents, and answering questions to prepare them for their participation in the International Youth Exchange Program.

I also have donated time to speak in the public schools in the Seattle area about drugs, and about law enforcement as a career.

Last, but certainly not least, I have donated my time and equipment and have built or upgraded the computer systems in two different churches and one elementary school.

Contact Me

email: tculler@bcc.ctc.edu

daytime phone: (425) 235-2352 Ext 5584


mail: c/o Renton Technical College, 3000 NE Fourth St., Renton, WA 98056

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