Aaron Sentell

Database Administrator at Mecklenburg County

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina Area
Industry: Information Technology and Services

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Aaron Sentell's Overview

Current

Database Administrator at Mecklenburg County

Past

Senior Database Administrator at Compass Group North America
Sr. Database Administrator at The Newport Group
Database Administrator at Global Compliance

Database Administrator at City of Tempe
Database Administrator at Camelback Research Alliance
Database Analyst at American Express

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Education

Maryville College

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Accomplished database professional with strong interpersonal, analytical, organizational, communication and problem-solving skills and the experience and knowledge required to:
• Successfully design and put into place cost-effective database solutions.
• Secure, protect, and ensure reliable and efficient access to data.
• Resolve performance problems and implement solutions to prevent future ones.
• Research and correct data inconsistency issues.
• Ensure data safety and recoverability.

Specialties

Database Systems: SQL Server 6.5, 7.0, 2000, 2005, 2008/R2; Oracle 8, 8i, 9i; Sybase ASE 10, 11.5, 11.9.2

Operating Systems: Windows: NT, 2000, 2003, 2008/R2 (x86/x64); Unix: HP-UX, AIX, Solaris, SCO, SuSE Linux

Languages: T-SQL, VBScript, Windows batch files, Unix shell scripting

Tools: SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Data Transformation Services (DTS), Profiler, Perfmon, SQL Sentry Plan Explorer.

Database Administrator

Mecklenburg County

Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry

November 2010 – Present (1 year 4 months)

Member of the DBA team for the largest county in the state. Provide production support for a number of databases including board of elections, property taxes, criminal justice, data warehouse, jury management, etc.

Senior Database Administrator

Compass Group North America

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; CPG; Food & Beverages industry

July 2007 – November 2010 (3 years 5 months)

Lead database administrator for the Canteen Technology Group (CTG) of this large-size food services company. Responsible for development and administration of numerous SQL Server databases including an enterprise-level 24x7 OLTP database, a reporting database, and a full historical archive database.

Sr. Database Administrator

The Newport Group

Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry

September 2006 – July 2007 (11 months)

Member of the database administration team for this mid-size retirement services company. Responsible for development and administration of numerous SQL Server databases including backend source systems, an enterprise-level 24x7 OLTP web database, and the company’s enterprise data warehouse.

Database Administrator

Global Compliance

Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Services industry

2005 – 2006 (1 year)

Sole database developer and administrator for this mid-size corporate ethical compliance services provider. Responsible for development and administration of the company’s high-profile 24x7 web compliance-reporting SQL Server database.

Database Administrator

City of Tempe

Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry

2000 – 2005 (5 years)

Key member of the database administration team for this thriving and growing municipality. Responsible for administration and operational efficiency of numerous critical Oracle and SQL Server databases including tax collection (Tata TaxMantra), utility billing (SCT Banner CIS), and human resources and financial services (Peoplesoft HR and Financial).

Database Administrator

Camelback Research Alliance

1999 – 2000 (1 year)

Sole database administrator for this mid-size financial analysis company. Responsible for development and administration of the company’s ratings database for inside trades and stock analyst recommendations.

Database Analyst

American Express

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; AXP; Financial Services industry

1996 – 1999 (3 years)

Integral member of the database administration team for this large financial services company. Responsible for development and administration of numerous highly visible 24x7 web Sybase and SQL Server databases.