Gary Patterson
IT Consultant @American Printing House for the Blind
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WORK HISTORY
IT Consultant @American Printing House for the Blind
Louisville, KY, US
Information Technology Consultant to this charitable non-profit. APH is the largest producer of Braille and assistive technology and materials for the blind and visually impaired. Lead Greymine\'s team of US, UK, and India based consultants providing support on numerous IT initiatives and projects. Executive advisory services for IT inititives. Projects include: IBM Commerce to WooCommerce conversion for APH\'s high-volume eCommerce web site. Integration between WooCommerce and Syspro ERP (v7 and V8). Syspro to SugarCRM integration. Syspro 7 to 8 upgrade. Compliance consulting: WCAG2, PCI, HIPAA, FERPA, GDPR, UK Customs. Security Incident Response team member.
EDUCATION
Indiana University Southeast
BS, Computer Science
SKILLS
ABOUT GARY PATTERSON
Over thirty years of hands-on Information Technology experience in multiple disciplines: Application Development, Project Management, System Operations, System Administration, IT Security, Disaster Recovery Planning, and Network Design. Heavy focus in large cross-platform application development projects involving IBM midrange: IBM i / iSeries / AS/400 / System/38 / System/36, Windows, AIX, and Linux. Extensive experience with IBM i and Windows platforms. Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure Cloud migration services. IBM i hosting and systems management. Unix/AIX/Linux and IBM mainframe systems experience. Extensive project and application development experience. Heavy EDI experience in manufacturing, transportation, 3PL, automotive, distribution, retail, and healthcare industries.Strong computer networking (Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, Juniper, HP) and IT security skills.Able to budget, develop hardware/software/network requirements, design, code, test, document, implement, maintain, manage project teams, provide training, and serve as a technical consultant. Successful track record turning around stalled or difficult projects. Very detail-oriented, with strong technical, interpersonal, and management skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.Specialties: IBM midrange application design, development, implementation, training utilizing CL, Java, ILE RPG, freeform RPG, RPV RPG II, REXX, and SQL. Microsoft.NET application design, development, testing, implementation, and training. Cisco IOS, PIX, ASA, and more.Cisco network design, implementation, and support.Microsoft network design, implementation, and support.System and network security. PCI compliance.
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