Eric P. Myers

2496 Paradise Village Way
Las Vegas, NV 89120-1028
(702) 743-6672
Internet: http://www.emyers.org
e-mail: eric@emyers.org

Work Experience:

Sept 2000 – Present
Software Engineer/Database Administrator
Mikohn Corporation
920 Pilot Road
Las Vegas, NV 89119

In this newly created position I am responsible for the configuration and schema of the MS SQL databases used with our two Casino Management products CasinoLink and TableLink. Other responsibilities include maintaining current Data Dictionaries, system updates, troubleshooting customer problems, and performance tuning. I have also been involved with OLAP development using Knosys ProClarity 3.0.

Sept. 1999 - Sept. 2000
Property Application Manager
The Desert Inn
3145 Las Vegas Blvd., South
Las Vegas, NV 89109

Responsible for the application support group which manages all software running at the property. Major applications supported include Adaco, ADSM, LSI, CDS, LMS, MICROS, SpaSoft, TSP and Delphi running on IBM RS6000 severs under the AIX variant of UNIX and Windows NT. Interfaces supported included credit card processing, room charges, casino comps, and electronic travel agent processing.
 

Dec. 1997 - Sept. 1999
Application Systems Manager
Caesar's World Las Vegas
3570 Las Vegas Blvd., South
Las Vegas, NV 89109

System Administrator of several servers running Oracle Databases and various applications under AIX (IBM's version of UNIX) and SCO UNIX. My staff and myself are responsible for user management, networking, performance monitoring and tuning, e-mail administration (sendmail), resource allocation, security, system and data backup scheduling, monitoring and application configuration. Applications include MICROS, Select Ticketing, SpaSoft, and STS Merchandising.

Feb. 1995 - Dec. 1997
Lead Customer Support Specialist
Springer-Miller Systems
4045 South Spencer Suite 210
Las Vegas, NV 89119

After promotion to Lead in Oct. 1996, responsibilities included the resolution and management of all incoming calls, escalation decisions, pager support on weekends, as well as the normal duties of a Support Specialist. Support Specialist normal duties consisted of working on the help desk for SMS HOST and POS software and hardware configurations. Hardware: IBM RS6000 multi-user AIX(UNIX) systems or NOVELL PC based multi-user networks. Software: Hotel property management software and Point of Sale system plus related interfaces for both products.

May 1994 - Feb. 1995
Andrew SciComm
2908 National Drive
Garland, TX 75041
(214)840-4900

Software engineer - Responsibilities included C programming for UNIX, custom database applications in C, embedded systems software for Motorola family microprocessors.

August 1993 - May 1994
Cooperative agreement with the
Environmental Protection Agency at the
Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory
Ada, Oklahoma

Computer Support - Responsibilities include PC maintenance, networking, database programming, UNIX system administration, and technical assistance to coworkers.

Summer 1992
East Central University
Computer Science Department
Ada, Oklahoma

Lab Assistant - Responsibilities included maintaining the operating system, troubleshooting hardware problems, performing daily backups, and assisting students in the use and operation of the computer and in program development.

Spring 1991 - Fall 1993
East Central University
Student Support Services
Ada, Oklahoma

Computer Tutor - Responsibilities included tutoring students that were having trouble in the following courses: BASIC, Pascal, FORTRAN, and Data Structures.
 

IT Skills:

Database Applications: Microsoft Access, Crystal Reports, Advantage RDBMS, postgresql RDBMS
Office Applications: MS Office Suite, basic graphics software such as Paint Shop Pro
UNIX OS: AIX, SCO, Linux(Active in Las Vegas Linux Users Group), performance tuning
UNIX Tools and Services: Text processing(vi, ex, awk, sed and cut), shell scripting, Samba(NT File & Print Services for UNIX), Apache Web Server, ftp server, telnet daemon, sendmail(pop3 & smtp), compression tools(gzip, zip, compress), tar, gtar
NT OS: File Shares and security, printer shares
Networking: LAN Troubleshooting, WAN Troubleshooting, good working knowledge of TCPIP protocols and routing, switches, hubs, gateways, and routers
WEB: Basic Apache on UNIX, Basic HTML (My web site is running on my home Linux Box with Apache)

Education:

East Central University, Ada OK
Major: Computer Science, Minor: Math
GPA major 3.8, overall 3.43.
Graduation May 1994

Related Course Work:

  • Software Design and Development
  • UNIX & C
  • Object Oriented Programming in C++
  • UNIX System Administration
  • UNIX Shell Programming
  • Data Structures
  • FORTRAN
  • Assembly Language
  • Operating Systems
  • Compilers
  • DC Electronics

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