Resume of Michael Figueroa   

 

7845 Retriever St

Corona CA 92880

P 714.595.6710

Email  Mikecff@gmail.com

 

PROFICIENCIES SUMMARY

·   13 Years of experience in leveraging data (DBA) with business processes to support solutions for worldwide operations in 36 countries

·   Compliance and regulatory experience specific to MSB licensing, AML and Money remittance

·   Significant experience in MIS Project Management experience, specifically the implementation of Microsoft Foundation Services (Windows OS Client/Server, MS SQL 2000/2005, MS Office)

·   Proficient in Transact SQL queries, stored procedures, indexing and reports

·   Configuration of storage systems RAID 0, RAID 1/0, RAID 5 etc

·   Strong analytical, quantitative and financial (Excel/MS Access) modeling skills

·   Ability to understand the prepaid services market, analyze the competition, and assist in planning strategies to achieve results

·   Knowledgeable in the planning and implementation of DB schemas (MS SQL 2005, MySQL,Redshift)

·   Coordination of logistics and management of new accounts requiring IT support

·   Ensured data integrity between the main DB servers and Accounting/Billing (Great Plains)

·   Data Warehousing utilizing AWS (Redshift) with Jaspersoft BI

 

SKILLS SUMMARY

Operating Systems: Windows 7, Windows 2003 Enterprise, Windows 2000-Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows NT 4.0, MS-DOS 5.1-6.0, Mac OS

Databases: SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2005 (Enterprise/Standard SP4), 2000 (SP4), SQL Server 7.0, MySQL, AWS Redshift

Languages/Tools: Management Studio, Query Analyzer, SQL/TSQL, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Activity Monitor, Replication Monitor, Data Tuning Advisor (DTA), Data Transformation Services (DTS), SQL Profiler, Performance Monitor, MSReports, MS Access Reports, DB Ghost,  .NET, Visual Basic 6.0, ASP, ADO, VBA, Idera Tools, Terminal Service, Remote Desktop, SSH, FTP, HTML, VBScript, JavaScript, Internet Information Server, Microsoft Front Page, Visio Enterprise, Great Plains, ACH (NACHA), Jaspersoft BI, Talend Data Integration

Certificates:Tackling the Challenges of Big Data (MIT)

Technologies:  ADO, RDBMS, COM+

Applications: Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, Outlook, Access

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Magtek Inc., Seal Beach, CA                                                                                                      Apr 15-Current

Sr. SQL Engineer

·   Main responsibility for database design, deployment scripting, tuning, performance and operational support of the client’s databases

·   Work closely with the Software Developers, to ensure a coherent and consistent database design.

 

Emida Inc., Foothill Ranch, CA                                                                                                      Jan 14-Mar 15

Data Architect

·   Project management lead in implementing BI infrastructure for the company utilizing AWS Redshift and Jaspersoft.

·   Implemented and manage ETL jobs for the company’s BI data warehouse using Talend 

·   Architect of employer’s primary DEV/QA/Production Data Warehouse and Reporting SQL Servers as member of the Production Group

 

Emida Inc., Foothill Ranch, CA                                                                                                      Jun 03-Mar 15

Production Manager/Senior DBA

·   Manage maintenance of DB servers which means optimization of indexes/statistics, tuning stored procedures/triggers, filegroup volume allocation to reduce disk I/O contention, replication (transactional/merge), SQL trace monitoring to improve business query performances

·   Provide 24/7 support to production servers as part of the Production group

·   Responsible for all SQL 2005 installations, upgrades, Hotfixes, maintenance, backups, restores, security, performance tuning/optimization

·   Setup, configure, and maintain SAN for SQL 2005 servers

·   Routinely create ETL processes, stored procedures, views, functions, indexes, ad-hoc SQL, scripts, reports, triggers, and jobs

·   Administer SQL scripts to support production releases and manage version control for Development, QA, Test, and Production databases

·   Develop security model and establish access control policies 

·   Log reviews, event alerts, identification of unauthorized or questionable activities, tracking object creation, alteration, and destruction was performed

·   Implement and manage NOC alerts specific to DB servers utilizing SQL Server Alerts/DB Mail and third party applications like Nagios/Hyperic

·   Evaluate and selectively implement new tools, features, and syntax available within SQL Server 2005/2008

·   Conduct peer code reviews and mentor other team members on best practices and tools usage to improve coding skills

·   Create new and optimized legacy stored procedures, triggers, functions DTS, SQL jobs, indexes, utilizing custom and vendor supplied tools

·   Leverage new tools, features, and syntax available within SQL Server 2005 (SP4) to identify performance issues, resolve bottlenecks, and enhance code to ensure efficient and robust data access

·   Regularly monitor SQL Servers and disseminate collected information into meaningful reports for Senior Management.  These reports were used to communicate Enterprise health, KPI’s and provide key input for future planning and expansion

·   Create and maintain SQL Server Transactional/Merge replication as architectural improvement, reduce contention, increase data access, and simplify the impact of administrative activities

·   Analyze requirements and participate in design/functional reviews

·   Translate business requirements into stored procedures, views, functions, and DTS packages, and then promote such changes from Development, QA, Staging, to Production database

·   Implementation of data archiving and logging solutions

·   Added role of regional IT manager for North American operations in charge of coordinating software/db schema testing and release

·   Manage security access policies for FTP and Web Servers

·   Manage MIS projects, was involved in converting a Microsoft infrastructure to Open Source (GlueCode Enterprise Portal and Business Process Engine, MySQL)

·   Manage accounts which includes updates on products and services

·   Manage product/services reselling relationships between current clients

 

Emida Inc., Foothill Ranch, CA                                                                                                      Feb 12-Dec 14

Compliance and Operations Manager

·   Determine global compliance requirements specific to international funds movement related to the mobile wallet initiative

·   Complete compliance partnerships in the US, Mexico and Caribbean geographies including contract negotiations

·   Manage partner integrations into the mobile wallet platform

·   Scope and implement regulatory monitoring features/tools into the mobile wallet platform

·   Deliver regulatory reporting to all theatres

·   Work with Finance team to ensure banking framework and setup for global operations in accordance with regulations

·   Outline framework and expectations for CAT customer and system support

·   Implement NOC and Fraud monitoring for mobile wallet systems

 

Emida Inc., Foothill Ranch, CA                                                                                                      May 97-Jun 03

Billing and IT Liaison Officer

·   Engineer reports to support balancing of company Financials

·   Entrusted to query company sensitive information for Finance/Accounting departments including managing Great Plains accounting DB and Data flow for Billing/ACH processes

·   Manage the daily operations of direct fund transfer and accounting systems means dealing with different bank’s IT staff

·   Coordinate between client in the quotation, purchase, delivery and implementation of debit and prepaid services

·   Assist in account negotiations through the use of ad-hoc analysis utilizing Transact SQL and MS Access queries/reports

·   Responsible in the maintenance and modification of weekly and monthly management volume/rate reports

·   Responsible for bi-monthly and monthly billing

 

Universal Network Services, Newport Beach, CA                                                                     Sept 95-March 98

Marketing Coordinator and MIS Consultant 

·   Handle projects for corporate accounts

·   Prepare in depth analysis for management on Prepaid Calling Card sales and support VP Marketing in LD rate computations and revisions

·   Prepare ad-hoc analysis and reports for management using MS Access and Excel

·   Involved in rate negotiations with respective clients

·   Responsible for daily inventory management of prepaid products

·   Responsible for the maintenance of the LAN (Novell and MS Server)

·   Coordinate the production of prepaid cards, encompassing graphic design and plastic card manufacturing

·   Involved in the monthly client billing

EDUCATION

Pepperdine University Graziadio MBA Program

MBA, 1997

 

Ateneo de Manila University, Manila, Philippines

B.S. in Management, 1992