Experience

Amazigh-Inc

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• DBA

  • Mar 2009 - Present

  From www.baytree.com "Founded in 1994, Baytree has been an Oracle Partner since the beginning. Baytree is a full service consulting firm that focuses exclusively on providing Oracle based solutions to forward thinking and progressive organizations. Baytree continues to provide our clients with a variety of service offerings ranging from Strategy and Design through to Implementation and Support. Baytree’s success is attributed to a number of factors, however much of our success… Show more From www.baytree.com "Founded in 1994, Baytree has been an Oracle Partner since the beginning. Baytree is a full service consulting firm that focuses exclusively on providing Oracle based solutions to forward thinking and progressive organizations. Baytree continues to provide our clients with a variety of service offerings ranging from Strategy and Design through to Implementation and Support. Baytree’s success is attributed to a number of factors, however much of our success stems from our exclusive focus of providing Oracle based solutions, while being committed to providing unparalleled value and service to our clients. With a commitment to provide technology, people and processes, Baytree has been able to enjoy sustainable and profitable growth." Show less From www.baytree.com "Founded in 1994, Baytree has been an Oracle Partner since the beginning. Baytree is a full service consulting firm that focuses exclusively on providing Oracle based solutions to forward thinking and progressive organizations. Baytree continues to provide our clients with a variety of service offerings ranging from Strategy and Design through to Implementation and Support. Baytree’s success is attributed to a number of factors, however much of our success… Show more From www.baytree.com "Founded in 1994, Baytree has been an Oracle Partner since the beginning. Baytree is a full service consulting firm that focuses exclusively on providing Oracle based solutions to forward thinking and progressive organizations. Baytree continues to provide our clients with a variety of service offerings ranging from Strategy and Design through to Implementation and Support. Baytree’s success is attributed to a number of factors, however much of our success stems from our exclusive focus of providing Oracle based solutions, while being committed to providing unparalleled value and service to our clients. With a commitment to provide technology, people and processes, Baytree has been able to enjoy sustainable and profitable growth." Show less



Mount Sinai Health System

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• DBA

  • Mar 2009 - Present

  I came to Continuum as an Oracle eBusiness suite DBA. During the time I have been there in addition to the Oracle DBA role where I am supporting the developers in customizing supply chain and accounts payable functionality. I have installed and configured testing and QA software such as HP Quality center , LoadRunner and Quicktest Pro. I have also installed and configured HP project & Portfolio manager. I came to Continuum as an Oracle eBusiness suite DBA. During the time I have been there in addition to the Oracle DBA role where I am supporting the developers in customizing supply chain and accounts payable functionality. I have installed and configured testing and QA software such as HP Quality center , LoadRunner and Quicktest Pro. I have also installed and configured HP project & Portfolio manager.



Wells Fargo

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• DBA

  • Dec 2005 - Feb 2009

  I came onto this client to work on the functional side of an Oracle eBusiness suite GL implementation to coordinate between the developers and the DBA's after that implementation was complete and stable I moved to the DBA team where I worked on an upgrade of another eBusiness suite upgrade from 11.03 to 11.5.10.2. This upgrade involved new hardware as well as an upgrade of all major components of the software. After that upgrade was finished I was involved in supporting these systems as… Show more I came onto this client to work on the functional side of an Oracle eBusiness suite GL implementation to coordinate between the developers and the DBA's after that implementation was complete and stable I moved to the DBA team where I worked on an upgrade of another eBusiness suite upgrade from 11.03 to 11.5.10.2. This upgrade involved new hardware as well as an upgrade of all major components of the software. After that upgrade was finished I was involved in supporting these systems as well as many new releases and patches to the environments. I also supported the ongoing development efforts on both systems, by providing DBA support, cloning, and a stable environment to work in. Show less I came onto this client to work on the functional side of an Oracle eBusiness suite GL implementation to coordinate between the developers and the DBA's after that implementation was complete and stable I moved to the DBA team where I worked on an upgrade of another eBusiness suite upgrade from 11.03 to 11.5.10.2. This upgrade involved new hardware as well as an upgrade of all major components of the software. After that upgrade was finished I was involved in supporting these systems as… Show more I came onto this client to work on the functional side of an Oracle eBusiness suite GL implementation to coordinate between the developers and the DBA's after that implementation was complete and stable I moved to the DBA team where I worked on an upgrade of another eBusiness suite upgrade from 11.03 to 11.5.10.2. This upgrade involved new hardware as well as an upgrade of all major components of the software. After that upgrade was finished I was involved in supporting these systems as well as many new releases and patches to the environments. I also supported the ongoing development efforts on both systems, by providing DBA support, cloning, and a stable environment to work in. Show less



Dimensions International

• DBA / SA

  • Nov 2004 - Dec 2005

  At DDI I joined a small MIS team for the E Systems delivery department. In this team I was brought in as an Oracle/SQL2000 DBA but the job quickly expanded to Network Admin, Windows System administration and, Linux Systems Administration also. We were tasked with support of all the E systems applications and databases. Along with supporting the QA team and rebuilding the QA lab and delevoping a datawarehouse using Oracle Grid technology. At DDI I joined a small MIS team for the E Systems delivery department. In this team I was brought in as an Oracle/SQL2000 DBA but the job quickly expanded to Network Admin, Windows System administration and, Linux Systems Administration also. We were tasked with support of all the E systems applications and databases. Along with supporting the QA team and rebuilding the QA lab and delevoping a datawarehouse using Oracle Grid technology.



Jackson National Life Inc

• DBA

  • May 2004 - Nov 2004

  At JNL I was brought in to work as a support DBA in a heterogeneous database environment. The systems are a mix of Sybase, UDB/DB2, OS390/DB2, Oracle, and SQL2000. I was brought in to ease the workload of the full time DBA staff by supporting all these environments. My responsibilities included Performance tuning, backup & recovery, work orders, troubleshooting, and capacity planning. At JNL I was brought in to work as a support DBA in a heterogeneous database environment. The systems are a mix of Sybase, UDB/DB2, OS390/DB2, Oracle, and SQL2000. I was brought in to ease the workload of the full time DBA staff by supporting all these environments. My responsibilities included Performance tuning, backup & recovery, work orders, troubleshooting, and capacity planning.



Industrial Scientific Corporation

• DBA / SA

  • Oct 2003 - May 2004

  At ISC I was brought in to manage to infrastructure for the iNet system. iNet is an AIX/DB2 based neuro network that tracks gas detection equipment and predicts when the instrument is going to fail so that ISC can perform proactive maintenance to assure maximum uptime for the client as the optimum cost for ISC. In this position I act as an AIX System administrator, DB2 DBA, WebSphere administrator, and Web-master. At ISC I was brought in to manage to infrastructure for the iNet system. iNet is an AIX/DB2 based neuro network that tracks gas detection equipment and predicts when the instrument is going to fail so that ISC can perform proactive maintenance to assure maximum uptime for the client as the optimum cost for ISC. In this position I act as an AIX System administrator, DB2 DBA, WebSphere administrator, and Web-master.



Northrop Grumman

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• DBA

  • Feb 2003 - May 2003

  At NGIT I was brought in to design and implement a replication strategy between three distributed applications running on three separate RDBMS's (Sybase, Oracle and Non-stop SQL). I was also responsible for general support of the Database platforms used by the developers. At NGIT I was brought in to design and implement a replication strategy between three distributed applications running on three separate RDBMS's (Sybase, Oracle and Non-stop SQL). I was also responsible for general support of the Database platforms used by the developers.



WorldWide Retail Exchange

• IT Services and IT Consulting

• DBA

  • Jun 2002 - Jan 2003

  At WWRE I work as the Database Architect as well as their physical DBA. I lead a team of Oracle, DB2, and SQL2000 DBA's spread over 3 sites that are responsible for maintaining WWRE's B2B systems as well as there financial systems. My responsibilities include database design and implementation, performance tuning, backup & recovery and DR. At WWRE I work as the Database Architect as well as their physical DBA. I lead a team of Oracle, DB2, and SQL2000 DBA's spread over 3 sites that are responsible for maintaining WWRE's B2B systems as well as there financial systems. My responsibilities include database design and implementation, performance tuning, backup & recovery and DR.



Verizon, Inc

• DBA

  • Mar 2001 - May 2002

  I worked at Verizon in the UNIX System Services, System Configuration Engineering group as well as the Database engineering Group. My responsibilities were 40% Oracle DBA, 25% Sybase DBA, 25% MS-SQL DBA, and 25% UNIX SA/Architect, they included designing coding and overseeing the implementation of Maintenance programs and procedures for all Database systems under USS control (over 800 servers). I was also responsible for developing and enforcing the USS infrastructure standards. I maintained… Show more I worked at Verizon in the UNIX System Services, System Configuration Engineering group as well as the Database engineering Group. My responsibilities were 40% Oracle DBA, 25% Sybase DBA, 25% MS-SQL DBA, and 25% UNIX SA/Architect, they included designing coding and overseeing the implementation of Maintenance programs and procedures for all Database systems under USS control (over 800 servers). I was also responsible for developing and enforcing the USS infrastructure standards. I maintained the Kerberos authentication and security systems. In this position I worked with UNIX hardware and OS environment, Oracle, Sybase, SAN infrastructures, High availability as well as Fault tolerance and load balancing. I also spent time certifying Veritas quick IO and BMC patrol for the database engineering group as well as certifying Fiber cards to be used in the SAN environment. Show less I worked at Verizon in the UNIX System Services, System Configuration Engineering group as well as the Database engineering Group. My responsibilities were 40% Oracle DBA, 25% Sybase DBA, 25% MS-SQL DBA, and 25% UNIX SA/Architect, they included designing coding and overseeing the implementation of Maintenance programs and procedures for all Database systems under USS control (over 800 servers). I was also responsible for developing and enforcing the USS infrastructure standards. I maintained… Show more I worked at Verizon in the UNIX System Services, System Configuration Engineering group as well as the Database engineering Group. My responsibilities were 40% Oracle DBA, 25% Sybase DBA, 25% MS-SQL DBA, and 25% UNIX SA/Architect, they included designing coding and overseeing the implementation of Maintenance programs and procedures for all Database systems under USS control (over 800 servers). I was also responsible for developing and enforcing the USS infrastructure standards. I maintained the Kerberos authentication and security systems. In this position I worked with UNIX hardware and OS environment, Oracle, Sybase, SAN infrastructures, High availability as well as Fault tolerance and load balancing. I also spent time certifying Veritas quick IO and BMC patrol for the database engineering group as well as certifying Fiber cards to be used in the SAN environment. Show less



Legg Mason Inc

• DBA

  • Jan 2001 - Mar 2001

  which I was brought in to help establish an Oracle environment as well as serve as production support for performance & tuning, Backups, system recovery and maintenance. I also worked as a Sybase DBA for multiple Sybase systems. In the course of my duties I also took up a few MS-SQL projects where I served as a development DBA as well as a production support DBA. In this position I was 50% Oracle DBA, 25% Sybase DBA, and 25% MS-SQL DBA. which I was brought in to help establish an Oracle environment as well as serve as production support for performance & tuning, Backups, system recovery and maintenance. I also worked as a Sybase DBA for multiple Sybase systems. In the course of my duties I also took up a few MS-SQL projects where I served as a development DBA as well as a production support DBA. In this position I was 50% Oracle DBA, 25% Sybase DBA, and 25% MS-SQL DBA.



Verizon

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• DBA

  • Oct 1999 - Jan 2001

  During my contract with Bell Atlantic I worked as the technical lead for the Distributed Systems Database Engineering team. This team was responsible for the development and maintenance of extremely large databases, including a 300 Gigabyte Sybase system, and a 7 Terabyte Oracle system. As technical lead, along with my responsibilities for planning, and overseeing the team's objectives, I was responsible for designing, coding, and implementation of all Database maintenance procedures… Show more During my contract with Bell Atlantic I worked as the technical lead for the Distributed Systems Database Engineering team. This team was responsible for the development and maintenance of extremely large databases, including a 300 Gigabyte Sybase system, and a 7 Terabyte Oracle system. As technical lead, along with my responsibilities for planning, and overseeing the team's objectives, I was responsible for designing, coding, and implementation of all Database maintenance procedures, developing Monitoring procedures, Performance & tuning of the systems on all levels, and backup & recovery of all systems. I oversaw training to the other six DBA's team members. My job was 50% Oracle DBA, 30% Sybase DBA, and 20% MS-SQL DBA. Show less During my contract with Bell Atlantic I worked as the technical lead for the Distributed Systems Database Engineering team. This team was responsible for the development and maintenance of extremely large databases, including a 300 Gigabyte Sybase system, and a 7 Terabyte Oracle system. As technical lead, along with my responsibilities for planning, and overseeing the team's objectives, I was responsible for designing, coding, and implementation of all Database maintenance procedures… Show more During my contract with Bell Atlantic I worked as the technical lead for the Distributed Systems Database Engineering team. This team was responsible for the development and maintenance of extremely large databases, including a 300 Gigabyte Sybase system, and a 7 Terabyte Oracle system. As technical lead, along with my responsibilities for planning, and overseeing the team's objectives, I was responsible for designing, coding, and implementation of all Database maintenance procedures, developing Monitoring procedures, Performance & tuning of the systems on all levels, and backup & recovery of all systems. I oversaw training to the other six DBA's team members. My job was 50% Oracle DBA, 30% Sybase DBA, and 20% MS-SQL DBA. Show less



Mayo Clinic

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• DBA

  • Feb 1999 - Oct 1999

  At Mayo I worked as a Sybase/Oracle DBA in clinical applications area as production support. I work as part of a team of DBA's and UNIX Systems Administrators that support over 300 databases spread across 15 Sybase Servers and 5 Oracle servers running on a mixture of HP-UX and Solaris platforms. We support around 200 developers on over 50 separate applications along with supporting a user base of over 15,000 users in 5 sites. The databases range in size from as small as 30 Megabytes to around… Show more At Mayo I worked as a Sybase/Oracle DBA in clinical applications area as production support. I work as part of a team of DBA's and UNIX Systems Administrators that support over 300 databases spread across 15 Sybase Servers and 5 Oracle servers running on a mixture of HP-UX and Solaris platforms. We support around 200 developers on over 50 separate applications along with supporting a user base of over 15,000 users in 5 sites. The databases range in size from as small as 30 Megabytes to around 50 Gigabytes. My responsibilities in this group include performance & tuning, Developer support, production support and backups & recovery. I was brought in to help fill a void left by employee turnover until the client could hire a replacement. My job at Mayo was 70% Sybase DBA 20% Oracle DBA, and 10% MS-SQL DBA Show less At Mayo I worked as a Sybase/Oracle DBA in clinical applications area as production support. I work as part of a team of DBA's and UNIX Systems Administrators that support over 300 databases spread across 15 Sybase Servers and 5 Oracle servers running on a mixture of HP-UX and Solaris platforms. We support around 200 developers on over 50 separate applications along with supporting a user base of over 15,000 users in 5 sites. The databases range in size from as small as 30 Megabytes to around… Show more At Mayo I worked as a Sybase/Oracle DBA in clinical applications area as production support. I work as part of a team of DBA's and UNIX Systems Administrators that support over 300 databases spread across 15 Sybase Servers and 5 Oracle servers running on a mixture of HP-UX and Solaris platforms. We support around 200 developers on over 50 separate applications along with supporting a user base of over 15,000 users in 5 sites. The databases range in size from as small as 30 Megabytes to around 50 Gigabytes. My responsibilities in this group include performance & tuning, Developer support, production support and backups & recovery. I was brought in to help fill a void left by employee turnover until the client could hire a replacement. My job at Mayo was 70% Sybase DBA 20% Oracle DBA, and 10% MS-SQL DBA Show less



Research Genetics

• DBA / Consultant

  • Sep 1998 - Feb 1999

  At Research Genetics I worked as a Sybase DBA and UNIX System Admin in the Informatics department. I was involved in migrating the current systems to Sybase version 11.5 and then to version 11.9.2 on an RS/6000 running AIX. I was also involved in performance & tuning of the database Servers as well as the UNIX platforms, Setting up Netscape E-mail servers, Writing Perl and ksh scripts to manage the systems and installing various GNU and IBM commercial software. At Research Genetics I worked as a Sybase DBA and UNIX System Admin in the Informatics department. I was involved in migrating the current systems to Sybase version 11.5 and then to version 11.9.2 on an RS/6000 running AIX. I was also involved in performance & tuning of the database Servers as well as the UNIX platforms, Setting up Netscape E-mail servers, Writing Perl and ksh scripts to manage the systems and installing various GNU and IBM commercial software.



Koch Industries

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• DBA

  • Nov 1997 - Sep 1998

  At Koch Industries I was brought in to work as an Oracle DBA supporting Development projects as well as production for the Energy, Agriculture, and Materials business units. During the course of these projects I also took on some development projects as a data modeler and DBA using Sybase, Sybase SQLAnywhere, and Microsoft SQL Server. I also designed and implemented a replication architecture for Koch Agriculture using Sybase Replication server and SQLRemote Message based replication. At Koch Industries I was brought in to work as an Oracle DBA supporting Development projects as well as production for the Energy, Agriculture, and Materials business units. During the course of these projects I also took on some development projects as a data modeler and DBA using Sybase, Sybase SQLAnywhere, and Microsoft SQL Server. I also designed and implemented a replication architecture for Koch Agriculture using Sybase Replication server and SQLRemote Message based replication.



ComEd

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• DBA / Consultant

  • Oct 1997 - Nov 1997

  At CommEd I was brought in to work a short term performance & tuning contract for there billing system that was running on Oracle 7.3.4 on a Solaris system. The tuning was limited to instance, atabase, and OS levels because the database structure and queries were a vendor canned package. Through this effort I increased the average transaction time for the system by 22%. At CommEd I was brought in to work a short term performance & tuning contract for there billing system that was running on Oracle 7.3.4 on a Solaris system. The tuning was limited to instance, atabase, and OS levels because the database structure and queries were a vendor canned package. Through this effort I increased the average transaction time for the system by 22%.



Chrysler Corporation

• DBA/Sybase Pro services

  • Aug 1996 - Oct 1997



Sybase

• Consultant

  • Jul 1995 - Oct 1997

  I worked for Sybase in ther professional services diivision out of the Detroit office. I worked for Sybase in ther professional services diivision out of the Detroit office.



PwC

• Professional Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• DBA/Sybase Pro services

  • Jun 1996 - Jul 1996



Michigan Dept. of Corrections

• DBA/Sybase Pro services

  • Jan 1996 - Jun 1996



Diawa Securities

• DBA/Sybase Pro services

  • Jul 1995 - Jan 1996



Miles Inc

• Developer

  • Jul 1994 - Jul 1995



AT&T

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• DBA

  • Apr 1994 - Jul 1994



IBM Credit Corp

• Developer

  • May 1993 - Mar 1994



Equitable resources

• DBA

  • Dec 1992 - May 1993



Mellon Bank

• DBA / developer

  • Aug 1991 - Mar 1992



ARMCO Steel

• Developer

  • Jul 1990 - Jan 1991



American Tele/Response

• SA / DBA

  • Mar 1989 - Jul 1990



Verizon

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• SA / Developer

  • Sep 1987 - Mar 1989



Westinghouse E&ISD

• Developer

  • Apr 1987 - Sep 1987



Beecham Products

• Developer

  • Oct 1986 - Mar 1987



Westinghouse PGSD

• Developer

  • Oct 1985 - Oct 1986



Westinghouse NFD

• Developer

  • Jun 1985 - Oct 1985