IT Expertise

IT Consulting - Brent Iverson


Systems Integration


At the BC Ministry of Labour and Citizens’ Services, Corporate Accounting System Initiative (CAS), Brent is responsible for the design and development of the automation and scheduling. This includes batch processing of financial transactions and data warehouse data population. He also developed process and data flow documents to support their payment, chart of accounts, CGI, and Data warehouse processes, including the integration of these processes over different technology platforms.

Problem Resolution


In the CAS initiative, Brent uses his experience to coordinating testing within a multiple database environment. He also coordinates activities and problem resolution with CAS resources including system administrators, business analysis, and testers. This requires the ability to communicate problems from both a technical and a functional point of view.

Systems Analyst and Developer


Brent is a skilled systems analyst and developer, having worked with a variety of clients. In his role with the Ministry of Finance, Revenue Division, Brent was involved in a large project involving the Family Bonus Renewal system, which required custom development using PL/SQL and Oracle case generated Visual Basic. Brent and the rest of the project team were responsible for development under tight, client driven time restraints.

For the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Brent acted as both a developer and development team leader for a water licensing system, and a development team leader for the water rights information system. He was responsible for ongoing support including operational assistance and the provision of information for long term planning.

Summary of Technical Expertise


  • Programming languages: PL/SQL, Cognos Powerhouse on VAX and HP, Oracle Forms and Reports, COBOL, PL/1, Macro Assembler on PDP11/44
  • Operating systems: VMS on DEC VAX. RSX-11M on PDP11/44 (Digital Equipment Corporation), MPE/XL on HP3000/955 Hewlett/Packard, MVS on IBM 4381 (IBM)
  • Communication software: Decnet (Digital Equipment Corporation), ODBC access from Oracle PL/SQL to Oracle rdB.
  • Computer hardware: HP, VAX, IBM and PDP environment.
  • Other: AppWorx scheduling software