Experience

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  Unified government wyandotte county kansas city, ks

  Jan 1985 - Mar 1996

  Research analyst

  • Policy analysis, program evaluation, and recommend ordinance or policy changes for the City of Kansas City Kansas. • Establish and facilitate meetings and functioning of two self-managing teams• Supervise GIS and area specialists in researching and preparing materials for presentations and publication to elected officials, managers, and the media.• Software development: gathering specifications, designing database, and workflow• Oracle (version 6.x and 7.x) database administrator on Windows NT and Data General AOS/VS II• Application development in COBOL • Train users of minicomputer and PC to use off-the-shelf and internally developed software. • Maintenance, user training, and support of networked PCs. Show less

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  Kansas state university

  Jul 1985 - Dec 1985

  Research analyst

  Department of Program Evaluation• Review Extension Service programs and goals, develop research design and implement.• Designed program evaluation research process for a "No-till, Reduced Tillage Program"• Assisted in designing surveys and other research techniques to assess Agricultural and Home Economics Extension programs.• Support other computer users in the Program Evaluation unit.

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  Unified government wyandotte county

  Mar 1996 - Jul 1999

  Computer programmer/analyst

  • Design, develop, and implement individualized and group training in technical and interpersonal skills.• Train facilitators for and facilitate two self-managed teams.• Database administrator for Oracle (version 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, and 8.0) on Windows NT and AIX• Troubleshooting Oracle user problems.• Network administration and support on Windows 95/98/NT using TCP/IP and Windows NT domains.

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  Kansas city power & light

  Jul 1999 - Mar 2006

  Application administrator

  • Supervise work done by outside contractors developing software.• Facilitate a group, producing a clear improvement process/plan with measurements to verify changes to improve departmental and interdepartmental functions.• Generate reports and analyses with data from an internal data warehouse, other internal sources, and external data using SQL, PL/SQL, and MS Office for internal use and customer presentations.• Design the database for KCP&L's AccountLink and AccountLink Advantage internet bill presentation and payment systems with Oracle Designer 2000.• Manage data warehouse ETL, validate data, develop and implement changes, • Oracle (version 8i) on Windows NT 4.0 and Oracle (versions 7, 8, 9, and 10 on HP/UX) Show less

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  Devry university

  Jan 2003 - May 2003

  Instructor

  Taught a graduate level class to business majors on database capabilities, design, and function.

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  University of kansas

  Jul 2006 - Jul 2011

  Senior oracle database administrator/dir of database admin

  • Manage and Supervise a 5 person database administration division. Jobs include assigning tasks, reporting progress to department head, rewriting job descriptions, job performance reviews, while continuing with some DBA duties.• Full responsibility as a senior database with Oracle versions 9 through 11.• Some MySQL version 5 and MS SQL database administration experience. Five databases with less than 10 GB databases on Linux and Windows platforms.• Manage install and upgrade of application that tracked University wide LAN traffic, router and switch settings, and generated reports for Network Administrators. Show less

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  Basehor-linwood and kansas city kansas school districts

  Aug 2011 - Oct 2011

  Substitute teacher

  Substitute teacher and paraprofessional for regular education classes, Preschool through 12th Grade, plus special ed classroom and itinerant positions.

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  Security benefit

  Oct 2011 - Nov 2012

  Oracle dba/software application adminstrator

  • Responsible for training new staff, as hired, to bring them up to speed on the entire range of software, hardware, and duties.• Full responsibility for financial industry and company specific application software, functionality, and maintenance.• Experience with EMC SAN Replication Manager used with Oracle databases. General knowledge of SAN functionality and capabilities.• Full responsibility for 3 production Oracle 10g databases on Windows servers, and associated test and development environments• Full responsibility for system administration of 2 Sun Solaris 10 servers and 2 Solaris VMs• Maintenance of PL/SQL as batch procedures and triggers. Show less

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  Vml

  Feb 2013 - Mar 2013

  Data architect

  • Data management and analysis in support of multiple websites; • SQL, shell, and Windows scripting as necessary to automate duties

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  Hntb

  Jun 2013 - Jun 2014

  Database administrator

  Oracle Database and e-Business Suite Administrator and MS SQL Server Administration including:• Oracle Database RMAN backup and restore processes with backups going to an EMC Data Domain storage system.• Managing all batch processing and troubleshooting problems against Oracle, Oracle Apps, and MS SQL databases• Server hardware replacement for both Oracle DBs and applications servers.• Applying regular patches and upgrades to Oracle DB and applications servers.• Deploying internally developed Oracle applications and MS SQL code. Show less

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  Garmin international

  Jun 2014 - Jul 2015

  Oracle ebs dba

  • Worked on massive EBS applications software upgrade from version 11.2 to 12.2 and associated Oracle database server upgrade. EBS is the software that is used for the Garmin core HR, financial, manufacturing, and distribution functions.• Applying quarterly patches and upgrades to Oracle DB and EBS servers.• Troubleshooting problems with the applications and large ASM/RAC database servers.• Deploying internally developed Oracle Applications code.

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  Morgan hunter education and basehor-linwood school district

  Dec 2015 - Dec 2016

  Substitute teacher

  Substitute teacher and paraprofessional for regular education classes, Preschool through 12th Grade, plus special ed classroom and itinerant positions.

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  H&r block through ecco select

  Dec 2016 - Sept 2017

  Oracle database administrator

  • Reviewing database compliance with US Dept of Defense STIG (Security Technical Implementation Guidelines) for Oracle 11.2 and 12.• General Oracle versions 11.2 and 12.1 database maintenance on Linux VMs and servers.

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  Ply gem/tsp

  Sept 2017 - Dec 2017

  Oracle database administrator

  Setup backups, maintenance, and other basic scripting and procedures for Oracle 12.1 on Windows Server 2012.

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  Kansas city, kansas public schools

  Aug 2018 - Jul 2020

  Special education paraprofessional

  Support the special education and regular education teachers in their working with preschool children.

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  Ply gem/tsp

  Dec 2018 - Jul 2020

  Oracle database administrator

  Maintenance and other basic scripting and procedures for Oracle 12.1 on Windows Server 2012.