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Ozra Zakeri

SUMMARY

Over 22 years of experience in Information Technology with nine years of experience in PeopleSoft Technology (Campus Solutions, Human Resources and Financials) such as general administration, technical architecture, technology assessments, client server infrastructure, database systems, performance tuning, support, troubleshooting and PeopleSoft Integration Broker).

Experience with Oracle Database Technology for over 14 years.

Experience as an adjunct faculty for teaching online courses such as Decision Support System, Database Warehousing and Database Systems for Webster University.

Experience as an adjunct instructor for teaching various courses such as Introduction to Computing (including Basic programming language, Algorithm Design and Programming I (using C programming language), System Analysis (Writing Intensive), Unix Operating System (using UNIX and C programming language), Database Management and Database Administration courses for department of Computer Science.

PEOPLESOFT/ORACLE PROFICIENCIES

Peoplesoft Administrator, University of Missouri System 5/2006 – 8/2016

Provide production support for Campus Solution 9.0, Human Resources 9.1 and Finance 9.2

Participate (two people in upgrade team) for Upgrading Finance Application to 9.2 (March 2016).

Implement PeopleSoft Tools upgrade from 8.48 to 8.50.08 and from 8.50.08 to 8.52.05 (Nov 2012).

Implement Campus Solution Application upgrade from 8.9 t0 9.0 (Nov 2012).

Perform PeopleSoft Change Management for Campus Solution, Human Resources and Finance.

Install/compile various versions of compiler and COBOL programs for Campus Solution, Human Resources, and Finance.

Download/install PeopleSoft patches/bundles for Campus Solution, Human Resources, and Finance.

Install/Upgrade EMC Replication Manger for PeopleSoft nightly reporting refreshes.

Create/Upgrade/Managed Disaster Recovery for PeopleSoft databases.

PeopleSoft Web server administrator.

Data Quality Management/First Logic address cleansing administrator.

Support problem and change tickets related to application and server support operations for work involving problem determination and implementation of changes to hardware, software, applications or network systems

Analyze issues with SQRs, PeopleCode, Application Engine, Process Schedulers, Application Servers, Application Messaging and Web Servers. Deploy, configure, and debug issues relating to BEA Weblogic Web servers, BEA Tuxedo Application, and Process Scheduler Servers. Develop, tune, and debug SQL statements within Query, Application Engine, and native.

Principle upgrade resource for major Application and PeopleTools upgrade efforts

Oracle Database Administrator, University of Missouri System 7/2002 – 5/2006

Responsible for the administration, planning and general leadership of highly centralized university databases running Oracle on Linux RedHat, including but not limited to the following duties:

Phase out databases with unsupported hardware/software, old version databases and moving their data to the MU campus central databases.

Implement Oracle Data Guard for four MU critical databases.

Perform the capacity planning required to create and maintain the databases including install new version and ongoing tuning of the database instances. .

Plan, implement, and enforce security, backup and recovery of the Oracle database.

Adjunct Instructor

Adjunct Faculty, Webster University (part - time) 2016 – Present

Teaching online courses such as Decision Support System, Database Warehousing and Database Systems.

Adjunct Instructor, University of Missouri System (part - time) 1996 – 2015

Develop curriculum and teach Introduction to Computing (including Basic programming language, Algorithm Design and Programming I (using C programming language), System Analysis (Writing Intensive), Unix Operating System (using UNIX and C programming language), Database Management and Database Administration courses.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Systems Architect – Life Sciences IT Plan & Implementation, University of Missouri System 7/2003 – 7/2004

Responsible for leadership, planning, and implementation of MU’s Life Sciences IT architecture, including, but not limited to the following duties:

Implement the LSC IT plan within the planned timeline and within budget. This highly advanced technological building has been operational since September 17, 2004 with several scientific units and a local IT team.

Form and lead an IT sub-committee to discuss the various technical IT needs in a smaller IT technical groups.

Initiate a primary list (including an implementation time frame) of IT needs for all 10 units in the LSC.

Conduct IT needs assessment interviews with ten key people with LSC units about their IT needs

Initiate a tentative list of isolated and recurring expenses for IT in the LSC including IT plan whitepaper and hiring plan for the two IT staff positions by writing job descriptions, organizing a hiring search committee, and ultimately hiring senior IT staff.

Systems Administrator – Technical Manager, University of Missouri System 2/1994 – 7/2000

Responsible for providing leadership, planning, and management to both MU’s UNIX Systems Support team and MU’s Central UNIX team . This includes but is not limited to the following:

Support services including but are not limited to: Kerberos and radius authentication for campus email, Single Sign-On (SSO) for user account management, web and application hosting with over 40,000 users, and 50 critical applications, WebCT and Blackboard course management systems, university-wide data warehouse, campus-wide ID card system, statistical application server, campus backup and recovery system, NIS and NFS servers, and LISTSERV.

Consolidation of two UNIX teams in to one resulting in budget saving for the University.

Create a new UNIX services support program designed to provide campus departments with UNIX systems an effective way to share resources, take advantage of the economies of scale and reduce total cost of ownership based on a cost recovery business model. Under this program the College of Engineering was able to consolidate their systems and services resulting in over $200,000 in annual savings.

Lead the effort to plan, design, acquire hardware and deploy a campus-wide implementation of Blackboard course management system supporting over 24,000 students.

Lead the effort to plan, design, and acquire hardware to upgrade the campuses central ID Card transaction system.

Deliver 99.997% overall availability on UNIX systems administered under my direction during the period fiscal year 2001-2002.

In charge of campus DNS(NOC), Net-News, Modem authentication(Tacacs), On Line Phone and E-mail Directory(CSO) systems administration.

Computer Programmer Analyst I, University of Missouri System 8/1993 – 2/1994

Provided educational training on the use of adaptive workstations, specialized software and appropriate applications.

PROGESSIONAL TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS

Oracle Certified, Master Manger Certified, Master Manager Certified, UNIX Certified, PeopleSoft application and web servers training, HACMP Installation and Implementation, AIX Ver.4 Advanced System Administration, AIX Ver.4 Advanced System Administration, AIX Ver.4 DCE Installation and Administration, RS/6000 Scalable POWERparallel System Administration, SAN (System Administration and Network) security training, Solaris System Administration training (certified),

A series of ongoing Master Manager training including: Strategic Planning, Coaching, Leadership Fundamentals, Management Fundamentals, Management Fundamentals, Teams & Team Building, Generational Differences, Dealing with Change, Interviewing and Hiring, Interviewing and Hiring, Performance Management & Discipline

EDUCATION

University of Missouri - Columbia

Master of Science, Computer Science, December 1995.

University of Missouri - Columbia

Master of Science, Community Development, December 1991.

University of Tehran-Iran

Bachelor of Science, Industrial and Business Management, June 1977.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Databases: Oracle8i/9i/10g/11g/12g, Grid Control, MS SQLSERVER, MYSQL

Languages: Perl, C-shell, C, C++, Pascal, Basic, FORTRAN, SQL

Operating Systems: Linux, Solaris, AIX, IRIX, True64, Ultrax, NCS, DCE, MACH, VM/CMS

Hardware: Intel, SUN, SP, RS/6000, SGI, NeXT, DEC MICRO-VAX, IBM-PC, Macintosh

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Jan 20001-2004 Achieve an overall performance review rating of Exceeds Expectations.

Jan 2000, 2001 Recognize by IAT Services as a member of its Four Paws Team of Excellence in both 2000 and 2001

Jan. 1993-1998 President, Program Chair, Member of Associate Computing Machinery (ACM), University of Missouri-Columbia, Seminar Speaker for ACM with topics, campus academic general computing updates and performance, Distributed Computing Environment for campus.

Jan. 1998 Information Access Technology Services(IATS), University of Missouri-Columbia: Representing campus Unix and Email leadership in initiating IATS’s 1998 Master Plan.

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