Jeff Gibson

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Smyrna, TN *****

615-***-****

adv7zy@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Software Consultant, Software Architect, Systems Analyst, Software Developer, Head of R&D, Database Architect, Database Developer, DBA, ISV, VAR, OEM

31 years of experience developing vertical market/line of business client-side applications, middle tier logic, and back-end database environments, for the Windows and Macintosh environments, as well as multiple Server-Side environments including Windows and Linux.

30 years of PowerBuilder development experience starting with PowerBuilder 4 through Appeon’s PowerBuilder 2022, including PowerBuilder .NET which was released with PowerBuilder 12, 12.5 and 12.6 which included Microsoft’s WPF Targets, Web Services and .NET Assemblies.

Visual Studio .NET with a strong emphasis on Visual Basic .NET (21+ years), C# (14 years). Xamarin (4 years). Have worked with WinForms, WPF, UWP and Xamarin targets. Recently started working in .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) creating native mobile, desktop and web apps with C# and XAML. Emphasis on RESTful APIs, MVC, MVVM, .NET Assemblies, API’s.

30 years of Database development and DBA experience using Sybase’s Watcom SQL, ASA and SQL Anywhere database environments from version 4 through version 17. Have been involved in the SAP/Sybase/iAnywhere beta programs since ASA7 was released in 1997. Proficient in both Watcom and Transact SQL (T-SQL) dialects which translates over to multiple database environments including MS SQL Server. Extensive replication experience with SQL Remote and synchronization experience using Mobilink. Have also worked with Sybase’s PowerDesigner modeling tool in conjunction with our data models for 25 years.

20 years of experience working with Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2022. Recently started using test databases and App Services within the Microsoft Azure environment. Experience with SSRS and SSIS. Emphasis on using XML and JSON within multiple database environments.

17 years of experience using Oracles MySQL/Myria for website database development.

17 years of experience using the Windows WAMP stack (Apache, MySQL, and PHP) for website development. Working on new web projects using the Laravel framework within PHP. Emphasis on HTML/CSS and JavaScript.

31 years of experience using the Wise Professional Installer and Nullsoft’s NSIS Installation System. Have also worked with Microsoft’s MSI/Windows Installer deployment tools as well as building new installations within the InstallAware installation environment. Also have extensive experience deploying

.NET WinForm applications using Microsoft’s Smart Client/Clickonce technology. I also have extensive experience working within the Windows Registry allowing the installation tools to seamlessly deploy applications to their correct locations within the Operating System without stepping on dependent files that might be required for other applications installed on the same machine. This includes handling the sandboxed locations of the registry when you are installing 32bit applications in a 64bit environment.

23 years of experience using PowerGen. Using PowerGen mainly in conjunction with build processes.

31 years of development experience using the Omnis 5, Omnis 7, Omnis Classic and Omnis Studio cross platform development environments, including Omnis Studio 4-10.2. ODPP Partner. Emphasis on Webform applications.

29 years of extensive experience working with COM and OLE, as well as extensive work with ActiveX. components. Text Control (formally TX Text Control), DBI Components, Infragistics.

26 years of experience working with Intuit’s SDK for QuickBooks using their COM API.

20 years of experience in managing database replication and synchronization environments.

30 years of Windows networking experience including: Windows 9x, NT, 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8.x, Windows 10 and Windows 11.

31 years of experience with Crystal Reports, Crystal Reports Developer, and Crystal Reports Enterprise. Versions 4–10, XI2 and Crystal Reports .NET. Have extensive experience integrating the Crystal Reports viewer into multiple commercial applications.

Have experience working with FoxPro for Windows and Macintosh, Visual FoxPro for Windows and Macintosh (20+ years), Visual Basic 6 (20+ years)

Have used RoboHelp Office for 31 years to develop help files to implement within multiple products including both Win32 Help and HTML Help.

Strengths

Have studied interface design principals/standards to help with UI/UX design and implementation. This includes implementing Visual Cues for better user interaction, correct control usage and data driven design/navigation. Have also studied the correct use of Metro controls using XAML within the Windows 8.x and Windows 10 environments when it comes working with touch screen gestures.

Have experience in normalizing databases as well as off-loading business logic from the client to the database which has helped produce significant speed improvements, as well as allow the database to handle complex logic so it can be hit from multiple front ends. Windows, Web, Tablet, Phone, etc.

Can come up to speed quickly with knowledge of the specific industry I am working in. This allows me to keep the entire scope of the project in mind during development.

Have worked directly with multiple companies/individuals in the General Contracting/Construction Management/Subcontractor market. Also have strong experience within the following markets. Accounting, Trucking, Transportation, Logistics, Electrical (with Smart Meter tracking), State and Federal Government, and Healthcare (Including EHR, Appointment Scheduling, Medical Diagnosis, Medical Billing, and Medical Database Software).

Due to the fact that PowerBuilder, C# and Visual Basic .NET promote a Rapid Application development style, that has pushed some product development towards an iterative/incremental modified waterfall approach to development as well as the sashimi model which allows for overlapping phases due to the fact that these development tools tend to lend themselves to prototyping which works well with RAD. I’ve also been able to incorporate an Agile development methodology as well as a DevOps deployment methodology that is being used in multiple products within the construction industry. EXPERIENCE

May 2021 – March 2023 LTCG/Illumifin

Remote – Minneapolis, MN

Senior Application Architect – Working with multiple teams within LTCG/Illumifin to support their two major PowerBuilder product lines (CLTCAS and LTCAS) that are used to internally support their carrier’s policy operations within the long-term care insurance industry. This includes roughly 28 separate applications that cover areas including (Benefits, Billing, Claims, Commissions and Enrollment). Major focus on the full Azure DevOps environment. Extensive use of SQL Server including a major portion of the business logic being used within Stored Procedures and Table level functions. Emphasis on sending XML files/payloads between modules and systems inside and outside of LTCG/Illumifin’s environment. 2013 – May 2021 Exonero Solutions

Smyrna, TN

Owner/Lead Consultant/Software Architect/Developer/DBA - Started consulting agency focusing on the development of line of business vertical market applications with a strong focus on the use of the SAP/Sybase and Microsoft technology stacks.

The Parkes Companies - Handling the creation, development and support of Enterprise Manager. This is a Contract and Change control system that has been written in PowerBuilder. The product has been tightly integrated with SQL Anywhere to allow for small footprint installations for the Superintendents and Foreman out in the field, and well as using SQL Anywhere’s replication technology between the job sites and the consolidated database at the corporate office. Currently in the process of doing a full migration up to PowerBuilder 2019 R3.

Adcock and Associates Inc. - Working on a software product that will allow them to track market and occupancy information on apartment complexes in user defined regions around the country. Once this data is captured it can then be used by multiple companies to determine anything from where to plan new construction to something as small as modifying rental rates within a particular property.

Dredge 7 Inn - Partnering with Software Constructors on a Web based application for the Dredge 7 Inn in Nome Alaska. The site handles reservations for rooms and vehicles. The site was turned over to us in early 2014 and we were given the task of completely redeveloping the site due to significant design issues with the site not working the way the business model had been presented to the previous company the managed its development.

Verizon (2018/2019) - Have been working with the team inside Verizon that handles their phone number management system that was designed (and still runs) in PowerBuilder 6.5. Have been working with them to implement new features, as well as start a plan to move them toward the migration of their application from PowerBuilder 6.5 to Appeon’s PowerBuilder 2019. 2009 – May 2019 Smart Office Systems, LLC (DX Systems, LLC) Cheyenne, WY

Lead Architect/Lead Developer/DBA

Product Developer and Lead Architect on Smart Office Systems SMART medical software. Handling application updates and enhancements, as well as database modifications for the Mental Health tracking system running in PowerBuilder 12.6.

Currently in the process of rebuilding the SMART application in order to incorporate Appointment Scheduling, Medical Diagnosis and Billing. Also redesigning the EHR and EMR functionality within the application to take advantage of the last API’s when transferring data to and from the SMART software. Adding enhancements to allow for the sending of patient information to Wyoming’s state Medicaid systems using the HL7 and FHIR interoperability standards. 2001 – 2013 Intercept Solutions

Murfreesboro, TN

Co-Founder/Software Architect/Lead Developer/DBA

Have designed and developed a product for the Logistics and Transportation industry using PowerBuilder and Sybase’s SQL Anywhere database toolsets.

Handled the Migration of the Project Axis code from the Omnis 7 environment into the Omnis Studio environment. This allowed us the ability to run the Project Axis product in Windows NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008 and Windows 7, as well as Macintosh platforms running System 10.x and higher.

Helped design, implement and maintain a replication environment within Sybase SQL Anywhere 5.x-17.x database infrastructure using SQLRemote to support the Superintendents that were using Enterprise Manager out in the field. Was able to use the replication environment to pass scheme changes down to the remotes to keep their databases in sync with the consolidated database.

Implemented Crystal Reports into our PowerBuilder application to handle the data from large reports. Jan 2012 – Jun 2012 ElectSolve

Shreveport, LA

Software Consultant

Worked with the database development team on a system for Electrical Coops. This included extensive redesign of close to 800 Stored Procedures that touched tables that were being either modified or eliminated altogether. The required a full impact analysis across roughly 78 database that encompassed the product.

Put a full spec together for a new web application that was replacing a Visual Basic 6 app that they considered legacy.

Was introduced to the concept of distributed version control using GiT and Mercurial, as well as incorporating source control in a database environment. Sept 2009 – May 2022 Intertech Consulting, Inc.

Houston, TX

Software/Database Consultant – Subcontractor for spot short term projects.

Maryland General Assembly (MGA) – (6 Month Contract - 2009) - Consultant to the Maryland General Assembly (MGA) in conjunction with Sybase Professional Services for a short-term contract. Worked onsite and remotely.

Worked with the PowerBuilder team at MGA to help them implement multiple outstanding items into their Budget application used with the State House and State Senate.

Migrated application from PowerBuilder 10 to PowerBuilder 11.5.1.

Rolled the entire PFC framework underneath their application to allow us to use functionality that would allow for quicker development in the future. This allowed the Maryland General Assembly to user the PFC within all of their future development.

Coast Guard/TSA – (9 Month Contract - 2016) - PowerBuilder Consultant – Chesapeake, VA. Onsite.

Led the onsite PowerBuilder team at the Coast Guard/TSA offices in the migration of the 1995 based accounting system that was written in PowerBuilder 5.0, up to SAP/Sybase’s currently supported version of PowerBuilder 12.6. This included deploying this application through a Citrix environment using a single sign on for security purpose. Made multiple changes within the application to handle emulation within the registry (WOW64). Specifically with this application being a 32bit application running exclusively on a 64bit Operating System.

ATF – Washington, DC. – (2 to 4 month spot contracts 2016-2019) - Worked remotely and onsite.

Worked with a team of PowerBuilder developers that worked on enhancements within their suite of applications that they used for weapon and incident tracking. Added source control to their original line of applications. Worked on refactoring efforts to convert their applications from using Oracle 8.x to Microsoft SQL Server due to the federal government mandate that stated that federal apps would need to be moved off of Oracle due to licensing costs. Designed GiT source control environment for all three apps when we migrated the applications from PowerBuilder 12.5 to PowerBuilder 2017/2019.

Golden Aluminum – (Spot contracts – 2016-2017, 2021-2022) Fort Lupton, CO. Worked remotely and onsite.

Worked on their PowerBuilder application to implement enhancements that were needed for their software. Also worked with them on a plan on migration to PowerBuilder 2019 that would allow them to stub some of their development over to C#. Have plans to migrate to C# over the next few years.

Security Finance – (7 Month Contract - 2019) - Spartanburg, SC. Worked remotely and onsite.

Worked with their DBA team on supporting the Mobilink infrastructure that runs in SQL Anywhere. Worked on Proof of Concept using Mobilink in conjunction with SQL Server.

HealthPointe – (Spot Contracts – 2018, 2019) - Located in Florida - Worked remotely.

Worked to design a new key generation system using Sequences in the SQL Anywhere environment that helped them around an issue they were running into with database locks with their key tables.

1993 – 2000 RP Industries, Inc.

Nashville, TN

Applications Developer, Network Engineer

Head of Development – Lead developer on large software project that was developed for the General Contractor/Construction Management industry. Worked in that role with 10 developers with team members that lived in Tennessee and New York.

Sole developer on RP Industries, Inc. Initial contract control product named Project Axis. This product was a multiuser and multiplatform product that was sold to over 200 General Contractors/Construction Managers in the US and Mexico. At its peak this system was deployed to over 1,000 users across the US and Mexico.

Sole developer on RP Industries, Inc. bid solicitation product named Bid Lister. This product was used to analyze their list of subcontractors and see which ones would work in a specific area of the country and handled a specific type of work. From there we were able to extract fax numbers to allow us to broadcast fax thousands of bid solicitations to out to our list of subcontractors. 1992 – 1993 Software Constructors

Nashville, TN

Assistant Applications Developer/Software Consultant

Helped with the support and development of Accounting 4 Construction. This is an accounting system used specifically for the construction industry.

Worked as a consultant to develop a Cost Management System for a large Electrical/Manufacturing contractor in the Nashville area. C&E Electric.

EDUCATION Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

1986 - 1991 Louisiana State University in Shreveport Shreveport, LA

Major – Computer Science/Software Engineering

Minor – General Business

MEMBERSHIPS & ACHIVEMENTS

Was approached by the product management group for PowerBuilder at Sybase/SAP back in the fall of 2010 to become a member of their MVP (Most Valuable Programmer) group. This is an elite group of PowerBuilder developers that currently only consists of 11 developers from around the world. My job consists of helping grow SAP/Sybase PowerBuilder applications in the ISV market (Independent Software Vendors), as well as work with SAP/Sybase on customizing/developing PowerBuilder applications that work directly with SAP’s OTC, SD, MM, FI/CO, CO-PA and Pricing modules.

Current member of the ISUG-TECH board of directors. Working with SAP to help with the training of the Legacy Sybase technologies.

Active member of the Intuit Developer Network.

President, Association of Software Professionals

President, Music City Sybase User Group.

President Independent SAP Technical User Group (ISUG-TECH).

Member of ISUG-TECH North American PowerBuilder Virtual User Group.

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