Wes Powers

Adjunct Faculty

Montgomery County Community College

Business and Computer Science Division



Info I have been on the Montgomery County Community College Adjunct Faculty since the Fall, 2001, semester. I have taught the CIS 121 (Java), CIS 221 (Advanced Java), CIS 235 (C++) and CIS 141 (Intro to Unix) courses.

My full-time (or "real") job: I am a consultant with IBM Global Services, currently with the Portals, Content, and e-Commerce group. I spent four years at a training center in Center City Philadelphia, where I taught, developed, and managed training programs for internal consultants, and occasionally clients. I have taught courses in Java, Web Development, SAP, Unix System Administration, Analysis and Design, and others. I am currently working on a document management system for the pharmaceutical industry, using Java and J2EE technologies.
Education I have a master's degree in Computer Science from Temple University, with specialization in parallel systems and parallel/distributed database implementation.
Technical Skills Languages:
  • Java
  • C/C++
  • Visual Basic/VBScript
  • HTML/Javascript
  • SAP ABAP
  • Perl
  • SQL
  • 80x86 Assembly
Certifications:
  • Sun-certified in Java
  • SAP-certified in ABAP
Other:
  • XML
  • CORBA
  • JDBC
  • JSP
  • ADO
Other non-computer-related info