PROFILE
Senior database administrator and engineer, experienced within the domains
of manufacturing, retail, insurance, banking, services, government,
pharmaceutical, and logistics.
SUMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
. More than 20 years of experience in database administration, systems
development, and project management
. IBM Certified DB2 database administrator and iSeries developer
. Specialized in System i performance and tuning
. ERP implementation experience including JDE, SAP, MAPICS, BPCS, and
CIEL
. Java, SQL, CLP, ABAP, RPG, COBOL, PHP and C programming experience;
. Experience in: iDoctor, iSeries Navigator, Hawkeye, Vision Director,
Aldon, WebSphere, HATS, ERWin, Popkin System Architect, IBM Warehouse
Manager ETL, DB2 Connect, DB2 Data Studio
. Linux, Windows, Unix, i5/OS, AIX, and HPUX system administration
experience
. Knowledge of BI, EDW, EIS, Content Management, and Data Mining;
. Skilled in cultivating excellent relationships with colleagues,
employees, and superiors;
. International consultant experience contracted by IBM, UN and Inter-
American Development Bank;
. Team management and mentoring experience.
. Working ability in English, French, and Spanish;
. Flexible to adapt to changing requirements;
. Logic and organized, with ability to work under pressure
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TBC Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida USA 2009
-Present
Enterprise Database Architect
TBC Corporation is the nation's largest vertically integrated marketer of
tires for the automotive replacement market. The Company's retail
operations include Company-operated tire and automotive service centers
under the "Tire Kingdom", "Merchant's Tire & Auto Centers", and "National
Tire & Battery" brands, and franchised stores under the "Big O Tires"
brand. TBC markets on a wholesale basis to regional tire chains and
distributors serving independent tire dealers throughout the United States,
Canada, and Mexico.
Objectives:
. Coordinated the creation and maintenance of enterprise databases
including Ecommerce, POS, ASW, JDE, SAP, SOA, and Epicor;
. Identified all corporation's databases, documented and administered
access security, performance, redundancy, DR, High Availability, and
backups;
. Identified the top transactions that have the greatest share in the
database load compared to total database time
. Provided performance and tuning suggestions for DB2 applications to
increase throughput and performance
. Applied indexing proactive and reactive strategies to improve
performance
. Participated in support planning and the development of long-term
strategic goals for systems and software in conjunction with end-
users, IT team members, and department managers.
. Worked as part of a collaborative, matrix team, providing technical
expertise on service management tools.
. Coordinated with network engineering, business application, system
administration, and database administration functions to implement
desktop, server, and operational application systems that utilize
industry best practices to meet corporate objectives.
. Performed a wide range of system administration duties on IT
databases, IT support applications, and other services including
install, debug, maintain, upgrade, and general support.
. Collected and reviewed system data for process improvement purposes.
. Recommended, scheduled, and performed software and hardware
improvements, upgrades, patches, reconfigurations, and/or purchases.
. Conducted research on emerging products, services, protocols, and
standards in support of systems software procurement and development
efforts.
. Normalized JDE and POS databases by eliminating deleted records,
orphans, and by enforcing referential integrity.
. Reduced company risk by enhancing test environments and ensuring test
veracity.
. Enhanced the capabilities of the Technical Services team in the areas
of Client Systems, Helpdesk, and Change/Incident management through
application of essential specialized skills.
. Administered DB2 databases on System i, Linux and Windows for SAP,
SOA, and POS implementations
. Optimized access plans and performance working on plan cache and
applying appropriate index strategies and maintenance.
. Performed SAP basis and PI administration tasks
Recochem Inc., Montreal
2006 - 2009
DB2/iSeries Developer and Project Manager
Recochem is a chemical manufacturing international company with 700
employees and production facilities in Canada and Australia. The head
office is located in Montreal.
Objectives
. Organized the exploitation of Jacana, the company's BI tool, allowing
users to analyze information coming from MAPICS and other local
developments;
. Analyzed, planned and implemented improvements to the iSeries database
performance by applying indexing strategies, best practices, database
access, SQL access plans, etc;
. Coordinated the database integration of a company takeover in
Australia;
. Implemented a new company into MAPICS database;
. Boosted the Business Intelligence analysis tools;
. Migrated Australia into Montreal iSeries database;
. Managed the implementation RF bar code project using DB2/400;
. Coordinated the workload of 4 programmer/analysts;
. Coordinated the archiving, purge and reorganization of ERP database
. Participated in the configuration of DR HA using Vision iTera E2
. Participated in upgrades of OS/400 and PTF application
. Improved the DB2/400 performance and security
. Participated in the centralization of two iSeries into one single
System i by using Logical Partitions
K hne+Nagel
2000-2006
iSeries consultant and project manager
KN is a logistic international company with head-quarters in Germany,
20,000 employees and facilities in all countries all over the world. The
head office is located in Germany.
. Engineered applications integrating different technologies such as
DB2, SQL Server, MySQL, Postgres, Java, and SQL;
. Implemented vendors' remote access to corporate applications with
HATS.
. Implemented Popkin's System Architect and ALDON
. Developed statistics, interfaces, and reports using DB2, SQL, Java and
RPG ;
. Improved database performance on DB2 applications
. Developed Java and SQL stored procedures for ETL;
. Designed, developed and implemented a sales performance analysis
application using only SQL and shell scripts;
. Instructed regional developers in the use of efficient database access
techniques;
. Developed interfaces BAPIs for SAP SD
. Developed ALV and conventional reports in ABAP/4 for MM and SD
. Developed batch input interfaces with external customers
3M de Argentina
1996 - 2000
DB2/iSeries Database administrador and Developer
3M is a manufacturing international company with offices and production
facilities in most countries of the world. The head office is located in
Minnesota, USA.
. Managed database projects for manufacturing and administration;
. Supervised the team members (4);
. Implemented database best practices.
. Optimized performance and throughput of DB2/400 database
. Year 2000 database upgrade
Unilever
1988 - 1996
DB2 for iSeries DBA and iSeries system administrator
With operations in 100 countries and 174,000 employees Unilever is one of
the largest companies in the world.
. Participated in the process of downsizing from Mainframe to System/38
. Participated in the migration process from S/38 to AS/400
. Upgraded several versions of OS/400 in central and distributed AS/400
. Consolidated information by implementing communications between 5
AS/400
. Recommended and took appropriate actions to analyze and solve database
performance and communications problems;
. Developed a new EIS application using external and SQL stored
procedures
. Developed Oracle PL/SQL, scripts, and Pro C programs on AIX
. 24 hours support of accounting, manufacturing, and HHRR applications
. Participated in the migration to SAP/R3 developing interfaces,
batchinputs, and reports
Citibank NA
1986-1988
AS/400 RPG Developer
Citi has had a presence in Argentina since 1914, and now have a consumer
and corporate customer base of more than 2,540 million individual accounts
and businesses. With over 2,500 employees serve their local communities
every day, providing consumer, corporate and investment banking services,
insurance and investment products to customers.
. Implemented a new Banking System named CORE
. Documented and developed local modules for regional customization
. Customized CORE for local regulations and requirements
. Migrated mainframe database to CORE DB2/400 database
. Implemented CORE across the South American region
Independent Consultant (short term part-time contracts or support)
. SQLiaison Montreal (2009) ( DB2 UDB DBA)
. Pitt Shoes (2006 to 2007) (DB2/iSeries DBA)
. IBM Data Management Business Partner for Software (1996 to 2006) DB2
DBA
. United Nations Program for Development UNPD (2004) DB2/iSeries DBA
. Inter American Development Bank (2003 to 2005) DB2 and Postgress DBA
. Iceberg Solutions (2002 to 2003) DB2 UDB DBA
. Banca Nazionale del Laboro (2000 to 2001) DB2 UDB DBA
EDUCATION
Strayer University
. Master of Science in Information Systems (Ongoing)
McGill University
. Certificate in Management (2009)
. Certificate of proficiency in English (2007)
AMA international (American Management Association)
. Coaching and Motivation (2007)
Universidad De Buenos Aires
. Bs in Physiology with a mayor in Computer Science (recognized by
University of Miami)
IBM Professional Certifications and courses
. ILE RPG Solution Expert i5 (2005)
. DB2 UDB DBA V4 et V5 (2000)
. HATS and Webfacing
. iDoctor for System i
. Websphere studio
. Websphere Application Server
ITTC (IBM, SUN and SAP education Business Partner)
. ABAP Academy (1999)
. WebSphere Application Server (2000)
. WebSphere Development Studio (2000)
HAWKEYE
. PATHFINDER
Vision Solutions
. E2 Itera HA
. DIRECTOR
References available upon request