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• Manager - Database Administration, Database Administration Manager - Government IP & Life Science Sectors

  Apr, 2022 - Present

  Providing leadership, management, direction, and vision to database administrators and data scientists, including offshore contractors/consultants and interns needed to support, run, and change activities in the DBMS lifecycle. Work closely with dba peers, product and project leaders/managers, and other in-house software developers. Direct the successful completion and delivery of respective software components and related deliverables. Report progress to senior management. Oversight the department budget, identifying and supporting talent, and defining resource requirements and allocations. Continue the ongoing organizational transformation of implementing Agile, DevOps, and automation wherever possible. Work with the team to ensure appropriate security controls (i.e., Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)) are built into all databases and database instances. Oversee the database processes using industry best practices.

  • Implementing Department of Defense's Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)

  • Applying TDE to all SQL Server instances

  • Modifying Data Backup Solutions with transition of company to a 24/7 institution

  • Semi-automating DBO Deployments

• Manager - Software Engineering, Software Engineering Manager - Government IP Sector

  Apr, 2022 - Present

  Providing leadership, management, direction, and vision to software engineers and/or development employees, including offshore contractors/consultants and interns needed to support, run, and change activities in the software development life cycle. Works closely with development peers, product and project leaders/managers, and other in-house software developers, as well as direct the successful completion and delivery of respective software components and any other related deliverables. Report progress to senior management. Oversight of the department budget, identifying and supporting talent, and defining resource requirements and allocations

  • Coordinate and run training sessions for developers to keep them up to speed with new and emerging technologies. Responsible for managing the curriculum, often assigning a developer with a technology to learn and present.

  • Provided coding standards for team.

  • Developed proof of concept applications for demo purposes and provided real-world applications useful for our business.

• Engineer - Senior, Experian Healthcare

  Jun, 2020 - Apr, 20221 year 10 months

  Maintaining and updating Experian's Authorization, Medical Necessity, Notice of Care, and Patient Estimates products.

  • Advised and Evaluated data retention and governance for the Medical Necessity product suite.

  • Establish Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) strategy for tribe.

  • Co-Developed coding standards for tribe.

  • Perform code and design reviews that guarantee code quality and that allow our more junior members to learn and grow their expertise

• Software Development Manager, Experian Healthcare

  Jun, 2015 - Jun, 20205 years

  Responsible for managing and mentoring a team of developers through all phases of the development lifecycle (SDLC) for an array of web and backend based products.

  • Provided coding standards for team.

  • Developed proof of concept applications for demo purposes and provided real-world applications useful for our business.

  • Coordinate and run training sessions for developers to keep them up to speed with new and emerging technologies. Responsible for managing the curriculum, often assigning a developer with a technology to learn and present.

• Senior Software Developer, Experian Healthcare

  Nov, 2010 - Jun, 20154 years 7 months

  Produce, maintain, and architecture Experian Health's Medical Necessity product suite

  • Refactored and maintained Medical Necessity product from a VB6 desktop application to an ASP.NET application that provides 100 thousand daily patient screenings.

  • Produce high quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration

  • Presented at our annual tech conference on new and emerging technologies. Developed proof of concept applications for demo purposes and provided real-world applications useful for our business.

  • Develop business unit-wide shared libraries to be used across all applications. This includes a common logging framework, error handling, data access, serialization, and encryption.

• Senior Web Developer, Spectrum Communications & Consulting, Inc.

  Jun, 2008 - Nov, 20102 years 5 months

  Responsible for creating and maintaining dynamic web-based solutions that enhanced the end-user experience while also introducing a revenue stream for clients.

  • Develops and leads the development of applications to enrich, personalize and extend end users' web experience for clients.

  • Works closely with institution/business stakeholders to determine application requirements.

  • Creates and works with APIs for data extraction from internal analytics applications.

  • Builds console, client-side, and web applications using MS Visual Studio.NET 2003/2005/2010.

  • Continuously develops and maintains enhancements to web applications, including the internal analytics application and other existing in-house created applications using HTML, XML, Ajax, JavaScript, CSS, ASP.NET, VB.NET, .NET, C#.

  • Manages projects, mentors web team members, provides end-user training, and maintains/monitors new systems, once released.

  • Applies creative problem solving to web development and content syndication needs in support of institutional messaging.

  • Serves as security administrator for security-sensitive applications and as content management system Super Admin, creating or delegating site accounts, sub-user accounts, and associated groups and permissions.

  • Designs/implements database schema for multiple projects.

  • Develops e-commerce portals to provide one-stop shopping for a full array of products.

  • Creates technical specification documents from which the application's design/development can proceed.

  • Performs database administration, maintaining tables and data feeds.

  • Designed/implemented CCXML system for in-house VOIP Application.

  • Plans, documents, and makes changes to websites as directed while maintaining company policies and protocols.

• Business Process Management (BPM) Developer, Barclays

  Dec, 2008 - Dec, 20081 day

  Contributed to the automation of BPM processes by providing technical analysis, improving existing system architecture and processes for clients.

  • Participated in automation of BPM projects providing technical analysis of existing systems architecture, and developed BPM integration designs.

  • Engaged in multiple business process re-engineering activities to enhance core information systems and processes for clients.

  • Designed, configured, and developed UI, database, and integration components.

  • Interacted with business analysts and technical stakeholders to gather business and functional requirements.

  • Participated in the planning and estimating of project deliverables and solutions.

  • Followed best practices when translating business requirements into a viable process model.

  • Contributed to the development of methodologies, approaches, models, tools, and techniques.

• Web Developer, Comcast-Spectacor

  Dec, 2007 - Dec, 20081 year

  Responsible for maintaining the Philadelphia Flyers and Phantoms’ websites.

  • Created logos and banners for the Philadelphia Flyers', Phantoms, Comcast-Spectacor, Overland Park, and Rose Quarters website using Adobe Photoshop CS and Macromedia Flash MX.

  • Created highlight reels and videos for Philadelphia Phantoms website using Adobe Photoshop Premiere.

  • Created admins, features, contests, and other web pages for Philadelphia Flyers, Phantoms, Sixers, Comcast-Spectacor, Overland Park, and Rose Quarters using VBScript, Macromedia Flash, and T-SQL.

  • Created databases, tables, triggers, and store procedures for Philadelphia Flyers, Phantoms, Comcast-Spectacor, Overland Park, and Rose Quarters, and Wachovia Center and Spectrum Kiosk machines.

  • Created Macromedia Flash programs that pull information from Philadelphia Phantoms and Flyers, NHL, Comcast Sportnet websites, live game feeds, and newsfeeds for Flyers and Phantoms website using XML, ASP, and T-SQL.

  • Created and redesigned the Wachovia Center performers' mini-websites and Comcast-Spectacor leading site using ASP and T-SQL.

  • Developed an E-commerce application for kiosk systems for the Wachovia Center.

• Web Developer, ZigZag Net, Inc.

  Dec, 2006 - Dec, 20071 year

  Created and maintained fully functional, easy-to-navigate websites and applications.

  • Co-designed and developed databases in Transact-SQL for MS SQL Server 2000.

  • Built filters for user-profiles and websites.

  • Co-developed administration site for Desi Destiny employees.

  • Designed and developed conceptual data models in MS SQL Server.

  • Optimized site using feedback from testers, users, and personal observation.

  • Created logos and designs for advertisements for local newspapers, websites, and stationary using Macromedia Flash, gifs, and jpegs.

• Junior Database Administrator, QVC

  Dec, 2003 - Dec, 20041 year

  Designed and developed conceptual, logical data models for Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, DB2 databases, etc.

  • Designed and developed conceptual and logical data models for MS SQL Server, Oracle, DB2 databases.

  • Programmed Visual Basic 6.0 macros for existing Data Definition Language files for DB2 databases.

  • Executed performance management and testing on DB2 and Oracle databases.

  • Wrote store procedures for MS SQL Server and Oracle databases.

  • Created Unix shell scripts to run in Data Warehouse.

  • Tested new upgrades on existing software.

  • Created data reporting using ASP to keep track of multiple databases.

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