Chris B. Email & Phone Number

Venetia, Pa, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Increased software development efficiency by automating workflow maintenance tasks• Managed the migration of 150+ databases to AWS/EC2 instances which reduced overall costs and overhead• Collaborated with cross-functional teams in alignment of product releases• Oversaw SDLC process including development, unit test, code reviews, and promotion• Hosted daily stand-up calls and monthly Sprint planning meetings

Researched and developed Python scripts to support DBSS products• Designed database objects within internal management system to support new functionality and automated checks to eliminate monthly edits• Authored CIS Benchmarks for multiple versions of DB2 and MongoDB• Lead strategic data architecting meetings illustrating new database objects and ETL• Created internal Python utilities for the insertion and updating of data into management system• Assisted in peer code reviews assuring checks written were correct

Denver, Co

Redwood Shores, Ca

• Create database signatures and controls for Oracle 9i/10i/11g/12c, DB2 9/10 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008/2012/2014, MySQL 5.5+, Sybase• Moderate and develop security baselines based upon content from Center for Internet Security (CIS) benchmarks• Responsible for creating and configuring QA database environments on both Windows and Linux operating systems• Contributor on multiple CIS benchmarks providing pertinent information to help secure objects within databases• Author of Center of Internet Security Benchmark v1.0.0 - IBM DB2 v10• Author of Qualys Whitepaper “Guidelines for Auditing Security of a Database”• Manage small team of database developers/engineers; responsible for current workload and continuing education• Co-speaker at ISACA North America CACS, 2011 “How to Audit Databases, Where to Start and What to Avoid”• Work together with Qualys support to troubleshoot issues related to database scanning• Participate in weekly Scrum meetings with management and worldwide engineering offices

• Managed Business Intelligence consultants’ workload and created a reporting infrastructure via MicroStrategy software• Created and implement Data Warehouse ETL scripts using Pentaho Data Integrator• Facilitated the creation of a data center utilizing enterprise level servers• Developed MDM architecture applying OLTP, OLAP, staging, and ODS concepts• Created and compared DDL for DB2 ESE and PostgreSQL databases allowing for in-line and in-sync maintenance windows• Maintained data models through ER/Studio and Erwin• Leveraged DB2 HADR capabilities for database clusters in a active/warm scenario• Managed test and development environments, reimaging servers for OS patching and database fixpak maintenance

• Responsible for World-Wide Marketing Mix Data Warehouse providing Mix modeling for our clients • Primary technical resource for Corporate-wide Marketing Mix data warehouse • Provided leadership in the design, development, deployment and implementation of large scale databases and data warehouse applications • Responsible for performing logical and physical data modeling along with detailed data analysis for IBM Corporate Marketing Mix Practice• Designed an ETL architecture based upon the nature of various data sources in order to correctly map into a single data warehouse model • Collaborated with statisticians and other modelers to ensure proper data quality• Integrated the use of Wikis in order to improve communication within a remote team environment • Past member of Market Intelligence Knowledge Mgmt Council; provide feedback on how IBM needs to deliver their web content to its Marketing Divisions

• Manage World-Wide Data Warehouse to provide business intelligence reporting • Contributed to the design architecture for a ~10Tb Data Warehouse environment, including ETL implementation, and the construction of 3 separate data marts used by independent teams and customers • Assisted in defining a data warehousing strategy including relational/dimensional data modeling and logical/physical design • Developed back-up processes consisting of weekly export of data as an alternative to standard TSM or tape drive methods to increase performance without major overhead• Monitored, analyzed and tuned performance and capacity of databases to maximize availability and run-time performance• Managed disaster recovery efforts to minimize data outages and ensure high system availability• Developed security strategies for database and table user access to enforce security within the environment• Programmed within the database development stage and enforced design standards to ensure the code and design were optimized for performance in order to maintain and meet business practices• Oversaw processes on continuous improvement of reporting content to leverage existing framework by the effective use of information management• Lead a team of database architects and developers and managed the workflow in order to meet business objectives and timelines

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