Randall Theobald

  randall_theobald@dell.com

  rstheo@gmail.com

512 663 4099

PROFILE

Experienced software performance analyst.

Detail­oriented technologist with excellent communication, presentation, and training skills.

SKILLS

Business

Clear and concise written and verbal communication

Effective presentations and training, customized to audience, from executives to field service engineers

Rapid existing technology research and high­level architectural recommendations

Technology

Java: performance benchmarking, analysis, prototyping, and optimization in compute and memory

Database performance analysis on IBM DB2 and Oracle

Customer performance resolution using holistic approach

Platforms: Microsoft Windows Server ecosystem, Linux, AIX, vSphere, Hyper­V

Other languages: PowerShell, Python

Performance tools: YourKit, dynatrace, JMeter, LoadRunner, custom benchmarks

EXPERIENCE

Performance and Integration Engineer

Oct 2013 – current

Dell Software Group, Office of the CTO

 Performance research, benchmarking, optimization

o Dell One Identity Manager, Red Hat OpenShift and JBoss BPMS, Foglight, Docker, Dell Cloud Manager

o Developed internal Python SSH library for parallel orchestrated benchmark remote execution

o Developed JMeter implementation of internal DVDStore benchmark for load analysis

o Recognized with CTO Silver and Dell Champion Awards

 Cloud Solutions integration and delivery

o Led ADFS integration effort of Dell Cloud Manager for Dell Hybrid Cloud for Microsoft CPS Standard

o Stood up, maintained, and supported Windows Azure Pack environments for integration and testing

o Drove business requirements for Dell Cloud Manager virtual appliance

o Trained field engineers on customer deployment of Dell Cloud Manager

Performance Analyst

Feb 2007 – Oct 2013

IBM Software Group

 Business Process Manager, Authoring Performance lead

o Developed custom benchmarks for Integration Designer, Process Designer, Process Center

o Improved Process Center max concurrent users to almost 5x over several releases

o Improved Process Designer response time over slow network by up to 10x

o Resolved numerous customer situations, collaborating with Dev, Support, and Clients

o Interfaced with product Managers and Architects to push performance­related changes

 WebSphere Integration Developer, Performance analyst

o Improved import, build, and publish response time and memory use over several releases

 Almost 5x improvement in build response time

 Up to 25% reduction in build memory consumption

 Up to 50% reduction in publish response time

o For public examples of work see:

  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=ALL+reporter%3Arandallt

Java Software Developer

IBM Software Group

 WebSphere Process Server

o Developed various server and tooling components

o Recognized as top­level performer multiple years

Aug 2003 – Feb 2007

Software Engineer Intern

IBM Extreme Blue, Jun – Aug 2002

 Took part in successful project, Web­facing Eclipse

Vecna Technologies, Apr – Dec 2000

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Involved in prototyping web system for U.S. Dep. Of Defense E­Healthcare and several internal projects

EDUCATION

Brigham Young University

2003

Provo, Utah

 Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering

 Full academic scholarship

 Mathematics minor

 GPA: 3.99 (4.0 max)

 Graduated Summa Cum Laude, top 1%

MISC

LDS Missionary, Argentina Buenos Aires West Mission, 1997 – 1999

District Leader and Zone Leader over 17 people

Travelling Assistant to the President

Eagle Scout, 1996