Programmer/Analyst with over 10 years expertise in the areas of software design, prototyping, platform assessment, specifications review, application development, software ports to various platforms, software integration, testing and maintenance.

1998
Quality Systems Solutions
City of Industry, CA
Oracle DBA

• Installed and configured an Oracle Web Application Server 3.0.2. Revised html to allow selection between production and development databases, and corrected some Y2K javascript problems.

• Configured and tuned Oracle 8.0.3 RDBMS. Enlarged RBS and created seperate tablespaces for Index and Tables, and revised INITIAL and NEXT based on projected storage utilization. Set initialization parameters as appropriate. Also used replication (snapshots) to keep development and production reference tables in sync.

• Managed two HPUX 10.20 servers (K370 RDBMS server and and D380 Web server); applied HPUX maint bundles, revised HPUX Kernel parms, revised startup/shutdown process to automatically restart database after reboot, created WWW monitor to restart the WWW server if it crashed, created numerous shell scripts to run in the late hours (using crontab facility to automatically run as scheduled times) to do backups, migration of procedures to production, analyze tables and indexes, and monitor performance and space utilization.

• Reviewed application components and made recommendations to improve query efficiency, systems reliability, error handling and logging, or otherwise take into account system administration needs. Created an SCCS source management environment to control/monitor/review Pro*C programming. Performed maintenance on Pro*C and PL/SQL code as needed to correct observed or anticipated database management problems.

1995-1998
Value Health Sciences
Santa Monica, CA
Programmer/Analyst/DBA/Sr. Quality Assurance

• Migrated large scale C++/COBOL/SQL/IEF medical claims database engine from MVS DB/2 CICS to UNIX Oracle 7. Tested prototype of software port on several hardware platforms; recommended AIX solution, resulting in an immediate savings of $100K+/month, with payback in less than a year.

• Automated and delegated most Quality Assurance tasks, and took on additional responsibilities including Software Maintenance (bug fixes), Software Integration (monitoring SCCS updates, generating release packages), and Database Administrator (updating table definitions, analysis of performance tuning issues), such that successful delivery with reduced staff and cost was still achievable.

1993-1995
Xerox Corp
El Segundo, CA
Software Test Analyst

• Certified high volume printing systems as ready to deliver to local and international markets, after completing a variety of intensive graphic and multinational suites. Significantly increased European market penetration.

• Administrated test lab environment, including hardware, software and connectivity upgrades as necessary to facilitate testing. Handled UNIX system administration and S/390 Bus & Tag and 3270 controllers and cabling, resulting in lower costs and faster turnarounds when attention in these areas was needed.

1990-1993
Self Employed
Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA
Training Consultant

• Developed training materials, including Computer Based Training and online lab exercises. Presented training to Xerox printing systems analysts to improve their understanding of the software component of complete printing systems solutions, resulting in better recommendations and more satisfied customers.

1987-1990
Xerox Corp
El Segundo, CA
Member Programming Staff

• Redesigned an MVS based Advanced Function Printing interface to improve performance and IBM compatibility, saving the company significant costs.

• Developed an ISPF user interface for Xerox batch JCL printing software, improving the accessibility of different fonts and paper sizes. This improved flexibility resulted in increased multinational market penetration, and an improved business relationship with Rank Xerox of Europe.
  

1983 - 1987
Pomona College
Claremont, CA

• B.A. in Mathematics, emphasis in Statistics, Applied Mathematics and Computer Science.