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Entrepreneur of a small business. Increased profit by 50% by implementing online store front.

Led team of 5 Database Administrators, in providing Oracle, DB2, and Gemstone database expertise to factory and IT application teams.Provided technical support to factory application development and DBA teams, resulting in increased productivity for factory application development.

Eliminated need to stop databases during backups, by utilizing disk backups and IMS sync point, resulting in $5.1M savings in computing cost. It was later incorporated into products of IBM and BMC.Improved database recovery techniques and procedures, to comprehend situations involving disk failures impacting multiple factories, reducing recovery time by 50%, saving $3.4M in downtime.Developed and introduced recovery technique for use during Data Center consolidation, reducing downtime for factory, at a savings of $2.4M.Played lead DBA role during implementation of first Disaster Recovery test at IBM hot site, which led to installation of permanent DR procedures and tests.

Zapped internal database addresses, when needed, to restore database integrity, as last-ditch effort when database recoveries failed.Provided PSB, DBD, and ACB gens for IT-wide production databases and applications, during scheduled system maintenance, with minimal issues.

Implemented BMC Database Tools software for DL/1 database reorganizations, in CICS environment, resulting in less downtime and errors.

Software Developer, Financial Systems Team, Nov 1980 – Aug 1983 (2 years, 9 months)- Designed, developed, tested, and supported online IMS / COBOL mainframe financial applications.Software Programmer, Financial Systems Team, May 1979 – Nov 1980 (1 year, 6 months)- Supported and developed COBOL mainframe Accounts Payable application; provided 24/7 support of nationwide AP system.