SUMMARY

Creative, detail-oriented problem solver with 14 years technical, 20+ years leadership experience and the depth of knowledge and expertise to develop and implement solutions by understanding all perspectives. Extensive experience designing, developing, and deploying database software systems and applications, particularly in Oracle technologies, and the proven ability to apply skills to complex business solutions. Expert in Systems Integration, Testing, and Quality Assurance.Superior communications and inter-personal skills and a unique ability to find the win-win in any situation.Top Secret clearance.

• Software, systems, and technology professional with proven leadership and communications skills and fourteen years experience in all aspects of systems integration and software engineering
• Leader and expert in the design and delivery of cost-effective, high-performance information systems to address complex business problems
• Extensive qualifications in all facets of project life cycle, from initial feasibility analysis and conceptual design through development, distribution, and systems operations support
• Significant experience and success coordinating efforts of all stakeholders in database software development efforts: executive leadership, end users, architects, administrators, and developers
• Proven ability to build and manage creative, highly energized, focused teams
• Expert in developing and presenting prototypes in support of business development efforts Best fit positions Technical Lead, Database/Data Architect, Systems Architect, Oracle DBA/Developer/Designer

COMPETENCIES

Staff Management

Data Modeling/Database Design

Systems Test & Integration

Project Management

Database Administration

Quality Assurance Management

Process Engineering

Data Replication, Integration, Failover

Application Design/Development

Cost Analysis & Estimation

Data Management

Systems Architecture

Risk Management

Data Analysis & Workflow

Systems Administration

Standards & Policy

Data Warehousing

IT Infrastructure

Proposal Development

TECHNOLOGIES

Operating Systems

Linux(5), Sun Solaris(5), IBM AIX(3), HP-UX(2), Windows(14), VMware(1), Oracle VM(3)

Architecture

AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (AWS EC2)(2), Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)(2),
n-Tier Client-Server(13)

Languages

SQL(14), PL/SQL(12), PHP(2), Javascript(8), xHTML(11), XML(4), perl(1), UNIX shell scripting(7), Windows shell scripting(7), Semantic Technology

Databases

Oracle 11g, 10g, 9i , 8i, 8(14),mySQL 5(3)

Real Application Clusters (RAC)(4), Streams(replication), Data Guard(failover)(4)

Middleware

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g (WebLogic)(2), Oracle Identity Management(LDAP)(7)

Oracle10g/9i Application Server(7), Oracle Business Intelligence (OBIEE)(3)

Oracle BPM Suite(2), Oracle Data Integrator(ELT/ETL), Oracle Application Server v.4.0.8 (2)

Development Tools

Oracle APEX(4), Erwin/ERX/SQL Developer/Data Modeling(14), JDeveloper(1), Portal/WebDB(6), Oracle Designer/Developer(4), Discoverer(3), Workflow(3), TOAD(9), SQL Navigator(2), JoomlaCMS(2), Oracle Application Development Framework(ADF)(2)

Management Tools

Rational Suite(4), Microsoft Project(8), Oracle Enterprise Manager/Grid Control/Clusterware(10), Clearcase/Clearquest(2), Subversion(3)

Methodologies

Rational Unified Process (RUP)(4), Agile Development(3), Extreme Programming (XP)(1), Test Driven Development (TDD)(3), Information Technology Information Library (ITIL)(1), Rapid Application Development(7), Spiral Development(7), System Development Lifecycle (SDLC)(3), Object-oriented Design/Development(2), Integration Definition (IDEF)(6), Structured Analysis(3)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential,Aug 2011 - present
Senior Technical Consultant

Architected an executable system re-engineering/upgrade technical strategy and project plan for SunGard Higher Education’s most technically complex client.
Database Administration consultant for SunGard Higher Education supporting SunGard Banner, Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), Oracle Data Store(ODS), and other products. As project lead for Lamar University, developed the project plan and technical strategy for system-wide migration from Oracle 10g to Oracle 11g (RDBMS and Fusion Middleware), including hardware and operating system upgrades.

Confidential,2010 2011
Senior Technical Consultant

Led the six person database teamfor the Qinetiq, N.A. REXUS project with 100% retention when staff were leaving the project at a rapid rate. During the eight months, designed and implemented the right solution for the Oracle Data Store with five disparate sources and consumers of the data, and migrated all legacy data from Sybase to Oracle. While the requirement was near real time availability of data, achieved real time, immediate availability in the data store.
Using Agile Methodology, combining hands-on skills and mentoring others, delivered 12 Oracle OLTP and OLAP databases for development, test, and production. Directly involved in the installation, configuration, and development of Oracle 11g DBMS, Oracle Fustion Middleware 11g Weblogic, Oracle Internet Directory, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, and Oracle Grid Control.

Confidential,2006 - 2010
Owner

Established products and services company with year over year profit gain and national recognition. 
Supervised and executed all aspects of planning events, from profitability analysis, risk management, resource management, scheduling, and execution. Managed the acquisition, production, financials, marketing, and sales of products for retail and wholesale sales.
Installed and configured Oracle 11g, Oracle Fusion (WebLogic), and OBIEE. Designed physical data models using SQL Developer/Data Modeling for customer relationship application, created and tuned the schemas and associated APEX PL/SQL application front-end.

Confidential,Strategic Sales Support. 2006 2009
Senior Technologist

In support of sales consulting operations, conducted requirements analysis, database design, and UI development and maintenance of Oracle database applications for project, product, and executive management. Focus areas included financial and time management reporting and analysis, customer and product management, information exchange, and asset management. Managed technical aspects of Oracle CRM (Siebel) planning and implementation.
Wrote the APEX components for a major corporate marketing campaign, “Who Caught The Flu?” and integrated other components. Deployed Oracle and web applications on the Amazon Web Services Elastic Compute Cloud (AWS EC2). Conducted requirements analysis for and designed the logical and physical database models for a National Mortgage Risk Assessment system which included property, asset, lender, and wealth management aspects.

Confidential, 2005 2006
Technical Director

Provided leadership, solutions architecture, and database design for Pragmatics software development tasks.Chief Architect for a federal agency strategic maturity project.Conducted system-wide analyses to recommend technical and operational courses of action.Coordinated Quality Assurance, Test, and Integration tasks.Led, authored, and presented proposals.

Confidential,2002 2005
Technical Director

Led the team of developers in the full lifecycle design, development, and deployment of Enterprise Portal and database applications in top secret, secret, and unclassified environments. Applied a broad range of skills in this assignment as: Team Leader, System Architect, DBA, System Administrator (Windows 2000), PL/SQL Web Developer (incl. HTML, Javascript), Portal Administrator/Developer, LDAP Administrator, and technical consultant.
Conducted analyses of corporate software systems for the CIO.Established standby Oracle databases and corresponding processes for critical systems. Established, promoted, and managed the corporate partnership with Oracle Corporation.
Achieved the Chairman’s Award and Award for Excellence for the success of the project.

Primary client was the Department of Defense Joint Staff.

Confidential, 1998 2002
Senior Principal Consultant

Award-winning, expert consultant in database administration, database and applications design, systems administration, systems security, PL/SQL, HTML, Oracle Portal, and Javascript development.
Highlights of this period include significant contributions to the development and progression of portal technologies, and the application of software solutions to the demanding new security requirements following the events of 9/11/2001. Using adept skills and creativity, introduced database-driven portal solutions to four clients. Worked with product development teams, and shared solutions to improve the Oracle database and middleware products, including portal, workflow, LDAP, and infrastructure.
Established, tuned, and maintained Oracle Parallel Server instances (now Real Application Cluster-RAC)
Received three performance awards for achievement and customer satisfaction.

EDUCATION:Bachelor of Science