GARY M. GILLIS

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San Antonio, Texas 78247

Home: 210-***-****

Cell: 210-***-****

abm6er@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

I am seeking a challenging and responsible senior level position.

SUMMARY

Strong, 25+ years, experience in the APPLICATIONS SOFTWARE area involved in all phases of business

application projects from Programmer, Project/Systems Analyst to Data Processing Manager on a wide

variety of platforms. Also, have a vast experience in the teaching arena of programming and computer

concepts.

EXPERIENCE

09/2007–09/2009 Sr. Programmer / Analyst, Trinity Millennium Group, San Antonio, TX.

Completed the conversion of a large FAA Flight Standards Aviation System (FSAS) NATURAL

system to VB.net and SQL Server. Was the maintenance lead for any bugs found in the FSAS

System. Worked on the conversion / rewrite of the On-Line FAA Enforcement Information System

(EIS) COBOL programs to VB.net and SQL Server.

11/2000–3/2007 Programmer/Systems Analyst IV, CPS Energy, San Antonio, TX.

Was assigned to the Geographical Information System (GIS) Support department, to aid in the

software installation of an ESRI-based Miner & Miner ArcFM solution for the Electric / Land / Gas /

Designer GIS system. I was the lead analyst in maintaining the feature class configurations and the

interfaces between GIS and SAP, and GIS and the Outage Management System (OMS). Prior to

the current GIS Support assignment, was selected to participate in the CCS Project, to make

enhancements to SAP CIS module, during which I learned the ABAP coding language and SAP

procedures. Originally as a member of the GIS department, was primarily responsible for the

interface of transformer and structure data between the UNISYS-based COBOL-written Facility

Management System (FMS) and GIS, closely monitoring the table updates in GIS and FMS and the

interfaces between SAP and GIS.

08/1992–11/2000 Sr. Business Analyst, TOSCO Shared Service (Circle K), Phoenix, AZ.

Was responsible for all aspects of Payables (Merchandise and Expense) systems and their

conversion to ORACLE A/P Payables. Was solely responsible for writing and maintaining the Utility

System that paid and analyzed all convenience store (2500+) corporate utility bills. Also wrote and

maintained numerous MAPPER runs for invoice inquiry, and adjustment creation, and for Utility bill

inquiry and creation.

1991-1992 Consultant.

Mini-Systems Associates, Phoenix, AZ.

Texas Software, Houston, TX.

1989-1991 Manager, Business Systems, John Brown E&C, Houston, TX.

Was responsible for the programming and operations of the Business Systems of a Petrochemical

Engineering company on multiple platforms. The various systems were written in COBOL,

ORACLE, and dBASE IV, and interfaced the UNISYS 2200 with the LAN-BASED Personnel

System and the DEC/VAX based ORACLE Labor Reporting and Accounting Systems.

1982-1989 Systems Analyst, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX.

As a NASA Contractor for UNISYS Corporation and Network Solutions Inc., was responsible for the

UNISYS communications network with interfaces to various UNISYS 1100 Hosts, and via the SNA

Gateway, to the IBM CIN Network. This responsibility covered all configurations, software updates,

monthly software releases and problem solving.

1981-1982 Project Analyst, Gulf Ports Crating, Houston, TX.

Was responsible for the entire Accounting and Payroll Systems, both batch and on-line. Headed

projects for implementing a Chassis Inventory System for Ambulance Manufacturing Division and

an A/P Front-End Logging System that interfaced Accounting with the Export Job Tracking System.

1979-1981 Data Processing Manager, Harris-Hub Co., Harvey, IL.

Was responsible for entire Data Processing Department of a Bed Frame Manufacturer. Resigned

to move family to Houston, Texas.

1972-1979 Consulting Positions:

Dedicated Systems, Inc., Chicago, IL.

Cutler-Williams, Inc., Chicago, IL.

Harris-Hub Co., Inc., Harvey, IL.

Libbey, McNeil & Libbey, Chicago, IL.

Barton Brands, Ltd., Chicago, IL.

1971-1972 Honeywell Information Systems, Lansing, IL.

EDUCATION

University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, Bachelor of Science Degree, 1970.

Honeywell Institute of Information Sciences, Postgraduate Data Processing Education Program, 1971.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1986.1992 Adjunct Instructor (Part-Time), North Harris County College, Houston, TX.

Taught INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS and COBOL in the Data Processing Division of the

College’s Business Technology Department. The INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS laboratory

section included on-hand instruction in WordPerfect, Lotus, and dBase.

SKILLS INVENTORY

ArcMAP, ArcCatalog, ArcFM, SAP, ABAP, ORACLE, SDE, UNIX, COBOL, MAPPER, Visual Basic,

VB.Net, SQL Server, Basic, Microsoft suite of products (Word, EXCEL, ACCESS), along with WordPerfect,

LOTUS, dBase III & IV.

Mainframes: UNISYS (Sperry), UNISYS (Burroughs), IBM (370 Series).

MiniComputers: Prime, Data General, Wang, DEV/VAX, IBM RS6000, Sequent.

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