Scott D. Lockhart

Senior Oracle DBA/Senior ERP DBA/Oracle Database Team Manager

sdlockhart@bigplanet.com

4200 N. Season View Drive, Apt. C2028

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   Cell: (210) 249-6339

 

EDUCATION

B.S., Electronics Technology, Central Missouri State University, 1983.  Graduated Cum Laude (3.58 G.P.A.)

A.A.S., Avionics Technology, Central Missouri State University, 1980.  Graduated Cum Laude (3.78 G.P.A.)

 

CERTIFICATIONS

Oracle7 Masters certificate.

Oracle 11g Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) certificate.

Working towards Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) certification and CompTIA Security+ certification.

 

MILITARY SERVICE

U.S. Navy Reserves, 1988-1996 Intelligence Specialist (IS1/E-6) where I held a TS/SCI clearance. 

Assignments included DIA, Fleet Intelligence Centers (FIC), NORAD, and multiple P-3 Squadrons.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

APPLICATIONS:ORACLE Applications (9.4, 10.7, 11.0, E-Business Suite (EBS) 11i, R12.1, R12.2) including CRM (iStore, iSupport, Service), Distribution, Financials, HRMS & Benefits, Manufacturing, Mobile Agents, Supply Chain, and Warehouse Management System; DecisionPoint Warehouse; Peoplesoft Financials and Human Resources; Ernst & Young Navigator; SAP Financials; Vantive HelpDesk

DBMS:ORACLE V6 through 12c, MS SQL Server 2008/2012, Sybase

ORACLE TOOLS:Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM), Grid Control and Cloud Control, SQL*Net, Import, Export, SQL*Loader, Oracle Enterprise Backup Utility (EBU)/Recovery Manager (RMAN), Oracle Application Server (OAS), Oracle Internet Application Server (iAS/Apache Web Server), Oracle Designer 2000, Oracle Names Server, Oracle Advanced Replication, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE), Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), Oracle Data Guard, Oracle Streams, Oracle Golden Gate, Oracle Exadata, Oracle SQL Developer, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

LANGUAGES:SQL, PL/SQL, ADA, BASIC, C, FORTRAN, HTML, JAVA, Linux Shell (Bash), Perl, PowerShell, Python, UNIX Shells (Bourne, C, Korn)

OPERATING SYSTEMS:UNIX (HP-UX, Sun OS, Solaris, IBM AIX, SGI IRIX, DEC ULTRIX, Digital UNIX)

Linux (multiple distributions including Red Hat and Oracle Enterprise Linux), VAX/VMS 5.4, MS-DOS, Windows 3.1/95/NT/2000              /2008/2012

HARDWARE:       Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) and Oracle Exadata servers, Dell Enterprise Servers, IBM RS/6000, Hewlett-Packard T500/T520, SUN SPARC Enterprise Servers, Silicon Graphics Origin 200, DEC (assorted)

SOFTWARE:All Platinum Technology products for UNIX/ORACLE environments,

Legato NetWorker, Precise i3, Quest TOAD, Veritas NetBackup

SOFTWARE MGMT.:Oracle Applications adpatch utility (have applied several hundred patches and troubleshot same), PVCS, RCS, SCCS, Tortoise SVN Subversion change control tool

25 years of experience as certified Oracle Database Administrator (DBA), 18 years of experience as ERP DBA supporting Oracle EBS, PeopleSoft and SAP, 7 years of experience as Oracle DBA Team Manager, 1 year of experience in support role as MS SQL Server DBA

EXPERIENCE

 

Digital Prospectors, LLC – Idaho Falls, UT1/2016 – 2/2016

Position: Oracle DBA Consultant

à         Project:  Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Oracle Database Migrations

·               Served as Oracle DBA Consultant on a large Oracle database migration project at a Department of Energy (DOE) national energy lab in Idaho Falls, Idaho. 

·               Planned and implemented system migrations of several INL projects including:

o             INEEL Non-radiological Waste Management Information System (INWMIS)

o             Network Information Center (NIC)

o             Training Records And Information Network (TRAIN)

o             Visual Survey Data System (VSDS)

·               Supported migration of Oracle database environments from physical LINUX servers to VMWare virtual machines.

·               Performed database upgrades of Oracle databases from 11.2.0.2 to 12.1.0.2.

 

Digital Prospectors, LLC – Idaho Falls, UT10/2015 – 1/2016

Position: Oracle Applications DBA Consultant

à         Project:  Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Oracle EBS R12.2 Upgrade

·               Served as Oracle Applications DBA Consultant on a large Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) upgrade at a Department of Energy (DOE) national energy lab in Idaho Falls, Idaho.  Managed several Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) version 12.2.2.4 environments running on Oracle RDBMS 12.1, as well as legacy Production support for Oracle Applications 11.5.10.2 environments. Major EBS modules included Oracle Financials and Project Account as well as customizations.

·               Performed upgrade of Oracle Applications 11.5.10.2 to Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.2.4

·               Cloned Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.2.4 environments using Rapid Clone utility.

·               Patched E-Business Suite 12.2.2.4 environments using ADOP utility.

·               Performed full complement of Oracle Application DBA duties including performing Rapid Clone, adadmin, adpatch, and admerge.

·               Performed Oracle Applications System Administrator duties including User & Responsibility administration, and Concurrent process and requests. Mentored local resources regarding Oracle EBS System Administrator functions.

·               Performed Oracle Web Logic administrator duties for EBS environments.

·               Prepared for integration of Oracle EBS 12.2.4 with Oracle Access Manager 11gR2. This entailed the following:

Installation and configuration of Oracle Web Logic 10.3.6, Oracle Internet Directory (OID) 11gR1 (11.1.1.9), Oracle Access Manager (OAM) 11gR2 (11.1.2.3.), and OAM WebGate (11.1.2.3.0).

·               Implemented Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) backups on EBS environments.

·               Planned implementation of Oracle Cloud Control 12c with Oracle EBS plugin.

·               Supported migration of EBS environments from physical LINUX servers to VMWare virtual machines.

 

ConsultNet – Salt Lake City, UT09/2015 – 09/2015

Position: Oracle Applications DBA Consultant

à         Project:  Electronic Fund Systems

·               Served as Oracle Applications DBA Consultant on a large Oracle Applications implementation at a payment processing company in Ogden, UT. Managed several Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) version 12.1.3 implementations running on Oracle RDBMS 11.1.0.7.0 and 12.1. Major EBS modules included Oracle Financials and well as customizations.

·               Performed full complement of Oracle Application DBA duties including performing Rapid Clone, adadmin, adpatch, and admerge.

·               Performed Oracle Applications System Administrator duties including Workflow administration, User & Responsibility administration, and Concurrent process and requests.

·               Supported migration of EBS environments to Oracle Data Appliance (ODA).

 

Oracle Corporation – Lehi, UT04/2015 – 09/2015

Position: Principal Technical Support Engineer

·               Served as Oracle Support Engineer for Oracle DB Admin Group at Oracle Support Center in Lehi, UT.

·               Served all Service Requests (SR’s) related to database engine and database internals.

·               Completed Oracle Corporation training in Support Engineering.

·               Completed Oracle 11g Certified Associate (OCA) certification.

 

Perficient, Inc. – San Antonio, TX01/2015 – 03/2015

Position: Lead Technical Consultant

·               Served as Oracle DBA/Oracle EBS DBA consultant for Oracle ERP division of Perficient.

·               Worked with both Project group and Managed Services group in supporting Oracle EBS implementations

ranging from Oracle EBS 11.5.10.2 through Oracle EBS 12.2.

·               Trained on Vertex Tax software and its integration with Oracle EBS 12.x.

·               Installed Oracle WebLogic 10.3.6 and Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer 11.1.1.7

and integrated both products via End User Layers (EUL’s) with Oracle EBS 12.1.3 environments.

à         Project:  Mason Companies, Inc.

·               Supported multiple Oracle EBS and SOA environments using ASM on RAC via Oracle Grid Control.

·               Project:  National Geographic Society

·               Installed Oracle 11gR2 Oracle Grid Control and RDBMS software. Created RAC One single node environment using Grid Control and ASM.

 

FEDITC, LLC – San Antonio, TX09/2014 – 11/2014

Position: Oracle DBA

·         Served as Oracle DBA on the U.S. Air Force Integrated Pay and Personnel Systems (AFIPPS), a large HR modernization project for the U.S. Air Force.

·               Implemented Oracle virtualization products (Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.3.16 and Oracle VM Server 3.3).

·               Implemented Oracle Audit Vault/Database Firewall version 12.1.2 running on Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL 5.10) servers.

This involved leveraging Oracle Audit Vault work done previously for the U.S. Army Integrated Pay and Personnel System (Army (IPPS-A)) project.

·               Composed Disaster Recovery & High Availability Plan for entire AFIPPS computing environment.

·               Provided Oracle database support for Oracle Identity Manager  (OIM)/Oracle Access Manager  (OAM).

·               Served as ERP DBA supporting large PeopleSoft 9.2 implementations of both Human Capital Management (HCM) and Financials modules.

·               Performed assorted security training including work towards CompTIA Security+ certification.

·               Submitted security clearance application (SF-86) and fingerprints for DoD Secret clearance.

 

Jibe Consulting – Portland, OR03/2014 – 07/2014

Position: Principal Consultant

·         Served as Oracle EBS DBA consultant for a mid-sized ERP consulting firm based in the Pacific Northwest, including field support on site for clients.

·               Worked on Oracle EBS 12.2.0 installation and upgrade from 12.2.0 to 12.2.3.

·               Performed performance tuning for large Oracle OBIEE 11.1.1.7 implementation regarding both Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) loads and Dashboard and Analytics performance. Led effort to right size Data Warehouse database server for the Production BI environment.

·               Served as System Architect for a large Data Center migration including hardware migration for EBS and Agile environments from HP-UX to Oracle VM’s running on ODA (Oracle Database Appliance).

·               Assisted in business development for clients in both the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West.

 

 

 

 

 

Ntirety, Inc. – Dedham, MA11/2013 – 2/2014

Position: Senior Oracle DBA

·               Served as Primary Remote DBA for a small consulting firm for dozens of clients remotely.

·               Performed Oracle DBA activities (installations, upgrades, patching, performance tuning) on Oracle RDBMS’s ranging from Oracle version 9 to version 11.2.0.2.

·               Performed Oracle Applications (EBS) DBA activities (patching, upgrades, cloning, performance tuning) supporting clients ranging from Oracle Applications Release 11.0.3 to Oracle e-Business Suite 12.1.2.

·               Supported Oracle environments hosted on servers ranging from Windows NT to Linux distributions to various UNIX installations.

·               Provided client support to environments ranging from development, test, quality assurance, and production.

·               Performed after hours On Call support to dozens of clients world-wide.

·               Notable activities include: performance tuning on RAC, maintaining Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) running multiple RAC instances and standby databases in a DataGuard configuration, RAC maintenance using ASM, performance tuning using AWR, Oracle EBS Workflow Mailer cleanup, Oracle backup and recovery, and training and mentoring junior personnel on both Service Desk and Oracle DBA practice.

 

Overstock.com – Salt Lake City, UT06/2013 – 11/2013

Position: Senior Oracle Applications DBA

·               Served as Senior Oracle Applications DBA on a very large Oracle Applications implementation at an international E-commerce company in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Managed several Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) version 11.5.10.2 and 12.1.1 environments running on Oracle RDBMS 11.2.0.2.0.  Major EBS modules included Oracle Financials, Inventory, and Order Management.

·               Performed full complement of Oracle Application DBA duties including performing autoclone, adadmin, autoconfig, adpatch, and admerge.

·               Performed Oracle Applications System Administrator duties including Workflow administration, User & Responsibility administration, and Concurrent process and requests.

·               Served as ERP team lead on all monitoring tools. Upgraded Precise i3 monitoring software. Implemented Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c.

·               As Senior Oracle Applications DBA, initiated best practices and industry standards. Mentored and trained several junior DBA’s. Captured, defined, improved, and documented procedures for cloning, security, standard DBA tasks, and user administration. Led department initiative to retrain legacy hires in advanced skills such as ASM, Exadata, OEM Cloud Control 12c, RAC, and Oracle EBS Release 12.

·               Led technical initiative to implement Oracle EBS on Exadata.

·               Reverse engineered, re-designed, and implemented multiple standby database configuration using Oracle Data Guard for Oracle EBS standby/failover, Disaster Recovery, and cloning environment

·               Attended internal training classes on Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC).

·               Attended SQL Pass conference to enhance and upgrade MS SQL Server DBA skills.

 

Insight Global, Inc. – Austin, TX02/2013 – 04/2013

Position: Oracle Applications DBA Consultant

à         Project:  Golfsmith International

·               Served as Oracle Applications DBA Consultant on a very large Oracle Applications implementation at a golf commercial retailer in Austin, TX supporting over 150 retail stores in United States and Canada, as well as large Web commerce portal. Managed several Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) version 12.1.2 implementations running on Oracle RDBMS 11.1.0.7.0.  Major EBS modules included Oracle Distribution, Financials, iExpense, Mobile Agents, Supply Chain, and Warehouse Management System.

·               Performed full complement of Oracle Application DBA duties including performing autoclone, adadmin, autoconfig, adpatch, and admerge.

·               Performed Oracle Applications System Administrator duties including Workflow administration, User & Responsibility administration, and Concurrent process and requests.

·               Performed extensive tuning and optimization of Concurrent Managers and Output Post Processor (OPP).

·               Planned character set conversion from US7ASCII to AL32UTF8, Multiple Language conversion, and National Language Support (NLS) using Character Set Scanner (CCSCAN) and Database Migration Assistant for Unicode (DMU) utilities.

·               Performed code migration using Tortoise SVN Subversion change control tool across Development, Test, Unit Testing (QA), and Production environments.

·               Supported Oracle Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) 11gR2 implementation running on Oracle RDBMS 11.2.0.3.0 consisting of an Oracle SOA 11g infrastructure database repository server, 2 WebLogic servers, and 2 Load Balancer servers.

·               Implemented layered database backups consisting of RMAN full backups to tape, RMAN incremental backups to tape, Oracle hot backups to disk, Oracle logical backup exports and Oracle logical backup Data Pump dumps.

·               Performed full complement of Oracle DBA duties including Oracle RDBMS 11.2.0.3 database installation and patching.

·               Troubleshot performance issues at the application, database, server, network, and SAN level.

 

Extrinsic LLC – Durham, NC11/2012 – 01/2013

Position: Oracle Applications DBA Consultant

à         Project:  CGG Veritas

·               Served as Oracle Applications DBA Consultant on a large Oracle Applications implementation at a seismic engineering firm in Houston, TX. Managed several Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) version 12.1.3 implementations running on Oracle RDBMS 11.1.0.7.0 and 11.2.0.3.0. Major EBS modules included Oracle Financials, HRMS & Benefits, and Supply Chain.

·               Performed full complement of Oracle Application DBA duties including performing autoclone, adadmin, adpatch, and admerge.

·               Performed patch comparison via patchset.sh and Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) Patch Wizard. Implemented Multi-Tier architecture for Application Servers with Parallel Concurrent Processing (PCP) and failover.

·               Performed Oracle Applications System Administrator duties including exporting and importing personalizations, Workflow administration, User & Responsibility administration, and Concurrent process and requests.

·               Performed Oracle Discoverer 10.1 administration.

·               Performed full complement of Oracle DBA duties including Oracle database patching using Opatch.

·               Implemented standby databases consisting of physical standby databases created via RMAN duplicate command.

·               Troubleshot performance issues at the application, database, server, network, and SAN level.

 

Lockhart Database Services – San Antonio, TX8/2012 – 10/2012

Position: Independent Consultant

·               Served as Independent Consultant for database projects nationwide. Researched topics including Big Data, Cloud Computing, Golden Gate, and Python programming.

 

Rolta/TUSC – Lombard, IL10/2002 – 8/2012

Position: After Hours Management Consultant

·               Served as Management Consultant overseeing the After Hours support team for RDBA/MSOC Services. Verified TRS time sheet entry and status report submittal for the group. Served as liaison between the After Hours support team in the USA, Rolta (United Kingdom), Rolta (Mumbai, India), Rolta/TUSC management, and the RDBA/MSOC services day shift. Checked for and reported on status of MSOC warning tickets and VM machine usage. Attended RDBA Group management weekly meetings and RDBA group all hands weekly meetings. Performed performance reviews and salary increase recommendations. Provided training, mentoring, and counseling to the After Hours support team and international divisions in the United Kingdom and India.

 

Position: Third Watch On Call DBA

·               Designed, championed, and implemented After Hours practice. Served as Third Watch On Call DBA for Rolta/TUSC. Supported over a hundred clients in a variety of environments world-wide. Performed production support, performance tuning, backup and recovery, and development support. Supported Oracle environments ranging from Oracle 7.x to Oracle 11.x on a multitude of server operating systems (Windows NT, several distributions of Linux and UNIX, and DEC VAX/VMS). Supported Oracle technologies ranging from legacy systems to the latest Oracle offerings (Exadata, Golden Gate, Data Guard, RAC, Streams). Supported large implementations of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software including Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS), Peoplesoft, and SAP. Served as backup and support to MS SQL Server DBA.

 

Position: Senior Consultant/Primary Remote DBA

·               Served as Primary Remote DBA for dozens of clients remotely. Performed Oracle installations, upgrades, and patching. Provided client support to environments ranging from development, test, quality assurance, and production.

 

Pinpoint Consulting – Charlotte, NC8/2002 – 9/2002

Position: Oracle DBA Consultant

à         Project:  SPSS, Inc.

·               Served as Performance Tuning DBA on a large Oracle Applications implementation at a software development firm in Chicago, IL.  Mentored dozens of Oracle developers in tuning Oracle queries. Presented database and SQL tuning recommendations to the client.

 

Darwin Partners – Wakefield, MA5/2002 – 7/2002

Position:  Oracle DBA Consultant

à         Project:  Q Systems Inc.

·               Served as Performance Tuning DBA on a large migration project at a Dept. of Energy (DOE) contractor in Oak Ridge, TN. 

·               Surveyed legacy systems running Oracle 7.3 on Windows NT 4.0 servers in terms of performance and configuration, finding several issues that were degrading performance.

·               Assisted in build and configuration of Red Hat Linux 7.1 Database Servers and Application/Web Servers.

·               Planned and performed migration of several Production databases from Oracle 7.3 on Windows NT 4.0 Servers to Oracle 8.1.7.4 on Red Hat Linux 7.1 Servers.

·               Implemented Oracle Internet Application Server (iAS powered by Apache) version 1.0.2.2.2 on middle-tier Red Hat Linux 7.1 Application/Web servers.

·               Performed extensive security improvements at the Application/Web Server level (Oracle iAS 1.0.2.2.2 powered by Apache), Database level (Oracle 8.1.7.4) and Linux Server level (Red Hat Linux 7.1).

 

I-Link Worldwide – Draper, UT            11/2001 – 5/2002

Position:  Oracle DBA

·               Served as Oracle DBA of a mission-critical distributed database environment at a major Voice over IP (VoIP) telecommunications provider in Draper, UT.

·               Managed 18 Oracle 7.3.4 and 8.1.7 databases on Windows NT 4.0 servers, and 6 Oracle 8.1.6 databases on SUN Solaris 2.6 and Red Hat Linux 6.2 servers.

·               Applied Oracle patch sets 8.1.7.2.1 and 8.1.7.2.5 to baseline Oracle 8.1.7.0.0 databases.

·               Set up and administered Oracle Advanced Replication multi-master environment with snapshot logs and updateable snapshots.

·               Configured and administered Oracle Names server for 24 separate Oracle databases.

·               Served as Backup Administrator for Veritas NetBackup environment writing to ADIC Scalar 1000 Robotic Tape Library.

·               Researched advanced topics such as Oracle 9i Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Oracle LDAP directory service. 

 

ExeVision, LC – Orem, UT            6/2001 – 10/2001

Position:  Oracle Apps DBA Practice Director

à         Project:  Valero Energy Corporation

·               Served as Performance Tuning DBA on a very large (210 GB) Data Warehouse at a major Oil & Gas company in San Antonio, TX. 

·               Developed extensive list of Performance Tuning recommendations, including histograms, bitmap indexes, Parallel Query Option (PQO), Cost-based Optimization (CBO) enhancements, space management improvements, and assorted INIT.ORA changes.

à         Project:  Propeller, Inc.

·               Provided staff augmentation services as an Oracle Applications DBA on a Release 11.5.3 Oracle Applications implementation running Oracle E-Business Suite (Financials), Manufacturing, and CRM (iStore, iSupport) at a major PC repair company in Orem, UT.

·               Performed a quick performance tuning review and found problems with concurrent requests, rollback segments, network bandwidth, pinning of stored objects, SGA sizing, and general operational failures.

·               Participated in cloning of Release 11.5.3 instance using adclone.pl utility.

·               Supported efforts to upgrade Release 11.5.3 instance to Release 11.5.5.

à         Project:  Utah Dept. of Alcohol Beverage Control

·               Served as Oracle Applications DBA on an Oracle Applications Release 11i implementation at a department of the state in Salt Lake City, UT. 

·               Performed pre-installation site survey and provided assistance in configuration of a UNIX Server running     HP-UX 11.0 and a storage array running Veritas. 

·               Performed Rapid Install of Release 11.5.4 and resolved numerous problems regarding HP-UX kernel tuning parameters, Rapid Install issues, and system resource limitations.

·               Performed Rapid Install of Release 11.5.5 and configured same for Production rollout.

·               Mentored local Oracle DBA in the intricacies of being an Oracle Applications DBA.

 

Prince, Perelson & Associates – Salt Lake City, UT5/2001-6/2001

Position: Consultant

à         Project: Attensity.com

·               Served as Performance Tuning DBA on a customized Java search engine at a start-up company in Salt Lake City, UT. 

·               Performed extensive Performance Tuning and monitoring at the Oracle database, UNIX operating system, and Java application level, implementing several performance enhancements at a result.

·               Did extensive SQL tuning using tkprof and explain plain; also implemented bitmap indexes and histograms.

 

ConsultNet – Salt Lake City, UT               2/2001-5/2001

Position: Consultant

à         Project: ADP Corporation

·               Served as Senior Oracle DBA on a customized Peoplesoft Benefits Administration implementation at a major Human Resources provider in Salt Lake City, UT. 

·               Performed extensive Performance Tuning and monitoring at the Oracle database, UNIX operating system, and Peoplesoft application level, implementing several performance enhancements at a result.

·               Captured sizing and load information for a Capacity Planning model to be used for subsequent client implementations.

·               Trained and mentored several junior Oracle DBA’s and operations staff.

·               Performed several Oracle database upgrades from 8.1.6 to 8.1.7.

·               Implemented a comprehensive backup and recovery solution including hot backups, cold backups, and logical exports.

·               Configured an Oracle8i Standby Read-Only database for reporting purposes, updated on a regular basis from the Production environment.

 

SBI – Salt Lake City, UT 10/2000-2/2001

Position: Senior Consultant

à         Project:  Tekelec Corporation

·               Served as Oracle Applications DBA on a Release 11i Oracle Applications implementation at a telecommunications manufacturer in Los Angeles, CA. 

·               Performed several fresh installations of Oracle Applications Release 11i (11.5.1), including Financials, Manufacturing, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM).

·               Applied several hundred Oracle Applications patches using adpatch utility to several different databases and all tiers.  Implemented patch management system to track which patches have been applied to which instances and which tiers.

·               Researched and implemented Multi-Tier Application Server configurations with multiple Forms Servers.

·               Configured WebDB 2.2, WebDB 2.5, Apache Server 1.3.9, and Java JDK 1.2

·               Developed an Enterprise Backup and Recovery plan using Legato NetWorker, Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN), and Oracle Standby Database.

·               Created general repository database using Oracle8i (8.1.6) for Oracle RMAN, Oracle Discoverer, and Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM).

·               Investigated Oracle Applications 11i (11.5.3) for specific CRM functionality, especially for Oracle Service.

à         Project:  SBI

·               Performed test upgrade of Oracle Applications 10.7 instance to Oracle Application 11.5.3 on Sun Solaris 2.6 server.

 

Nu Skin Enterprises/Big Planet – Provo, UT   5/2000-10/2000

Position: Senior Database Administrator

·               As Front-Line Production DBA, responsible for backup and recovery, performance tuning, and overall state-of-health for a number of large (50 GB+) Production Oracle databases, running Oracle 7.3.4 and Oracle 8.0.5.2 on SUN Solaris 2.6 servers.  Dealt with several critical issues in an innovative fashion regarding system outages, lack of backups, lack of disk space, and lack of system resources.  Assisted UNIX System Administrators in configuring database servers and client machines.  Mentored several junior DBA’s at the corporate office regarding the Enterprise Data Warehouse.

·               As Test DBA, responsible for large test system designed to emulate entire Production facility at Big Planet ISP.  Created test databases using database cloning method of taking database hot backups, archived redo logs, and controlfile from the system backups and performing a controlled recovery in the test environment.

·               As Development DBA, responsible for all database structure changes as they migrate from development to test to production.  Mentored application developers with Oracle PL/SQL stored object development (triggers, procedures, packages, functions), as well as general SQL queries. 

·               As Database Architect, performed logical database design using Oracle Designer 2000 for ERD development and DDL capture.

 

ARIS Corporation – Denver, CO     8/1999-4/2000

Position: Database Architect

à         Project:  ARIS Corporation

·               Attended Oracle Education training in Oracle Applications Release 11 Installation and Maintenance.  Performed a complete Release 11 installation including Oracle Application Server, Web Server, and Forms Server.

·               Developed in-house training courses for ARIS Corporation and conducted training in the following: Installing and Maintaining Oracle Applications Release 11, Making the Transition from Oracle DBA to Oracle Applications DBA, E-Commerce for DBA’s

·               Researched and implemented web-based solutions involving Linux, Java, Oracle 8i, and Windows NT.

à         Project:  Resort Computer Corporation

·               Served as enterprise Performance Tuning DBA to clients worldwide.

·               Performed extensive server, database, and application Performance Tuning for both the general software package and specific client site implementations.

·               Set up and reviewed monitoring of all important server, database, and application criteria to find problem areas and resolve same.

·               Lead Performance Tuning benchmarking effort, coordinating end-users, developers, System Administrators, and Database Administrators in a massive effort to resolve performance deficiencies.

·               Wrote Performance Tuning Handbook detailing performance tuning process and given specific recommendations of how to tune client’s application.

 

Computer Systems Authority - Dallas, TX11/1997- 8/1999

Position:  Systems Consultant

à         Project:  AlliedSignal

·               Performed an Oracle Applications 10.7/Prod 16.1 SmartClient/RDBMS 7.3 upgrade of Oracle Applications 9.4.2/RDBMS 7.1.6.2 database, running on a SUN Solaris 2.5.1 server.  The client site was running several of the Oracle Financials and Manufacturing modules, including Payables (AP), Purchasing (PO), and Inventory (INV), as well as a custom application designed to perform the functionality of General Ledger (GL). 

·               Performed extensive reconfiguration of redo logs, rollback segments, INIT.ORA parameters, as well as a complete rebuild of the database using 8K db_block_size.  Developed specialized routines to clean up audit logs and trace files, as well as to perform Oracle imports and exports via UNIX Named Pipes with split and compress utilities (to circumvent UNIX 32-bit O/S limitation of 2 GB file sizes).

·               Performed full complement of Oracle Applications DBA functions.

·               Attended Oracle Education training in following: Oracle7 Backup & Recovery Workshop, SQL Statement Tuning, Technical Foundations of Oracle Manufacturing, Technical Foundations of Oracle Financials.

à         Project:  National Computer Systems (NCS)

·               Served as Oracle Applications DBA in an Oracle Applications 10.7/Prod 16.1 SmartClient implementation of several modules, running against a Digital UNIX server running Oracle 7.3.4.  Assisted in troubleshooting problems with Oracle Forms and Oracle Reports.  Applied several Oracle Applications patches and troubleshot same.  Performed extensive DBA support of data conversions and Open Interfaces, including Bills of Materials, Customer, and Item conversions.  Supported implementation of Metrix OpenUptime, NoetixViews, and Vertex Quantum bolt-on packages.

·               Completed Oracle CBT training in following: Tuning the Oracle7 Database, Parallel Query Administration, Configuring the Multi-Threaded Server, Introduction to Oracle Manufacturing.

à         Project:  Cancer Therapy and Research Center (CTRC)

·               Served as Oracle Applications DBA in an Oracle Applications 9.3.7/Oracle 6.0.37.3.1 implementation.

Performed extensive systems stabilization of a Production database prior to a test upgrade, including enhancement of performance tuning, physical configuration, and security. 

à         Project:  ISR/Lockheed Martin

·               Performed an Oracle Applications test upgrade from 9.4 to 10.7 of Financials modules (General Ledger, Receivables, Payables, Assets).  Applied necessary patches to complete upgrade of RDBMS, Tools, and Oracle Applications.

à         Project:  Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (KCI)

·               Performed Oracle Applications performance tuning for both Financials and Manufacturing modules.

Work included significant Concurrent Manager and SGA memory tuning in a Production environment.

·               Completed Oracle CBT training in following: Introduction to Oracle Financial Analyzer (OFA).

·               Attended Oracle Education training in following: Oracle8 Parallel Server Implementation

à         Project:  AlliedSignal

·               Performed an Oracle Applications 10.7/Prod 16.1 SmartClient/RDBMS 7.3 upgrade of Oracle Applications 9.4.2/RDBMS 7.1.6.2 database, running on a SUN Solaris 2.5.1 server.  The client site was running several of the Oracle Financials and Manufacturing modules, including Payables (AP), Purchasing (PO), and Inventory (INV), as well as a custom application designed to perform the functionality of General Ledger (GL). 

à         Project:  Nokia Mobile Phones (NMP)

·               Performed a complete database reorganization to resolve poor tablespace layout and extensive fragmentation.

Developed Production Migration Plan to perform full reorganization within a set maintenance window.  Benchmarked all steps needed for complete migration and embedded several performance improvements in entire process.

à         Project:  Nokia Telecommunications (NTC)

·               Performed a Proof of Concept for Oracle Enterprise Backup Utility (EBU) Release 2.2 working with Legato Storage Manager (LSM) in a Windows NT environment.  Duties included creating both a Oracle 7.3.4 test database and a Backup Catalog Database on a Windows NT 4.0 server, installing and configuring EBU and LSM, and testing same.

à         Project:  AAR

·               Worked as an Oracle Applications Data Warehouse DBA in a Financials and Manufacturing environment. Required build of Data Warehouse database, installation of DecisionPoint server and client software, numerous data extractions from the Oracle Applications environment, and Performance Tuning for extraction and query purposes.

·               Implemented DecisionPoint Warehouse Release 3.0 for Oracle on UNIX in an Oracle Applications environment.  Applications modules worked on were Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Purchasing, with development work done in Order Entry, Inventory, and General Ledger

·               Attended DPA training in DecisionPoint Warehouse Implementation.

 

 

 

 

The Registry - Colorado Springs, CO8/1997 - 10/1997

Position:  Oracle DBA Consultant

à         Project:  USA.Net. Inc.

·               Supported a 60 GB E-mail database on a Sun Solaris 2.5.1 database server running Oracle 7.3.3.2.  Also supported a 15 GB History Reporting database, which served as a Data Warehouse and Decision Support System. 

·               Provided 7x24 on-call support of mission-critical applications.

·               Implemented Oracle Parallel Query Option (PQO) in order to utilize 8 CPU’s on Production database server. 

·               Performed study of applicability of Oracle8 features, in preparation of implementing same in a prototype fashion at client site. 

·               Developed archival routines to purge Production database of records no longer needed.

·               Implemented Oracle Multi-Threaded Server (MTS) in order to handle large number of concurrent connections to the database.

 

Platinum Technology, Inc. - Oakbrook Terrace, IL4/1997 - 8/1997

Position:  Product Specialist

·               Served as Product Specialist for UNIX/Oracle Database Management Tools products. 

·               Attended several Platinum training classes for the following tools: DBVision and SQL*Spy database monitors, Desktop DBA and Enterprise DBA database object maintenance tools, TSReog and Fast Unload for Oracle database defragmentation and reorganization tools, SQL-Station code development, debugger, and optimization tool, and Database Analyzer reporting tool. 

·               Attended Communispond Executive Presentation Skills class. 

·               Attended Oracle8:New Features for Administrators class. 

·               Co-authored several internal white papers providing competitive analyses of Platinum products vs. Competitors’ products, including Oracle Enterprise Manager. 

·               Gave several product demonstrations and performed product installations at client sites and technical trade shows around the country.

 

The Registry - Golden, CO10/1996 -3/1997

Position:  Oracle DBA Consultant

à         Project:  dbIntellect Technologies/DBU - Ettlingen, Germany

·               Supported a 20 GB marketing Data Warehouse on a Silicon Graphics Origin 200 database server running Oracle 7.3.2.  Support included sizing and maintaining large Fact, Dimension, and Aggregate tables and indexes, as well as optimizing the database, first for large data loads and then for query performance. 

·               Performed extensive SGI IRIX 6.2 System Administration tasks including remote mounting filesystems, performing a full system backup of over 30 GB of data to tape, and coordinating installation of a 40 GB Amdahl disk array.

à         Project:  EDS Denver Resource Center/Bell South

·               Developed database copy technique for moving databases from one database server to another. Trained fellow DBA’s in same technique.

·               Provided assorted database support to application developers.

·               Planned implementation of Oracle Network Manager and Oracle Names to distribute Oracle SQL*Net configuration information.  As an interim step before full-scale implementation of Oracle Names, developed an automated FTP script to distribute SQL*Net configuration files from one master database server to dozens of others.

·               Participated in policy-making discussions regarding database security, roles, and privileges.

·               Planned migration of Oracle databases from Version 7.1.6.2 to Version 7.3.2.3, with concurrent migration from HP-UX 9.04 to HP-UX 10.20. 

·               Implemented Oracle Enterprise Manager on Windows 95 workstation for centralized database administration.

·               Attended Informix Universal Server presentation to learn of potential compatibility issues with the Oracle database within the Corporate Enterprise environment.

·               Served as technical liaison between DBA Team and HP-UX System Administration Team, as well as between Production and Development database efforts.

·               Provided substantial Oracle technical guidance and training to junior DBA’s.

 

Clear Perception Inc. - St. Louis, MO2/1996 - 10/1996

Position:  Senior Oracle DBA Consultant

·               Designed and developed World Wide Web (WWW) home pages for Clear Perception, Inc. and the St. Louis Oracle Users Group (SLOUG), using HTML and CGI programming. (Reference http://www.clearperception.com and http://www.clearperception.com\sloug, respectively).

·               Attended SunSoft Developer Camp for JAVA training.

·               Attended Midwest Oracle Users Group (MOUG) spring convention in Ypsilanti, MI.

·               Presented White Paper at the June meeting of SLOUG, which I had written entitled "A DBA Perspective on Vendor Packages: Installation and Implementation".

à         Project: Southwestern Bell

·               Provided extensive database re-design and tuning expertise while serving as Primary DBA on several third-party packages that use Oracle RDBMS as a back-end, including Oracle Financials, Ernst & Young Navigator, and Vantive HelpDesk.

·               Performed several Oracle 7.1.6 RDBMS and Tools installations, upgrades, and patches.

·               Upgraded an Oracle 7.1.3 RDBMS to Oracle 7.1.6 RDBMS in place.

·               Installed and implemented Oracle WebServer 1.1 application for a company-wide time reporting system.

·               Designed the physical layout for several Oracle databases and implemented same on Hewlett Packard HP-UX 9.04, HP-UX 10.10, and Sun Solaris 2.5 database servers.

·               Served as the primary Physical DBA in support of an Oracle Financials 10.6 implementation of the General Ledger (GL) module.

·               Implemented a dynamic hot backup routine for a 20 GB Oracle Financials database. 

·               Wrote and validated an extensive Backup and Recovery Test Plan on the same 20 GB database.

·               Developed Oracle PL/SQL routines to generate test data for a large Volume Test.

·               Trained and mentored several entry level DBA's at the client site.

 

PRC Inc. - St. Louis, MO   9/1995 - 2/1996

Position: Senior DBA/Database Team Leader

·               Responsible for the ORACLE database administration of 4 ORACLE database servers for the Army Reserve Personnel Center (ARPERCEN) and 2 ORACLE database servers for PRC. 

·               As Database Team Leader, supervised four mid‑ to junior‑level DBA's in their daily functions.

·               Migrated an ORACLE 7.0.15 RDBMS running on an IBM RS/6000 (AIX 3.2.1) to an ORACLE 7.2.2.3 RDBMS running on a Hewlett Packard HP 735 (HP‑UX 10.01). 

·               Upgraded SQL*Net V1.2 implementations to SQL*Net V2.1. 

·               Attended the Midwest ORACLE Users Group (MOUG) Fall Seminar in Chicago, IL.

 

Envision - St. Louis, MO11/1994 - 9/1995

Position: Database Administrator Consultant

Project:  McDonnell Douglas Corporation

·               Served as a UNIX ORACLE DBA supporting both Hewlett‑Packard and SUN database servers. 

·               Set up and maintained production databases on a day to day basis.  Dealt with issues on taking advantage of the ORACLE Parallel Query Option (PQO) on Symmetrical Multiple Processor (SMP) platforms, and implementing High Availability (HA) solutions. 

·               Served as physical Oracle Database Administrator on a large Peoplesoft Financials implementation of the General Ledger module, running in an ORACLE 7.1.6/HP-UX 10 environment on a Hewlett-Packard T500 database server.

·               Installed and optimized an ORACLE 7.1.6 database running on a Sparc 1000 database server with Solaris 2.4 operating system.  This implementation involved providing for a High Availability system, utilizing the Open Vision High Availability software running on two Sparc 1000's.  Database issues included archiving, hot backups. and use of raw devices.

·               Installed and optimized an ORACLE 7.1.6 database running on a Hewlett‑Packard T500 database server with HP‑UX 10 operating system.  Database issues included taking advantage of the T500's 12 CPU's using the ORACLE Parallel Query Option.

·               Led a database tools trade study and evaluation responsible for selecting and implementing the following types of database tools: 1) Database performance monitor, 2) Database object manipulation tool, 3) Database job scheduling tool.

·               Attended the Very Large Database Summit in New Orleans, LA.  This seminar dealt extensively with Parallel Databases, SMP vs. MPP architectures, and OLTP vs. DSS implementations.

 

Eliassen Group Inc. - Wakefield, MA4/1994 -11/1994

Position:  Database Administrator Consultant

à         Project:  Putnam Investments

·               Performed the full range of DBA activities with ORACLE 7 (Versions 7.0.15, 7.0.16, 7.1.3) running on both SUN UNIX (SunOS 4.1.3 and Solaris 2.3) and DEC VAX/VMS (V5.5‑2) servers. 

·               Supported over 30 separate databases running on 18 servers, representing Development, Acceptance, and Production environments.

·               Implemented full ORACLE 7 functionality including relational integrity, distributed databases, database security, and stored objects.

·               Developed routines for Automated database backup and recovery involving exports, cold backups, and hot backups.

·               Performed physical database tuning resolving fragmentation and disk contention.

·               Worked extensively with following third‑party database products: Dimeric Development Corp. easyDBA and SLEUTH, MORE Systems, Inc. MORE Applications Manager (MAM).

·               Supported application development and production environments for commissions, compliance, equity trading, investments, marketing, pricing, and trade settlement applications, running PowerBuilder and SQL*Forms as front‑ends and SQR for report generation.

 

Parsons Main Inc. - Boston, MA8/1993 - 4/1994

Position:  Database Administrator

·               Responsible for all aspects of database administration and development for a large engineering firm. 

·               Administered several ORACLE V6.0 and dBASE IV applications running on a Banyan Vines LAN operating under MS‑DOS, as well as an ORACLE V6.0 database running on an Intergraph LAN operating under CLIX (UNIX). 

·               Maintained front‑end applications in PowerBuilder and SQL*Forms, as well as report generation using Microsoft C and ORACLE Pro*C, Forest & Trees, and R&R Reportwriter.

·               Developed data transfer routines between an IBM AS/400 and a Banyan Vines LAN, utilizing IBM PC Support (PCS)/400 connectivity software and ORACLE SQL*Loader. 

·               Designed a SQL*Net connection between an Intergraph LAN and a Banyan VINES LAN utilizing ORACLE SQL*Net for TCP/IP. 

·               Attended ORACLE Corporation training on ORACLE 7 and ORACLE Forms (V4.0).

 

Kenda Systems - Wilmington, MA5/1993 - 7/1993

Position:  Database Consultant

·               Developed a Front End User Interface application using ORACLE SQL*Forms 3.0 for the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (EOEA), Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as part of a Rapid Prototype Design effort.

·               Wrote accompanying system specifications and unit test plan. 

·               Participated in data modeling and database design. 

·               Developed and implemented a data migration plan to export data in a legacy dBASE database and import the data into an ORACLE database using SQL*Loader.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Infotec Development Inc. - Wakefield, MA10/1992 - 4/1993

Position:  Database Specialist

·               Developed a distributed database/distributed processing solution for the Immigration and Naturalization Service ‑ Border Patrol.

·               Implemented a suite of ORACLE RDBMS products including ORACLE Server for Novell NetWare, SQL*Net (for NetWare, 3270, and Asynchronous connectivity), ORACLE Card, and ORACLE tools running on a Novell Local Area Network (LAN) and tied together to form a Wide Area Network (WAN).

 

Infotec Development Inc. - Colorado Springs, CO1/1992 - 9/1992

Position:  Database Administrator

·               Responsible for all aspects of database management and development for the NORAD Tactical Intelligence Cell (NORTIC) at NORAD. 

·               Administered several ORACLE and Sybase applications running on a DEC Workstation LAN operating under ULTRIX (UNIX), as well as PARADOX applications running on a PC LAN.  Completed Sybase, Inc. training on Sybase RDBMS. 

·               Performed trade studies on several application tools, including Geographical Information Systems (GIS), query builders, and report generators.

 

Locus, Inc. - San Antonio, TX12/1990 ‑ 1/1992             

Position:  Database Manager

·               Managed the daily operations of a DEC MicroVAX II operating under VMS which contained the Electronic Warfare Integration Reprogramming (EWIR) database. 

·               Completed ORACLE Corporation Masters curriculum. 

·               Designed and implemented an ORACLE V6.0 relational database for the EWIR data, using embedded SQL, SQL*Forms 3.0, and SQL*ReportWriter 1.1. 

·               Provided engineering support to the Air Force Electronic Warfare Center (AFEWC).

 

NOTE: Prior to 12/1990, Mr. Lockhart worked as an Hardware/Software Engineer in the Defense Industry specifically with Ground Support Equipment (GSE) Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) for various military contractors (ATE Associates, ManTech International, Honeywell, Inc., Pentastar Support Systems) in support of multiple Department of Defense (DoD) agencies (US Air Force, US Marine Corps, US Navy).

This included 5 years with Honeywell, Inc. as a Field Engineer with their Logistics department.