SUMMARY:

• Experienced Information Systems professional with demonstrated expertise in all aspects of Oracle Applications Database Administration, Operations Management, Project Management and HRMS Administration.
• Possess strong analytical thinking, troubleshooting capabilities, and excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Evaluates stated requirements and expectations in terms of technical feasibility and cost outcomes.
• Works closely and effectively with all levels of management to satisfy project/productivity requirements.
• Demonstrates commitment to leadership/teamwork through positive contributions streamlining systems and providing superior customer service.
• Expertise in implementing Oracle database and Oracle Ebusiness enhancements, upgrades, patches, monitoring, performance tuning and disaster recovery planning.
• Natural project management abilities, with experience in overseeing a project throughout the lifecycle.
• Provide exceptional analytical capabilities while implementing cost effect measures to implement system enhancements in effort to meet growing business needs.
• Capable of rapidly learning new technologies and processes and successfully applying them to projects and operations.
• Adapt to change quickly to provide effective business, operations and strategic support.
• Implemented a successful applicant tracking system, providing a streamlined method of ensuring quality candidates.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Project Management and Leadership

Oracle Ebusiness Database Administration

Oracle Ebusiness Operations Management

Oracle Ebusiness Operations Support

HRMS Administration and Implementation

System Migrations

Oracle Ebusiness Implementations and Integrations

Data Warehousing

Business Intelligence

Backup and Recovery

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Oracle Ebusiness 10.7,11i, 12.x

Oracle RDBMS 7.3/8i/9i/10g/11g

AIX

HP - UNIX

Linux

Oracle CRM Suite

Oracle ERP Suite

PeopleSoft HR

Business Objects

ADP HR Partner

ReportSmith

ADP PC Payroll

ADP Perspectives

SQL Server 2000/2005

MySql

Stratum

Infinium

Ceridian

Dreamweaver

Frontpage

Microsoft Office Suite

Quicken

Quick Books

Firefox

PHP

Perl

Internet Explorer

Netscape Communicator

Lotus

IBM AS/400

Toad

Spotlight

Illustrator

Photoshop

Mercury/PPM

Visio

Source Safe

Oracle Demantra

OBIEE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Oracle Applications DBA

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provide Applications EBusiness DBA support and advice the DBA team and users working with Ebusiness R12.1.3 on a 4 Node RAC Production 11gR2 cluster and 4 node shared application environment, besides maintaining several development, test and QA environments.
• Served on the CPU board for reviewing the quarterly patching. Recommended going to consolidated patches verse one-offs and implemented within the environment that I manage. NAOFA is mostly financials and we are currently implementing iSupplier and designing to integrate with the OIMS (Oracle Identity Management System) I built. Currently there are 2 DEV environments, 1 TEST, 1 QAT, 1 Train, and prod. All environments are 2 to 4 node RAC build and 2 to 5 application servers with the shared Appltop design.The database is approximately 5 Terabytes. We recently went through a purge project that reclaimed approximately 500G.
• Provide expertise and support in Security for SOX compliance, technology architecture, design and implementation
• Provide operations and technology design support for OBIEE and Demantra
• Recommended the setup/functional tools necessary for the functional team, to optimize design and migration using standard Oracle tools and facilities
• Implemented changes to improve service levels for customers of the hosted solutions for the database shared services team.
• Implemented Weblogic 10.3.6, OAM 11.1.2.2, OID 11.1.1.7, and OHS11.1.1.7 for SSO integration with eBusiness. The Administration nodes were separated out for failover and performance while the other nodes were built for high availability.

Oracle Applications DBA Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed a team of DBAs to maintain existing 11.5.10.2 multi-node application tier Oracle Financials environment.
• Reviewed licensing contracts and made recommendations for cost savings as Tulane renegotiated the 10 year old contract in place to expand its products to support the evolving business needs.
• Architected the R12 applications technology upgrade and database upgrade from 10.2.0.3 to 11.2.
• Recommended the setup/functional tools necessary for the functional team, to redesign the chart of accounts for Oracle Financials without the need to re-implement the entire system.
• Maintained and resolved issues related to Banner, ODS, Cognos, Application Servers, Luminus, and all other auxiliary applications.
• Administered changes to the PPM system for change control, making modifications to workflows and code as necessary. Prepared for upgrade from 7.5 to 8.
• Implemented Advance Web 9.5.1 as a new alumni management system for Tulane. Created vision, conversion, test, dev and prod instances on separate LPARS, as well as setup the change management piece for management through PPM.
• Interviewed, built and managed a new DBA team transitioning from consulting to a full-time staff to support the systems.

Web Designer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Architected and Administered a LAMP environment for an existing hosting company to expand their products that they can offer to customers.
• Created customized sites utilizing Dreamweaver, PHP and MySql should the customer’s needs require those tools.
• Maintained and updated web sites using leading web technologies depending on customer’s specifications.

Oracle Applications DBA Lead

Confidential, Orlando, FL

Responsibilities:

• Delivered mission-critical support for custom applications environment with multiple custom gateways and internal/external interfaces that integrates with Oracle E-Business, CRM, and Oracle Portal.
• Directed all areas of database and applications management while providing guidance and resource allocation of developers and system analysts.
• Performed Oracle Ebusiness database and application cloning and custom application patching from multi-tier RAC, Clustered environment (Production) to less tiered non-RAC environment (User Acceptance Testing) and Development .
• Ensured complete security and safety for internal/external audits as well as designed and implemented backup recovery system using RMAN.

Oracle Consultant

Confidential, Rocky Hill, CT

Responsibilities:

• Diligently delivered top-notch 24/7 mission-critical support for multiple Oracle Ebusiness and non Ebusiness database environments.
• Directed all areas of database management while providing guidance, resource allocation, and customers’ future projects and requirements.
• Performed over 100 database and Oracle Ebusiness application upgrades, database or Oracle Ebusiness applications cloning, and application patching.
• Ensured complete security and safety through design and implementation of backup recovery system using RMAN.
• Successfully improved service levels to customers for multiple Confidential clients, which significantly raised productivity.

Oracle Applications Database Administrator/Lead Oracle Financials DBA

Confidential, Avon, CT

Responsibilities:

• Diligently provided excellent support for 65 production Oracle Ebusiness Databases and supported over 200 database environments with custom applications.
• Seamlessly upgraded 40 Full Life cycle production Oracle application environments, from 11.0.3 to 11.5.5 without interruptions in service to customers.
• Successfully handled all investigating, planning, and testing, for upgrades, implementations installations, and patching for over a hundred Oracle applications environments.
• Expertly investigated application and database issues, while working with the application developers and analyst to provide timely resolutions, resolving complex production and development problems.
• Handled all offline and online backups and restores, the planning and implementation of corporate wide disaster recovery, code migrations, and all database design and configuration.

Oracle Applications Database Administrator

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Performed Oracle Database technology, Oracle Ebusiness technology and Unix Operating System technology administration on all 10.7 and R11i applications and database environments.
• Successfully upgraded Oracle application versions 11.5.2 to 11.5.6 and database version 8.1.6 to 8.1.7.
• Acted as systems administrator by providing support for printer installations and setup, concurrent managers, report groups, report sets, and resolving intense OS applications and database layer issues.
• Handled all database development, upgrades, implementations, administration tasks, documentation, and physical database designs,
• Ensured quality backups by planning, implementing, and managing RMAN and Omniback.
• Expertly handled database and application tunings, using tkprof and other various tools (Toad/Foglight suite).
• Implemented security features on all operating systems, databases, and applications.

HRIS Technical Specialist/E-business Integration Lead

Confidential, Shelton, CT

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed current HR infrastructure, while planning and implementing reporting programs and structure for multiple organizational environments, while implementing application security.
• Developed a corporate training program while providing instructions to end users on Oracle HRMS.
• Successfully implemented technology solutions for inter-company information needs. Simultaneously collaborated on integrations of five systems that relied on data feeds, extracts, or interfaces related to finance, staffing process, expense reconciliation, reporting, compensation planning, and payroll.
• Implemented Business Objects 4.1 (Business Intelligence tool) while deploying training programs and development of complex reports for senior management.
• Modified the Oracle HRMS reporting structures for business unit, upgraded to web enabled business reports, and implemented testing to provide accurate distribution of sensitive information.
• Managed project time and resources as Implementation lead for the successful migration of Canadian and Puerto Rico Business Units into Corporate HRMS.