JERRY M. NICHOLS

1204 Halidon Way, Folsom, CA 95630
Home: 916-983-5695
Work: 916-526-2879

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Portal Software Inc., Gold River, California

Staff Software Engineer -- August 2000 to Present

Design, code, test, and document new vertical solutions that tie into Portal's existing billing engine and software. Vertical solutions are on client server applications. Coding followed National Language Support (NLS), multi-byte and ANSI coding standards.

· Integration of Jones Cyber Solutions and Portal's Infranet. (Currently)

· Service Availability solutions for cable, telephony, e-telephony and more. (Currently)

· Tested UEM, UEL, Delayed purchases, and pin_webd for Orion, Portal's newest version of Infranet.
U.S. Computer Services - CableData, El Dorado Hills, California -- ISO9001

Sr. Software Engineer -- July 1999 to August 2000

Software Engineer -- January 1998 to July 1999

Programmer Analyst II -- September 1995 to January 1998

Application programmer -- September 1994 to September 1995

Designed, coded, tested, and documented enhancements and defect fixes on client server applications.

Coding follows National Language Support (NLS), multi-byte and ANSI coding standards.

· Developed XML API's for a project called AWD.

· Upgraded DDP/SQL Compass from rel4.0 to rel4.1, TUX, XML COM, and ASP.

· Developed COM objects for Compass, used ASP, HTML, VB script and Java Scripts to test.

· Designed and coded, a GUI data service maintenance utility program.

· Lead the Year 2000 compliance Project for USCS's domestic product.

· Lead the Project for merging eight release branches into current Y2K.

· Trained new employees, technical leader, and recruiting.

· Coded and tested Near Video On Demand (NVOD) project.

· Analyzed, proposed, and recommended, path coverage tools.

3Net Systems Inc., Rancho Cordova, California

Applications Programmer -- December 1993 to September 1994

Applications Programmer -- June 1992 to April 1993

Developed complex applications for a medical Laboratory Information System (LIS), and

DATAMAR, a medical data management system.

· Designed, coded and maintained Object Oriented Applications using client server technology.

· Translated user requirements to developer specifications.

· Installed and configured the DATAMAR systems at customer sights.

Infinite Functions, Inc. -- Hewlett Packard Company, San Jose, California

Applications Programmer/Support -- August 1993 to December 1993

Contracted with Infinite Functions, Inc. for HP's Panda line software that controls production of six printer assembly lines.

· Managed and trained support personal.

· Developed software for the swapping of networked hardware.

· Created a programs to maintain error logs and generate statistical reports.

· Documented the Panda line software control system and exception processing.

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

SOFTWARE: C/C++, Microsoft Visual C++/MFC, COM, ASP, HTML, VB Script, Java Script,

XML, TCP/IP, dynamic and embedded SQL, ORACLE, Tuxedo, shell script, perl script, awk

SYSTEMS: UNIX, NT, Windows 98, Terminal Server, Novell Network, TANDEM D45

EDUCATION

California State University, Chico, California
B.S. in Computer Science, Minor in Business Administration January 1989 to May 1992

College of the Redwoods, Eureka, California
Certificate in Computer Information Systems September 1986 to December 1988