Resume

Robert Gash                                               (910) 232-3942

EXPERIENCE
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Business Solutions Project Manager
General Electric Company, Wilmington, NC
2005 - Current

Directed a team of eight delivering a new business intelligence (BI)
platform for a $1.0B business. ~ Coordinated business-wide functional
engagement and change control processes. ~ Specified, solicited,
awarded, and managed contracts in excess of $1.0MM to support BI and
supply chain initiatives. ~ Co-led process and technical design of
Oracle 11i supply chain components, consolidating 13 disparate processes
into a single process for all domestic operations. ~ Authored
business-wide software development procedures. ~ Mentored IT employees
in Lean Six Sigma processes and facilitation.
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Information Management Leadership Program (IMLP)
General Electric Company, United States and Italy
2003 - 2005

Designed and implemented a new GE Lean Six Sigma spend control process
that saved $4MM in FY2006. ~ Led the development and redesign of a new
expediting system to manage the global supply chain for a $4.2B
business. ~ Supported logistics and headquarters warehouse consolidation
for a $2.0B business. ~ Completed GE corporate education programs in
business dynamics, leadership foundations, and project management.
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Software Engineer
Enkia Corporation, Atlanta, GA
2002 - 2003

Led a development team of three responsible for developing an artificial
intelligence fault prediction system. ~ Performed production application
profiling, optimization, and load testing, facilitating pricing model
development.
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eBusiness Technology Manager
AIS Media, Atlanta, GA
2001 - 2002

Architected and directed technical operations for over ten projects. ~
Provided cost and resource estimations for all new client development
projects. ~ Scheduled and managed development staff and coordinated
interdepartmental project participation. ~ Designed and developed
customer managed systems provisioning application (Java/J2EE). ~
Restructured internal support systems, increasing support efficiency and
improving customer satisfaction.
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Senior Systems Administrator
Vener Net, Little Canada, MN
1999 - 2000

Designed and directed implementation, expansion, and migration to a next
generation hosting platform, reducing cost, increasing capacity, and
improving responsiveness for more than 2000 clients.
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Systems Administrator
Cybermax, Jacksonville, FL
1998 - 1999

Managed a regional network that supported thousands of commercial
internet users, and systems that supported a Dow Chemical backed builder
services venture, Buildscape.com.
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Consultant
Murphco of Florida, Jacksonville, FL
1997
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Web Development Intern
Cybermax, Jacksonville, FL
1996
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EDUCATION
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Georgia Institute of Technology
BS in Computer Science with High Honor
December 2003

Core specialization: Software Engineering; minor specializations:
networking, compilers, and information security.   Head Teaching
Assistant for Software Practicum; teaching assistant for over 3 years.
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TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
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*	Enterprise applications / ERP: Oracle eBusiness Suite 11i (PO, INV,
  QA, iSupplier, Sourcing, ASCP, WMS, PA, AP).
*	Quality: Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, including Lean.
*	Software architecture and design: Domain and business analysis,
  modeling, and UML.
*	Programming languages: Java, C, C++, Smalltalk, Perl, Scheme, and
  Python.  Limited C# and Coldfusion.
*	Java technologies: Full J2EE suite, O/R mapping, JDBC, JNDI, RMI,
  Swing, SWT, Reflection, and XML.
* Application servers: Weblogic, Tomcat, Jetty, and JBoss.
*	Database systems: MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle.
*	Web technologies: PHP, JSP, HTML, XML, and CSS.
*	Development and testing tools: Version control (CVS, SVN), defect
  tracking systems (Bugzilla, JIRA, Mercury), automated testing,
  system profiling, and load testing.
*	System management: Linux, BSD, Solaris, and Microsoft.
*	Other software: Apache, ISC, and sendmail.
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Creator of WebTTS, an award-winning open source helpdesk management
application.  Former Vice President, Atlanta Java Users Group.  Former
Vice President, Jacksonville Linux Users Group.  Former member of campus
radio station air staff and sustaining member of engineering support
group.  Core team member of the regional GE United Way fundraising
campaign, 2005 and 2006.  Leader of GE Nuclear Energy campus recruiting
team.  Personal interests include photography, cooking, mountain biking,
golfing, and history.  Eagle Scout.
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                   References available upon request.

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