Don Seiler

Current

Database Administrator at The Pythian Group

Past

Oracle Database Administrator at Cellcom
Developer at Gallery
Developer at Gentoo Linux

Software Engineer at Global Crossing / Frontier

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Education

University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Don Seiler’s Summary

I have a B.A. in Computer Sciences from the University of Wisconsin (1998).

I have been working in Oracle database administration since 2001, starting with Oracle 7.3.4. In 2008 I earned OCP certification in Oracle 10gR2 database administration. I've worked with various version of Oracle up to 11g on Solaris, Linux and HPUX.

I also have much experience with many open-source technologies, languages and applications. These include various distributions of the Linux operating system, languages like perl, php and python, and applications like the MySQL database and Apache web server. I've authored various open-source modules, libraries and applications.

Don Seiler’s Specialties:

Oracle database administration (OCP 10gR2, 2008), database design, perl, PHP, python, shell scripting

Don Seiler’s Experience

Database Administrator

The Pythian Group

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

Performing remote Oracle database administration for a variety of clients with a variety of versions and platforms, utilizing Oracle technologies like standby/dataguard and RAC.
Oracle Database Administrator

Cellcom

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2001 — May 2008 (6 years 11 months)

Oracle database administration. Currently running Oracle EE 10gR2 on RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Performed upgrades from 7.3.4.5 to 9i to 10g, as well as platform migration from HP-UX to RHEL. Responsible for backup strategy as well as disaster recovery and duplication to development and test environments using Oracle RMAN. Much perl/bash scripting also involved. Some basic linux administration as well.

Also did software engineering and architecture in java and some introductory J2EE/JBoss/Hibernate work.
Developer

Gallery

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

January 2006 — December 2006 (1 year )

Developer for Gallery, an open source photo management product. Worked primarly on item ratings module, utilizing PHP, javascript, and ajax.
Developer

Gentoo Linux

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

July 2003 — November 2005 (2 years 5 months)

Gentoo is a distribution of the open-source Linux operating system. I maintained various packages and provided developer and user support.
Software Engineer

Global Crossing / Frontier

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1999 — July 2001 (2 years 7 months)

Java development using MS SQL server and Sybase for database back-ends.