Dan Howard

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Vice President - Manager Database Engineering at Northern Trust Corporation @ Northern Trust Corporation
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Sugar Grove, Illinois, United States, United States
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• Managing a team of eight senior level database administrators working on projects over multiple data platforms, distributed between both the US and India.• Over fifteen years of DBA experience including ten years in the financial services industry.• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to provide meaningful information for both business and technical staff.• Strong analytical abilities for problem solving and root cause analysis.• Experience with a wide range of High Availability and Disaster Recovery technologies over physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure.• Experience with capital planning and budgeting processes.• Social/Emotional understanding to defuse stressful situations and find common ground during disagreements.• Experience in hiring and partner development.SKILLS AND EDUCATIONManagement: Partner enablement, mentoring, on-call roster scheduling, PTO resource coordination, project prioritization, TCO analysis, decision making, and On-Call issue escalation.Cloud: AzureDatabases: MarkLogic (NoSQL) v8-10, Microsoft SQL Server 2000-2019, MySQLMarkLogic Skills: MarkLogic Architecture and Administration, ml-gradle, High Availability Forest Replication, Database Replication for Disaster Recovery, query-console, security, external authentication, encryption at rest.SQL Server Skills: T-SQL, SSIS, SSRS, Performance Tuning, Red-Gate DBA Tools, Quest Monitoring Tools, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, AlwaysOnLanguages: Proficient in Transact-SQL, experience with Python, C, and xqueryCertifications: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900), Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900), Microsoft Azure Data Engineer (DP-203)Education: Master’s Degree in Management Information SystemsCommunity Involvement: Active member of the Rotary Club of Aurora United - Aurora, IL as well as participating in Rotary International efforts.

Dan Howard's Current Company Details
Northern Trust Corporation

Northern Trust Corporation

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Vice President - Manager Database Engineering at Northern Trust Corporation
Dan Howard Work Experience Details
  • Northern Trust Corporation
    Manager Database Engineering
    Northern Trust Corporation Jun 2021 - Present
    Chicago, Illinois, Us
    • Managing the database infrastructure engineering group for Big Data and RDBMS platforms.• Leading engineering efforts for Hadoop, MarkLogic NoSQL, MSSQL, and MySQL.• Implemented Agile Project Management for the team's work efforts.• Planning and coordinating Azure Cloud migration for data platforms.• Oversaw migration from Cloudera Hadoop CDH v5 to Cloudera Hadoop CDP v7.• Managing team members in both US and APAC regions.• Working on Audit and Regulatory requests for documentation and system security hardening configurations across multiple database platforms.• Engagement with procurement processes to negotiate enterprise software licensing.• Capacity and growth planning for multiple data platforms.• Planning and strategy for cloud database migrations to Azure.• Collaboration with business and application support teams to prevent and resolve issues quickly.• Strong emphasis on documentation and change management procedures to ensure production stability and resiliency.
  • Northern Trust Corporation
    Lead, Infrastructure Db Admin - Database Engineering
    Northern Trust Corporation May 2014 - Jun 2021
    Chicago, Illinois, Us
    • Implemented Encryption at Rest for MarkLogic Data • Configured deployment of MarkLogic database objects using ml-gradle.• Designed and configured MarkLogic for LDAP external authentication and SSL to streamline and secure database access.• Implemented new infrastructure for MarkLogic NoSQL at the bank, including High Availability and Disaster Recovery configurations.• Developed enterprise standards and procedures for MarkLogic NoSQL.• Standardized deployment and maintenance procedures for implementing MySQL on RedHat.• Worked on projects to implement SQL Server 2014 and SQL AlwaysOn.• Performed multiple Sybase to SQL Server conversions for internally developed applications.• Advised development teams on SQL Server performance and tuning.• Upgraded MarkLogic v9 to v10
  • Rsa Medical
    Database Administrator
    Rsa Medical Jun 2013 - May 2014
    • Primary DBA for mid-sized environment. • Wrote and implemented a full database maintenance framework to coordinate backups, DBCCs, and index maintenance in a SQL 2012 AlwaysOn environment.• Implemented SQL Server Reporting Services for internal and external reporting including writing, publishing, and managing SSRS reports.• Created multiple SSIS packages for ETL as well as custom script tasks for packaging SSRS reports for bundled delivery.
  • Northern Trust - Tek Systems
    Senior Sql Server Dba - Contractor
    Northern Trust - Tek Systems Aug 2010 - Jun 2013
    Hanover, Md, Us
    • Project implementations DBA, successfully coordinating over 15 projects simultaneously. As a part of these projects I also provide guidance to project teams on standards for database development and steer the project through the software development lifecycle.• Major projects I have worked on recently include building a server infrastructure and facilitating custom development for financial analytics and trading applications from vendors such as Moody’s and SunGard.• Designed and built the database infrastructure for a 4TB SharePoint environment which also included a Microsoft BI implementation with SQL Server Analysis Services, Reporting Services and PowerPivot.
  • Ttx Company
    Database Administrator
    Ttx Company Mar 2008 - Aug 2010
    Charlotte, North Carolina, Us
    • Primary production support database administrator for a large railroad services company.• Responsible for maintenance and deployments of the Unified Fleet Distribution system.• Reviewing and updating all developed SQL code for performance and adherence to standards.• Responsible for deploying database code updates between the development, QA, and production environments in accordance with change management procedures and policies.• Performing database maintenance including backups, restores, database continuity checks, index maintenance, and query tuning.• Participating in 24x7 on call support for all database systems.• Writing ETL processes using SSIS to load data into a shared data warehouse.• Installing and upgrading new SQL Server instances and databases.• Ensuring the recoverability of all database systems and testing Disaster Recovery processes multiple times a year at an off-site recovery center.• Writing T-SQL stored procedures and table driven processes based on system views to automate common DBA tasks.• Participating in data model review and design sessions for data modeling in both the data warehouse and OLTP environments.• Interacting with developers, analysts, and technicians on project teams to ensure the compatibility and sustainability of newly installed information systems.
  • Shoplocal
    Database Administrator
    Shoplocal Feb 2007 - Mar 2008
    Chicago, Il, Us
    • Member of the Database Administration team. Responsible for Smart Circular databases, (online advertising circulars for major retailers such as Best Buy and Target) data migrations, and log shipping jobs.• Participated in migration of all production and development servers from SQL Server 2000 to 2005.• Managing database backup jobs and warm-standby servers during the week as well as participating in a 24x7 On-Call schedule.• Moving SQL Server instances, User and System databases between boxes for hardware upgrades.• Administrating and developing for office projects using MySQL as a database back-end.• Implementing and maintaining Quest Foglight and Performance Analysis for database monitoring and tuning.• Scaling out the production environment with an additional 25 database servers to meet seasonal demand. Wednesday and Thursday of Thanksgiving typically saw 260 million page views and a peak at 11.5 million page views in a single hour, with no database outages or significant slowdowns during this period.
  • Citibank
    Senior Specialist
    Citibank Jan 2006 - Jan 2007
    New York, New York, Us
    • Providing technical support for departmental databases, printers, desktops, and scanning equipment in Lockbox Operations.• Applying table updates, writing queries, creating development databases, building DTS packages and monitoring server performance in a SQL Server 2000 environment.• Collection, analysis, and presentation of machine and operator statistical data to discover process improvements needed and improve overall site FTE.• Working with Business Analyst project management on project planning and completion.• Created and implemented a database for the collection of operator errors on Legacy scanning equipment. Including a solution for pulling the data from an off-network source and populating the data tables. • Writing SQL queries to pull data from various sources into a site performance tracking tool.

Dan Howard Skills

Microsoft Sql Server Databases Data Warehousing Database Design Sql T Sql Database Administration Ssis Sharepoint Sdlc Data Modeling Disaster Recovery Business Intelligence Enterprise Architecture Mysql Data Warehouse Architecture Etl Sql Tuning Performance Tuning Ssrs Data Migration Business Analysis Testing Analysis Services Software Documentation Servers Data Architecture Security Transact Sql Sql Server 2000 2008 Sql Server Nosql Marklogic

Dan Howard Education Details

  • University Of Illinois Springfield
    University Of Illinois Springfield
    Management Information Systems

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