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Canyon College

Gene Bryant, MS, BS
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Biographical Information

Education:

M.S. Texas A&M University, Business Computing Science / Minor - Accounting
M.S. Texas A&M University, Economics
B.S. Texas A&M University, Economics / Minor - Mathematics.

Experience:

1994 to 2002
North Lake College (Dallas County Community College District)
Programming Coordinator

Scheduled and coordinated all programming courses for the CIS division.
Hired adjunct instructors for the programming courses.
Developed and taught: Fundamentals and advanced topics of ANSI C programming, Object-oriented analysis, design and programming concepts using C++ and Java, On-line version of C, C++, Visual Basic and Java via the Internet, Systems Analysis, Web programming, Intro to Micro- and Macro-economics.

1999 to Present
University of Texas at Dallas
Lecturer

Developed and taught graduate level object-oriented programming courses using C++, Java and XML.
Topics included object-oriented analysis/design, Windows API, Windows application framework (MFC), Java API and Java Virtual Machine.

2000 to 2001
WorldCom, Richardson, TX
Consultant

Designed and developed Java/XML software for Voice over IP project using SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) standards.
Prepared standards specification documents for various digital telephone vendors.
Configured equipment from various vendors (Cisco, Pingtel, Mediatrix, Komodo, etc) for testing with MCI gateway.
Participated in the design of overall network architecture to deploy the SIP "solution" within the MCI organization, in preparation for doing likewise for customer sites.
Researched networking protocols and WorldCom products to create reports and input for networking RFC's.

1999 to 2000
Dr Pepper / Seven Up, Plano, TX
Consultant

Using Access and Visual Basic, developed a system to maintain customer data meeting National Charge criteria.
Provide support for National Account Distribution system.
Enhanced the Rebate system for Fountain & Food Service Division

1998 to 1999
Action-Lane Industries, Inc., Tupelo, MS
Consultant (partial telecommute)

Led a team to design an Order Management System for a furniture manufacturing firm.
Conducted RAD sessions with developers and users.
Created data models for Order Management, Shipping and Inventory Control.
Held training sessions in Natural, Construct and Adabas for the permanent staff.
Mentored and advised the members of the Y2K team concerning programming and data conversion issues.

1998 to 2000
University of Dallas, Irving, TX
Adjunct Professor

Developed and taught programming courses in Java, C++ and Visual Basic to graduate MIS and MBA students.
Adapted programming system projects to various business settings and projects.

1997
MCI Communications, Richardson, TX
Consultant

Served as Technical Lead / Resource (including conducting formal classes and code review sessions) to MCI employees in Natural/ADABAS and C.
Designed and developed the Topology Replication Server system to interface ADABAS mainframe data with Sybase mid-range servers.
The system was written in Natural/ADABAS, Predict and COBOL.
Participated in a pilot project to create a web page to disseminate information to field engineers.
The web page was created using Front Page, Visual C++ and Java.

1995 to 1997
Southwest Airlines, Dallas, TX
Consultant

Designed, coded and tested the Tools and Test Equipment Project within WIZARD, the aircraft parts inventory system written in Natural/ADABAS/Predict.
Wrote a set of 'filter' programs in C to serve as the interface for the EDI project between SWA and Boeing Aircraft.
Developed an in-house system using Visual Basic/Access to keep track of all user requests for production support and system enhancements.

1994 to 1995
MCI Communications, Richardson, TX
Consultant

Designed, coded and tested the modification of the interface between Switched Circuit Order Transaction System (SCOTS) to enable ordering of new circuit types.
Analyzed and re-engineered the circuit ordering process to use generic "recyclable" code. The new process retired over 600 existing modules, replacing them with approximately 40 new "generic" modules.

1993 to 1994
Sprint, Irving, TX
Programmer Analyst

Created design documents and performed coding tasks for Sprint's 800 Network System and Switched Data Services projects.
Developed project implementation and testing plans employing data and process modeling concepts.

1989 to 1993
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Systems Analyst

Developed an accounting system to standardize the accounting procedures and reporting process across the various campuses and agencies within the TAMU System.
Served as the Novell LAN Administrator for the Computer Services Center-Systems Development Services with over 50 users.
Maintained and enhanced LAN metering software written in C++.