Gary Neshanian
2336 Elden Ave. #G
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
Resumé 949.631.2871
consulting@gnish.com

Profile   Experienced Project Manager and Business Systems Analyst, with a technical programming background. 
Expertise in full systems development life cycle, with team and project methodologies, from analysis and design through programming and deliverables. Communicator with business, technical and non-technical organizations. Manager and leader of development, operations and client/customer services and staffing. Extensive knowledge, certifications and hands-on experience of information systems management, business best practices, current and emerging information technologies.

roles & skills
  • Project Manager · 7 years – full SDLC processes, analysis/define, planning, implementation, delivery
  • Business Analyst · 10 years – needs and definition, client analysis/CRM, risks/ROI, ISO, SOX/SAS
  • Systems Engineer · 7 years – aerospace, commercial, programmer, integrator, delivery, QA, CM/SDLC
  • Architect – legacy and client/server enterprises, services, programming, database, and security
  • Integrator – electronic business and web systems, vendor/off-the-shelf, custom/programmed solutions
  • Manager – software development teams, operations staffing and facilities, call center and help desks
Experience
02/99-2007 Project Manager · eBusiness Analyst/Integrator (consultant)

Nish Consulting · Costa Mesa, CA

Project Managed enterprise architecting, implementations, web designs, migrations, upgrades, statistical log analysis and reporting systems. Delivered project plans, statements of work, service agreements, operations and disaster procedures. Analyzed e-business needs, gathered requirements, risks, enterprise assessment and documentation, technical and procedural practices analysis. Designed and developed web layouts, graphics, animation, programming and data retrieval. Integrated e-business web sites, portals and B2B/C solutions.

- Office, Project, Visio, FrontPage · Notes, RUP · Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver · HTML, CGI-Perl, Visual Studio, ASP/VB-Java-C · SQL-IIS-ASP.Net · Netscape, Apache, WebLogic, ColdFusion, WebTrends, Unix -
02/98-01/99 Sr. Systems/Project Engineer · eBusiness Analyst (Sun VAR)

Acclaim Technology · Irvine, CA

Project Engineered and analyzed e-business needs, risks, project plans and ROI. Integrated enterprise client/servers, e-commerce services and applications. Programmed advanced client needs. Certified by Sun Microsystems, and trained by CISCO, Veritas, Vignette, OpenMarket, ColdFusion and e-business partners.
- Sun/Solaris©, MS/NT · Apache, Netscape, MS-IIS · HTML, Java, ASP, scripts, C++, Perl, Unix shell -

07/96-02/98 Systems Manager · Business Integrator (edi)

Cincom Systems · Irvine, CA

Managed regional computer resources, web and CRM services. Architect of new office and network, adding corporate access. Integrated enterprise client/servers and EDI. Customer support and sales staff trainer.
- Unix, MS/NT · Web, Application servers · MRP-ERP-Oracle · C++, Unix shells -

10/94-07/96 Systems/Project Engineer · Network Integrator (network)

Computer Associates · Huntington Beach, CA

Project Engineered and analyzed business and network requirements. Integrated enterprise and network servers, automation and security. Technical Consultant of network and configuration management software. 
- Unix, MS/NT · LAN/WAN · CA/Unicenter-Sybase, HP/Openview, Sun/NetManager, SNMP · C, Unix shell -

05/89-10/94 Systems/Project Engineer · Enterprise Integrator (enterprise)

Data General · Irvine, CA

Project Engineered and analyzed business and enterprise requirements. Integrated client/server, data server and services. Technical Consultant of server installation, programming, performance tuning and trainings. 
- DG/Unix©/RAID, MS/NT PCs, LAN · Federal-Commercial/Financial-Medical Applications · C, Unix shell -

04/86-05/89 Systems Manager · Software Team Leader (aerospace)

Rockwell Collins · Santa Ana, CA

Managed development/test facilities and staff, mentored and trained operators. Software Team Leader and QA of programmers for MILSTAR, with Secret/ComSec clearances. - DEC/VAX, DG/AOS, Unix · FORTRAN -

06/82-04/86 Software Programmer (aerospace)

Ford Aerospace · Newport Beach, CA

Programmed R&D systems in the Imaging Processing Lab/Advanced Development Org. and DIVAD program, with security clearance. - DEC/VAX, DG/AOS · Ada, Atlas, C, COBOL, FORTRAN, Pascal, Assembly -

Education & Affiliations
1980-1985 Bachelors of Science · Computer Science Engineering

California State University · Long Beach, CA

1986-1991 Extension courses · Computer Science

University of California · Irvine, CA

1991-1998

Sun Microsystems (C2K,E10K,Java) - Data General (Unix) - various other certifications

  CSULB-Alumni* · IEEE · PMI-OC · AIP-OC · SIA-OC · WTF · Toastmasters