QUALIFICATIONS

• Over 10 years experience as a database administrator and developer: gathering requirements, designing, developing, testing, documenting, implementing, maintaining, and administrating complex and scalable software and database solutions.
• Technical specialist in the area of performance tuning and optimization, as well as adept at migration, transformation, and integration.
• Proactive cross-functional team member that works effectively in large or small teams in both highly structured and unstructured environments.
• Goal-oriented and results-driven to meet both time deadlines and budget requirements while maintaining attention to detail and ensuring a high level of quality.
• Well-refined analytical and problem solving abilities combined with excellent reverse engineering skills.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY
Microsoft SQL Server

• Administration & Management
• Security
• EM & SSMS
• Performance Tuning & Optimization
• Clustering
• DTS & SSIS
• Auditing & Documentation
• Mirroring
• SSRS
• Disaster Recovery
• Log Shipping
• SSMA
• Backup & Restore
• Automation
• SQL Profiler

Development Languages

• SQL, T-SQL, PL/SQL
• C#
• VB/VB.Net
• ADO/ADO.NET
• ASP/ASP.NET
• JavaScript/VBScript

Development Tools and Technologies

• Visual Studio 6/2003/2005
• Business Intelligence Studio
• OraDeveloper Studio
• Visual Interdev 6
• Query Analyzer
• Oracle SQL Developer
• Visual SourceSafe
• PL/SQL Developer
• SQL Toolbelt & Quest Suite

Servers and Platforms

• Windows Server 2000, 2003, 2008
• SQL 6.5, 7.0, 2000, 2005, 2008
• IIS 5.0, 6.0

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Database Administration and Development Contractor 2004 - Present

• Retained on contracts focusing on database administration, development, and business intelligence.
• Lead for the definition, creation, and maintenance of analytical and transactional database resources and processes.
• Designed, developed, and implemented applications, interfaces, components, and services.
• Responsible for database administrative tasks: installation, configuration, maintenance, optimization, profiling, auditing, and troubleshooting of SQL Server environments.
• Analyzed business processes, formulated technical and functional requirements, defined system implementation strategy, project scope, resource estimates, and deliverable milestones.

Confidential, 1998 - 2004
Software Development Manager

• Spearheaded new development efforts and led software design, development, testing, and implementation while training and mentoring developers.
• Successfully managed multiple projects; coordinated with clients throughout the software development lifecycle by establishing system requirements, resolving technical, business, and process issues, and supporting project needs during and beyond rollouts.
• Responsible for the daily administration, support, maintenance, troubleshooting, monitoring, and tuning of internal and external SQL Server environments.

SELECTED CONTRACTS & PROJECTS
Confidential, (Orlando, FL)
Database Developer Contract: 8/2008 - 6/2009
Contracted as a database developer for Florida's Blood Centers (FBC), a 1000-employee non-profit organization which is the biggest community blood bank in Florida and the fourth largest in the nation. To advance the organization's mission and to comply with ISBT 128 standards, FBC undertook new systems implementation to replace their core business systems which included donor management, quality assurance, hospital services, transfusion management, and biologics manufacturing, testing, and distribution.

• Augmented new systems by developing a comprehensive suite of biologic, statistical, operational, and managerial reports using Oracle 9i, 10g, and SQL Server 2005.
• Analyzed critical database schemas with over 1000 tables.
• Extended vendors' systems functionality by creating custom functions, stored procedures, tables, and views.
• Primary backend resource for database development related to new systems implementation.
• Developed interfaces to third-party software components and services using C# and Oracle 9i.
• Optimized and tuned queries and provided reporting configuration, security, maintenance, and troubleshooting support.

Confidential, (Orlando, FL)
Database Administrator and Developer Contract: 8/2006 - 11/2007
Contracted as a database administrator and developer for Forever Freedom International, Inc., a corporation involved in the marketing and sales of environmentally friendly products. Served as a core member of the system architecture team: designing, replacing, enhancing, and implementing application, system, and infrastructure components.

• Provided day-to-day database support and administration of SQL Server 2005 production, test, and development environments.
• Ensured data recovery, maintenance, integrity, and security requirements were met through formulations of policies, procedures, and standards relating to database management.
• Profiled database resources and processes to pinpoint failure points, alleviate bottlenecks, and increase performance.
• Recognized and implemented automation opportunities, reducing the amount of hands-on support for maintenance and management.
• Developed middleware services and interfaces using C# and SSIS.
• Implemented source code control, code promotion and deployment, release management, and conformance to standards.
• Created user and technical documentation as well as mentored developers and trained end-users.

Confidential, (Orlando, FL)
Database Administrator Contract: 4/2006 - 8/2006
Contracted as the database administrator for Orange Lake Resort & Country Club, a development of Kemmons Wilson, founder of Holiday Inns. Orange Lake, which is distinguished as the world's largest single site resort, assembled a team of approximately 55 members involved in the planning and execution of a "forklift" operation to replace all core enterprise-wide legacy systems, which included sales, marketing, accounting, contract management, help desk, reservations, inventory and CRM in an intensive 5 month project lifecycle.

• Responsible for daily administration, management, security, automation, troubleshooting, monitoring, optimization, and tuning of SQL Server 2000 production, test, and development environments.
• Exhaustive profiling, tuning, and optimization of databases, processes, and third-party applications. Coordinated with vendors' programmers, engineers, and specialists to diagnose, communicate, and resolve coding and structural deficiencies in vendors' software and databases as they related to the rollout.
• Analyzed and resolved blocking, locking, and contention issues as well as automated management and maintenance tasks.
• Coordinated development efforts between 8 ETL programmers focusing on data analysis, mapping, conversion, transformation, and migration of legacy and historical data between source and target systems.

Confidential, (Orlando, FL)
Project Manager Contract: 7/2005 - 1/2006
Managed offshore, outsourced software development of marketing and ecommerce application using ASP.Net, C#, VB.NET, and SQL server 2000.

• Oversaw full lifecycle development of project from creating initial specifications to product delivery.
• Maintained quality and version control, as well as coding and documentation standards.

Confidential, (Daytona Beach, FL)
Database Developer Contract: 1/2005 - 6/2005
Contracted to support enterprise Decision Support Systems for Masco Contractor Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Masco Corporation and a national leader in the construction industry with $11.8 billion in sales in 2007.

• Analyzed and resolved data conversion, migration, and integration issues for loading staging and warehouse databases.
• Maintained and enhanced reports with SQL server 2000.
• Modified existing schema to improve application performance and functionality.

Confidential, (Gainesville, GA)
Database Administrator and Developer Project: 11/2004 - 6/2005
Provided DBA coverage and contracted to diagnose and resolve performance issues and cross-system anomalies for Crown Financial Ministries, a worldwide non-profit organization.

• Analyzed and resolved data transformation and integration issues between multiple disparate systems.
• Captured and analyzed statistical data for performance tuning opportunities.
• Developed interfaces between in-house and third-party software for financial, CRM, CMS, DMS, and ecommerce applications.
• Served as a technical resource for client's development team.

Confidential, (Daytona Beach, FL)
Lead Developer Project: 11/2003 - 11/2004
Architect and lead developer for a highly visible Decision Support System, which integrated data from multiple accounting and financial systems, from both legacy and nonlegacy systems for Masco Contractor Services, Inc. This application disseminated key financial reports to over 200 operational and executive subscribers.

• Performed logical and physical data modeling, schema design, and implementation.
• Created databases and data marts, data interchange and conversion processes, ETL processes, DTS packages, and analytical procedures using SQL Server 2000.
• Developed web and email-enabled reporting system using ASP.
• Integrated system with custom corporate security services to ensure granular data security and proper subscription authorization.

Confidential, (Daytona Beach, FL)
Lead Developer and Database Administrator Project: 5/2003 - 12/2003
Developed database driven, web-enabled legal management application to track legal claims and their associated properties, attributes, history, and statuses for Masco Contractor Services, Inc. Application streamlined workflow and reduced legal costs.

• Designed and developed database schema, stored procedures, the data access layer, as well as migrated historical data into the new system.
• Provided DBA coverage.

Confidential, (Gainesville, GA)
Database Administrator and Lead Developer Contract: 11/2001 - 8/2003
Developed a broad spectrum of applications for Crown Financial Ministries, a worldwide nonprofit organization. Developed and integrated solutions with existing backend CRM and financial systems. The systems increased donations by more than 400% in the first year.

• Created ecommerce, CMS, and DSS applications using SQL Server 2000 and ASP.
• Developed database schema, stored procedures, and data interchanges using SQL Server 2000.
• Responsible for database administration, tuning, profiling, backup/recovery, auditing, documentation, and security

Confidential, (Washington, D.C.)
Project Manager Project: 10/2001 - 8/2002
Coordinated offshore development of student services application written in VB6 and SQL Server 2000. Application streamlined workflow processes and promoted information availability and access.

• Gathered and documented business and technical requirements and managed outsourced development.
• Ensured solution was compliant with Georgetown University's technology requirements.

Confidential, (Daytona Beach, FL)
Developer and Database Administrator Project: 3/1999 - 09/2001
Developed Executive Information System using SQL Server and ASP, which warehoused data collected from legacy database systems.

• Responsible for development of data interchanges, ETL processes, DTS packages, and data manipulation processes with SQL Server 7 and 2000.
• Developed the EIS reporting system using ASP.
• Developed Division Management System to integrate security from various third-party applications.
• Provided DBA coverage.

EDUCATION:
Associate of Science in Computer Programming
Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications