Professional Experience Software

Gerald D. Kendrick

Summary:

•Excellent oral, written and programatic communication skills.

•Developed software, using Objective C and the Xcode development program, for iOS based products.

•Installed Oracle Business software upgrades and patches, as well as customizations.

•Administered middle-tier components as required for the PeopleSoft and Oracle Applications web based interfaces.

•Skilled with Korn and Bourne shell scripting, familiar with PL/SQL, Perl and Java.

•Performed application administration for Oracle Applications 11i, running on IBM eServer under the AIX operating system.

•Expertise with the architecture, commands and utilities of a number of UNIX and Linux operating system variants (CLIX, AIX, Red Hat Linux, Ubuntu Linux).

•Experienced with Virtualization tools such as Oracle VM Virtual Box and Windows Virtual PC.

•Used the C programming language to write programs.

•Configured user systems running multiple versions of Microsoft’s Windows operating system for SQL*Net access to Oracle databases and Intergraph CAD/CAM systems.

•Knowledgeable with Oracle SQL*Net.

•Administered UNIX based Intergraph CAD/CAM systems.

•Knowledgeable of TCP/IP networking utilities as a super user and system administrator.

•Knowledgeable with Novell Networking, once certified as a CNE and CNA.

Education:

BA, Psychology & Computer Science, University of Kansas

Graduate course work toward an Urban Planning MS, University of Kansas.

Skills:

AIX, Bourne, iOS architecture, JSON programming, Korn Shell scripting, Linux administration, Novell Networking administration, OBIEE administration, Objective C programming, Oracle database technologies, Oracle e-Business administration, PeopleSoft administration, Perl scripting, PL/SQL programming familiarity, SQL*Net familiarity, TCP/IP networking use and administration, UNIX administration, UNIX shell scripting, Windows superuser, Xcode use.

Professional Experience:

GDIT Septemer 2015 – Present

Customer Service Representative (part-time)

•Provide support for consumers accessing the ACA Marketplace

•Use Siebel/Oracle based software tools (NGD) in conjunction with telephone communication to enroll and support clients of the ACA Marketplace.

Professional Experience:

DeanAMH October 2012 – Present

Objective C Developer (part-time)

•Develop software, using Objective C and the Xcode development program, for iOS based products.

•Apply Storyboards and Auto Layout in project development

•Coded REST and JSON interfaces for iOS applications.

•Used the AFNetworking and OpenEars third-party framework libraries in applications.

•Development of Software by using Objective C.

•Familiar with the GitHub code repository and management tools.

•Went to WWDC 14, acquired developer Beta copies of Xcode 6, iOS 8 and the Swift Programming language, in order to use these tools in future development.

•Preparing several applications for publication in the Apple Store.

Hewlett Packard December 2009 – September 2012

Business Consultant

•Application administration for Oracle Life Sciences Hub and OBIEE.

•Performing initial planning for an upgrade to Oracle eBusiness 12i with Fusion middleware.

•Administered Siebel interfaces used by OBIEE.

•Installed Software upgrades and patches, as well as customizations.

•Administered Middle-Tier components as required for the Oracle LSH and OBIEE web interfaces.

•Assisted in administration of Microsoft SharePoint.

Electronic Data Systems January 2006 - November 2009

Information Specialist

•Application administration for Oracle Financials eBusiness 11i Suite (AP, AR, GL, iProcurement, OM)

•Application administration for Peoplesoft HR.

•Supported and coded Peoplesoft Peoplecode interfaces.

•Installed Oracle supplied software upgrades, patches, and customizations.

•Administered middle-tier components as required for the PeopleSoft and Oracle Applications web based interfaces.

•Participated in performance analysis and benchmarking of this software.

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Black & Veatch Solutions Group February 1999 - January 2006

Software Analyst

•Performed the AIX operating system installation, customization and maintenance activities required to support Oracle e-Business, OBIEE and Siebel (clustering, volume management etc..)

•Installed, customized and maintained Siebel interfaces to OBIEE.

•Performed application administration for Oracle Life Science Hub and OBIEE.

•Installed supplied patches and customizations for Oracle e-Business 11i.

•Performed major release upgrades of Oracle e-Business 11.0.3 to Oracle e-Business 11.5.3.

•Have done major release upgrades of Oracle Applications from release 10.7 to release 11.0.3.

•Skilled with Korn and Bourne UNIX shell scripting, familiar with PL/SQL, Perl and Java.

Black & Veatch August 1997 - February 1999

Software Analyst

•Application administration for Oracle Applications 11.0.3, running under the AIX operating system.

•Installed supplied patches and customizations for the middle-tier components, to fix and enhance the Oracle Applications web based interface.

•Have done major release upgrades of Oracle Applications from release 10.7 to release 11.0.3.

•Skilled with Korn and Bourne UNIX shell scripting, familiar with PL/SQL, Perl and Java.

Department of Transportation - Kansas April 1990 - August 1997

System Software Programmer/Analyst IV

•Responsible for system administration and database administration for Oracle database software, IBM DB/2 database software on Windows NT and OS/2 based servers.

•Installed software upgrades, patches and Implemented backup and recovery procedures.

•Configured client systems that ran multiple versions of Microsoft’s Windows operating system and administered UNIX based Intergraph CAD/CAM systems.

•During this time earned CNE and CNA certifications from Novell.

Teaching Experience:

Adjunct Instructor - Washburn University

CM444 - The UNIX Operating System

•Introduced the structure, commands, utilities and scripting of shell programs, for the UNIX operating system.

•Introduced students to system administration techniques for UNIX.

CM244 - C Programming

•Introduction to the C programming language to write programs. Syntax, data types, control structures, Operators, data types, pointers, and file input/output were covered.

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