OVERVIEW

Total of Twenty years of IT experience concentrating on database administration
(DBA) and development using the full SDL process in the Telecom and Financial
vertical. Eight years of database administration/architecture experience with the
5 major database platforms and currently hold the title of Principal Database
Architect in my current position. Over 13 years of UNIX experience and 4 years of
Configuration & Release Management experience.

 SKILL MATRIX
Years Exp
Skill
Date Used
Skill Level
12
Oracle DBA
1997 - Present
Expert
9
Informix DBA
2000 - Present
Expert
7
MySQL DBA
2002 - Present
Expert
9
SQL Server DBA
2000 - Present
Expert
10
GNU/C Developer
1996 - 2006
Expert
13
Unix Developer
1996 - Present
Expert
12
PL SQL/T-SQL/SPL Developer
1997 - Present
Expert
9
Perl Developer
2000 - Present
Expert
5
ESQL/Pro C Developer
2000 - 2005
Expert
5
C++ Developer
2000 - 2005
Intermediate
6
Visual Studio Developer
2001 - 2007
Intermediate
15
Windows Administrator
1994 - Present
Expert
13
Linux System Administrator
1996 - Present
Expert
9
Solaris System Administrator
2000 - Present
Expert
3
AIX System Administrator
2000 - Present
Expert

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HARBOR PAYMENTS- Atlanta, Georgia April 2006 - Present
Principal DBA
 * Manage a team of 5 DBA's supporting all of Harbor Payments database
platforms.
 * Provide 24x7 on call support and problem resolution as necessary.
 * DBA support includes: perform database capacity planning; create, administer
and maintain databases; install and patch
server software; upgrade and downgrade databases; implement disaster recovery
strategies; perform database backup/recovery and cloning; perform operating
system, application and performance monitoring and tuning; identify and resolve
any database bottlenecks proactively; respond to raised problems quickly.
 * Monitor database log files, data block corruption, segment fragmentation,
performance issues, security threats, contention issues (deadlocks, I/O, memory,
CPU, etc.). Manage and maintain high volume transactional tables and indexes,
database reorganization
 * Developed common set of tools to aid in troubleshooting & maintenance on all
Harbor database platforms
 * Providing consultation on Oracle/SQL Server/Informix to our development
team.
 * Design, creation, configuration, recovery and support of Oracle/SQL Server
/Informix databases
 * Performed 1st tier Production support by troubleshooting database issues,
performance monitoring/tuning, & capacity planning for Oracle/SQL
Server/Informix/MySQL databases
 * Provide database architecture, design, configuration, & development
experience with all 5 major database platforms
 * Created Oracle Stream process to maintain data between 2 databases
 * Set up Oracle's Data Guard product to maintain a large standby database

O/S Technology - Solaris/Linux/Windows 2003 Server
Database Technology - Oracle 9i & 10G, SQL Server 2000/2005, Informix 10.x,
MySQL 5.0
Development Technology - PL-SQL, T-SQL, Batch scripting

SBC SYSTEMS - Atlanta, Georgia September 2005 - April 2006
Senior DBA/Developer
 * Performed database & application design changes to meet customer requirements
using industry standard SLC methodologies on SBC's Benefits Workstation product
 * Provide 24x7 on call support and problem resolution as necessary.
 * Troubleshooting performance issues and fine-tuning queries and stored
procedures.
 * Created & upgraded code for customer request enhancements
 * Converted PL/SQL code to T-SQL
 * Converted T-SQL code to PL/SQL
 * Performance tuning of SQL, TSQL, & PL/SQL
 * Developed tools to aid in troubleshooting
 * Providing consultation on Oracle & SQL Server to our development team.
 * Design, creation, configuration and support of Oracle & SQL Server databases
 * Performed 2nd tier Production support DBA by troubleshooting database issues,
performance monitoring/tuning, & capacity planning for Oracle & SQL Server
databases
 * Provide database architecture, design, configuration, & development
experience with Oracle & SQL Server

O/S Technology - Windows 2000 & 2003 Server
Database Technology - Oracle 9i & 10G, SQL Server 2000/2005
Development Technology - PL-SQL, T-SQL, Batch scripting

OPENET TELCOM - Atlanta, Georgia May 2005 - September 2005
Senior Software Engineer/DBA
 * Performed database & application design changes to meet customer requirements
using industry standard SLC methodologies on Openet's FusionWorks Mediation
product
 * Provide 24x7 on call support and problem resolution as necessary.
 * Troubleshooting performance issues and fine-tuning queries and stored
procedures.
 * Created & upgraded code for customer request enhancements
 * Developed tools to aid in troubleshooting
 * Providing consultation on Oracle to our development team.
 * Performance tuning of SQL & PL/SQL
 * Performed 2nd tier Production support DBA by troubleshooting database issues,
performance monitoring/tuning, & capacity planning for Oracle databases
 * Provide database architecture, design, configuration, & development
experience for Oracle databases

O/S Technology - Solaris 9, XP
Database Technology - Oracle 9i
Development Technology - PL-SQL, UNIX Shell scripting, Java, DSD (Proprietary
scripting language - like TCL)

IMPACT SOLUTIONS - Atlanta, Georgia February 2005 - May 2005
Perl Developer/DBA (contractor)
 * Performed database & application design changes to meet customer requirements
using industry standard SLC methodologies
 * Provide 24x7 on call support and problem resolution as necessary.
 * Troubleshooting performance issues and fine-tuning queries and stored
procedures.
 * Created & upgraded code to automate repetitive tasks, monitor database
performance
 * Developed tools to aid in troubleshooting
 * Performance tuning of SQL, TSQL, & PL/SQL
 * Performed 2nd tier Production support DBA by troubleshooting database issues,
performance monitoring/tuning, & capacity planning for Oracle & SQL Server
databases
 * Provide database architecture, design, configuration, & development
experience with Oracle & SQL Server databases

O/S Technology - Solaris 7/8, Linux, Windows NT/XP
Database Technology - Oracle 8/9i, SQL Server 2000, MS Access
Development Technology - Perl, PL-SQL, T-SQL, UNIX Shell scripting

INTERCALL - Atlanta, Georgia June 2000 - February 2005
DBA/Developer
 * Performed database & application design changes to meet customer requirements
using industry standard SLC methodologies
 * Provide 24x7 on call support and problem resolution as necessary.
 * Providing consultation on SQL Server to our development teams.
 * Performance tuning of SQL, TSQL, & PL/SQL
 * Created & upgraded code to automate repetitive tasks, monitor database
performance
 * Design, creation, configuration and support of (Oracle/Informix/Mysql/SQL
Server )
 * Upgrading and upsizing databases from earlier versions to the latest versions
(Oracle/Informix/Mysql).
 * Development & Test DBA for approx 50 databases (Oracle, Informix, SQL Server,
Mysql, & MS Access)
 * Successfully resolving SQL Server problems in conformance with SLAs, which
involves in-depth knowledge of SQL Server architecture, connectivity,
replication, DTS, backup/restore, database corruption, security, programming
etc.
 * Performed release management & coordination for quarterly product upgrades.
 * Performed 2nd tier Application support and administration, including database
backups using RMAN
 * Data migration (total DB restore to different machine)
 * New machine set-up and DB installation
 * Developed tools to aid in troubleshooting
 * Wrote HTML based documentation, procedures and standards for tools
 * Vendor management
 * Mentored Junior staff member's
 * Created new CDR Mediation process to convert multiple conference bridge
billing record formatted (cdr's) to a single, unified detail record. The CAS
system then determines the correct bill rate applicable for the owner and then
passes the final record to the Portal billing system.
 * Billing system conversion developer - Converted in house system to Portal's
Infranet by acting in a system development/coordinator role. I developed
conversion processes that allowed for a parallel billing process to ran between
the existing billing system and the new Portal system. I also installed and set
up the Oracle database structure for the Portal development/test environments.
 * Provide database architecture, design, configuration, & development
experience with Oracle,SQL Server, Informix, & MySQL databases

O/S Technology - Solaris 7/8, Linux, Windows NT/XP
Database Technology - Informix 7.x/9.x, Oracle 8/9i, MYSQL 4, SQL Server 2000,
MS Access
Development Technology - C/C++, Visual C++ .net, Visual Basic .net, Perl, SQL,
PL-SQL, T-SQL, UNIX Shell scripting

NEXTEL - Norcross, Georgia April 1999 - June 2000
Migration Manager
 * Project manager supporting on a daily basis 16 concurrent subscriber
migrations requiring 15-day preparation cycles over the company's dispatch and
voice mail switches
 * Performed 2nd tier Application support and administration
 * Wrote HTML based documentation, procedures and standards for tools
 * Vendor management
 * Mentored Junior staff members

O/S Technology - HP Unix, Linux, Windows NT
Database Technology - MS Access
Development Technology - UNIX Shell scripting

ORACLE CORPORATION - Atlanta, Georgia October 1998 - March 1999
Principal Consultant
 * Recruited for experience in the telecom industry to provide consulting
services to clients for the world's leading supplier of information management
software and the second largest independent software company with more than $9.7
billion in annual revenues.
 * Trained to be an Oracle DBA and learned various Oracle products until the
project lost its funding.
 * Provide database architecture, design, configur