V ivek Singh
***** ******* ***** # ***, *****, NE 68154
Mobile: 402-***-****
E-mail: w ******@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
Develop and maintain databases to meet the business needs, increase client’s
p rofit and robustly handle client’s growth
W ORK E X PE RI E N CE
i nfoUSA, Papil l ion, N E ( May 2006 - Dec 2010)
PostGreSQL Developer/ Database Administrator (May 2006 – Jan 2011)
• Experience in analysis, design, development and implementation of business
r equirements with PostGreSQL database system in the client/server
environment
• T ransformed logical database designs in to physical databases using
E nte rp r iseDB ER tool, and database normalization
• Managed a project of upgrading PostGreSQL database f rom 8.3 to 8.4.
• Recommended updates/changes in database and conducted these updates
• Optimized SQL pe rformance by performance tuning o f PostGreSQL
d atabases using va rying postmaster options i n Linux environment
• Accomplished backup, recovery o f PostgreSQL databases, and c ron job
scheduling using L inux commands
• Established standa rd procedures for administering PostgreSQL
d atabases
• Wrote complex SQL queries (D D L, D M L, and DCL ), e r ror handling using stored
p rocedures and functions using P L/pgSQL
• Created views, indexes, constraints and rules on database objects
• Developed data dictionary d escribing the definitions, att r ibutes, and
context (e.g. key type, business r ules) of data elements within the
d atabase
• Created and maintained database maintenance plans
• Created logins, assigned roles a nd granted permissions to users and groups
• Actively participated in user acceptance testing (UAT), preparation of user
manual and technical support manual
• Involved in end to end documentation of all the processes including aggregation,
metrics and all the relevant customizations made in the system
• Experience of working with very large database ( VL DBs) with more than 150 users
• Monitored activity, utilization, exceptions and database health, proposed and
deployed appropriate improvements and automated repetitive tasks
• Managing various versions of files using subversion (SVN)
• Transferred data using FTP, MS access to MS SQL server 2000 using Data
T ransformation Services (DTS)
• Created and maintain data dictiona ry and database change management
systems
• Rendered reports in different formats l ike PDF, HTM L, Word, and delivered
reports using SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) 2005
• Created mul tidimensional cubes using MS SSAS, 2005
• Buil t various SSIS packages having different tasks and t ransformations for
various clients and scheduled SSIS packages using MS SQL server 2005
• Created ETL packages using SQL Server 2005 In tegration Services
• Extracted and t ransformed data using SSIS in SQL Server 2005, DTS in SQL
Server 2000, import, export data, and bulk insert
• Performed statistical analysis using histogram, rank & percentile, hypothesis test,
regression, correlation of data using MS Excel
• Designed relational database models using MS Visio, MS Access and Erwin
• Performed web mining, created robots to mine various websites using Kapow Data
Server
M T N L, New Delhi, Ind ia ( Jan 2003 –March 2005)
Software Engineer
• Understanding business requirements and t ranslates them in to business
requirements profiling source system data identify data anomalies and propose data
cleansing rules
• Monitored performance and optimize SQL queries for maximum efficiency
• Created reports using SSRS 2000 from data mart tables and create reports and
report templates, performance dashboards and Ad hoc analysis environments
• Designed, developed, and deployed SQL Server DTS packages and T-SQL stored
p rocedures
• Used DTS capabili ties of MS SQL Server -2000 to define imports of the data, build
scheduling packages, to define integration f low, log data error exceptions and orphaned
data and to define Database Main tenance Plans and send emails
• Developed several detailed and summary reports including line and pie charts,
t rend analysis reports and sub-reports according to business requirements using SSRS
t h rough summary reports and allocation charts
• Generated reports using MS Excel/ PivotTable report
• Updated MS SQL server 2000 database/tables as per need
PROJECTS:
P r oj ect: Web M in ing at infoUSA
The project involved deep web mining activities, using Kapow Web Data Server 7.0/7.2
( third party software) to create and schedule web mining robots and delivering the
output to customers. So far, I have created more than 300 robots to mine same number of
websites. The database resulted from these robots are maintained in Microsoft SQL
server 2008. Most of the website crawled are hospital, church, and Point of In terest
websites (e.g. AG.org, Hotels, Wal-Ma rt, Hy-Vee, Walgreens). Robots saved manual data
entry work for the company.
P r oj ect : B usiness D at abase Reengineer ing a t i nfoUSA
InfoUSA holds proprietary databases of US, Canada, other nations and consumer
households. The project targeted to reengineer the existing six different database
systems (AS 400) of the company into one single database (PostgreSQL). The project
i nvolved creating an application to support various database management systems of the
company and in ternational databases of the company. The database management system
used for this application was PostgreSQL. My role in this project was as PostgreSQL
developer/ DBA. The project used agile methodology .
P r oj ect : D at abase modeling a t U NO
w ww.movietickets.com i s an online movie t icketing website. Created logical design
using E rw in tool and converted i t in to physical design, and normal ized the database.
Designed and completed Database Management System (DBMS) project for the
website using MySQL database.
E DU CA T I O N
• Master of Business Administration i n Management, ITU, Sunnyvale,
California. (2007 – 2010)
• Masters of Science i n Management Information Systems, University of Nebraska
a t Omaha (2005 - 2007)
• Bachelor of Science i n Electronics & Communication Engineering from
U niversity of Agra, India (1998 - 2002)
T ECHN ICAL SKIL LS
Opera ti ng Syst em L inux, Windows 2000/ XP/ 2007, U N IX
Programm i ng C, SQL, XM L, U M L, P L/pgSQL, T-SQL, XQuery
L anguages
Web Sk i l l s HT M L, J av aScri pt, X M L, PHP
Da t abases Oracle 9i, MySQL, Microsoft SQL server 2000/ 2005/ 2008,
PostGreSQL,
MS Access, MS Excel
T ool s M S word, Visio/ Excel/ Power Point/ Project, Kapow Data
Server 7.0/7.2, PgAdmin, SQL Server Reporting Services
(SSRS), SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), SQL Server
I n tegration Services (SSIS), Business I n tell igence
Development Studio (BIDS), M icrosoft SQL Server
M anagement Studio (SSMS)
I nternet marketing SEO, SEM, Campaign Management, Google AdWords/
A dSense
Others Erwin Data Modeler, Photoshop Elements 8.0
Training 5 days PostGreSQL Administration t raining by
E nterpriseDB
Certification
‘PostgreSQL CE 8 Silver’ DB developer/ DBA by SRA-OSS Japan
H ONO RS & A CT I V I T I E S
• Awarded In ternational Student Scholarship - 2005, and Advantage Scholarship
(2006-2007) at UNO, Omaha
• Participated in seven days camp for Hu r r icane Kat rina relief in Pascagoula,
M ississippi, 2006
• Served as Vice President of Student Association a t University of Nebraska at
Omaha, 2006 – 2007 and facilitated many events