Gary W. Olson Email & Phone Number

Lansing, Michgan Area

I'm currently a Data Engineer working in SQL and PL/SQL in a UNIX/Oracle environment, along with being an Informatica Administrator and Developer. I originally joined as a COBOL/JCL programmer, working in an IBM mainframe environment, and have previously been a Data Warehouse Engineer, Data Warehouse Analyst, Software Engineer, and Programmer/Analyst here. Broadly speaking, almost all of my projects here have involved data conversion, data modeling, and data architect-like work of one form or… Show more I'm currently a Data Engineer working in SQL and PL/SQL in a UNIX/Oracle environment, along with being an Informatica Administrator and Developer. I originally joined as a COBOL/JCL programmer, working in an IBM mainframe environment, and have previously been a Data Warehouse Engineer, Data Warehouse Analyst, Software Engineer, and Programmer/Analyst here. Broadly speaking, almost all of my projects here have involved data conversion, data modeling, and data architect-like work of one form or another - only the tools, environments, and project goals have varied.In addition to the above, I've also had some experience and training with SAS, UKG (formerly UltiPro), Perlscript, Java, Weblogic, DARS (ETL software), TIDAL, dBeaver, Toad, Cygwin, Serena ChangeMan, Microsoft Visio, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, SQL Developer, IBM Cognos, and the Rational suite of project and time management tools, including Niku, ClearCase, and ClearQuest. Show less

I wrote dark fantasy, horror, and science fiction novels and short stories when I wasn't working my day job. My first novel, _Brutal Light,_ was published in December 2011, and I've had short stories published in anthologies such as _Fading Light,_ _Fairly Wicked Tales,_ and _The CAM Charity Anthology: Horror and Science Fiction 1_. This part of my life has been on hold since the end of August 2017.

Lansing, Michigan Area

I did some COBOL/JCL work here, along with work in "M2 Programming Language," which I believe was an inventory-oriented programming language that we somehow managed to make work for our auto and home insurance processing (in a mainframe environment). I've never found anyone else outside MM who has ever heard of this language, and I'm sure MM itself has moved on from it.

Lansing, Michigan Area

I worked on developing programs that were packaged and sold to individual agents who wanted to do comparative rating for their customers on home and auto insurance. This was way back in the day before you could do this sort of thing on the web. I learned a language called 'CBASIC' for this, which is, as it sounds, a Frankenstein-like stitch-up of C and BASIC that you've never heard of (more like C than BASIC, with lots of GOTO statements). Continental Systems got absorbed by a larger company… Show more I worked on developing programs that were packaged and sold to individual agents who wanted to do comparative rating for their customers on home and auto insurance. This was way back in the day before you could do this sort of thing on the web. I learned a language called 'CBASIC' for this, which is, as it sounds, a Frankenstein-like stitch-up of C and BASIC that you've never heard of (more like C than BASIC, with lots of GOTO statements). Continental Systems got absorbed by a larger company that subsequently dismantled it, but its founders created a new company called NetRate Systems that has continued to this day. (There is, apparently, another company on LinkedIn that calls itself Continental Systems, Inc, but this was not that company.) Show less