Management System
Resume:
THOMAS B NORRIS
Tipp City, Ohio
***********@*****.***
Qualifications
Oracle Certified DBA (25 years experience), Unix Administrator (20 years experience), IAO qualification and experience, Security+ Certified, Secret Clearance:
Mr. Norris has 30 years of software engineering experience in software development and integration, database development and administration, software testing, operating system administration, and project management. He has extensive experience with Oracle and Access databases. Mr. Norris has extensive experience with Unix and Windows Operation Systems. Mr. Norris is fluent in programming languages such as SQL, PL/SQL, C, C++, and VB. He has experience with development GUIs like Oracle Forms, Microsoft Visual Studio, and Eclipse. He has extensive experience with shell scripting languages like sh, csh, tcsh, bash, powershell, and dos. Has extensive experience working with LDAP and Active Directory for access and identity management of Applications. He has experience with Oracle tools like TOAD, RMAN, and OEM and others. Mr. Norris has worked in all phases of software development from requirement analysis, design, development, test, deployment, and production support.
Education and Training
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Eastern Kentucky Univ, 1985
Associate of Arts, Drafting/Design, Eastern Kentucky Univ, 1982
Comptia Security+ Certified, Certification #COMP001020067076
Oracle Database Administrator Certified Professional
Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) Training
Unix and Solaris Training
Secret Clearance
Professional Experience
June 1999 - Present
Database IV, Battelle
April 1995 - June 1999
Senior Software Database Engineer, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
September 1994 - April 1995
Database Administrator, Logicon Eagle Technology
January 1991 - September 1994
Ada Validation Manager, CTA Incorporated
October 1985 - January 1991
Senior Software Engineer, SofTech, Incorporated
Expertise
JOCAS II Development (Client: CACI/Air Force). Currently working on JOCAS II, Job Order Cost Accounting System. The system is based on a Unix operating system platform and oracle database software. The application tracks job costs including labor data. Mr. Norris is the System Administrator/Database expert for development and production support. He is responsible for the transition of software from Oracle 10g with middleware Application Services to Oracle 11g with Weblogic middleware services using OAM, OID, FR products. He is also responsible for the transition of physical machines to virtual machines using the Solaris operating system. Installing Oracle RAC and ASM to support centralization of all JOCAS data to one location.
Battle Creek IUID (Client: Federal Government). Designed, developed, tested, and deployed a software development project for the Item Unique Identification (IUID) Registry Agency. The software is a service request management system used by the technicians for IUID. The system is built on a Microsoft Access 2007 database using forms, reports, and numerous Visual Basic scripts.
Battle Creek CCR (Client: Federal Government). Designed, developed, tested, and deployed a software development project for the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Agency. The software is a contact tracking and problem resolution system used by technicians for CCR. The system is built on a Microsoft Access 2007 database using forms, reports, and numerous Visual Basic scripts.
AFRL (Client: Air Force). As the Database Task Lead to the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Mr. Norris consolidated six JOCAS II (Job Order Cost Accounting System) databases. The project was composed of five phases: analysis and design, preliminary merge, thorough test, final merge, and deployment. Mr. Norris performed a detailed analysis to identify differences and conflicts, developed software to perform the preliminary merge, setup and assisted with testing, recommended solutions to encountered problems, assisted with integration and coordination, merged the six JOCAS databases into one final product, and assisted with the deployment. The platforms were Unix servers, Solaris 8 and 10, running Oracle databases, Oracle 10g, with the Oracle 10g Application Server supporting Oracle Forms. Scripts were developed using PL/SQL.
JOCAS Program Office (Client: Air Force). Mr. Norris worked as a Technical Adviser to JOCAS II (Job Order Cost Accounting System) Program Management Office (PMO) at ELSG, Wright-Patterson AFB (WPAFB). Job included: functional requirements assistance and review, software and hardware research, upgrade planning and assistance, database and operating system administration, security investigation and implementation, development work review, and advice and oversight to JOCAS remote sites.
ABSS (Client: Air Force). The lead Database Administrator (DBA) for the ABSS Program Management Office (PMO) task, worked in support of ESC/FNF at Wright-Patterson AFB. ABSS is a client/server GUI application developed using the Oracle RDBMS. The typical DBA responsibilities included: monitoring, backups, upgrades, recovery, and troubleshooting. The DBA team was also responsible for Operating System Administration and security. There are 81 ABSS remote bases worldwide. Mr. Norris created many scripts (both Unix,SQL, C, and C++) that allowed for automatic monitoring and performance tuning of the database server. He was involved with a continuous process improvement that allowed for more efficient database and operating system administration.
Ada Validation Manager As the Ada Validation Manager, Mr. Norris’ responsibilities included acting as the liaison between the validation customers and the WPAFB Ada Validation Facility (AVF), establishing customer agreements, managing costs, training and supervising validation personnel, and developing and maintaining validation tools. The task required a thorough understanding of the Ada language, different hardware/ software platforms, and the policies and procedures of compiler validation testing.
FISTS Mr. Norris assisted in the design and development of the Financial Information Status and Tracking System (FISTS). FISTS is a financial tracking system that was developed for the WPAFB AV to assist in the management of cost associated with Ada validations. The task included developing an Ada interface to ORACLE RDBMS that was hosted on a Sun/SunOS platform, using SQL*Forms for the user interface, and SQL*Reports for status summaries.
PSACS Mr. Norris assisted in the Ada design and implementation of the Pilot Selection and Classification System (PSACS) for the United State Air Force. PSACS provided computer-based testing of pilot candidates and analysis of test results to support the Air Training Review Board’s decisions regarding Pilot Candidates.
Ada Code SMG Mr. Norris designed and developed an Ada Code State Machine Generator (SMG) as an IRAD project. The SMG was a graphical user interface tool that was hosted on the Sun workstation and allowed users to design and generate code for state machines. The project involved two phases. The first phase involved the redesigning of C coded state machines to Ada. The second phase involved revising the C code of the SMG to produce Ada code.
T45 UNTS Mr. Norris debugged and repaired Ada code for the T45 Undergraduate Navigational training system. The T45 project was a flight simulation training system developed for the Air Force. The Ada software that was connected to the CCC DBMS was used as the configuration management tool and was hosted on the Harris Nighthawk.
JOCAS II Mr. Norris is Lead DBA on the JOCAS II program for the Air Force. JOCAS is an oracle application that tracks and reports on Job Costs for Air Force projects. Mr. Norris is responsible for working with the development team, helpdesk, testing, and training team to provide database and system expertise for their environments and customer requested enhancements.
DEIS As a Database Administrator on the Defense Enterprise Integration Services (DEIS) contract, sponsored by the Joint Logistics Systems Center (JLSC), his responsibilities included facilitation of communication between Corporate Integration and the system developers, encouragement of data standardization, and assistance and evaluation of physical database designs for Materiel Management.
GUI C++ Mapping Tool Mr. Norris developed a GUI C++ mapping tool that allowed an operator to switch monitor displays for an Air Force Simulation facility that was used for war operations. The system was built on Sun Servers using C++.
Drug Trial EDC As a Senior Software Database Engineer, Mr. Norris worked on a production system for Electronic Data Collection (EDC) of drug trial information for The Purdue Frederick Company. The EDC system will be used to support clinical drug studies, allowing collection of data at investigator remote sites, monitoring of data from different sites, and replication to/from a central depository. The EDC system is a SAS based system with SAS/AF as the GUI builder. Mr. Norris’ responsibilities included project management, software management, and personnel management.
MAKE.IT Mr. Norris worked on the installation of a prototype manufacturing planning and control system for the Aircraft Modification Center at WPAFB. The prototype was an ORACLE based system for the UNIX operating system, marketed by SAIC as a commercial product called MAKE.IT. Mr. Norris’ primary responsibilities included Principal Investigator for the Aircraft Modification Center, Configuration Manager for the MAKE.IT program, and UNIX Service Center Administrator. His duties as the Principal Investigator included project management, software management and personnel management.
IMIS As the Senior Software Engineer, Mr. Norris developed Ada software for the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory (AFHRL) Logistics and Human Factors Division, on the Integrated Maintenance Information System (IMIS) project. IMIS, an integrated system concept, designed to improve the effectiveness of maintenance technicians in supporting present and future weapon systems. IMIS involved collecting and distributing weapon system data from large logistics database systems into a single user-friendly system.
RAPID Mr. Norris designed and developed Ada software for Reusable Ada Packages for Information Systems Development (RAPID), a major project under contract with the Army. The project was developed as an on-line menu driven Ada software library system to promote the reuse of Ada software. The project used Ada software to interface with the ORACLE database management system via SQL. SQL*Forms and SQL*Reports, tools of the ORACLE database management system, were used to design and develop a set of maintenance menus for the Librarian.
Ada Validation Facility As a vital member of the AVF contract, Mr. Norris performed compiler validation testing; developed tools to automate the validation process; trained and supervised junior personnel; and assisted in the maintenance of the validation test suite. The contract required a thorough knowledge of the Ada Language Reference Manual (MIL-STD-1815A), a complete understanding of the policies and procedures of compiler validation testing, constant interaction with customers, and extensive travel as a representative for the AVF.
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