SUMMARY

Experience - Seventeen Years Business Leadership experience in PeopleSoft / Oracle Upgrading, Database Administration, Consulting and Line and Staff Information Systems and Sales Management.

Education - MBA in Management with BS in Engineering.

PeopleSoft Database Administration & Upgrade Consulting - Upgrading, Installing, Customizing, Tuning, Administering, Patching, and Developing PeopleSoft HRMS 8x and Financials 8x Applications running on Oracle 8i / 9i databases. Designing Systems Architectures for upgrades of PeopleTools, PeopleSoft Applications, and PeopleSoft Internet Architecture Components. Optimizing database structures, hardware and n-tier software configurations for PeopleSoft applications. Using PeopleTools (PeopleCode, Application Designer, Data Mover, PS Query), SQR, Crystal Reports, COBOL, WebLogic, Tuxedo, Oracle, UNIX, and Windows 2000.

Line & Staff Management - Leading DBAs, Programmers, Sales Analysts, Consultants, and Representatives as a Manager and Director for a Fortune 100 healthcare manufacturer and distributor and as a Technical Lead Consultant for ERP Consulting Firms.

EXPERIENCE

PeopleSoft DBA and Upgrade Consultant
CNT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA (Formerly INRANGE Global Consulting)

CLIENT: VOUGHT AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES / NORTHROP GRUMMAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (Developer and manufacturer of integrated aerostructures for military and commercial use worldwide.)
PeopleSoft / Oracle DBA - Rehosted PeopleSoft HRMS system to new HP PA-RISC rp servers running HP-UX 11.11 and HP ProLiant servers running Windows 2000, redesigned the PeopleSoft / Oracle databases reducing mount points from 50 to 3 and datafile structures from over 100 to 30, redesigned SGA memory management improving system response times by 40%. PeopleSoft Technical Consultant - Installed PeopleSoft HRMS 8.80 with PeopleTools 8.42.08, upgraded PeopleSoft HRMS 7.51 with PeopleTools 7.57 to 7.63 running Oracle 8i (8.1.7.4.0) databases on HP rp7410, rp5470, rp2405, DL380G3 Servers running HP-UX 11.11 and Windows 2000. ISYMETRY, ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA (A Consulting and Staffing Firm)

CLIENT: E.W. SCRIPPS, CINCINNATI, OHIO (A diversified media concern with interests in newspapers, broadcast television stations, cable television networks and other media-related enterprises.)
PeopleSoft / Oracle DBA - Designed new Oracle memory management and database architecture to improve PeopleSoft Application performance using Oracle partitioning to optimize data storage and maximize on-line, reporting, and upgrade response times. PeopleSoft Technical Consultant - Upgraded PeopleSoft HRMS 7.51 to 8.80 using PeopleTools 8.42.05 with PeopleSoft Internet Architecture components and Oracle 8i (8.1.7.4.0) databases hosted on Sun Enterprise Servers running Sun Solaris UNIX and HP ProLiant Servers running Windows NT/2000.

INRANGE GLOBAL CONSULTING, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA (A Consulting and Staffing Firm)

CLIENT: CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, CINCINNATI, OHIO (An international leader in pediatric health care, research and education serving infants to adolescents.)
PeopleSoft / Oracle DBA - Designed new Oracle database memory management, indexes, n-tier network architecture, and data architecture with Oracle partitioning to reduce batch process run times, improve reporting response times, and increase on-line PeopleSoft Application and upgrade performance. PeopleSoft Technical Consultant - Upgraded PeopleSoft HRMS 7.51 to 8.30 using PeopleTools 8.18.04 with PeopleSoft Internet Architecture components and Oracle 8i (8.1.7.4.0) databases hosted on HP AlphaServers runningTru64 UNIX and HP ProLiant Servers running Windows NT/2000. PeopleSoft DBA and Upgrade / Technical Lead Consultant
CEDAR ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (A Consulting Services Subsidiary of Cedar plc)

CLIENTS: The Hawaii Public Employees Health Fund, Honolulu HI
Heidrick & Struggles, Chicago IL Focal Communications, Chicago IL
General Motors, Detroit MI Edelman Public Relations, Chicago IL
Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City MO Empire District Electric Company, Joplin MO

PeopleSoft DBA and Upgrade Consultant - Upgraded, Installed, Implemented, Tuned, Customized, and Supported Production PeopleSoft applications running on Oracle and SQL Server databases. Director of Sales Administration
DADE INTERNATIONAL INC., DEERFIELD, ILLINOIS ($950 million subsidiary of Baxter Healthcare spun-off in 1984 to become a privately held manufacturer of in-vitro diagnostic products and clinical laboratory equipment)

Reporting to VP, US Sales and Operations, managed Sales Analysts, calculated and paid $9 million in incentive compensation, provided consistently on-time, accurate sales reports, and designed and implemented a Sales Data Mart using MS Excel, MS Access, and ESRI Atlas GIS accessing MS SQL Server. Sales Manager
BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, DEERFIELD, ILLINOIS ($9 billion publicly held manufacturer / distributor of health care products and services) Reporting to VP, Sales, managed sales representatives, generated annual sales of $15.5 million, GP of $6.8 million, decreased cost per sale by 50%, increased margins by 20 percentage points, and improved proactive sales call rates by 100% by installing a new Client / Server Contact Management System. Sales Productivity Manager
BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, DEERFIELD, ILLINOIS ($9 billion publicly held manufacturer / distributor of health care products and services)

Reporting to VP, Sales Administration, developed sales automation and decision support applications reducing data distribution by five days per month and combined multiple paper reports into one electronic system. Sales Representative
BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, DEERFIELD, ILLINOIS ($9 billion publicly held manufacturer / distributor of health care products and services)

Reporting to Regional Sales Manager, increased territory sales 25% to $1 million in first year.

EDUCATION

MBA in Management, Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, Lake Forest, IL,
BS in Engineering Science, Vanderbilt University, School of Engineering, Nashville, TN,