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Nick Desai Aurora, CO, 80016720.810.5009 www.linkedin.com/in/nickdesai niraj_desai@yahoo.com
TECHNICAL Program & Project Manager Certified PMP & CERTIFIED Oracle DBA Focus and result-oriented leader of teams, experienced in management
and implementation of large enterprise level applications, including Oracle
E-Business Suite (ERP), infrastructure implementation and migrations,
software and vendor selection, data management, databases, and technical
support programs. Service focused with a track record of managing communication and
bridging the gap between executive management, technical teams, and clients.
Motivational technical manager with experience in leading and transforming
DBA teams. Key Skills
Professional Experience Trimble Navigation Ltd, Westminster, CO2010 to Present Technical
Program Manager ·
Led team of
7 to implement 2 year, $3M e-commerce from Elastic Path for customer project
on time, including implementation of failover processes: o
Implemented
new Infrastructure at AWS. o
Employed
new recurring billing (subscription), Aria in the cloud, generating
additional revenue and creating new channels to sell additional products. o
Instigated
Entitlement system from Safenet in the cloud that managed customer
entitlements and delivered better understanding of customers’ needs. o
Conducted
seamless Integration of Business applications with centralized identity
management system (IDM) of WSO2. ·
Managed
project to move mission critical applications from Virginia to Arizona data
center, resulting in flawless execution, zero problems, and no interruption
in service to customers. Project included building infrastructure at new
co-hosted data center, upgrading Oracle database from 9i to 11g, migrating
data and application, and implementing new monitoring tools / processes and
trigger alarm to resolve problems proactively. ·
Rebuilt
data management team into high performing, global team, and created team of
DBA to support Oracle, SQL*Server, MySQL and Mongo DB through ongoing
coaching and mentoring. ·
Implemented
new data warehouse application on schedule with new product launch. ·
Acted as
primary interface with customers, managing communication with executive
management on tracking project progress, negotiating delivery dates,
prioritizing projects, and working with technical teams to ensure customers’
needs were met. Jeppesen (A
Boeing company), Englewood, CO2009 to 2010 Senior Project
Manager, Oracle E-Business Suite ·
Re-implemented
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.0.6 in place of upgrading from 11.0.3 by working with
3rd-party consultants to map process and prepare plan, as well as on and
off-shore resources for delivery. ·
Reviewed
11i functionality and mapped to new R12; prioritized new features to
implement, and migrated required customizations and interfaces, resulting in
reduced customization, cleansing of old / non-used data, less downtime for
migration, and consolidation of operating units. Apollo Group, Inc., Phoenix, AZ1999 to 2009 Director, Database Administration2007 to 2009 Manager, Database Administration2002 to 2007 Senior
Database Administrator, Oracle Financials
(Oracle E-Business Suite)1999 to 2002 ·
Led and
integrated 3 DBA groups into a proactive, centralized enterprise DBA team by
developing catalog of service offerings and service level agreements (SLAs);
developed standard processes across all databases, created process ownership,
and eliminated single point of failures. ·
Directed
and stayed within $3M budget with 24 employees, including 4 direct reports. ·
Increased
productivity of sales force 19.8%, decreased CPU utilization 50%, and
increased customer satisfaction 25% by stabilizing mission critical systems
and conducting regular meetings to understand customer requirements and
challenges. ·
Decreased
service interruptions and service degradation 40% in 1 year. ·
Spearheaded
Oracle Financials upgrade from 10.7 to 11.5.6, and engineered a solution to
collect students’ credit card transactions during downtime of the upgrade. ·
Developed
procedure to collect custom performance metrics for 80+ production Oracle
databases and 200+ production SQL server databases, including ERP
applications, Oracle Financials, PeopleSoft, and Documentum; custom
applications built internally, and other 3rd-party systems. ·
Saved
company $100K by using internal personnel rather than hiring consultants
during ERP upgrade. ·
Executed
multiple technical projects on time and within budget, including critical
system upgrades, server migrations, cloning, multiorg implementation, chart
of accounts conversion, implementation of cluster file system (shared
APPL_TOP), and establishment of disaster-recovery measures. ·
Designed
creative disaster recovery plan, eliminating all problems for backing up
large databases, eliminating performance degradation of production system
during backup window, and improving SLA on database refreshes by 70%. ·
Reduced
storage costs ~$500K by archiving data in production databases, decreasing
time to backup and improving end-user performance; presented paper on
archiving at OAUG conference (2002). ·
Ensured
compliance with Sarbanes Oxley and Payment Card Industry (PCI) by analyzing
and improving security, backup, and recovery procedures. Education - Master of Business Administration (MBA), Technology Management, University of Phoenix, Phoenix,
AZ - Master of Science (MS), Computer
Application, South Gujarat University, Surat, India - Bachelor of Science (BS), Mathematics,
South Gujarat University, Surat, India Technical Skills IT Areas:
Program/Project Management, DBA Management, ERP applications (E-Business
Suite) Applications:
Oracle E-Business Suite, Elastic Path Ecommerce, WSO2 Idenity Management
Suite, Aria Subscription Billing, Safenet Entitement Management System (EMS) Databases:
Oracle, SQL*Server, MySQL, Mongo DB Tools:
Oracle Grid Control, RMAN, Net backup, Goldengate, HP Business Availability
center Other:
AWS Console Training, Certifications and Professional Associations - Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) - Oracle Certified DBA (7.3, 8.0 & 9i) - ITIL Foundation Certified - Completed Leadership Development Program from Center of Creative
Leadership - Management Development Program, Phoenix (60 hours of Management
training) - Member of Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG), International Oracle
Applications Users Group (IOAUG) & Hotsos - Presented paper detailing personally established archival and purging
guidelines at Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) conference |
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