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Nick Desai 

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Resume Headline: Nick Desai - Technical Program Manager

Resume Value: 2bjxgq3u8iq9vrba   

  

 

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

 

 

 

-        Infrastructure Management

-        Database Management

-        Disaster Recovery

-        Software & Vendor Selection

-        E-Commerce

-        Technical Support

-        Vendor Management

-        Upgrade & Migrations

-        Relationship Management

 

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



Experience

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Job Title

Company

Experience

Technical Program Manager

Trimble Navigation Limited Inc

- Present

 

Additional Info

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Current Career Level:

Manager (Manager/Supervisor of Staff)

Years of relevant work experience:

10+ to 15 Years

Date of Availability:

Within 2 weeks

Work Status:

US - I am authorized to work in this country for any employer.

Active Security Clearance:

None

US Military Service:

Citizenship:

US citizen

 

 

Target Job:

Target Job Title:

Technical Program Manager

 

Target Company:

Company Size:

Occupation:

IT/Software Development

·         Database Development/Administration

·         Enterprise Software Implementation & Consulting

·         IT Project Management

 

Target Locations:

Selected Locations:

US-CO-Denver

Relocate:

No

Willingness to travel:

Up to 50% travel

 

Languages:

Languages

Proficiency Level

English

Advanced