Louis W. McCurry, Jr.
P.O. Box ***
Clay, Al ****8
abmip8@r.postjobfree.com
Summary of Qualifications
Experienced Department Manager, Team Leader and Technical Manager.
Technical Service Center Management
Service Level Agreement Performance
Vendor Management
Project Management
Proficient in several operating systems including AIX, Solaris, LINUX,
Windows.
Experienced in Internet/LAN security including firewalls.
Expert in relational databases including Oracle and SQL Server.
Experience
October, 2005 - Present Senior Vice President, IT Customer Support
. Department head for a technical support team servicing 12,000 employees.
. Responsible for a $4,200,000 department budget.
. Manage a technical staff responsible for monitoring, problem resolution,
root cause analysis and maintenance.
. Four direct reports with 52 total employees.
. Responsible for service levels (SLA's) for customer satisfaction and
support.
. Establish goals and priorities for IT in concert with corporate goals.
. Develop support procedures for new systems and architectures.
. Create, maintain and test Disaster Recovery and Business Continuance
plans.
June, 2001 - October, 2005: VP Manager, UNIX Systems Support, Compass Bank,
Birmingham, AL
. Lead a five person team of professional UNIX system administrators.
. Responsible for team and individual performance.
. Conduct staff performance evaluations.
. Responsible for a $500,000 annual budget.
. System Administrator for several Unix systems including AIX, SCO,
UnixWare, HPUX, Solaris and Linux.
. Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Administrator, an enterprise backup/restore
and disaster recovery system.
. Administrator/Specialist of network monitoring and critical systems
monitoring.
. Develop and test disaster recovery plans for open systems applications
and servers.
November, 1999 - April, 2001: Oracle DBA / Systems Administrator, O'Neal
Steel, Inc., Birmingham, AL
. Oracle Database Administrator for a large ERP data warehouse, web site
and e-commerce portal.
. Database Administrator for SQL Server databases.
. Configured and installed a multi node IBM RS/6000 SP system and Windows
cluster.
. Configured and installed Oracle database software and tools.
. Planned and successfully migrated several older database systems to new
platforms.
. Installed an enterprise backup and recovery system (ADSM/TSM) using an
automated tape library.
. Administered a thin client environment utilizing Terminal Server and
Citrix MetaFrame.
. Performed database / system tuning using PL/SQL, UNIX scripting, bat
files and other resources.
Louis W. McCurry, Jr.
P.O. Box 547
Clay, Al 35048
abmip8@r.postjobfree.com
January, 1990 - November, 1999: Data Processing Specialist III, Alabama
Department of Education, Montgomery, AL
. DBA for Oracle and SQL Server database systems.
. System Administrator for a multi-node AIX cluster.
. Web Master for the Department: developed and maintained the Department
web sites.
. Project Manager for a system-wide network conversion.
. Project Manager for conversion of mainframe applications to UNIX
clustered systems.
. Developed a disaster recovery plan for the SDE Data Center
. Developed an Internet/LAN security plan and installed firewalls and
tracking software.
July, 1984 - December, 1989: Small/Medium Systems Specialist, Bull
Information Systems, Birmingham, AL
. Oracle Database Administrator, teaching and consulting company clients.
. Analyze system and application programs and procedures optimizing
performance, structure and reliability for customers of the company.
. Instruct customers and subordinates on computer operations, job control
language, equipment operations, equipment maintenance and the
capabilities and limitations of the equipment.
. Configured and installed a number of national and regional DSA and SNA
networks.
. Project Manager for several data center moves, system
upgrades/conversions and installations.
Relevant Experience
Management
. Experienced in team building, motivation and performance evaluation.
. Directed multi-million dollar projects to a successful completion on time
and within budget.
. Provided upper management with evaluations on current processes, new
technology and improvements.
. Successful track record in the hiring, retention and evaluation of
personnel.
. Good vendor relationships, developing a partnership approach especially
with key providers.
Database
. Installed and optimized several Oracle database systems on Windows and
UNIX systems. These systems include host-based applications, client-
server and web sites.
. Installed and optimized sql-net and NET8 on hosts and clients for systems
serving several hundred users.
. Installed and expert with the Oracle Enterprise Manager Database
management tools and several third party management and monitoring tools.
. Data Base Administrator for Oracle and SQL Server.
UNIX
Installed and configured UNIX based operating systems including AIX, HPUX,
SCO and LINUX. Monitored and improved system performance using vendor and
third party tuning tools.
Installed and configured multi-node IBM AIX SP systems, SUN, HP, LINUX,
Redhat and others.
Installed and configured X.25, Frame Relay WAN and TCP/IP LAN networks.
Configured mail server, DNS services and high volume web services.
Enabled routing and IP services, established routing tables and gateway
functions. Performed analysis of system resources relating to network
bandwidth and utilization.
Louis W. McCurry, Jr.
P.O. Box 547
Clay, Al 35048
abmip8@r.postjobfree.com
Windows
Installed and configured Microsoft Windows NT 3.5, 4.0 and 2K on an Intel
platform, created and managed user and group (global and local) accounts.
Managed account, user rights and audit policies. Installed and configured
TCP/IP and NETBEUI protocol stacks.
Monitored and improved system performance using Performance Monitor and
other tools, addressed domain planning and management issues of a LAN/WAN
environment. Established trust relationships between multiple domains and
installed and configured directory replication.
Managed NTFS, HPFS and FAT file systems and resources, managed browsing in
LAN/WAN environments using multiple protocols, set up share and NTFS
security, troubleshoot system and applications problems.
Installed and configured Client Services and Gateway services.
Supported users by managing users account and access to resources.
Installed and supported MS Office Professional suite of applications and
various desktop publishing applications.
Installed and configured web servers using IIS, Netscape and Apache.
Network
Installed and configured TCP/IP in an NT and UNIX environment. Applied for
and received a class B Internet address. Allocate IP addresses to multiple
host and client computers. Configured subnet masks for different networks
and configured servers for multi-segment DHCP.
Installed and configured a Terminal Server/Thin client farm using CITRIX
Metaframe.
Installed and configured print servers and LAN ready printers for network
wide sharing.
Monitor network activity using various tools including Network General
Sniffer, HP OpenView, NetQoS and Netscout.
Installed and configured routers, bridges, hubs and firewalls.
Education
United Electronics Institute - 1976, Associates of Computer Science
Jefferson State University - 1980, Finance