Gillis A. Dewey

**** ******** ***

Leesburg, FL *4748

352-***-****

abhub9@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/gildewey

I am actively seeking employment as my current position as a contractor at the

Disney Vacation club is ending on 01/30/2014. I normally travel an hour and 10 minutes

to work every day so I am ok with a long commute.

I am familiar with the use of RPG, RPGILE, RPG free form, DDS, CLP, SQL,

embedded SQL, FTP and SFTP file sending and receiving. I utilize the IFS on the

iSeries and am familiar with using iSeries Navigator in a multi system environment.

My current position involves providing development and support to all Disney

Vacation Club legacy applications using RPG (all forms) and Lansa. We provide 24/7

help desk support on a rotating on call basis providing our users solutions to any and all

AS400 related issues.

I’ve been studying the use of, Java, .NET and SQL in order to keep up with the

direction the industry is moving in. I’ve also recently completed coursework in the Agile

Project Management methodology. I’ve also used AS400 Tool box, JTOpen and GUI

Builder for understanding the links between RPG and HTML usage in Java

programming on the AS400.

CARREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Current employer:

Walt Disney World, Disney Vacation Club

Senior Developer and Support Analyst (thru Ciber, Inc.)

Vacation Timeshare and Reservations Applications.

From 8/2007 to 1/2009, then from 2/2010 to present.

AS/400 RPG, RPG/IV, RPG/ILE, CL, DDS, LANSA for RPG and RPG Free Format.

Aldon Change Management

HP ALM LifeCycle Management

Windows 7

Microsoft Office Suite

Aldon Change Management

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) by HP

SQL

I am the Senior IT consultant here at the Disney Vacation Club. We currently have four

consultants that work alongside cast members in the same role, doing the exact same

work.

I develop new and maintain existing RPG and Lansa for RPG applications. We utilize

RPG, RPGILE, RPG free and LANSA for RPG. I am working as a team member to

provide support to the Disney Vacation club applications and its end users as well as

develop new functionality. Support includes problem analysis and solution to any and all

DVC related issues. Developer and user testing using HP ALM LifeCycle Management.

I’ve also trained new consultants to the team over my tenure with DVC, performed

technical interviews and developed documents to be used in problem solving by new

and current team members.

United Systems & Software Inc.

Sr. Programmer Analyst

Insurance Industry Application Development

6/2003 to 8/2007 then 1/2009 to 1/2010.

AS/400 RPG, RPG/IV, RPG/ILE, CL, DDS

Reported to Sandy Wordell, VP of Application Development.

I provided application development for customer based and industry specific software

Development Company in Lake Mary. At USSI I developed, maintained and supported

Insurance Industry applications. In this position I was required to support the custom

programming needs of the client. I worked with multiple clients of varying sizes. I found

out what their needs were and put that into the form of a service order which they

approved before work began. I generally worked independently with our smaller clients

and as a team member when working with our larger clients.

Fiskars, Inc. 10/2001 TO 05/2003

Sr. Programmer Analyst/Consultant

Household and Yard specific manufacturer.

AS/400 (iSeries), RPG/ILE, RPGIII, CL, UDB

MS/ACCESS, WINDOWS XP

Reported to: Barbara Foster, Manager of Information Systems

There no longer is an IT department at this location. Fiskars is a major manufacturer of

many different home products. The plant in Apopka manufactured home and garden

products that can be found in many home improvement stores today. I was hired as a

contractor to assist with Fiskars project to convert their existing Computer Associates

AS/400 PRMS Accounting and Warehouse Boss Inventory applications to JDE One

World. The first part of this project included converting data from a RISC/6000 to the

JDE interface Access database. We developed a method, utilizing programs written by

another consultant at the RISC/6000 site that created flat files, to load data into an

Access database I created with tables similar to the JDE interface database. We then

used FTP and local AS400 servers to hold and move the data into the appropriate JDE

interface tables for eventual uploading to the JDE interface environment on the

corporate server.

Stewart Enterprises, Inc. (New Orleans, La. and Orlando, Fl.)

Manager of Application Development over Accounting Applications

3/1990 to 9/2001

Reported to: Kent Alphonso, VP of Information Systems

AS/400 (iSeries), RPG/ILE, RPGIII, CL, UDB

COOL:PLEX OO Development Tool

WINDOWS 98

Manager of Application Development and Manager of Computer Operations

While working in management I was responsible for two areas and held two titles,

Manager of Application Development and Manager of AS/400 Operations. I was

responsible for budgeting for equipment and personnel and supporting a

communications network of AS/400s. I also recruited and hired staff as needed. I

managed two teams, one of computer operators and the other of software developers. I

reported directly to the VP of Information Systems.

As Manager of Application Development my responsibilities focused around accounting

applications. We had a package application that was heavily modified. We supported

General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, Human

Resources and Payroll.

As Manager of AS/400 Operations my responsibilities included general system

administration and performance monitoring, security setup (eventually taken over by our

help desk), communications, PTF and system upgrades.

Sr. Programmer Analyst

As Senior Systems Analyst I was responsible for supporting our HarrisData accounting,

payroll and human resources applications.

I began working for Stewart Enterprises in the role of Programmer Analyst. I was the

sole support for their JDE accounting, payroll and human resources applications at that

time. As the company expanded I took on the roles you see listed above. As Project

Leader I was responsible for converting our JDE applications to HarrisData at our

corporate and divisional offices. We also eventually consolidated three different AS/400s

onto one corporate wide AS/400.

Other Employers from 1976 to 1990 in New Orleans, La.

Information Management Consultants.

Consultant/Developer

AS/400 Application Development and maintenance. Also maintained S/36 applications

for multiple clients.

Parker Industry.

Consultant/Developer

Maintained all S/36 applications including General Accounting and Sales. Developed a

Bill of Material Routing system for this manufacturer during my employment.

Siemens Energy and Automation.

Programmer Analyst

RPG & COBOL

I worked here for several years where I got my start as a developer. At this plant in New

Orleans, which is no longer in operation, I gained lots of experience working in a

manufacturing environment. I maintained and developed new software to work in

conjunction with our inventory control, MRP and Shop Floor Control products (IBM

IPICS at that time.)

Guaranty Bank & Trust Company

Computer Operator – IBM Midrange systems.

EDUCATION

Delgado Junior College – Course studies in Information Technology

Tulane University – Course studies in Accounting

Valencia Community College – Course studies in web development

REFERRENCES:

Letters of reference available upon request.

Brent Hutson Previous Manager I reported to here at Disney

321-***-**** Cell

407-***-**** Office

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