Alan Caldera Email & Phone Number

Kingsland, Georgia, United States

Greater Atlanta Area

Greater Atlanta Area

Greater Atlanta Area

Sept 2014 - Present: As part of the Sales Engineering team, I worked with multiple account directors to build and develop pipeline, conduct discovery calls, technical deep-dive sessions and run proof-of-concept implementations. Sept 2011-Sept 2014: As part of the Professional Services team, my role was to provide deep product knowledge to be utilized in.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Install Architect (8/09 - 9/11):
• Redesigned architecture for the installation and deployment of Informix Dynamic Server and provided critical contributions to the re-implementation of the installation suite. This was performed using Flexera Software's.
• Designed and implemented C/JAVA API for Installation and DeploymentDatablade/Extensibility Architect (3/06 - 8/09)
• Designed/Implemented binary data type
• Led team through the implementation of a new datablade for text indexing based on Clucene.
• Provided direction for product roadmap and conducted investigations of new technologies

Greater Atlanta Area

• Led year long engagement at major financial services firm deploying DB2 throughout the enterprise. Performance tuning, replication, implementation of LDAP / Kerberos signon, HADR and application migration assistance.
• Led project team through the implementation of 2 data marts using Informix 4GL, Informix 7.31, Informix 9.21, and Web Datablade 4.1
• Performance tuning, application review, Enterprise Replication troubleshooting at multiple clients.
• TimeSeries and RealTimeLoader datablade proof of concept testing at multiple clients.
• Development of course materials for RealTimeLoader and Timeseries datablade course for consultants and I/T specialists
• Migration planning from Informix 7.31 to Informix 9.3.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Functioned as lead in-house Database Administrator for multiple clients
• Performance tuning, application review, backup/recovery implementation/troubleshooting Enterprise Replication troubleshooting on Informix 7.x/9.x at multiple clients.
• Participated in the review and design of Informix Media360, and prepared multiple technical proposals for this product.
• Performed upgrades of the Web Datablade at multiple clients.
• Assisted in the development of custom functions for the Spatial Datablade.
• Performed migration from Ingres to Informix 7.3

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Retek Merchandising System Implementation Project Recruited and led a team of 9 engineers in the implementation of interfaces to the Retek system.
• Management duties included project scheduling, team recruitment, technical review of solutions, code reviews, defect tracking, coordination with production operations team, and weekly status reports for management and.
• Design of a phased-in project release schedule to manage quality and risk
• Implemented a RF-based client-server application to provide on-the-spot sales history information to store personnel to facilitate the ordering of inventory
• Participated in the design of a perpetual inventory system
• Oracle Parallel Server v7.3, Pro*C, PL/SQL, Forms 4.5, IBM SP/2, AIX

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Redesigned the company’s billing and customer fulfillment systems.
• Oracle 7, PL/SQL, PRO*C, Windows NT 3.51

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Led team of 7 software engineers and 1 systems analyst supporting the American Express account. This team was responsible for the development of telemarketing applications to be used by the telephone agents, as well as.
• Designed and developed a UNIX-based host-ACD gateway with predictive dialing capabilities
• Implemented new more streamlined interface between the UNIX host and a Tandem Himalaya running Rockwell’s VarCTI product. This effort resulted in the saving of an estimated $2M annually in lost agent productivity and.
• Implemented a HLLAPI application that interfaced the telemarketing applications to an IBM Mainframe via SNA. This application was responsible for conducting real-time and batch queries as well as updates to customer.
• Participated in the development of an in-house 3270 emulation utility to increase the speed at which transactions to the IBM host were handled.
• Data General Aviion, DG-UX 5.3, Informix Online version 5.0

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Converted 4 PICK (Prime Information, Adds Mentor) legacy systems from acquired companies into new unified system.
• Designed and implemented specific applications for rental fleet management, billing and accounts receivable.
• Conducted user training and implementation at remote site locations.
• Integrated a third-party Parts/Work Order System and a Sales/Use Tax system into the application.
• Enhanced third-party Parts Work Order System to fit the needs of the corporation.
• VAX 6410, VAX/VMS 5/6, RMS, Vista 4GL