Ted Chila

Information Technology Professional

A veteran IT professional with broad experience in leveraging leadership,

technical, and superior communications skills to succeed in implementing

complex database solutions.

A hands-on manager with a deep understanding of the technology in play and

the experience to see beyond textbook solutions and rote processes to

successful execution that adds real value.

A specialist in managing successful data warehouse implementations, Oracle

infrastructure, Configuration Management, SQA, Traceability, Security and

Privacy issues, Compliance, and optimizing performance of complex data

architectures.

Professional Experience

Sedgwick CMS 2005 -

Present

Memphis, TN

Data Warehouse -BI Manager (2007 - Present)

Manager of the Oracle DBA, ETL, and Enterprise Business Intelligence

development teams. Led the effort to clarify business objectives for the

enterprise data resource and synchronize data warehouse direction with

those objectives.

Directed the re-tooling of the entire data warehouse implementation

process, from requirements to data architecture and ETL, to reporting and

DBA support.

Guided the various teams in the establishment of process components such as

PL/SQL best practices, configuration management/versioning/release

processes, SQA protocols, and DBA best practices for routine support and

disaster recovery.

Managed hardware and software acquisition and upgrades. Negotiated with

vendors. Led the hiring effort to enhance the teams with technical

professionals of sufficient breadth and depth.

Oracle DBA / ETL Technical Lead (2005 - 2007)

Team lead for Oracle DBA and ETL teams. Introduced improvements in backup

and recovery processes. Streamlined and consolidated ETL workflows.

Strengthened disaster recovery protocols. Led the migration to new server

and SAN platforms.

ServiceMaster / American Home Shield 2003 - 2005

Senior Data Warehouse Designer Memphis, TN

Improved the company's ability to conduct marketing campaigns by expanding

the capabilities of enterprise data warehouses. Designed and developed

data warehouses for analysis of customer, contract, service history and IVR

data.

RECON Technologies, Inc. 1996 - 2003

Principal Consultant / Managing Partner `

Jupiter, FL

Led and mentored a team of senior consultants helping clients such as

Entergy, Equifax, Nationwide, First Data, and Oracle Corp.

This team assisted these large clients in areas such as transitioning

enterprise applications from client-server to the web and implementing

enterprise data warehouses.

Most highly rated instructors of onsite training in several disciplines

when providing services for Oracle Education.

HL&P - South Texas Project 1994 - 1996

Manager, DBA, SQA, and Configuration Mgt. Teams Bay City, TX

Led the DBA, SQA, and Configuration Management teams during the development

of a custom Enterprise Assets Management system for the STP Nuclear site.

Indus Group 1992 - 1994

Senior Technical Staff Pittsburgh,

PA

Led the database portion of the effort to re-host the Indus PassPort EAM

application suite from a mainframe CICS/DB2 platform onto Oracle client-

server.

Florida Power and Light, Nuclear Division 1989 -

1992

Technical Lead Juno Beach,

FL

Key technical lead in the customization of the Indus PassPort EAM

application for multiple nuclear power facilities. Responsible for DBA

support, capacity planning, implementation, and performance tuning.

Platinum Technology 1987 - 1989

Senior Technical Staff Lombard, IL

Original technical staff member instrumental in the formation of the

Platinum Education Division and the development of Platinum DB2 support

products.

Education

BS - Information Systems AS - Business Administration

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania State University

Professional Highlights

. Published articles in the Codd & Date Relational Journal and Explain

Magazine

. Conducted lectures on database issues for Codd & Date

. Visiting lecturer on relational database issues at North Carolina

State University and Arizona State University

. Author of the Platinum Technology Relational Design Course

. Author of Database Design Course for Oracle UK

. Designed and implemented the first Configuration Management/SQA

process for nuclear safety-related systems on an Oracle platform.

Project was highlighted in Oracle's annual report.

. OCP certified Oracle DBA (upgrade to 11g in progress)

Business Skills

Budget Management Resource Planning

Cost Control Vendor Negotiation

Contract Management Personnel Administration

Critical Path Analysis Staff Acquisition

Agile Project Management JAD/RAD

SDLC Project Management SAS 70 Compliance

MMSEA Section 111 Reporting PMO/Delivery Office Interaction

Technical Skills

Relational Design and Modeling Enterprise Architecture Design

Capacity Planning Database Performance Tuning

Data Warehouse Design Software Version Control

Kimball / Inmon Methodologies NUREG/CR-5930

MDM

Software Proficiencies

Languages: PL/SQL, Complex SQL, SQR, COBOL

Databases: Oracle (through 11g), SQL Server 2005, DB2, Postgresql,

MySql

Tools: OBIEE, Erwin, Embarcadero, Powerdesigner, Oracle EPM 11.x

(Hyperion), Crystal Reports XI, Informatica 7.x, TOAD,

Oracle APEX

Operating Systems: UNIX (AIX, Solaris), Windows Server OS through 2003,

Linux

Other: Oracle Designer, Oracle Forms, Indus PassPort, Oracle Warehouse

Builder, MVS, PVCS, SVN, TSO/ISPF, IDMS / ADSO, IMS,

JCL/JES2, CICS, Messageway, Tidal, MS Office, MS Project

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