Summary

IT Project Manager/UNIX Team Leader/Sr. UNIX Systems Engineer/Administrator

I have over 25 years of experience in the Information Technology Industry. I have worked as a Programmer/Analyst, Capacity Planning and Management Specialist, Lead Analyst, Methodology Consultant, Network Products Specialist, Enterprise Network Monitoring and Management Specialist, Project Leader, Project Manager, Technical Manager, Systems Analyst/Engineer/Architect, and Sr. UNIX Administrator.

Chronology of Experience

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Position Data Center Engineer

Environment Enterprise Information Systems, CISCO, Routers and Switches, IBM AIX 5X, 6X RISC 6000 Hardware Platforms, REHL 5 , SUN MicroSystems , IBM, Sun, HP Server platforms running HPUX, AIX 5.3 and up, and Redhat Linux on hard servers as well as VM's.

My duties are to provide operational support to the Discover Financial Services Ohio Data Center and Buckeye Data Center. I support all hardware components of various Lans, vlans, network devices, and application servers that encompass the Discover Financial Services production network in New Albany Ohio.

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Position Sr. UNIX Administrator/Project Manager, Unix Systems Team Leader

Environment Enterprise Information Systems HPUX PARISC Hardware platforms, HP UX 11.11/11.23, IBM AIX 4.3.3 5.3 RISC 6000 Hardware Platforms, REHL 5 , MC ServiceGuard, AIX, HPUX and RHEL, Logical Volume Manager, Lpar/Vpar/Npar VMWare systems, JBOSS, APACHE, TOMCAT, JAVA, WEBLOGIC

My duties are to provide UNIX Systems Administration and Team leadership in an HPUX/RHEL/AIX UNIX environment. I supported four separate datacenters located in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dallas DL1/DL2 , Texas and Chicago, Illinois, I am responsible for leading the Consultant Unix Support team which supported all UNIX systems in this environment. I have performed patch analysis. I also responded to severity one system outages where I took charge of all UNIX issues through resolution. I was responsible for reporting the root cause and developing best practices to prevent future occurrences. I performed systems analysis to determine future resource needs for the OS, Storage, unix file system maint, Database, and third party applications. I perform application restarts for a WebLogic and Apache Tomcat Web environment. I assist in testing of the same environment. I perform analysis with the application Team to enhance the Web Application Environment. Promoted to Migration Project Manager where I managed a team of over 25 to 50 consultants and associates, located off shore and in various locations in the States. I Performed project management, team lead, and Unix Administration duties in the migration of servers, application, from SAVVIS to ATOS datacenters. Includes version upgrades of Sybase version 12.X to Sybase Version 15.7 including replication Servers. I led a team of Sr. UNIX administrators to migrate from a aix 4.3.3 unix environment to a RHEL 6.2 platform that will be the base operating system going forward. I lead a internationally diverse team of 25 to 50 Technical Migration Team members in various portions of the migration PeopleSoft, HPUX, AIX, LINUX, Oracle, PowerBuilder, Apache, Weblogic, JBOSS, Java, . I was a member of the Change Management Board for FirstGroup America. I was one of two Technical Project manager Consultants at the corporate level for FirstGroup America.

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Position Sr. HP UNIX Administrator/ Sr. Security Access Specialist

Environment Enterprise Information Systems HPUX PARISC Hardware platforms, HP UX 11.11/11.23

My duties are to provide security access management and control for the 5/3rd Bank User community. I was responsible for user access as well as file access control for the banks UNIX Server and banking applications environment. I was responsible for completing a two month backlog of work, which I completed in less than 3 weeks.

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Position Sr. HP UNIX Administrator

Environment Enterprise Information Systems, HPUX PARISC Hardware platforms, HP UX 11.11/11.23, IBM AIX 5.3 RISC 6000 Hardware Platforms, SUN Solaris 8,9, 10, MC ServiceGuard, Veritas File Systems, Vpar/Npar systems

• Tools Microsoft XP, Microsoft Office, Power Point, Visio, Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Project UNIX Shell Scripting scripting sh/csh/bash/ksh/posix Perl scripting
• My duties are to provide UNIX Systems Administration, including patch analysis, performance tuning, kernel patches and OS upgrades, as well as third party environment and patch upgrades. I was responsible for creating Systems Documentation and providing Systems training in an HPUX and AIX UNIX environment. I was responsible for fielding and resolving all HPUX related issues during this time period. I was responsible for reporting the root cause and developing best practices to prevent future occurrences. I developed and facilitated training of the State of Ohio UNIX Administrators so that they could support their HPUX environment in the future.

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Position Sr. HP UNIX Administrator, Lead Consultant

Environment Enterprise Information Systems, HPUX PARISC Hardware platforms, HP UX 11.11/11.23 MC ServiceGuard, IBM AIX UNIX OS versions 5.3, SUN Solaris UNIX Platforms version 9 and 10 LAN/WAN TCP/IP

• Tools Microsoft XP, Microsoft Office, Power Point, Visio, Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Project, LINUX, Microsoft Project UNIX Shell Scripting scripting sh/csh/bash/ksh/posix Perl scripting
• My duties are to provide Leadership and technical support and UNIX Systems Administration in an HPUX/Solaris/AIX UNIX environment utilizing Internet and Intranet portals. This required the installation, configuration and support of Java. I support three separate datacenters located in California, Florida and Columbus Ohio for IBM's down line customer which is Walt Disney World. As part of the RFS team, I was responsible for building new HPUX Unix systems in a clustered environment. I performed patch and environment upgrades of the OS and supporting applications such as Hp OpenView, SAP and others. I also responded to severity one system outages where I took charge of all UNIX issues through resolution. I was responsible for reporting the root cause and developing best practices to prevent future occurrences. I performed systems analysis to determine future resource needs for the OS, Storage, Database, and third party applications.

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Position Sr. UNIX Administrator

Environment Enterprise Information Systems, HPUX PARISC Hardware platforms, HP UX 11.11, Linux, IBM AIX 5.3, SUN Solaris 8, 9, RHEL 5X, Java

• Tools Microsoft XP, Microsoft Office, Power Point, Visio, Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Project, LINUX, Microsoft Project UNIX Shell Scripting scripting sh/csh/bash/ksh/posix Perl scripting TCP/IP
• My duties were to provide UNIX Systems Administration in an HPUX/Solaris/AIX and RHEL UNIX environment. I support a NETAPPS Array environment as well as a legacy HPUX FC60 Array. I provide application support for the Las Vegas Review Journal's DTI and PBS systems. I trained other less experienced UNIX Administrators. I supported A Sybase DB environment. These duties are provided in multiple locations as the Las Vegas Review Journal is owned by Stephens Media Corporation and there are other publications located in other states, including Hawaii.

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Position Sr. UNIX Administrator

Environment Enterprise Information Systems, HPUX PARISC/ia64, Superdome and PA-RISC Hardware platforms, HP UX 11.23 and 11.11 OS, SUN Solaris 8, 9, IBM AIX 5.3 Windows 2003, Oracle, Data Center Operations, HP EVA4000 SAN, EMC, Xp1024, Production Support

• Tools Microsoft XP, Microsoft Office, Power Point, Visio, Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Project, LINUX, Microsoft Project Hp OpenView Data protector , Command View EVA for SAN Management UNIX Shell Scripting scripting sh/csh/bash/ksh/posix Perl scripting
• My duties were to provide level 2 and 3 technical support in a multi-vendor UNIX environment. I supported HPUX PA-RISC and INTEL based servers running HPUX UNIX version 11.0 to 11.23. I also supported RISC6000 IBM AIX UNIX environments with AIX UNIX Versions 4.33 to 5.3., along with Red Hat UNIX operating system.. I did break fix support of all three platforms locally in this Cincinnati Mega Data Center along with remote support of other Mega Data Center located in Youngstown Ohio, as well as other locations throughout the country. I was involved in the planning and execution of migrating the Youngstown and Cincinnati Mega Data Centers to the Florence Kentucky Data Center.

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Position Sr. UNIX Administrator Production Support

Environment Enterprise Information Systems, HPUX PARISC/ia64, Superdome and PA-RISC Hardware platforms, HP UX 11.23 and 11.11 OS, SUN Solaris 8, 9, Windows 2003, Oracle, Data Center Operations, HP EVA4000 SAN, EMC, Xp1024, Production Support, Java LAN/WAN

• Tools: Microsoft XP, Microsoft Office, Power Point, Visio, Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Project, LINUX, Microsoft Project Hp OpenView Data protector , Command View EVA for SAN Management, UNIX Shell Scripting scripting sh/csh/bash/ksh/posix Perl scripting TCP/IP
• My duties were to provide immediate and correct technical support in a 24/7 Production Operations Command Center environment. I monitor system alerts and provide immediate solutions to Production/Development hardware/OS/DB and application issues. I write and support shell scripts and Perl scripts in support of production and change control as required. I install third party applications on production servers after testing. I monitor and manage systems performance and capacity management on all reporting servers utilizing various system and third party applications. I assist the project teams as needed with new server design and development as needed. I work with third party vendors to effect hardware/software updates as well as break/fix solutions.

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Position: Consultant and Sr. HPUX UNIX Team Leader, Systems Administrator/Systems Design

Environment: HPUX ia64 and PA-RISC Hardware platforms, HP UX 11.23 and 11.11 OS, Windows 2003, Oracle, Peoplesoft, Data Center Operations, HP EVA4000 SAN, Java JRE 1.3

• Tools: Microsoft XP, Microsoft Office, Power Point, Visio, Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Project, LINUX, Microsoft Project Hp OpenView Data protector 5.0, Command View EVA for SAN Management. UNIX Shell scripting, Perl 5
• My duties were to design, install and support the Onyx North America Veolia Environmental Services , Oracle/Peoplesoft/Java Enterprise Environment in the Greenfield Wisconsin Data Center. As a member of the project team, and the Implementation Team Leader, I was directly responsible for the infrastructure design, installation and management of 13 HP ia64 and PA-RISC servers. These servers run HP UX 11.23 on seven of the ia64 platforms. Three more, are Windows 2003, with the three remaining PA-RISC servers running HP UX 11.11. I designed, implemented and monitor the OS/DB Hot/cold/Archive Files backup platform utilizing HP OpenView Dataprotector 5.0.
• I built and maintained the volume groups, logical volumes and file systems through the Logical Volume Manger. I create and manage application and user profiles and manage peripherals as needed. I wrote and implemented shell scripts as needed to automate problem notification and OS/Housekeeping needs. I manage systems and application performance through the use of UNIX utilities and third party monitoring tools. I have installed, configured and now manage an enterprise backup and recovery application Data protector 5.5 for evaluation. Administer the HP EVE4000 SAN by creating/modifying new LUNS and assigning them to specific servers. I perform other duties as required by the CIO and project manager. I installed the Peoplesoft/Oracle and Java applications, patched the OS to the required levels the tem to run successfully and set up the user environment variables for a production environment.
• I was responsible patch and environment management In support of the PeopleSoft and Oracle environments.

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Position: Sr. HPUX UNIX Systems Administrator Lead Consultant

Environment: Enterprise Information Systems, UNIX Linux HPUX, SUN SOLARIS 8, IBM AIX/MS XP/Windows 2000, SAN

• Tools: Microsoft XP, Microsoft Office, Power Point, Visio, Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Project, LINUX, Microsoft Project.LDAP UNIX Shell Scripting scripting sh/csh/bash/ksh/posix Perl scripting
• My duties were to lead a team of consultants and ADS associates performing level 2 And 3 UNIX support for Alliance Data Systems clients/customers. I support seventeen UNIX servers directly and over one hundred servers as a member of the UNIX Run team. I coordinated break/fix requirements in accordance with change control procedures daily. I planed and implemented system changes from trouble ticket and change orders received. I performed analysis of systems to determine utilization trends, and make recommendations for system hardware and software changes and upgrades. I created technical documentation for all systems supported by the UNIX Run Team. I perform technical analysis and create technical plans for architecture implementation. I coordinated with the Database, network and Application areas daily to find solutions to client concerns. Alliance Data Systems adheres to a stringent Change Control and Change Management system. I support UNIX servers locally at the ADS Data Center in Whitehall, Ohio and remotely in Dallas, Texas.

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Position: Consultant/UNIX Administrator/Technical Sales Support

Environment: UNIX Linux/MS XP/Windows 2000/Novell 6.

• Tools: Microsoft XP, Microsoft Office, Power Point, Visio, Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Project, LINUX, Microsoft Project.LDAP
• My duties included the monitoring and support of Dedicated Technologies email Server running on a Linux UNIX Server. In addition I act as the Technical Sales Support Lead to the Senior Business Development Manger. I developed and gave technical presentations to potential clients. I performed Technical site Surveys/Audits as needed to support the Business Development Manager and the consulting staff prior to the final proposal for a Technical Project.

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Position: Consultant Project Leader

Environment: Microsoft XP

• Tools: Microsoft XP, Microsoft Office, Power Point, Visio, Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Project, Quick books Pro.
• I Led, planned, implemented and supported Bill Ellwood Builders Business and Office Automation solution Project. Supported the production OA environment and trained company personnel on the use of third party software.

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Summary: My daughter was suffering from ulcerative colitis and had to have her colon removed. This took two major operations and time to convalesce. I stayed with her before during and after her procedures.

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Position: Consultant - Sr. UNIX Administrator

Environment: Enterprise Information Systems, HPUX, IBM AIX, SUN Solaris 8 HP OpenView with OVO

• Tools: MS Project, Visio, MS Outlook, MS Excel, MS Word, HPUX, 11.i, HP OpenView with OVO, AIX 5.1, Solaris 2.7, SAN
• I was assigned to MeadWestVaco in Dayton, Ohio as a Sr. UNIX Administrator. I installed, upgraded and maintained. a mix of HPUX Version 11.0/11.i , AIX Version 5.1 firmware version 3.0 and Solaris Version 2.7 Servers. I also Led the SAN product evaluation project. I assisted the Enterprise Network Management group to plan, install and configure HP OpenView with VPO so that we could better manage our enterprise environment. I was also tasked with capacity management on all three platforms. In addition to these more advanced features, as a UNIX Administrator I was responsible for and performed the following functions on a nearly daily basis: system installation and configuration, and upgrades, including firmware. UNIX Shell scripts. User id management, File systems, volume group, logical volumes and disk management. Systems security analysis. Performance and kernal tuning. Kernal tuning also involves table management were such things as buffer files, and inode settings are set into the kernal

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Position: Sr. Staff Analyst

Environment: Enterprise Information Systems, HPUX, MVS, AS/400, Mainframe MS Office Sun Solaris 8

• Tools: MS Project, Visio, MS Outlook, MS Excel, MS Word, Windows 2000, Windows XP Pro, HPUX, 10.2 11.0, HP OpenView with OVO/VPO, SNMP, TCP/IP, Service Center
• I was assigned to Northwestern Mutual as a HP OpenView with OVO/VPO Specialist. Created and modified traps for the collection of SNMP system/network/application monitoring and error log messages. Modified trap conditions for the collection of SNMP data. Modified Message Templates to monitor external disk arrays and page the responsible parties. Developed, tested and implemented UNIX Shell script to do independent download of the message templates to facilitate quicker restores of the configuration environment in HP OpenView with OVO. Developed and implemented the project plan to incorporate the Service Center trouble ticketing systems with HP OpenView with VPO's internal Trouble ticketing interface. This project was implemented so that events that are captured by HP OpenView automatically create a trouble ticket in Service Center where it could be tracked more efficiently.

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Position: Technical Application Team Leader

Environment: Enterprise Information Systems, HPUX, MVS, AS/400, MVS Mainframe

• Tools: MS Project, Visio, MS Outlook, MS Excel, MS Word, HPUX 10.2 11.0,Citrix, McKesson product suite
• I Led a team of eight technical application project leaders and support personnel. Created and implemented the ESS Environmental Services Section strategic support structure for the Technical Applications Group. Worked as the Technical Applications Project Lead for the CareRecord project utilizing Citris Reporting.

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Position: Sr. UNIX Administrator

Environment: AIX/SP2, HPUX, Unisys, MS Office

• Tools: DEC UNIX, SP2 Frame, AIX 4.3.3,Perspective, SP2 NIM, Unisys, HPUX 10.2 11.0, HPUX Logical Volume Manager, MS Project, HP OpenView Omniback II
• I Planned, led, supervised, and participated in the migration of the Department of Correction's entire UNIX infrastructure. Upgraded the backup and restore application. I installed a new state-of-the-art Ultrium tape library. I Revised and implemented a new backup and restore schedule. I Developed and implemented support and system security operation procedures.

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Position: Disaster Recovery Manager Sr. UNIX Administrator Team Leader

Environment: HPUX, Cisco, LAN/WAN, MS Office,

• Tools: Enterprise Information Systems, HP OpenView with VPO Network Node Manager, HP Omniback II, Remedy, BMC Patrol, Cisco Works, MS Excel, EMC, HP Ignite
• I led the Implementation and testing of business continuity procedures for the production server, desktop and network environment. I Was responsible for ensuring that the Cisco routers, HP server and all third party application configurations were correct for all fail over environments. I led the Unix Support Team which Provided HPUX Systems Administration, software upgrades, hardware rollouts, and migrations. Upgraded the existing backup and recovery application.

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Position: Lead Analyst

Environment: HPUX, MS Office, Computer Center Operations

• Tools: HP OpenView, Omniback II, and MS Excel, Autosys
• I Provided guidance and leadership on developing and implementing a better IT Operations Center.

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Position: Sr. UNIX Administrator

Environment: HPUX, LAN/WAN, MS Office

• Tools: HPUX Ver 11.0, HP 9000 hardware, HP OpenView, Omniback II, Ignite
• I Provided HPUX UNIX systems administration during their migration from Columbus, Ohio to Houston, Texas. Upgraded existing backup and restore application and provided project management assistance to the management team as needed.

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Position: Project Manager - Sr. UNIX Administrator Systems Design

Environment: Enterprise Information Systems, MS Windows NT, Oracle, HPUX, SAP, Remedy, LAN/WAN, EMC

• Tools: Oracle, SAP, Remedy, BMC Patrol, SQL, HPUX 11.0 and HP 9000, NT, Veritas NetBackup
• I led a successful proof-of-concept test proving the ability to reduce batch processing from 18 hours a day to less than 1 hour. I then designed, managed and led the implementation of the new HPUX, EMC and MS Windows NT infrastructure after the successful completion of the test as the Project Manager and Sr. Unix Administrator. This included the installation and tuning of third party applications such as Hp OpenView and SAP. Performed performance tuning and optimization of the HP UX UNIX and Oracle environments. I Helped plan additional project and application efforts..

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Position: Lead Analyst - Sr. UNIX Administrator

Environment: Enterprise Information Systems, IBM AIX, HPUX, SUN Solaris, MS Office, Tivoli, HP OpenView NNM, Sybase, Oracle, SQL, TSO, Mainframe, AS/400

• Tools: HP UX 9X to 10.X, Solaris 2.4, AIX 2.5 through 4.2, HP OpenView, MS Project
• I Developed and implemented, and provided Team Leadership for Lockheed Martin - IBS's Level 1 Support Call Help Desk. The duties of the call desk were to perform level 1 task, such as unlocking passwords, enabling print services, resetting passwords and other level 1 services on a variety of OS platforms such as UNIX, and mainframe, as well as AS/400. I Provided UNIX Administration and technical support for five retail customers in multi-platform environments throughout the eastern, southeastern and Midwestern United States. As a Sr. UNIX Administrator and technical leadership for these customers, as well as advanced management procedures from basic shell scripting, SQL Script support, user, file kernal, backup and recovery, print server functions to more advanced Logical volume Manager, Disaster recovery planning and training and capacity management and performance tuning functions. I designed and implemented and led the IBS support structure for all the former REVCO Distribution Centers after the buyout of REVCO by CVS. I Redesigned the CVS backup and restore schedules to fit with Lockheed martin - IBS's master Disaster Recovery Plan. I Supported the Lockheed Enterprise Network Management Group and IT Operations.

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Position: Network Product Specialist II

Environment: Enterprise Information Systems, AIX, HPUX, Frame Relay, TCP/IP, Armon, Cisco,LAN/WAN, Team Leadership

• Tools: Netview, Frame Relay, Cisco works, Armon Probe, HP OpenView with IT/Operations. Oracle
• I Developed and Led the initial Customer Network Management Office and helped develop their Frame Net Manager tool to work in conjunction with IBM's network monitoring tool. This tool was marketed as a value added tool for monitoring and management of our customers Frame Relay networks. Received training in Cisco 11.0, and then was responsible for configuring Cisco Routers. Utilized Cisco works to help monitor the Customer's network. Participated in consolidating CompuServe's internal Network Management Group with the Customer Network Management group, including migrating to a different Enterprise Network Management tool.

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Position: Computer Specialist - Sr. UNIX Administrator

Environment: Enterprise Information Systems, MVS, TSO, Mainframe AT T Sys V UNIX, Interactive UNIX, Gould 9050, SCO UNIX, HPUX, Solaris, NT, Supra Mainframe Mantis Mainframe Oracle, DLANET, LAN/WAN, NT SUN NFS. Oracle, oracle Case Tools, SQL.

• Tools: Sys V UNIX, Solaris 2.4, HPUX, AT T UNIX, Interactive UNIX, SAS, DLAMON, TSO, MVS, CICS, JCL
• I Worked as the Sr. UNIX Administrator for HQEUCOM HQ European Command in Stuttgart Germany. Provided UNIX administration in a top-secret secure environment. Performed supervisory duties over three subordinates.
• Additionally I Worked as the Sr. UNIX Administrator for MOCAS Mechanization of Contract Administration Services at the Defense Logistics Agency Systems Automation Center DSAC in Columbus Ohio. I provided Leadership, guidance and technical support to applications developers on various UNIX Platforms. I also performed duties as the Directorate Security Officer Lead that required me to work with the mainframe as well as other hardware and OS platforms. I worked on the TIS Project which required me to write Cobol and JCL in order to port data to mid tier platforms to be accessed by remote work stations
• I also worked as a Computer Specialist for Capacity Management group of DSAC. Developed and implemented capacity management Programs that collected RMF and SMF data from our mainframe computers as well as UNIX Shell scripts that measure systems utilization for all Defense Logistics Agency UNIX Servers worldwide. Supported SQL DB Scripts for adhock db performance reports. Published graphed this information into a Capacity Management publication called the DISPR for dissemination to the site commanders world wide.