Return to Home

Greg Schweizer

Schweizer Software Solutions Incorporated

16603 NE 107th Avenue ■ Battle Ground, WA 98604 ■(360) 573-4720 ■ gregs@schweizersoftware.com

 

SUMMARY:

Career Technologist experienced with all aspects of Unisys 2200 / Dorado Systems Programming using  Unisys provided tools, third parties and custom utilities self developed using MASM and C.  Providing a unique mix of expert level systems knowledge along with excellent business skills for application development to solve complex business issues with technology.  Long term and active member of UNITE, currently serving on the Board of Directors.

 

SKILLS:

Unisys 2200                COBOL                      MASM              DMS 2200                SSG

OS 2200 internals             TIP/HVTIP                   DPS                DEPCON                   EOM

ECL                             Visual Basic               VBA                 C/C++                         Java

OO Programming            Relational Databases            TCP/IP                        Windows API             Windows support

 

HONORS:

   Currently on the UNITE (Unisys Technology Exchange) Board Of Directors

   Served for several years as an officer in the UNITE Users Group

 

CAREER EXPERIENCE:

 

Oregonian Publishing Co. (The Oregonian Newspaper), Portland OR              08/1988 - current

Business Systems Architect / Computer Operations Supervisor

The Oregonian is the major daily newspaper in Portland, Oregon and is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the West coast with the largest circulation in the Pacific Northwest.

    Responsible for the design, build and support of Unisys 2200 series mainframes - the latest version of the 2200 system is the Dorado 400 Intel based server running a Linux kernel and OS 2200 and is controlled by a Windows based Operations Server.

    Also build and maintain several Windows servers, and some Windows applications developed with VB and VC++.

    Configure and install all Unisys and third party products designing, coding, testing and implementing custom system software written in MASM, C, and COBOL including a 2200 Services Provider, an FTP utility, a database randomizer procedure, a system identifier, an undelete utility, and an interface for KMSystems InfoQuest product.

·    Scheduled to present at the next UNITE conference the 2200 Services Provider.

    Provide application development work on the Unisys 2200 for the Circulation system with COBOL, C, and Java.

    Circulation application keeps a record of all households in the delivery area and subscribers that reside at them, tracks service history, bills subscribers, posts payments for subscriptions, pays distributors and invoices independent dealers, and it records draw history for advertising.

    Circulation includes over 100 online programs with one or more screens each and more than 300 batch programs

    Java development is on the workstations for accessing the Circulation system via web browsers.

    Presented the Java development at a past UNITE Conference.

    Designed and developed Windows applications including File Monitor and Transfer Program developed with VC++, and programs that query SQL database and send data to the Unisys mainframe developed with Visual Basic.

    Designed and developed data entry applications developed with MS Access using VBA.

 

Unisys, Minneapolis MN                                                                                          09/1986 - 08/1988

Operating Systems Programmer 

    Worked in the OS 1100 development group in the Roseville Development Center

    Assigned to the Integrated Recovery component of the EXEC to resolve problem reports, fix bugs and some new feature development using MASM and PLUS (an internal proprietary language based on PL/1)

 

Sperry Univac, Minneapolis MN                                                                              11/1980 - 09/1986

Systems Programming Consultant 

Traveling consultant assigned to multiple customer sites to provide systems programming, installation, performance analysis and troubleshooting.   Assignments were typically 1-2 years in length. Sample projects are outlined as follows:

    Sperry Univac Benchmark Center - Eagan, MN - Assigned to develop a benchmark for the US Air Force using an online QLP database query tool, MASM and GSA

    Sperry Univac HQ - Blue Bell, PA -  Developed interfaces between COBOL and the OS using MASM with TIP and HVTIP for an Apparel Industry application which was being ported from the Univac Series 90 systems

    New York DSS – Manhattan, NYC - Assigned to support the 2200 mainframes for project to develop a new Welfare System for the City of New York

    IRS – Washington DC - Developed new features in MASM for the OS 1100 operating system, including tape recognition, tape device handling and password security

 

Boeing Computer Services / US Dept of Energy, Richland WA                          06/1979 - 11/1980

Systems Programmer 

    Responsible for installing and maintaining OS 1100 TIP, DMS, and CMS 1100 system software on a Sperry Univac mainframe with all custom systems programming done in MASM

 

United Air Lines Maintenance Operations Center, San Francisco CA             05/1977 - 06/1979

Programmer/Analyst 

    Part of a massive development team for an aircraft maintenance/inventory management/automatic parts ordering TIP/DMS application involving several dozen online programs at the San Francisco Airport in San Bruno

    Developed COBOL / TIP online programs and screens (prior to DPS) and wrote utility subroutines in MASM that ran on a Sperry Univac mainframe

 

State of Washington Department of Licensing, Olympia WA                            05/1976 - 05/1977

Systems Analyst

    Responsible for the online portion of the Motor Vehicle Licensing System used in DMV offices statewide to license motor vehicles, trucks, trailers and to track stolen license plates and vehicles

    Migrated original system developed on a RCA Spectra 70 computer to a Univac 1100 system using Assembler on the RCA system and in COBOL on the Univac system using TIP and DMS

 

    EDUCATION:

    Washington State University, Pullman, WA - B.S., Computer Science

    Washington State University, Vancouver, WA - Master of Technology Management