Lead the adoption of NoSQL and AWS cloud databases at Allstate, from evaluation, selection, architecting to operationalization of database platforms like MongoDB, Redis, Neo4J, Snowflake, AWS Aurora and Cassandra. Our team took MongoDB from being the first new database technology in over 10 years to a trusted operationalized platform underpinning some of the most critical products at the center of Allstate's data driven transformation.Responsibilities on team leadership, human capital management, vendor management, database architecture, operational readiness, product strategy and evangelization.

Led the Oracle Technical practice at Symmetry Group collaborating with senior management in proposal creation, customer presentations, contract reviews, project and human capital planing.He also participates on the design and execution of high profile or complex implementations.

Lead DBA for several projects including E-Business suite R12 and 11g RDBMS upgrades, database platform migrations, design and implementation of disaster recovery solutions, OEM configuration and upgrade, among others.Assisted with managed services client support as requested including cloning, patching, backup and recovery, performance, standby administration.Tasked with DBA candidates technical screening.

Worked with management in the creation of service campaigns and new initiatives, customer systems assessments and recommendations along with project implementations such as a CRM system, design and deployment of the architecture for a web facing application developed in APEX, installation of a RAC cluster among others.

Participated in projects including R12 implementations, relocation of customers from on demand and other providers to the company's hosting services, iStore, UPK and OTM implementations along with life cycle support for various customers.

Hired to implement a Single Sign-On solution with Windows Native Authentication.

Provide consulting and support services for several concurrent US and Latin America based clients with services ranging from daily support tasks that includes monitoring, patching and systems assessments to upgrades, migrations, cloning and implementation of best practices on a wide variety of OS, RDBMS and Oracle Applications versions and participated in onsite projects and as system administrator instructor.Had exposure to a wide array of oracle applications features as localizations, languages, shared file system, HRMS updates, upgrades and migrations.Developed skills on team management, customer service, mentoring, account and project management.

Oracle applications support and project implementation for several US and Latin america based accounts from upgrades of oracle databases and applications to remote systems support and customer satisfaction.

Evolved from a college grad to a senior Oracle DBA in a remote support group for Kellogg's worldwide operations.During this time I was involved with various oracle products such as Oracle RDBMS versions 7 to 9i, Oracle applications 10.7 to 11i, discoverer 3 and 4i, migration workbench and other non oracle products (at the time) like corporate time, hyperion, bmc patrol, CA autosys.Worked intensively in areas such as backup and recovery, performance tunning, shell scripting and in projects such as upgrades of discoverer, migration of other database flavours to oracle, rdbms upgrade and as the lead DBA for the 10.7 to 11i upgrade for Latin America and had several on site assignments in the USA and UK.Participated and enforced company IT regulations such as change management, code version control, auditing, cost / benefit analysis, project planning and risk management.