David Blewett

Current

• Database Administrator at The Salvation Army

Past

• Database Analyst at National City Bank

Education

• Ball State University
• Chesterton High School

Recommended

2 people have recommended David

Connections

26 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• David Blewett @ DjangoPeople
• David Blewett @ DjangoSnippets
• David Blewett @ Facebook

David Blewett’s Summary

I have four years experience designing database applications, following normalization procedures. I've re-engineered systems for National City bank to simplify reporting and data entry. I have also successfully virtualized a legacy application and retired the physical server, lowering the maintenance burden and increasing performance.

I have deployed an intranet application that utilizes Django and PostgreSQL on the server side and ExtJS on the client side. The design allows for form details to be stored in the database and built dynamically in the client on demand.

I have deployed a backup system for the entire server infrastructure at the Salvation Army Harbor Light Center. This system utilizes Bacula to centralize the data collection from multiple operating systems (such as Linux, FreeBSD and Windows Server 2003). PostgreSQL's Point In Time Recovery capability is utilized to maintain a warm standby of the database which can be activated if the master database goes down for any reason.

David Blewett’s Specialties:

SQL, Python, Javascript, HTML, CSS

David Blewett’s Experience

• Database Administrator

  The Salvation Army

  (Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  April 2006 — Present (3 years 4 months)

  I develop web applications using Django and PostgreSQL, maintain a heterogenous server environment (including Linux, FreeBSD, Windows Server 2003), and fulfill reporting requirements to the state of Indiana.

• Database Analyst

  National City Bank

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NCC; Banking industry)

  January 2004 — April 2006 (2 years 4 months)

  Comprehensive database management and migration from file based databases to a client server model.

David Blewett’s Education

• Ball State University

  Bachelor of Arts , Criminal Justice, Criminology, Spanish , 1997 — 2002

  Activities and Societies:

  Music

• Chesterton High School

  Honors Diploma , 1993 — 1997

Additional Information

David Blewett’s Websites:

• David Blewett @ DjangoPeople
• David Blewett @ DjangoSnippets
• David Blewett @ Facebook

David Blewett’s Groups:

IndyPy

•    Python Community
•    Linux Expert
•    Django
•    PostgreSQL Professionals
•    FreeBSD Users

David Blewett’s Honors:

Employee of the Month: July 2007
Excel Award, Efficiencies Improvement: January 2004
MVP Award, Retail Controls Division: 2003
Exceptional Service Award, Retail Controls Division: 2nd Quarter 2003

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