SUMMARY

• Result - oriented Release Manager that possesses the ability to align business needs with technical solutions, and great emphasis on providing robust solutions to problems. Experienced with databases, applications, processes and production landscapes.
• Known for seamlessly coordinating business and software technologies with industry leaders in the fields of Web, ERP, Application and deployment services. Highly proficient communicator, effective at managing relationships between customers, users, strategic leadership, board members and third-party vendors. Core competencies include:

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

Databases: Oracle 8/8i/9i/10g/11g/Berkeley DB, SQL Server 7/2000/2005/2008, DBASE III/IV, Access.

Applications: SAP ECC 6.0, Toad, SQL Navigator, Service Now, HP Server Automation, SubVersion (SVN), ANT, Veritas Volume Manager, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS), SPSS, Rational Rose, HP Quality Center, Excel, Microsoft Dynamics.

Utilities: SQL *Plus, Query Analyzer, Enterprise Manager, SQL Loader, Performance MonitorSQL Profiler, SQL Worksheet, PL/SQL Developer, BPM, Litespeed, ERWIN.

Operating systems: MS Win NT/2000/2003/Vista/7, Win Server 2000/2003/2008, Linux, & Solaris 8 & 9.

Web Languages: Java, C++, PL/SQL, SQL, JSP, Asp, Xml, JavaScript, Modular 2, Turbo Pascal, Visual Basics.E

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Release Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Deployed new code bases to various Auto Trader environments and maintained code changes via SVN.
• Managed the release and deployment processes behind various Pre-Prod, and Production environments.
• Managed and organized the chronological deployment steps executed during code releases in MS Project.
• Merged codes from various branches for deployments and created various reusable Ant build scripts.
• Established schedules and priorities by facilitating decision-making on scope and schedule revisions for releases.
• Lead and Managed the deployment chat windows during deployments.
• Managed the deployment of simultaneous releases according to the release schedule.
• Managed and scheduled the deployment of new products, defect fixes, emergency releases and change requests.
• Collaborated with management, process owners, product managers, project managers, application support managers and other staff members at proactively and reactively managing production issues and defects.
• Managed and documented agents of change within various deployments, from a change management standpoint.
• Deployed special code fixes via the HP Server Automation tool.
• Managed project cost, task, resources and reports via Microsoft Project.
• Ensured accountability to deliverables and project scopes to management and stakeholders.
• Performed data analysis of project related issues provided training and created procedure manuals for both management and support staff members.

Data / Release Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed and owned the companies global loan reporting process for the US, UK and Canada customers.
• Owned the company’s change control process, and managed the companies release and deployment activities.
• Owned multiple projects that involved the integration phase of new customers managed via Microsoft Project.
• Improved the integration of new customer data into the company’s database via documentation and automation.
• Managed the resources required to fix application & database defects in production.
• Worked with various customer and in-house developers at resolving various integration issues.
• Created and managed the functional and technical procedures for fixing millions of incorrect consumer data.
• Managed the process of integrating and reintegrating new and existing customers.
• Managed SQL Server jobs and batch processes related to loan reporting.
• Developed solutions for complex software design issues during the product development cycle, and kept in mind the scope limitations and impact to other integrated products.
• Managed customer relationships, and educated customers on company policies behind data integrations.

Release Manager / Sr Oracle DBA

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Administered multiple applications, databases, batch processes and builds on Linux and Solaris platforms.
• Ensured the stability of data access and quality across the organization through database support and maintenance.
• Automated and administered various business owner processes via in-house built applications, cron jobs, dts packages, SQL Server jobs, shell scripts, batch scripts, dbms oracle jobs and materialized views.
• Generated SQL Server reports using SSRS and report builder from various data points.
• Performed security audits, created database user profiles, and managed disk space utilization.
• Coordinated with system administrators in planning out storage, space management, naming conventions and paths for batch folders, db data files, redo, log files, and other relevant structures.
• Performed operating system, cold, and hot backups of databases on various oracle and SQL Server platforms.
• Cloned databases and application servers for Dev, QA, UAT, Staging and Production as needed for unique QA testing, Production migration and new User Acceptance testing environments.
• Consolidated multiple applications, processes and database instances.
• Developed long-term goals for production databases in conjunction with data owners and department managers.

Release Manager / Application DBA

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed the company’s deployment and code release process from QA through to Production.
• Performed the primary function of being the banks primary database administrator of oracle and server databases.
• Developed, maintained and owned the company’s software change control process.
• Was the primary point of contact for code deployments and software releases to various environments.
• Coordinated efforts with nine different business units regarding data cleansing and the upkeep of data integrity.
• Created process flow diagrams using Rational Rose to highlight critical business processes managed by operations.
• Scheduled various releases to production by coordinating and outlining the deployment steps required.
• Collaborated with multiple IT teams on 3 separate annual Sun Guard disaster recovery drills, leading the responsibility to recover all databases and related applications.
• Operationally managed the upkeep of the company’s epiphany and SAAS marketing servers.
• Created detailed reports utilizing proprietary tools and third party technologies.
• Facilitated the backup and recovery procedures and documentation of various application environments.
• Managed two DBAs and three monitoring technicians.

Web / Data Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed and maintained expertise in the knowledge of products and services in other to produce product development and operation requirements.
• Implemented websites with dynamic data content from Oracle and SQL Server databases.
• Teamed with developers, system engineers, and testing teams to identify applications defects.
• Attended weekly defect report meetings and presented progress updates.
• Managed web customer dedicated servers and server migrations.
• Created user roles, profiles, objects and security permission policies.
• Automated the space utilization of production oracle servers, and growth of oracle archive logs files.
• Performed data analysis and data scrubs of data and identified root causes of data inaccuracies.
• Coded and developed oracle forms, reports, packages, and stored procedures.
• Collaborated with monitoring technicians to ensure the production checklists were updated as builds releases changed within environments.