Andrew John NERLICH
Unit 5, 8A Hampden Road, Pennant Hills NSW 2120
0404 002 059
anerlich@yahoo.com
https://andrewn23.blogspot.com/
https://andrewn23.blogspot.com/
Objective
Seeking part time work, 2-3 days per week, as a programmer and/or systems analyst.
Skills
Programming on a variety of technical platforms and a variety of languages, from COBOL on IBM mainframes, through Visual Basic and C#, to Android and Java. Requirements specification, systems analysis, and implementation in a variety of businesses.
Happy to work with less common platforms and systems should the task require such.
Education
B.Sc., Computer Science and Pure Mathematics, University of Sydney, completed 1975.
H.S.C, North Sydney Boys' High School, 1972.
Experience
2014- active retirement
Active retirement, including consistent study of online programming courses, in Android, Java, Kotlin, Python, Data Science, IBM HyperLedger, etc..
Completed Coursera’s initial four module and about twelve month Android and Cloud Computing course with full marks , in the top 1% of students, and winning a small prize for my app, a means of allowing doctors to monitor patient’s medications, and their reactions thereto, remotely.
A video presentation and details of that course can be seen here.
A selection of course certificates can be seen on my LinkedIn profile.
2003-2013 Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS)
Maintenance and significant upgrade of an in-house developed customer database written in Delphi and Oracle. Eventual migration of this system to a customised Microsoft CRM system, requiring development of complex conversion programs.
Management, development, and maintenance of Microsoft CRM system for several years. Significant program maintenance and development in C#.NET. Major upgrade from version 3 to version 4.
Maintenance and development of two complex systems used by ACHS customers to submit data and provide reporting against ACHS standards, and to submit client measurements for ACHS' clinical indicators.
Various development tools and packages were used over the years, using file transfers and then Web Forms, using Paradox, Visual Basic, Delphi , VB.NET, Access, XML, SQL Server, VB.NET, etc.
Assisted SAP consultants to install their software for accounting functions, and performed modifications to in-house systems to facilitate their integration with SAP.
Some exposure to Umbraco CMS for ACHS corporate website development and maintenance.
1997- 2003 Strategic Operating Solutions
Consultant, managing day to day IT functions at a legal publishing company for twelve months. Including PC based systems and ComOps system running on HP/UX. Approximately 8 staff and consultants.
Various programming and IT support assignments in Delphi, Microsoft Access, Oracle and Visual Basic for security, healthcare (ACHS), and other companies.
1994-1997 Aspect Computing
Systems analysis and programming for a variety of corporate and government clients in COBOL on Unix, Microsoft Access, Visual Basic, Delphi, Gupta SQL Windows,Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle database and front end tools.
Program analysis, specification and development of systems allowing communication between sales staff using laptops and central IBM AS/400 for both a publishing company and a garden product distributor.
Involvement in implementation and upgrading of Global Trader dealing room software, to support foreign exchange and money market functions, at a major bank. Produced reporting programs using Oracle front end and database tools. Also providing overnight programming support for batch processing.
Shorter assignments as a number of other Aspect clients.
1994 Sterling Software
Contract - In-house Microsoft Access programmer supporting a system for world-wide software problem reporting, automatically communicating with other sites via cc:Mail. Devised methods to automate several maintenance functions which previously required daily staff intervention. Program troubleshooting, bug identification, localise enhancements and liaison with developers in the US.
1986-1994 HFC/Household Financial Services
Systems analysis and project liaison with ACI/Ferntree Computer Services for development, maintenance and operations of customised CARDPAC credit card management system at bureau and later running on in-house mainframe.
Management of SYSGEN Leasing System running on IBM System/38.
Wrote systems in COBOL on System/38 for Personnel database and complex financial reporting
Migration of CARDPAC from Ferntree bureau to in-house IBM 4381 system.
Participation in planning of move of premises and large systems from City and North Sydney to St Leonards.
Management of all aspects of 24/7 mainframe and system/38 operations and development for several years. Managed around 15 staff. Significant hands-on involvement as well as technical advice, and liaison with management at all levels of the company.
Developed Windows programming skills using C, Visual Basic and Microsoft Access as personal initiative. Devised and conducted introductory Visual Basic course for in-house programmers.
Managed outsourcing of in-house mainframe systems to FNS bureau and later to IBM bureau. Decommissioning of in-house 4381.
Management of mainframe terminal network, IBM token ring and Novell Netware PC network installation.
1978-1986 Dow Chemical
Programming in Basic-Plus and a proprietary program generator, MPG, on DEC PDP-11 for sophisticated in-house developed accounting systems.
All aspects of PDP-11 and later mainframe computer operations, job scheduling, report distribution, data transfers, troubleshooting, programming support. Informal supervision of one other staff member.
Some involvement with installation of small IBM mainframe to facilitate introduction of worldwide common accounting systems and other software.
Conversion of in-house developed payroll system on PDP-11 to UNIPAY by Peterborough Software running on IBM system.
1977-1978 Department of Administrative Services, Australian Public Service
COBOL programming on Burroughs mainframes. Using both Hollerith punched cards and online terminals to enter code and data.
Wrote and supported reporting programs for 1977 Federal electoral redistribution.
Data analysis for Australian Archives, preliminary to developing new system to track archive materials.
Data analysis for Australian Archives, preliminary to developing new system to track archive materials.
On-site and on call operations support for various departmental overnight job runs.
