DAVID BRUCE RUSSELL
249 S. Coast Highway 101 – PMB 312
Solana Beach, CA 92075
Phone: (858) 432-3282 
E-mail: david.russell@roadrunner.com

Professional Summary

David Russell is a senior level data architect, database designer, and administrator with over 30 years of experience working with data and databases including both analysis and design.

Demonstrated expertise in both production support and development/test/QA environments in both UNIX and Windows environments. Oracle through 11g on a dozen platforms. Excellent Written and Oral Communication Skills.

Technical Summary

Systems analysis, design, integration, operations, maintenance, and administration; Expertise in logical and physical database analysis, Entity Relationship Diagrams, modeling, automation, performance tuning, charting, diagramming, training, and documentation.

Oracle7i-11g database, Oracle Financials 10.7 and 11.3; Informix, Sybase, SQL Server, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, Windows, Assembler, BASIC, C, COBOL, FORTRAN, Machine (binary), SQL, PL/SQL, plus several other languages.

Experience

Database Consultants          Solana Beach, CA

10/01-Present                   Anything Oracle, Anything Data, Anything Database, Any Database

· Oracle Windows (32/64) and Linux installations. OEM 2 and Oracle Grid Manager Installations.Deployed Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) configurations including scripts for backup/recovery and restoration. Migration from 8i and 9i to 10g (software, structures, code and data). Team lead in SQL Server 2005 and one of the first to use the new Integration Services for ETL. Published on SQL Server Central four times on SQL Server experience. Numerous customers in San Diego and Carlsbad area.  Work included maintenance, backup, tuning, configuration, and assistance with issue resolution.  Trained team of developers in Oracle/SQL issues and performance tuning. Lead Oracle and SQL Server DBA

3E Company, Inc. (3E)          Carlsbad, CA

03/08-07/10                    Lead Oracle and SQL Server DBA

· Senior DBA tasked with responsibility for 12 production Oracle databases, plus many development and quality control environments. Tasks included backups, restores and database stomps with production data, sometimes transferred internationally (large volume, slow rate) requiring many hours of attention. Implemented RMAN, inventoried product licenses, patched and upgraded software, migrated data and database to 64-bit platforms, maintained and improved home-grown replication, created disaster recovery site, Oracle software installations and documentation, as required, plus hundreds of minor tasks. With customers as far east as Copenhagen, and customers between there and California, was on-call or on-duty 6 AM until midnight (7/365) for over two years.

Novartis Research Foundation (GNF)      La Jolla, CA

03/02-05/03                                          Oracle and SQL Server DBA

· Manager of database group. Responsible for twelve Oracle databases on Solaris and Linux, and five SQL Server 2000 databases, and two related applications. Migrated applications to new platforms and versions of Oracle. Built Veritas cluster with Sun V880 using dynamic features of 9iR2 and Solaris. Monitoring and Maintenance on a daily basis. Backup and Recovery with and without Veritas Netbackup

Lightspan.com        La Jolla, CA

05/01-10/01           PRINCIPAL DBA

· Manager for the database group responsible for 15 SQL Servers.  Six of these servers are SQL 2000 clusters. Migrated from SQL Server 7 to SQL Server 2000 in this all Microsoft shop. Wrote and implemented database standards, established routine backup jobs, automated and documented existing procedures, jobs, and tasks. Taught Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Administration course at UCSD.

Edupoint.com         Solana Beach, CA

07/00-04/01            ORACLE DBA MANAGER

· Managed team of three Oracle DBAs who supported several 8i instances on Solaris.  These databases where used by a custom Java application that ran on our website.  Other databases were used for internal purposes.  One DBA was largely responsible for data migration and integrity while the others worked with performance, upgrade and maintenance issues.  Designed Oracle standby database configuration as long-term solution to provide limited downtime.  Defined hardware and software upgrade requirements.  Automated most aspects of day-to-day operations.  Also supported several SQL Server databases and scripted daily data delivery to Microsoft Encarta, a business partner.  This was a hands-on position with 25% management responsibilities.

Equipp.com            San Diego, CA

11/99-06/00            ORACLE DBA

· Managed three Oracle 8i instances on Solaris that were used by Moai Live Exchange auction software. Replicated Oracle8i database to Linux for management reports.  Managed three additional 8.0.5 instances running 11.0.3 Oracle Financial software.  Limited application support and minor patch upgrades.  Also managed Oracle database to support Accrue Insight (web traffic monitoring software).  Provided customized database installation to support this three-tier software in a two-tier environment.  Also supported several SQL Server databases and scripted automatic weekly delivery of data to our help desk.

Gateway                 San Diego, CA

08/99-11/99            ORACLE DBA

· Oracle DBA.  One of three supporting over twenty Oracle8i instances in four development and test environments, and “go live” of E-Commerce application for Telesales division of company into production where contractor personnel will take over all support.  Worked extensively with data replication (updateable snapshots), interMedia (context server and indices), OEM 2.0.5, Systems Management Server (remote administration), BMC Patrol, Quest Software Instance Monitor, and other current technology tools, all on NT and Sun Solaris platforms.

SAIC                       San Diego, CA

01/99-08/99            Oracle DBA

· Oracle Installations, 24/7 production & application support, and Y2K responsibilities.

· Responsible for migrating two live production systems from San Diego Data Center to customer location in Colorado.

· Installed and maintained Informix-based fraud application (HNC Software) for telecommunications customer.

Boeing Information Services        Vienna, VA

12/91-08/96                               DBA, Designer, Developer, Analyst, and Technical Lead

· Managed, installed, configured and programmed all aspects of Oracle environment with replication on multiple operating systems (Sun O/S, NT and HP-UX) and presented to government customer.

· Delivered consolidated Work Breakdown Structure for the Space Station Freedom Program.

Various Clients        Northern Virginia Area

1986-12/98             CONTRACT DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR

Last Revised: March 2011