Jason

SUMMARY:
 Ability to solve organization’s technical problems and improve efficiency by standardization and
automation to reduce operational costs.
 Technically enabled to learn and thrive in today's dynamic environment. Recognized as utilizing
technology to create business value, improves efficiency, increase profitability and reduce cost.
 Knowledge and real-world experiences in multiple platforms. Seasoned professional as DBA specialist in
database administration and performance tuning.
 Full experience of Software Life Cycle includes data integration, database conversion and data-driven
application software. Enterprise planning, delivery with SOX compliance.
 Broad knowledge of all IT systems that bridges across all IT teams to increase effectiveness.
 Hands-on leader, problem-solver, dedicated detail-oriented with focus, high achiever and team-player.
Mentored programming team, coached new programmers and junior DBAs.
 Seasoned professional with experiences of over 10+ years Oracle DBA, 10+ years SQL Server DBA, 1
years SAP HANA DBA. Strong admin ability scripting in Linux shell, Windows Powershell, and SQL scripts
in any metrics all environments.

EDUCATION
o MBA, University of Houston, main campus, Houston, Texas.
o M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Rice Univ., Houston, TX, Thesis

POST-GRADUATE PUBLICATIONS AND ADDITIONAL DATA

 My personal web site http://dbace.us/
 Teaching Junior Achievement and Community Colleges part-time. Rice U. teaching assistant
 Business plan and proposal writing experiences
 Healthcare IT (UAFC) and working on IT issues with private dentists
 Working with banking industry, namely Wells Fargo XML secure payment projects.

Key experiences and knowledge competencies including:

Database administration tuning & development High availability & disaster recovery
Database conversion integration migration IT Application development & administration
Infrastructure planning & hardware capacity Web, OS system server & network
SOX audit compliance & change management Time tagged database like PI database (OSI) etc.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

eXcell contract consulting manager (due to pandemic) – DBA manager and manager for projects
at Sabic Innovative Plastic USA LLC 3/16/2020 - 10/9/2020 (Houston)

Accomplishments –
 Managed large number of Oracle and Linux upgrades with global private cloud resources.
 Coached IT the Oracle to SQL Server conversion using Microsoft or Quest software tools.
 Mentored Oracle and SQL Server HADR strategies, Cloud strategy and product licensing.
 Technically hands-on managing day-to-day Oracle and SQL Server DBAs, Linux and web administrators.
 Resolved Oracle database technical performance issues.
 Conducting internal system audit of databases, Linux and web systems.
 Managed web team for tools upgrades.
 Familiar with Microsoft Azure Cloud, Quest Software SharePlex, and Oracle Cloud database.

Calumet Specialty Products Partners (Houston office) – Oracle/SQL DBA. Oct. 3, 2016 – Jan. 31, 2020
Accomplishments –
 Oracle: perform tasks such as install new DBs, refresh, maintenance, migrate/upgrade, security and
Dataguard DR setup and configuration, automated backup/recovery scripts, using TOAD and Spotlight,
and self-scripts for Oracle monitoring and alert responses on Linux and Windows OS. Improved company
Oracle environments’ stability to zero non-scheduled downtime annually. Setup Oracle Cloud DB per
HADR requirements. Also with PasS by private cloud.
 SQL Server: perform install, setup, configuration, backup/recovery, maintenance, standardize and
automate operation, using self-script monitoring making complete stable environment with all issues
resolved. This dramatically improves operation efficiency.
 Architected database infrastructure, best practice, and RPO/RTO requirements. Performed audit with
EY. Resolved IT issues and provided database service support, bring out best performances. Mentored IT
teams and coached IT workgroups and engineers.
 Supported company self-help programs to convert legacy systems into SAP HANA. With 2019 completed
two SAP HANA database administration courses, setup Linux boxes with SAP HANA 2.0 SPS04
backup/recovery, DR replication and monitoring cockpit, also as database engine for data transient
analytics environments including PI data. This ultimately helps company achieve a successful self-help
program. Knowledge on Foglight for databases.
 Basic personal understanding other open-source databases such as Azure, PostgreSQL, MySQL.

Apache Corp – IT Database Administrator Sr. Feb. 2013 – July 2016

Accomplishments:
 Lead SQL Server DBA (taking care of 90+ SQL Server instances): standardize and automate SQL Server
operation of many servers, regions so one small group of DBAs can manage them all via standard
procedure making SQL Server a complete stable environment from massive disorder before, resolving all
issues. Most issues (if any) are resolved in minutes. This improves operation efficiency and saves
company ~$100K annually.
 Lead SQL Server DBA: coach Oracle DBAs to administer SQL Server in order to save company double cost
of having two DBA groups. Teach Oracle DBAs to use Idera DM and Powershell T-SQL self-grown tools to
monitor SQL Server in order to remediate issues and achieve maximum efficiency. That minimizes the
number of headcount resources and saves company ~$300K annually.
 Perform Oracle DBA tasks such as install new DBs, refresh, migrate/upgrade, security and DB
configuration. Improve/standardize Oracle operation scripts, participate in Oracle on-call monitoring
and alert responses. This reduces human resources requirement and saves company ~$100K annually
 Coach best SQL practices and performance SQL coding. This reduces the possibility of database
performance issue by a scale and save company ~$100K annually.
 Deep knowledge in broad background of IT databases, servers, OS, applications, network, DNS, firewall,
HADR, which helped tremendously other teams. This saves company money ~$50K annually on
teamwork running around resolving issues.

o Define database standards for operation and audit.

o Set up SQL Server DBA maintenance scripted tasks, including index defrag, backup (full,
differential, transaction-log), check database integrity, update-statistics as DBA standards. Set
up SQL Server automatic refresh scripts as DBA standards.
o Set up SQL Server custom performance monitoring with Powershell, T-SQL scripts, system data
dictionary, DMF/DMV and MDW. Define query best practice standards.
o Set up SQL Server custom tuning queries, improve indexes and capture DBA performance
markers such active session and incremental wait stats history.
 o Set up 50+ Powershell and T-SQL based DBA notification reports to ease and automate
administration load. Troubleshoot and fixed SQL Server problems including Sharepoint.
o Set up HADR Always-on SQL Server 2012 environment on Windows Server Failover Cluster.
o Configure Idera DM monitoring databases (with 8 years of Idera DM experience).
o Set up Oracle RMAN backup (full, incremental, archivelog) in Grid Control and CRON job.
o Set up RMAN database refresh script.
o Set up new Oracle database platform on grid-infrastructure, ASM, standardize on Linux 6.5, and
Grid control 11g to Cloud Control 12c.
o Use Oracle EM to schedule jobs, monitoring databases performance. Configure Oracle Data
Guard for HADR. Trouble-shooting Oracle performance issues with AWR, ADDM, tuning advisor
and custom scripts.
o Use datapump export import with parfile to refresh databases at schema level. Use Toad 12,
putty, WinSCP to manage Oracle databases, performing DBA tasks. Manage Oracle and SQL
Server security and privilege, and internal and external SOX audit.
o Instrument and support strategizing corporate DR environments via EMC storage data-block
replication between datacenters. (This is the real DR of all systems as whole. Every VM can be
replicated on storage data-block to the offsite that provides solid DR solution.)
o Working in Unix/Linux and Windows environments on maintenance and DBA on-call rotation.
Support application and database upgrades to latest newer version. Resolve Oracle defect
workaround solutions via Oracle Metalink.
o Coach developers of best practice and performance query coding. Working with vendor on
database software performance. Expert in SQL Server performance tuning, good knowledge and
experiences in Oracle performance tuning.
o Perform difficult queries and query tuning such as running total or running incremental for
escalated database expert support.
o Attended SQLPASS Summit 2014.
o Present technical topics to entire company via IT Skype webinar. (Apache tradition before)
o Practice on Oracle 12c pluggable dbs and RAC. Practice with MySQL database.
o Knowledge in Microsoft Cloud service (Azure): IasS, PasS, (DasS), SasS and experience other
private cloud service. Familiar with Microsoft Sharepoint.

PSC – www.pscnow.com
Sr. Database Administrator (+ technical lead in infrastructure architect, decision-making planning, project
management) May 2009 – Dec. 2012

Accomplishments:
 Provided, protected enterprise databases service, data warehousing, and database business intelligence
solution. Provided best database practice operation, development strategy and standard, data
architecture and hardware infrastructure strategies, database recovery planning.
 Migrated company data center in smooth continuous operation 2012. Provided database services.
Provided backup/recovery/refresh solutions. Provided database management, security and database
monitoring. Provided best practice guides.
 Provided technical solutions to difficult problems, including but not limited to infrastructure,
webmaster, applications, dotNet development, source safe, network, data service, DBA tasks, enterprise
architect, design, implementation, deployment.
 Provided Director-level expertise and instrumental to company’s capacity-planning, operation including
databases, infrastructure, network, data-architecture and server hardware, instrumental in team
projects and tasks. Instrumental to system streamlining and cleanup.
 Provided performance tuning on T-SQL stored procedures, views. Improved query performance up to
8250%. Tuned query by best practice principles.
  Improved database sub-system performance by 2500% by tuning database settings options. Improved
debug process; reduced system downtime, congestion, incorrect use of system resources. Improved
memory and disk IO.
 Provided SOX audit evidence automation; established, implemented and enforced database
management standard, application development standards, and SOX audit working with EY.

SQL Server Databases:

o Using T-SQL to script database automatic backup best practice – full (Sunday), differential
(nightly), transaction log (24x7 every 15 minutes); scripted automatic-generated point-in-time
restore/recovery script using T-SQL and OS commands. The auto-generated script can be used
for recovery stop at any point-in-time or transaction-mark. Scripted routine database refresh.
o Knowledge, design and implementation of high availability and disaster recovery solutions.
Working in the Windows OS and Active Directory environment. Implementing proper disk array
SAN configuration, indexes, indexes management, maintain and update statistics.
o Trouble-shooting and resolving database problems including performance tuning and
optimization, using native and custom monitoring and troubleshooting tool including Powershell
and T-SQL, Perfmon and SQLprofiler/trace and Extended Events. Audit databases.
o Development includes writing T-SQL, design database, stored procedures, functions, views,
triggers, indexes and constraints with completed automated implementation using scripts and
schedulers.
o Identify and resolve database problems within all application environments. Monitor and
resolve performance issues. Install, upgrade software. Migrate databases and/or database
servers. Create and maintain database objects such as file-group configuration, storage
configuration, stored procedures, functions, views. Refine execution plan with improvement of
indexes, statistics.
o Performed DBA tasks using SSMS, created copy database, restored database, created linkserver,
administered user privileges, deployed server code, shrink database space usage, managed disk
space usage. Re-factor recoded report builder modeling. Provided service and Administered
SSRS, SSIS, SSAS environments.
o Setup critical databases mirroring from primary server to mirrored server. Setup databases
transactional replication, for mission-critical availability and disaster recovery. Set up database
merge replication from server database engine to SQL Server CE local database on mobile device
for portability and management of company transportation fleets.
o Implementing databases in SQL Server 2012/2008/2005/2000. Using2012/2008 new features
and Powershell scripts, Idera Diagnostic Manager to manage/monitor servers, obtaining system
management information such as RAM usage, database wait_stats, blocking to provide server
resolutions. Provided database server specs, sizing and acquisition, RAID design with local or
SAN storage with LUN. Performed as IT project management role, database service architect,
enterprise capacity planning architect, and disaster recovery strategy architect.
o Monitoring and managing database servers using system DMVs, DMFs, Powershell script,
CLR(C#) T-SQL, build DBA’s own Management Data Warehouse using SQL Server performance
counter data; also using Idera Diagnostic Manager, for memory utilization, buffer cache,
procedure cache, paging, disk IO, disk fragmentation, space utilization, disk space reports, table
size reports, backup reports in email notification, top CPU queries, high IO queries, blocking
queries. Also familiar with Quest Software Spotlight and Performance Analyzer.
o Setup publisher-push transactional replication for ETL and reporting databases and subscriber-
pull merge replication for mobile field service SQL Server CE database.
o Provided server host solutions that saved company $100,000+ outsourced hosting fees annually.
Automated database administration tasks with CLR(C#) T-SQL codes.
 o Tuned/modified indexes, modified/refined database code to gain performance up to 8250%.
Used partitioned tables on the scenarios for best performance practice.
o Performed DBA duties using RedGate Tools such as SQLCompare and SQLPrompt. Administer,
build, deploy SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, report model in SSRS for report builder, build and deploy SSIS
packages for ETL integration, administer SSAS and build data integration.
o Programmed automated index defrag by parameters of fragment-percent and table-size using
SQL Server DMVs DMFs. This is equivalent to Idera Product Defrag Manager saving company
$9600yearly fee. Coded automated script to free database unused space. Coded automated
script to refresh databases. Automated-scripted all logins, users, and roles for server migration.
o Identified missing indexes and unused indexes, added/modified indexes based on SQL Server
DMVs DMFs and based on Execution Plan results.
o Troubleshooting, resolving the most difficult enterprise performance problems at database
architecture and infrastructure networking level, communicating and coordinating multiple IT
and business teams. Checking on the network traffic with Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4 and
WireShark.
o Implemented SQL Server Oracle connectivity/integration using LinkServer, T-SQL, CLR(C#).
o Multiple presentations at Houston SQLPASS user group. Active renowned online DBA forum
participant. http://dbace.us/repriser/houstonsqlpassvideo.html

Oracle Database:
o Using RMAN to script database automatic backup best practice – full, incremental, archivelog;
RMAN scripted point-in-time restore/recovery can be used for recovery stop at any point-in-
time or transaction restore point or SCN.
o Clone databases A) using RMAN duplicate command from active database (11g) or database
backup B) use datafiles and recreate controlfile C) use data pump export/import, to refresh
QA/Dev databases from production.
o Hands-on experiences on Oracle 10/11g database administration, including utilization of Oracle
Enterprise Manager (OEM) and scripting for database management and maintenance, and
RMAN scripting for database backup (both hot-backup and cold-backup), point-in-time recovery
restore-point recovery and flashback technology recovery, database duplication/refresh,
installation and configuration.
o Hands-on experiences to scripting setup Data Guard primary and standby databases with
manual switchover script commands.
o Performance tuning query using TKProf trace, explain plan, index monitoring and checking active
wait-stats, implementing function based index, and virtual columns and/or materialized views to
improve query performance.
o Implemented monitoring scripts, blocking monitoring, system usage monitoring etc, performed
production deployment, granted user privileges, manage users, created dblink, resolved TNS
names and listener issue, and best practice RAID configuration. Also using OEM for a number of
monitoring tasks.
o In-depth knowledge on Oracle database administration including topics of performance, TKProf,
trace, alert log, Explain Plan, RMAN, concurrency, isolation level, and transaction-control.
o Using Linux commands to administer system disk space, file organization, investigate Oracle
dump alert log, trace files; transfer files between Linux and Windows, remote with PuTTY, PSCP
(exe), Linux commands etc., trouble-shooting and strategize on best practice principles.
o Using Oracle VirtualBox (VM) to create a local test environment for verification and validation.
o Review Oracle system alert and dump location trace information as part of database monitoring
for problem remediation, debugging, problem resolution and prevention.
o Work together with Oracle Financial application team.
 Infrastructure, Network and System Administration projects support leader:
o Technically instrumental to company’s datacenter infrastructure, network connectivity, server
capacity and datacenter planning.
o Directing, planning, coordinating, assisting system engineers, network engineers, server
engineers and hardware engineers, server upgrade, application upgrade, and system upgrades.

C#.Net:
o Utilized RedGate Reflector.Net and SQLProfiler Trace to interrogate C# source code efficiency
and identify poor embedded performing queries or business logics.
o Supported undocumented and/or 3rd party .Net code package including use of decompiler.
o Hands-on on many database application development projects such as Extranet Net portal and
Intranet web site applications in complete software development cycle.
o Defined T-SQL and C# coding standards and best practices for developers.
o Architected database application infrastructure. Visual Source Safe Administrator.
o Supervised custom applications development including an EDM and Google map assets
(bins/trucks) tracking applications.

SOX:
o Programmed automated T-SQL Stored Procedure to extract a matrix of excessive database
privilege for SOX compliance audit monthly quarterly review.
o Automated script to provide SOX evidence for database server windows login event logs. Using
CLR(C#) T-SQL to provide hostname lookup from IP in order to provide SOX failed login audit.
o Implemented supervised production code deployment. Performed databases audit SOX
compliance preparing company to go public.

Heritage Health System (a subsidiary of Universal American)

Applications Manager – (a coach, mentor, hands-on technical lead) June 08 – Apr. 09

Accomplishments:
 Maintained database (with database manager), applications, web servers, provided development
solutions, implemented software, mentored technical employees, supervised appraised team, increased
productivity.
 Defined standards/procedures, fixing problem at root-level, resulting a reduction of repeating
workaround, by 70%. Turned the situation around from fire-fighting mode to anticipation planning
optimization mode.
 Completed two significant C# web database application projects 1) First Call Resolution Tracking: This
Internet (https) secure web application is for company world-wide call centers (outside firewall). The
app provided non-AD authentication and user provisioning with encrypted password and encrypted
database connect-string (SHA1), report viewer UI, at four user privilege level functionalities (Manager,
User, Admin, Helpdesk), using SessionState and Hashtable to track privilege. 2) Mobile Device Inventory
for enterprise IT: This intranet app used AD authentication, allowed users to enter, update their
equipment information for IT Inventory.

SBM Atlantia as in SBM group companies SBM Offshore at Houston. June 2005 – June 2008
Database Administrator and Developer (at times, webmaster and system administrator)

Other Prior IT experiences:

 IT programming and database application administration, programming Compaq International platform
release development using C++ Windows localization. Developer of natural gas trading software system
on WAN with Oracle. Developer of reconciliation software Sigmafine interface (Oracle, PI database,
Raima etc.) for petrochemical industry.MIS programming, engineering programming, data integration
programming in C/C++.