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IT professional with 20 years of experience in system and database administration with a specialty in software installation, troubleshooting, and integration. Recent experience in infrastructure development including design, implementation, and support for WAN/LANs, and wireless networks.Install and configure Oracle database on VMware as a Linux guest.Define and implement Oracle database schema for Order Entry System.Install and configure Windows 2008 Server, IIS 7, MS Sql Server 2005, and Smart-TS server for IN-COM Data Systems.Installed corporate LAN in two physical sites and joined them with a wireless bridge, providing two distinct routed networks connected to a single broadband service.Upgrade small business routers with third party DD-WRT Linux based firmware to provide the feature set of a high end ($500 to $1000) router.Install and configure small business servers with VMware ESXi 4.0 to consolidate computing resources. This allowed one physical server to run five virtual servers.Install ISC DHCP and DNS servers with dynamic DNS.Install and configure Amanda Backup server to provide a network based backup solution for LAN hosts.Install and configure syslog-ng server to provide a central repository for corporate firewall logs.Install and configure OpenLdap server and Linux client hosts for LDAP authentication, providing a single source for Linux user management. This is similar to active directory butwithout Kerberos.Install and configure Windows 2008 Server Active Directory Domain Controller as a delegated sub-domain in an existing Linux DNS environment.Install and configure Apache server for named virtual hosting of three websites.Easily adaptable to assist an organization to grow their technology base for thefuture.

Travel to Singapore, Budapest, Prague, Istanbul, London, Paris, Bucharest, San Jose, Bangkok, Rzeszow, Cracow, Vientiane, Phnom Penh, Hong Kong, and Kuala Lumpur.

First line client contact for problem determination and corrective action of DBMS and transaction processing (CICS) software.Installation of ADABAS, NATURAL and DB2 systems.Performance monitoring of DBMS and CICS environments.Migration of software fixes and environmental changes.Backup and disaster recovery of DBMS environments.Development and maintenance of software user exits for DBMS

Duties included 24hr oncall support for ADABAS, NATURAL and DB2. I was on the DBA team that implemented the first DB2 application at Sprint. This application was the Invoice Billing System. When DB2 was first installed there were no tools to migrate DB2 objects from one subsystem to another. I developed an on-line ISPF/CLIST application that dynamically generated all DDL and DSL from the Development DB2 to the Production DB2. In essence this product was a crude BMC DB2/Alter.

Responsible for Corporate Data Repository. Duties included maintaining the data dictionary, standardization of data-naming conventions, and the maintenance of data definitions.

Computer Assistance: Provided contract services to various clients developing on-line applications with ADABAS and Natural.

B.S., Business Administration (Managament Science And Computer Systems)

Minor: Financial Accounting

Associate, Computer Science