Gerry Kirk

• Currently a contented retiree with interests in travel, Make-a-Wish volunteer work, photography, building Lego remote control models and wooden ship models, drawing/painting, golfing, pickle ball, skiing and archery • 20 years as a business process management consultant, improving processes for US organizations including the federal government, state governments, banking and financial institutions • 30 years with IBM Canada in sales, software development, marketing and business transformation consulting • Three-time encounter with the Advanced Control System (ACS) as a developer, then installer at the Imperial Oil Limited (IOL) Strathcona refinery and later as senior development manager supporting the product worldwide

Cloud September 9, 2020

The creation of the IBM Advanced Control System

8 min read - This is the story of a global IBM process control system, conceived in Canada 48 years ago, that incredibly is still serving customers successfully.

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