SUMMARY:

• Proven success in leading the architectural design, implementation, optimization, and management of large - scale database & BI environments aligned with evolving business goals. Skilled in partnering with leadership, business, and vendors to analyze needs, define strategies, and implement technologies, standards, and best practices to improve performance, reduce downtime, and meet organizational requirements.
• Strength in leading IT organizations through change, critical growth, and continuous improvements while maintaining stable environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Oracle Database Servers (8
• 0
• 10gR2
• 11g)
• Oracle RAC & Data Guard 11g
• Oracle eBusiness Suite 11i / R12 RMAN
• Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g / 11g
• Oracle Apps 11.0.3 R12
• Oracle Transportation Manager Oracle SOA
• SQL Server 2000
• OBIEE
• Demantra
• HP Archive Purge
• HP - PPM / Kintana
• Java
• SQL
• PL/SQL
• T-SQL
• PERL
• HTML
• UNIX Shell Scripts
• CVS
• MS Project
• Visio EMC DMX
• VNX
• Celerra
• Data Domain
• AIX
• HP
• Solaris
• Linux
• Windows
• NetApp
• Oracle Exadata virtualization

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Director IT

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing application support to Peoplesoft ERP, legal & compliance applications, Oracle SOA, and Oracle hosted cloud applications HCM and Taleo, OBIEE. Providing leadership in planning and managing IT resources spanning multiple geographical locations to ensure a high level of service and delivery. Providing short term and long term strategy for the above applications.
• Leading the solution architecture team for the corporate applications. Leading blended shore model support for applications that need high availability. Responsible for keeping environments patched to reduce security vulnerabilities.
• Responsibility includes budgeting and long term planning for application maintenance.
• Implemented a proactive monitoring solution for cloud application performance. Enhanced application monitoring by utilizing tools such as Splunk & Appdynamics
• Directing technical implementation of Office 365 and Microsoft Teams and related network architecture.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Senior IT Manager

Responsibilities:

• Became final authority on Enterprise ERP infrastructure. Have designed the infrastructure (Server, SAN, networking, backups) to fix existing challenges and prepare for future capacity and operational requirements. Migrated terabytes of data from EMC SAN to NetApp using native and application technologies. Migrated Oracle databases from intel servers to Oracle Exadata with minimal downtime. Speeded up backup and recovering times by upgrading network infrastructure. Has complete knowledge of enterprise server, storage and networking technologies. Directed virtual environments using Oracle Virtual machine software.
• Refreshed existing intel hardware. Well versed with Linux operating system, backup and restore and DR creation.
• Defined and implemented the future state of the ERP ecosystem. Created capital requests for procurement of hardware, software and services to migrate the ERP system from intel based hardware to high tech Oracle Exadata and Netapp based hardware.
• Defined the strategy and framework that enabled the replacement of disparate Mainframe manufacturing, financial, order management, and purchasing systems with Oracle eBusiness Suite. Oversaw the build out of development and production environments within main and disaster recovery sites—encompassing of HP / Linux servers, Oracle RAC, EMC storage, load balancers, and firewalls—that enabled 99.9% uptime of critical systems.
• Currently managing several BI projects. Leading a team of 5 which includes BI architects and developers. Championed projects to enhance BI adoption. Created BI roadmap for the organization. Led efforts to create a BI steering committee to prioritize BI projects and evangelize the capabilities of OBIEE. Actively managing BI projects and have in-dept knowledge of ETL and BI development aspects.
• Managed the rollout of Oracle Transportation Management, Oracle SOA, Business Intelligence, Hyperion, Advanced Supply Chain Planning, and Dementra Demand Analysis platforms that automated core functions and enhanced decision-making. Led efforts of onshore / offshore team in architecting, installing, and supporting key systems utilized by 2,000 users globally leveraging follow-the-sun support model.
• Built a highly productive global team recognized for delivering business value. Expanded internal team by 50%, recommended and established relationships with offshore vendor to monitor and support the production environment, created budgets for new environments, and managed capital requests and purchase requisitions. Trained and mentored Informix and DB2 administrators on best practices for supporting Oracle environments.
• Introduced and oversaw the adoption of the tools, processes, and standards to manage and align the environments with evolving business goals. Selected and implemented Oracle Enterprise Manager for capacity planning, Oracle Data Integrator for data migration, HP-PPM for change management, PVCS for version control, and Oracle Access Manager for single sign-on.
• Planned and managed all aspects of capacity planning, issue resolution, and upgrade projects. Developed migration procedures, built the test environment, led multiple testing cycles, and managed the upgrade of Oracle from 11.2.0.1 to 11.2.03 and Oracle eBusiness from 12.1.1 to 12.1.3 and OBIEE from 10.1.3.4 to 11.1.1.6. Established processes and procedures for monitoring and identifying growth projections, and implementing solutions to meet capacity demands.
• Collaborated with legal to negotiate contract with Oracle to expand licenses as environment grew to more than 50 Terabytes of data. Managed initiative to migrate 4 Terabytes of historical data.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Consultant / Senior Architect

Responsibilities:

• Provided the technical expertise and leadership that enabled a government agency to modernize their financial operations. Planned and managed the design and build out of new clustered Oracle test and production environments, and migration of databases and applications from one data center to new data center. Architected the disaster recovery and single sign-on strategies; directed the implementation of Oracle eBusiness Suite R2 and OBIEE; and provided post-production support.
• Member of the technical architecture team credited with designing new Oracle eBusiness and OBIEE environment that enabled a large steel manufacturer to replace legacy financial and manufacturing systems. Quickly learned and led the successful implementation of the OBIEE infrastructure. Designed and integrate third-party software with Oracle eBusiness suite. Created technical documentation, assisted in resolving technical issues, and provided support to configuration, test, and data migration teams.

Confidential, Eden Prairie, MN

Oracle Applications DBA

Responsibilities:

• Led team of 4 in implementing HP Archive and Purge tool that reduced size of production database by 20%. Evaluated, selected, tested, documented, and oversaw the rollout into production environment that provided the automated means to purge and archive historical data from production database.
• Planned, tested, and evaluated feasibility of upgrading database from 9.2.0.8 to 11.5.9. Provided optimal administrative expertise to 24/7 production environment. Tuned SQL scripts that improved performance.

Confidential, Bloomington, GA

Oracle Applications DBA / SQL Server DBA

Responsibilities:

• Pivotal role in upgrading Oracle eBusiness Suite from 11.03 to R12 and Oracle database from 8i to 10g for a tooling company. Evaluated existing infrastructure, defined needed infrastructure for new environment, designed the upgrade plan, and led team of 2 in upgrading mission-critical platform and database. Collaborated with Oracle ATG to implement fixes and deliver upgrade across highly demanding deadlines.
• Credited with building and migrating a legal company’s database environment from MS Access to SQL Server. Architected and oversaw the implementation of new SQL Server structure, designed the migration procedures, and led development and business analysis teams in migrating legal data from 300+ Access databases to SQL Server environment across an aggressive timeline.

Confidential, Eden Prairie, MN

Oracle Applications Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed detailed plans to upgrade Oracle eBusiness Suite. Evaluated, determined, and recommended technical, functional, and resource requirements.
• Led the implementation of SalesForce.com system for the Sales & marketing Department and interfaced with Oracle eBusiness Suite.
• Developed custom extensions and modifications to Order Management, Inventory, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable modules leveraging Oracle Forms, Reports, PL/SQL, and UNIX.

Confidential, New Ulm, MN

Oracle Applications DBA

Responsibilities:

• Originally retained as a consultant and recruited as an employee for this dairy cooperative. Administered Oracle & SQL Server databases, Oracle Applications, and Oracle GEMMS / OPM.
• Designed and led the development of interfaces between Oracle Applications, Oracle GEMMS, and third-party software that enhanced data integration and information access.