Duane Kraushaar Email & Phone Number

Greater Omaha Area

Administration of SQL Server and Oracle databases for Voter Registration and Pollbook applications. PowerShell and Python Scripting.

Omaha

Manage Database and Network/System Administration Staff overseeing Voter Registration applications.

Provide production and test database support for Voter Registration Systems.

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Provided project architecture to multiple large projects including hosting direction, sizing, and IT capital costs.Architecture plan and costing for major billing system upgrade/migration from native Sun/Solaris to Linux on Dell/VMware.Research of IT technologies. Database Appliances, ETL Tools, Managed File TransferCollaborated on funding request to establish shared corporate VMware pools to improve software leverage in addition to hardware. Collaborated on Oracle SOA implementation for internal and external integrations. Selected to pilot IT lead to business across technical and development teams to deliver important financial application to business. Developed python scripts and web services to capture basic schema information from SQL*Server and post to wiki to build and maintain hands-on technical exposure.

Cross-business unit DBA/SA leadership for internal applications used across US and one globally.Responsible for managing direct and indirect staff of over 20 IT professionals including Unix and Windows System Administrators; Oracle and SQL*Server DBAs.Managed budget for hardware/software support and capital improvements in addition to the budget for my own department.Provided project architecture to multiple large projects including hosting direction, sizing, and IT capital costs.Developed initial virtualization strategy for corporate systems.Justified and personally implemented low cost wiki and issue management tools using Apache/Tomcat and MySQL to build and maintain hands-on technical exposure.Sarbanes-Oxley and other control audit support/issue resolution.

Grew from hands on manager with 3 direct reports to over 10 with a separate DBA manager before role scope increased to director role.Provided leadership for applications DBAs for consolidation of core financial application platforms.Provided leadership for application DBA and System Administrators and some hands-on technical support for domestic purchasing application.Supported Oracle applications upgrade from 9.4.2 to 10.x for Y2K including related database, OS, and hardware upgrades.Oracle archive log performance scripting & I/O performance optimization.

IT Lead/Oracle Applications DBA – Card Business Unit 1993-1995Unix Application Programmer – Call Interactive BU 1992-1993Senior Technical Development Consultant – Call Interactive BU 1989-1991Lead Developer/Sr Systems Analyst – Government Services BU 1987-1989Sr Systems Analyst/Programmer – Teleservices BU 1983-1987