Mike Wills

Experience

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  Taylor Corporation

  Jul 2000 - May 2006

  Programmer/Analyst

  I was the administrator of our Lawson financial system. I made modifications to some of the programs, created new reports, and keep the software up-to-date. I mostly programmed in RPG on the IBM iSeries server during my career there.

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  Mike Wills Computing

  Jan 2006 - now

  Owner

  I love programming so much, that on the side I do computer programming. I have created a couple websites and done some RPG programming for a small local company. In the past, I had a podcast and worked with editing audio.

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  City of Mankato

  May 2006 - now

  What is it that I do for the City of Mankato? What don't I do? I am a team leader for the development team and am responsible for coordinating projects and help analyze business processes and software. The team is responsible for the development of internal and external web-based applications. We administer and maintain many of the enterprise applications and servers for the city, including Tyler Munis and Cartegraph OMS. We generate reports, support the users, and integrate applications so they can talk and work together. If that wasn't enough, I administer and maintain our IBM iSeries server. I know RPG, CL, SQL, C#, and JavaScript. I improve people's workflows to save them time. I work with the City Manager's Office to build the budget book using PatternStream every year. I am a report and SQL guru. I am the go-to person when there are issues (sometimes even when it's not my area of expertise). I help with desktop, printer, and network issues as they arise. I even work a little magic here and there and I am the 2017 employee of the year. You could call me a jack-of-all-trades when it comes to technology. Show less What is it that I do for the City of Mankato? What don't I do? I started out mostly as an RPG developer working with our home-grown software. Then I learned C# and helped out the webmaster with the website launch at the time. Since then, I have become the webmaster. I have wrote many internet and intranet websites and applications. Integrated IBM iSeries home-grown software with our intranet software written in C#. I also administer our Cartegraph application, which is an enterprise asset management software package. I provide support for our home-grown software and am the first-call for vendor software issues. I improve people's workflows to save them time. I fix the web servers as needed. I help with desktop issues as they arise. I integrate what needs to be integrated. I help pick out, implement, and integrate purchased software into our existing applications. I even work a little magic here and there. Show less

  • Senior Programmer/Analyst

    Jan 2017 - now

  • Programmer/Analyst

    May 2006 - Dec 2016
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  HRCC VE Team

  Jun 2023 - now

  Team Lead

  Myself along with two others give direction for the team and coordinate all of our session managers to make sure that they had the resources that they need to help. Make sure we get regular sessions going and help onboard new VE to the team. This is a volunteer position.

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  OM International Sideband Society

  Dec 2023 - now

  80m Band Coordinator

  I coordinate ham radio operators to ensure that we are able to fill the position of net control for every net on every day of the week and report back to the board with any issues or that everything ran smoothly. I also help set new policies and procedures for all neck control operators in the organization. This is a volunteer position.