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Education: 1979-1983 EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (ETSU) Johnson City, Tennessee Four year program (BS) majoring in computer science with a minor in psychology. 2001 ULC (Self Advancement Class) Group & Personal Motivation 2001 Oracle Corporation Educational Services (Self Advancement Class) Internal Training: Parallel Server 2000 Oracle Corporation Educational Services (Self Advancement Class) Enterprise DBA Part 2 Performance Tuning Oracle 8i Performance Tuning Ano/Aso Option Overview (on demand course) Portal-to-Go Overview 1999 Clarify Education Services (Self Advancement Class) Clarify Database Data Model 1997 Oracle Corporation Educational Services (Self Advancement Class) Introduction to Oracle manufacturing 1992 Oracle Corporation Educational Services (Self Advancement Class) Sql*Forms V3.0: New Features Development Applications with PL/Sql 1991 Oracle Corporation Educational Services (Self Advancement Class) Oracle Version 6 Database Architecture. Oracle Version 6 Database Administration. 1990 Hewlett Packard Educational Services (Self Advancement Class) Fundamentals of HP-UNIX. Business Experience: Oct 2006- TRoach Present Mindanao, Philippines Title : Philipine Project Senior Executive Manager (USA TITLE) Duties : Setting up a Business Cooperative infrastructure designed to assist the local agricultural community, small businesses and education systems. July 2001- Troach Oct 2006 Carrollton, TX Title : Independent Support Specialist Duties : Independent Consultant performing Windows, Unix & network administration; including System backup and recovery tuning, trouble shooting and upgrades, installing patches, etc. Plus writing shell scripts & PL/sql code when needed. As well as user support/training (including PC support) & web page (html, java, php, etc.) design. Some conversions between Oracle and open source databases (usually MySQL) July 2000- Oracle Corporation June 2001 Irving, TX Title : Solutions Support Specialist (South Central Region Premium Group) Duties : Member of Oracle's Premium 'One Stop' Solution Support Group designed to allow customers the ability to call one group for ANY Oracle related problem they may have. Mar. 1999- Allegiance Telecom June 2000 Dallas, TX Title : DBA Duties : Maintain Daily operations of Oracle Databases & Oracle related applications. Including automating online and off-line backups. Implemented database level security for JD Edwards application including ADP modules. Database level maintenance of Clarify software. Assist with various development projects. Some shell scripting and stored procedure modifications. Minor visual basic coding. Data transfer. Database and application upgrades. May 1998- VOLT Technical Services Oct 1998 Dallas, TX Title : DBA Duties : Maintain Daily operations of Oracle Databases & Oracle related applications. Aid in installation of TRACS project. Design and implement procedures for future database maintenance and recovery. Write sql procedures & triggers for transferring data between databases and other scripts/routines as needed. Oracle support for software development company of the TRACS project. Some NT administration. Aug. 1997- The Fourth Tier, Inc. Jan. 1998 El Segundo, CA Title : Systems Integration Solutions Specialist(contractor) Duties : Install, integrate, tune Oracle Databases for use with Scopus application packages with clients nation wide. Some TCL, SQL & script coding. Screen & Logic flow design. Trouble shooting. Dec. 1996- Syntellect Aug. 1997 Phoenix, AZ Title : DBA Duties : Maintain Daily operations of Syntellect's Oracle Database & Oracle Applications (Oracle Financial & Manufacturing). Cleanup the database, update the database & applications to current Oracle release levels. Some unix system administration. Assisting users with various problems. Etc. Aug. 1996- ITI Marketing Services Dec. 1996 Omaha, NE Title : Contracted Oracle DBA Duties : Maintain Daily operations of ITI's production and development systems. Which included, but not limited to, normal system maintenance, update/modify/create tables & data for new development, cleanup & removal of outdated information. While ITI looked for a permanent DBA. Jan. 1996- EDWARD'S ELECTRONICS June 1996 Johnson City, TN Title : Contracted DBA/Programmer Duties : Convert current database files to a format that Oracle Loader can use. Converting the data structure to match the new owner's Oracle database structure. Recover as much data as possible from damaged/ corrupted archive tapes. April 1994- KEYBASE Sept. 1995 N. Olmsted (Cleveland), OH Title : Oracle DBA Duties : Contracted to Owens Corning as an Oracle DBA to perform regular maintenance and "cleanup" of the four primary U.S. factories' and "satellite" factories' Oracle databases for upgrade to Oracle 7. In addition, assist with setting up and implementing standards for in-house software design, and installation of various packages. - Title : Oracle DBA Duties : Contracted to Camelot Music as an Oracle DBA to assist in their migration of Oracle 6 Databases to version 7. May 1989- PHILIPS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS COMPANY March 1994 A Division of NORTH AMERICAN PHILIPS CORPORATION Greeneville, Tennessee Title : Manufacturing Computer Services (MCS) Engineer Third Shift Department Head (Until July 1990 when third shift production was canceled.) Duties : Software design & documentation (both technical and user format). Conversion of databases from image to Oracle. Maintenance of Oracle Database and troubleshooting for various applications and hardware throughout the production facility. Hardware : Data General, Digital Unix Workstations, Genrad, Hewlett Packard, PC's, Intermec & Zebra Barcode Printers, various barcode readers, etc. Languages and Utilities : Basic, C, Fortran, & PL/I. Image II and ORACLE Database Management packages. Sql*Dba,Sql*Plus, Sql*Net, PL*Sql, C*Sql and other Oracle utilities. Unix, MS-Dos 5.0-6.xx, Windows 3.x, various editors and word processors. Novel Network. Oct. 1992- GREENEVILLE ADULT EDUCATION (For Philips Advancement Classes) March 1994 Greeneville, Tennessee Title : Part-Time Instructor Duties : Instruct T.I. Programmable Logic Controllers class. Oct. 1986- WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE May 1989 Greeneville, Tennessee Title : Adjunct Faculty Duties : Instruct classes of Remedial and Developmental Studies in Mathematics, bringing students to the college's accepted academic standards for college Algebra. Jan. 1986- DRAUGHONS JUNIOR COLLEGE April 1987 Johnson City, Tennessee Title : Head of Computer Science Department, Johnson City Branch Duties : Teaching various computer courses from introductory to the advanced classes, which included: Basic, Cobol, Pascal, and Data Base Design. Counseling students and Updating curriculum. Fall 1984- WASHINGTON COLLEGE ACADEMY Spring 1985 Washington College, Tennessee Title : Consultant/Instructor Duties : Developed Computer Science curriculum for grades seven through twelve. Taught on a part-time basis. June 1982- RCS (Roach Computer Services) June 1998 Johnson City, Tennessee Title : Owner While in college, I started writing software packages for local companies. Since then I have worked with several companies throughout the nation in general sales, software design and trouble shooting. Knowledgeable in the following Languages: Assembler, ADA, Basic, C, Cobol, Fortran, Pascal, PL/I, RPG, OS/2 REXX/SAA, etc. System Experience: Variety of computer systems. Which include: HP9000s, Dec 11/xx, PC's, etc. Personal Background: I enjoy hiking, tennis, chess, most card games, marksmanship, photography, ichthyology, and, of course, computers. References: Personal references available upon request.