Manager Engineering
Resume:
David A. Johnson
Romeoville, IL. 60446
E: ac1t2k@r.postjobfree.com
Curriculum Vitae
Summary:
Highly skilled IT professional with +30 years experience empowering IT, driving lean processes, managing staff and projects, containing scope with million dollar budgets with the ability to deliver on time. Possesses strong leadership, communcation and analytical abilities, meeting all CTQ’s with well-developed problem solving skills. Experience in:
• IT Team Leadership and Management
• Vendor Negotiations
• Backup and Disaster Recovery (see training)
• IT Standards
• Budget management
• Project Management and Agile Methodology
• System architecture planning and design
• SAP Basis / EDI / Siebel / Oracle
• Data modeling and database design
• SAN administration
• Test plan development
• Unix Script languages: (e.g. python, perl, gawk, ksh, bash)
• UNIX, Linux/Windows/VMS
• Programing: e.g C, Java and C++
Formal Education:
Lewis University (2004) – awarded MBA with honors, major Information Management, minor Finance Northwestern University (1992) awarded Bachelor of Science with honors, majors - Mathematics And Computer Studies. Northwestern University (1990) awarded Computer Studies certificate. DeVry institute of Technology, Electronic Engineering Technology, awarded Engineering Technology Moraine Valley Community College awarded Associates in Science, Major - General Science & Industrial Engineering. Employment Experience:
CDI (June 2014 – May 2017)
Title: Backup Analyst, NetBackup Admin, DBA, Script Developer - Contractor to IBM Subcontracted through IBM to Hartford Insurance Corp. Drove IT standards (SOP’s, Designs etc). Responsible for all Linux, Unix, Solaris (e.g. python, perl, ksh) and Powershell Scripts used by the Backup and Restore team (NetBackup 7.x & 8.x and TSM). Supervised Offshore BUR Operations staff. Developed and delivered backup reporting for storage billing and audits to the customer where written in XML and DOCx. NetBackup administrator with over 5PB customer data with over 100 Veritas dedup appliances backing up MS Exchange, NDMP (NetApp) and VMWare agents and systems. Experienced in NetBackup 8.x, 7.x and 6.x.
Architect and DBA for Veritas OpsCenter configuring delivering custom SQL OpsCenter reports using scripts (e.g. bash, ksh, gawk, perl, python, php and JavaScript) and custom programs (Java, C and C including all Metrics used for Billing. NetBackup Administration for ~12000 clients, ~5 Pb / month and 12 master server environments. Plan and perform upgrades to entire environments, OpsCenter, Master Servers, Media Servers and Appliances. A
Architect and DBA for Oracle APEX 5.1 running on 11g (limited use to just the Backup & Restore team). Designed and delivered a custom CMDB specific for storage and backup infrastructure and interfaced with ServiceNow, the NBU Catalog and all appliances. This streamlined operations and saving many man hours in delivering solutions while presenting a standard interface for reporting.
Affinity IT (Feb 2016 – Feb 2017)
Title: Aptare Oracle DBA Analyst and Developer
Subcontracted to GE Corporate. Managed 2 Aptare StorageConsole instances including reporting for Fabric, SAN, NAS and Backup modules (NetBackup, CommVault and Avamar), managing over 45Pb of SAN and 60Pb of NAS. Developer of many custom SQL queries reporting billing, auditing and responsible for capturing the business cost of storage and backups
(~$2M/Day). Developed many scripts and binaries used for interfacing with ServiceNow, HPSA and HP uCMDB. David A. Johnson
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GE (Acquired through Amersham Health), Arlington Heights, IL. (Jun 1999 – Feb 2016) Title: TSO Infrastructure Tools - Compute-Compliance Project Manager for DataCenter Consolidation project, with a team of 5 tasked with reducing 600 redundant DataCenters down to 5 key facilities using the Agile methods.
Lead technical and compliance analyst responsible for IT compliance familiar with: SOX, HIPPA, ISO, EMEA, FDA 21CFR and cGxP processes in drug and device manufacturing, including change management & control and qualification/validation testing relating to IT infrastructure.
Manager of the TSO Infrastructure Tools with a $1.75M annual hardware budget, with 7 direct report HPSA admin’s with additional oversight in Build, patch and audits. HP technical stack owner. Responsible for Server Automation, SAN, NetBackup and Infrastructure Reporting and Server Build TCO Billing. Accomplishments include:
• Drove IT SOP’s from concept to delivery and operations to meet with FDA 802.11/EMEA and SOX requirements.
• Architected, designed and lead development of Oracle APEX (4.2, 5.1) based applications: o Infrastructure Billing Tool (IBT) – an application for estimating and billing of IT infrastructure, returning
>$20M to the infrastructure teams budget.
o DP Infrastructure Tool (Infra2) – a CMDB of hardware and documentation for the Data Protection Team interfaced (via python) with ServiceNow
• Architected and led customization and enhancement of Aptare StorageConsole for Backup, Fabric and NAS; delivering to the Storage Team ~ 2 man years labor savings per audit (~$1M/yr) while improving the storage team’s defense in audits. Customizations met all compliance requirements and withstood all audits and billing for over 40Pb of monthly backups.
Architected HP Server
• NetBackup, 6.x, 7.x administration and architect.
• Architected HP Server Automation (OpsWare) solution and managed the SA team with over 20K servers
• Lead SAN administrator using HDS and EFCM/Horcm as well as EMC’s TimeFinder
• Supervised systems and backup administrators running NetBackup, Avamar and HP DataProtector.
• Trained in SOX and GxP IT requirements.
• IT infrastructure integration of corporate acquisitions
• Data-Center relocation IT infrastructure representative
• Deployed EDI with interfaces with SAP in a MC ServiceGuard cluster
• Senior Infrastructure Architect TrackWise CAPA system for GxP processes
• Senior Infrastructure Architect and deployed SAP in a ServiceGuard cluster
• Senior Infrastructure Architect for Siebel Analytics in a ServiceGuard cluster
• Led effort to virtualization of HP-UX environments, saving $400k
• Project manager and architect for deployment of IT infrastructure systems Familiar with the following technologies: Storage Area Network (SAN) attached storage arrays (HDS, EMC), HoRCM, EFCM, DataDomain, EMC, Brocade SAN, HPUX, Solaris, RedHat Enterprise Linux, Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas NetBackup, Veritas Appliances, Veritas OpsCenter, OmniBack – aka Data Protector, Avamar, Aptare, Openview ITO, SAP, EDI and Telalert. Compliance and Technologies representative for global storage team. Absolute Engineering, Romeoville, IL. (Jan 1981 – Dec 2000) Title: Engineering Consultant, Owner-President
Design custom electronic and mechanical systems for the R.F. telecommunications and biomedical industries. Provide system and database management services. Manage staff and perform all the responsibilities of an Owner-President, including budgets, accounting, payroll and leadership. Examples of projects are:
1. A Body-Implantable Device For Controlling the Size of a Fluid Passageway. A mechanical valve that is controlled by a self contained implantable micro receiver. The device is intended to modify the Frenestrated Fontan surgical procedure which corrects for a congenital heart defect by allowing external control and balance of pressure within chambers of the heart. The device is attached to a Gore patch and sewn into a surgically modified pulmonary arch.
(patent # 5,326,374, awarded 05 July 1994)
2. Custom electrode arrays and cable systems for wavefront mapping the electrophysiologic properties of the heart. 3. Antenna systems and system design for 2 way radio service (HF, VHF, and UHF bands including cellular and trunking) (CTC, Mobile Electronics, and American High Mast). David A. Johnson
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4. Provide management of technical staff, manage budgets deliverable to accounting, and work with vendors (CTC). 5. Maintenance of 2 way radio equipment in the land mobile market (cellular, portable, mobile, repeater, marine, airborne and stationary radios) (CTC & Mobile Electronics). 6. Design and implementation of custom data acquisition systems. Some of these products are in use at such institutions as University of Osaka-Japan, Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Northwestern University. 7. DEC VAX/VMS system and Oracle database administrator for a major hospital network (NMH & NMFF). 8. Manage and Train staff for PCS site testing, advise owner and project managers (American High Mast and Summit Mfg).
9. A Microsoft Access database to track blood donor information for a major blood bank (UBS). 10. Evaluate a employee scheduling and tracking database system for a major blood bank (LifeSource). 11. Plan, implement and maintained a patient database for a large medical practice comprised of WindowsNT Server and clients (CCE)
Customer references and contacts for these projects are available upon request Northwestern University, Department of Medicine, Chicago, IL. (Jun 1983 – Jun 1999) Title: Manager Computer Facility and Engineering,
Department of Medicine, Cardiology Section, Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute. Design basic electronic systems and custom programs for cardiovascular research. Promoted to Research Engineer and Scientist, promoted again to Manager of Computer Facility and Engineering, with responsibilities in: System, Database and Network Administration, conduct electrophysiologic research and analysis, provide mechanical and electrical engineering, and advise faculty, students and research fellows as well as manage the sub-department programming and engineering staff. Primary functions: Provide solutions to complex problems that are encountered in electrophysiologic research. Provide analysis and prepare results for presentation at meetings, and publish through refereed journals. Managed research staff, computing staff, post graduate and medical student computing and budgets for sponsored projects. Composed proposals for unfunded or underfunded research.
Manage. Manage departments client-server solutions. Secondary functionality: System administrate Sun/Oracle Servers, NeXTStep (UNIX), DEC VAX (VMS), DEC DP-11's (RT11 & TSX), PC's, MacOS and various print servers. Using the following software: Oracle products (SQLPlus, HTMLDB, Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports, Oracle Pro-C), Mathematica, SAS, StatView, PCNFS, WordPerfect, MicroSoft Word, Excel, Access, Mail, and PowerPoint. Programming languages used: Assembly, C, C++, Objective-C, Pascal, many Unix Shells and Mathematica. Design and manage our sub-departmental vlans, routers, firewall, Internet services (FTP, eMail and WWW site) using NIS/NFS, TCP/IP, SMTP, SNMP amd SSH protocols.
Projects managed, designed, and prototyped include: 1. Data Acquisition systems; project member in the design, maintenance and supervised the construction of a custom analog to digital and digital to analog (ADDA) systems to facilitate the experimental requirements of electrophysiologists. This device was primarily programmed in Assembly and C. 2. Complete design and construction of a florescence photon counter and divider that employees an embedded CPU
(Z80000). The device corrects for background noise and has both analog and digital outputs. This device was programmed in Assembly and C.
3. A Pro-C SQL program for automatic data entry into an Oracle Database. 4. A SQLForms application to enter data into an Oracle Database. 5. A Pro-C SQLReports program to generated timed reports extracted from the Oracle Database. 6. A mail merge program integrating WordPerfect and Oracle via Pro-C. 7. A UNIX system utility to report network and user load (programmed in C++ then ported to Objective C). 8. A cellular voltage clamp; this device measures currents as low as .8fA that are generated by single cells. 9. A Paltier temperature controller system; this device provides a quick and precise analog response to temperature changes required for biologic research.
10. Monophasic Action Potential Probe; a device used to measure the injury potential on an intact heart. Military Service:
United States Marine Corps, 1976-1982
Title: Platoon Sergeant
Honorably discharged as Platoon Sergeant. Managed 18 personnel responsible for the administrative section of a Marine Combat Engineer Company.
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Certificates, Licenses and Awards:
• Agile Scrum Master Certification
• Computer Studies (Northwestern University).
• RHEL Certification
• HP Server Automation Certification
• HPUX Certification
• GEHC Project Manger
• NetBackup Certification
• SAP 3.1 Basis Certification
• Patent: Body-Implantable Device for Controlling the Size of A Fluid Passageway
(Patent # 5,326,374, awarded 05 July 1994).
• F.C.C. First Class Radiotelephone License (T-1) (PG-18-2133).
• F.C.C. General Class Radiotelephone License (GROL) (PG-18-18117).
• F.C.C. Extra Class Amateur Radio (HAM) License (N9HAM).
• GE Veterans Network award of Appreciation
• Certificate of Veterans Appreciation awarded by Judy Biggert US Congresswoman
• GEHC TSO CIO Above and Beyond award for IBT
Supplemental Technical Education:
Veritas NetBackup 7.7.3
Veritas NetBackup 8.0
Veritas Cluster Services
Symantec - Veritas NetBackup 6.x
Hewlett Packard – HPUX System administration
Hewlett Packard – XP1024 Storage Array Management
Hitachi Data Systems – Storage Array Management
EMC Symetrix Storage Array Management
Uniden Corporation - Cellular radio systems
Analog Devices - Grounding and Shielding
Uniden Corpoation - Trunking radio systems
Motorola Corporation - Two-Way radio systems
Marine Corps Institute - Leadership
Department of Navy, Oxnard Ca., - Civil Engineering I Department of Navy, Coronado Ca., - Command and Communications Department of Navy, Coronado Ca., - Embarkation and Mobilization Publications: (reprints and an up to date list is available upon request).
• "A QRS-Synchronized programmable endocardial stimulator", Computers in Cardiology, IEEE, 1987.
• ."Comparing Data Acquisition Platforms for Electrophysiology Applications", Network and Computing, NU Press,1988.
• “Electrophysiological and anatomic heterogeneity in evolving canine myocardial infarction.” Horvath G, Racker DK, Goldberger JJ, Johnson D, Jain S, Kadish AH Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE 2000 Jul; 23(7):1068-79 PMID: 10914360
• “Uncertainty principle of signal-averaged electrocardiography.” Goldberger JJ, Challapalli S, Waligora M, Kadish AH, Johnson DA, Ahmed MW, Inbar S Circulation 2000 Jun 27; 101(25):2909-15
PMID: 10869262
• “Effect of underlying heart disease on the frequency content of ventricular fibrillation in the dog heart.” Jacobson JT, Johnson D, Horvath G, Goldberger J, Kadish A Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE 2000 Feb; 23(2):243-52 PMID: 10709233
• “New technique for vagal nerve stimulation.”
Johnson D, Goldberger JJ, Kadish AH,, Qi X
Journal of neuroscience methods 1999 Sep 15; 91(1-2):109-14 PMID: 10522829
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• Detection of ventricular fibrillation by transvenous defibrillating leads: integrated versus dedicated bipolar sensing.” Johnson D, Goldberger JJ, Horvath G, Donovan D, Challapalli R, Kadish AH Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology 1998 Jul; 9(7):677-88 PMID: 9684715
• “Effects of intravenous propranolol on human ventricular strength interval curves.” Kadish AH, Goldberger JJ, Shah A, Johnson D
Journal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research 1998 Jun; 46(5):210-6
PMID: 9676053
• “Reproducibility of ventricular fibrillation characteristics in patients undergoing implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation.”
Taneja T, Goldberger J, Parker MA, Johnson D, Robinson N, Horvath G, Kadish AH Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology 1997 Nov; 8(11):1209-17 PMID: 9395162
• “Is all ventricular fibrillation the same? Influence of mode of induction on characteristics of ventricular fibrillation.” J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2000 Dec;11(12):1355-63.
• “Size matters: the relationship between MMP-9 expression and aortic diameter.” Circulation. 1997 Oct 7;96(7):2228-32.
• “Proteoglycan gene expression is decreased in abdominal aortic aneurysms.” J Surg Res. 1998 Jan;74(1):76-80.
• “A new method to determine the electrical transfer function of the human thorax.” Goldberger JJ, Subacius H, Sen-Gupta I, Johnson D, Kadish AH, Ng J,American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 2007 Dec; 293(6):H3440-7 PMID: 17933970
• “Is there a correlation between ventricular fibrillation cycle length and electrophysiological and anatomic properties of the canine left ventricle?”
Taneja T, Horvath G, Racker DK, Johnson D, Goldberger J, Kadish A American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 2004 Aug; 287(2):H823-32 PMID: 15277204
• “Characterization of fibrillatory rhythms by ensemble vector directional analysis.” Kadish A, Johnson D, Choe W, Goldberger J, Horvath G American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 2003 Oct; 285(4):H1705-19 PMID: 12791595
• “Is all ventricular fibrillation the same? Influence of mode of induction on characteristics of ventricular fibrillation.” Taneja T, Goldberger J, Johnson D, Kadish A
Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology 2000 Dec; 11(12):1355-63 PMID: 11196559
Personal References Available upon request.
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