SUMMARY:

• Technology and Software Engineering professional with thirty years hands - on experience working with a wide range of open source and proprietary software technologies and applications. Proven leader with over fifteen years of management experience guiding and mentoring various sized teams across multiple disciplines.
• Strong background in key technology areas including Project Management and Planning, Software Development, Data Governance and Management, Data Analysis/Reporting, Operational Management and Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery.
• Proficient in Database management and design with an emphasis on application performance tuning. Solid background in SQL and Procedural Language (PL/SQL, T-SQL, PL/pgSQL)
• Well organized, team-oriented and a dynamic problem solver with an excellent record of meeting and exceeding performance goals.
• Ability to interact effectively with all levels of personnel including C-level executives.
• Ability to work under pressure and handle multiple tasks.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. Consulting Services

Responsibilities:

• Direct resources and provide technical guidance, create and maintain timelines/schedules, provide conflict resolution and risk assessment/mitigation for a large initiative required to extract and consume near real-time global Veterinary data from an MS Azure based environment into proprietary business databases enabling specialized offerings to Veterinarians and consumers.
• Responsible for Postgres database migrations from non-supported legacy version to current v10.x including coordination and management of internal and external 3rd party resources.
• Performance tuning and data analysis to dramatically reduce system loads, application and procedural runtimes. Focusing on Index creation and utilization, optimizing SQL to efficiently and effectively interact with the database engine and recommending architectural changes to enhance overall performance.

Confidential

VP, Enterprise Data

Responsibilities:

• Developing and creating the strategic direction for the creation and on-going maintenance of the company’s overall data roadmap.
• Directly oversee and manage all technical staff and consultants, including staff with varying degrees of expertise from the following areas: project management, engineering, site reliability, database administration, custom and third party application development, data quality, operations.
• Participated in strategic and budgetary planning, and priority setting collaborating directly with senior level decision makers to identify, recommend, develop, implement and support cost-effective technology solutions as they relate to both existing and new data and software initiatives.
• Responsible for the management of a $6M technology budget.
• Align the software technology vision with the business strategy of the organization while leading the various technology teams and working directly with the Product Development, Sales and the Marketing teams to optimally support and align with the Company’s sales and marketing efforts.
• Key contributor in the rigorous due diligence efforts that lead to the successful sale of the business to Henry Schein Animal Health in January 2016.
• Serve as a corporate architect for initiatives that are cross-product infrastructure and/or new, higher complexity offerings.

Confidential

Sr. Director, Technology & Technical Services

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the day-to-day technical operations of web applications, ETL processes and databases; including 24 x7 availability monitoring, performance troubleshooting, system/application modifications and enhancements. Systems are a unique blend of open source (Linux, Java, Ruby, Perl, Apache, Tomcat, Postgres) and proprietary (Windows, .NET, IIS, Siebel, Oracle, SQL Server) technologies.
• Working directly with parent company (VCA Antech) senior management and Systems Engineering teams to deploy all new server hardware at AT&T hosting location for redeployment of the company’s assets. Project also involves upgrading all relevant operating systems and software technologies to the latest releases.
• Participate in the identification and implementation of technologies, tools, approaches and methodologies to improve the Company's overall e-business position in the market.
• Collaborate with senior management to develop, review, maintain and test disaster recovery continuity plans with multiple backup and recovery scenarios and strategies.
• Vendor identification, selection and management for major development and database related projects.

Confidential

Sr. Director, Corporate Technology Environments

Responsibilities:

• Oversee development and operations for specialized online campaign management systems (.NET/Oracle) designed to support Big Pharma marketing strategies. Systems were integrated with various call center applications (Custom designed and Siebel) and two distinct fulfillment systems (SAP, TecSys).
• Participated in new business acquisitions performing IT evaluations, due diligence and on boarding the new entities into the company’s ecosystem.
• Played an instrumental role in the development and implementation of the Quality Management Systems (QMS) for all business units that were regulated by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA), the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), state or federal agencies.
• Key contributor in raising Disaster Recovery and Business Continently awareness throughout the organization. Managed the selection process, purchase and installation of SunGard's LDRPS.
• Responsible for launching Data Quality and Business Intelligence initiatives for a specialized business unit ( Confidential ). Managed the selection process, purchase and installation of Oracle Product Data Quality (formerly Silver Creek Systems).
• Fostered relationships, defined and segregated duties between the Master Data Management (MDM) and Data Services teams to reduce operational inefficiencies and confusion among the Client Services project management teams.
• Manage database security, determining application access levels as well as control of all database accounts and related access rights.
• Performing departmental audits for adherence and compliance with department operating procedures, work instructions, standards and regulatory requirements (HIPAA, PDMA, 21CFR Part11).
• Negotiate and managed enterprise software related license agreements.
• Responsible for migration of client-server to web-based architecture for all legacy applications.
• Architect and execute enterprise solutions to replace legacy hardware designs with SAN based technologies coupled with migration of unsupported Oracle 8i environments to Oracle 10gR2.
• Introduced and initiated monitoring and management protocols (Oracle OEM and customized scripts) for databases and applications.
• Improved business processes and supported critical business strategies by directing the development, implementation, and maintenance of business applications systems. Formulated business systems architecture plans, estimated project costs, and ensured projects met company needs.
• Performed associated managerial tasks such as HR functions, salary/bonus plans, employee evaluations, team building, determining training paths, and project management with assignment coordination.
• Implemented best practices and ensured compliance with departmental operating procedures.
• Developed and effectively managed annual expense and capital budgets for the application development team.

Confidential

Sr. DBA/Sr. Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Creating, monitoring, management and tuning new and existing Oracle databases.
• Designing, developing and deployment of web and client server applications using the Oracle Development suite.