From: gusm@kyriaki.EBay.Sun.COM (Gus Makreas)
Newsgroups: ba.jobs.misc
Subject: Contractor avail:C,Unix,Sybase,SQL,Sun,VAX
Keywords: contractor,C,Unix,Sybase,SQL,Sun,VAX
Date: 25 Jul 92 19:02:44 GMT
Reply-To: 415-697-3290
Followup-To: 415-697-3290
Organization: Ninax Associates, Inc.
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OBJECTIVE: Contractor (Incorporated) available immediately for contracts

CONTACT:   Ninax Associates, Inc.
           Gus Makreas
           1190 Vista Grande
           Millbrae, CA  94030   U.S.A.
           415-697-3290

*** Please no EMAILS *** Telephone calls/letters preferred.


AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

***         Languages: C,SQL,C shell,Bourne Shell,Korn Shell,awk,FORTRAN,IBM BAL
***          Hardware: Sun SPARCstations,DEC VAX,IBM PC/AT,IBM PS/2,IBM 370
*** Operating Systems: UNIX,XENIX,AIX,Solaris 1.0,SUNOS 4.1.x,VMS,MS-DOS
***             RDBMS: Sybase,SQL,DB-Library,APT
***           General: CAD,QA,Testing,Computer Graphics,On-line Transaction
***                    Processing (OTP),Financial Management Reports,Computer
***                    Games,Electronic Software Delivery,Call Management,
***                    Customer Service,Electronic Navigation,Realtime Data
***                    Acquisition,Contracts Administration


PERSONAL DATA:

Born 7/2/1953, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A.

I have 16 years overall experience in the software industry, the last 12 of
those years spent as a contractor to companies such as IBM, Sun Microsystems,
Crocker Bank, Wells Fargo Investment Advisors, Tymshare International,
Advanced Micro Devices, Fairchild Semiconductors, and Atari, among others.

I am reliable, a team player, logical, well-organized, and personable.  I
have effective written and oral communication skills and enjoy working with
people.  A sense of humor comes bundled at no extra cost (Version 39.7).


EDUCATION:

 Degree:  A.B., Computer Science, 1977, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
 G.P.A.:  Overall 3.64, Computer Science 3.50 (Basis 4.0)
 Honors:  Indiana University Merit Scholarship, Indiana State Scholarship,
          Dean's List.

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WORK EXPERIENCE:

*** 1/1991 to 7/1992   SPARCstation,SunOS,C,C Shell,Bourne Shell,DB-Library,SQL,
                       Sybase,awk
Sun Microsystems       Wrote reports for the Call Management System while
                       providing user support.  Performed database data
                       conversions, maintenance, and archiving.  Developed test
                       plans and QA suites for data edits and validations.


*** 11/1990 to 1/1991  SPARCstation,SunOS,C,C Shell
J. Frank & Associates  Developed test plans and QA suites for network-based
                       extended storage management system (ESMS).


*** 11/1989 to 11/1990 Sun 3/50,SunOS,C,C Shell,Bourne Shell,DB-Library,SQL,
                       Sybase,awk
Sun Microsystems       Built revenue database for Contracts Administration
                       System.  Developed user interface and application
                       programs to produce financial reports.


*** 6/1989 to 10/1989  IBM PS/2,AIX,C
IBM Corporation        Developed State Table Generator for voicemail system.


*** 11/1988 to 6/1989  DEC VAX/750,C,SQL,Sybase
Wells Fargo Investment Produced financial reports to track mutual funds'
Advisors               performance.


*** 3/1986 to 11/1988  SUN 3/60,IBM AT,DOS,UNIX,C,Korn Shell
Karlin & Collins       Developed data compression routines for the K&C
                       DriverGuide vehicle navigation system.


*** 4/1986 to 7/1986   IBM AT,DOS,C
IBM Corporation        Developed the Laser Particle Counter, an integral part of
                       quality control for disk head assembly line.


*** 11/1985 to 3/1986  DEC VAX/750,IBM PC/AT,Perkin Elmer,VMS,OS/32,FORTRAN
Ramtek Corporation     Ported GKS graphics software from VAX to Perkin Elmer.


*** 5/1985 to 7/1985   DEC VAX/780,VMS,C
Systems Control, Inc.  Developed routines for realtime data acquisition for
                       major electrical utility customer.


*** 10/1984 to 5/1985  DEC VAX/780,VMS,FORTRAN,C
Fairchild              In CAD environment developed artwork graphics comparison
Semiconductor          program involving polygon fill and reconstruction.


*** 10/1983 to 7/1984  DEC VAX/780,VMS,C
Tymshare International Developed queueing routines for electronic software
                       delivery system.


*** 5/1983 to 10/1983  IBM 370,MVS,FORTRAN
Trilogy Systems        Developed 100-module "wire-bender" post-processor for the
                       Trilogy board in CAD environment.


*** 4/1982 to 11/1982  VAX/780,VMS,C,Z80,68000
Ramtek Corporation     Converted Z80-based graphics software code to 68000 for
                       the Ramtek 9460 Graphics Display System.


*** 11/1981 to 3/1982  Televideo 801,CP/M,C
Select Information     Developed spelling checker for the Select editor.
Systems


*** 6/1981 to 10/1981  Tandem 16,Guardian,T/TAL
Crocker Bank           Developed queueing routines for financial transactions on
                       the International Data Automation project.


*** 1/1981 to 5/1981   Atari 800,AtariOS,6502,BASIC
Atari, Inc.            Produced full-color, full-sound animated graphics demo
                       for the Atari 800.


PERMANENT POSITIONS:

*** 1/1980 to 1/1981   Tandem 16,Guardian,T/TAL
OCLC, Inc.             Developed the offline fund processing component for the
                       Library Acquisitions System.


*** 7/1977 to 1/1980   IBM 370,MVS,BAL
Chemical Abstracts     Programmed enhancements to the subscription fulfillment
Service                component of the Business Information System.  Also
                       produced cash accounting reports and streamlined automated
                       accounting procedures.