John Kanagaraj

Current

• IT Architect at Cisco
• Executive Editor at Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG)

Past

• Principal Consultant at DB Soft Inc
• Service Manager - Oracle at Brunei Shell Petroleum
• Senior Consultant at Oman Computer Services

• Head of Database Support Group at Wipro Information Technology Ltd

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Education

• College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai (Madras), India

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Blog

John Kanagaraj’s Summary

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Serving as an IT Architect in the Enterprise Release Management Office, specializing in Performance Management and Engineering.
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Lead Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) / Lead UNIX System Engineer with more than two decades of support, administration, development and consultancy experience in Oracle/Oracle Applications and UNIX
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Recognized by Oracle Corporation as an Oracle ACE for "strong credentials as Oracle community evangelists and technical educators" - http://www.oracle.com/technology/community/oracle_ace/index.html
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Accomplished Technical Author/Editor - Coauthored "Oracle Database 10g : Insider Solutions" http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0672327910; Edited various books including the 2005 Award winning Oracle Wait Interface book
Published and presented several technical papers and articles including the winning entry for the IOUG Editor's Choice award for 2005 and the first user written Case Study for Oracle's Metalink
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Executive Editor for IOUG' SELECT Technical Journal http://www.ioug.org/selectjournal/staff_editor.cfm
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Oracle Certified Professional (OCP)
Highly skilled and experienced in providing all-round support, administration, consultancy, tech-team leading and training in various versions of Oracle/Oracle Applications and UNIX. Able to provide more than just ‘Oracle DBA services’ due to breadth and depth of knowledge and experience. Strong in formulating and implementing both operational and regulatory procedures such as ITIL and SoX. Completed the Foundation ITIL exam (Apr 1996) during its inception.
Excellent in both written and spoken communication. Able to present complex technical concepts and problems in easily understandable terms
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"In Short": An Oracle/UNIX/Tech Geek who knows what the Business needs and is able to both articulate and implement complex solutions in the Oracle/Database arena!
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John Kanagaraj’s Specialties:

Database and Infrastructure Architecture; Oracle and UNIX Performance monitoring and management, Backup/Recovery, Disaster Planning and Database Administration in general; Author and Edit Technical articles and documentation (published author); Formulate and follow procedures for regulatory compliance (e.g. Sarbanes-Oxley SOX); ITIL trained

John Kanagaraj’s Experience

• IT Architect

  Cisco

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)

  June 2008 — Present (5 months)

  IT Architect in the Enterprise Release Management Office specializing in Database and Application Performance Managament, Capacity Planning and Performance Process Engineering

• Executive Editor

  Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG)

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2002 — Present (6 years 7 months)

  As Executive Editor, responsible for quality content in regular quarterly and special issues of the IOUG's SELECT Journal. This technical publication is IOUG's voice and is a top member-benefit for the thousands of Oracle professionals who belong to IOUG. As EE, I look for and develop new authors and editors and lead the editorial board while developing both generic articles and themed content from the authors. Previously served (since 2002) as Contributing Editor and later Associate Editor until Sep 2006.

• Principal Consultant

  DB Soft Inc

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2000 — June 2008 (7 years 11 months)

  Provide expert consultancy and contract services in the Oracle Database and Oracle Applications Administration to various clients including Hitachi Data Systems, Cisco Systems and number of other high tech companies in the Bay Area as well as in other parts of the US

• Service Manager - Oracle

  Brunei Shell Petroleum

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Oil & Energy industry)

  July 1995 — August 2000 (5 years 2 months)

  Starting from a Senior Software Engineer position, grew into the position of Service Manager responsible for the Oracle Service as a whole at BSP. Responsible for leading a team of three DBAs

• Senior Consultant

  Oman Computer Services

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 1990 — June 1995 (5 years 1 month)

  As consultant, developed, maintained, supported and trained OCS customers in Oracle and UNIX based systems. Clients included Petroluem Development Oman, Oman's major revenue earner

• Head of Database Support Group

  Wipro Information Technology Ltd

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 1984 — June 1990 (6 years 2 months)

  Starting job - Worked on UNIX and UNIX-based Databases (incl UNIFY, Ingres, Informix, Sybase and Oracle 5 & 6). Grew to the position of Head of Database Support group that provided specialist UNIX and Database support for customers served via 22 offices all over India.

John Kanagaraj’s Education

• College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai (Madras), India

  Bachelor of Engineering (Honors), Electronics & Communication Engg., June 1979 — May 1984

  Activities and Societies:

  Computer Club, National Cadet Corps (similar to the US' ROTC)

Additional Information

John Kanagaraj’s Websites:

• My Blog

John Kanagaraj’s Interests:

Serving God and serving others; Mentoring, Writing/Editing technical and other articles, Working out

John Kanagaraj’s Groups:

IOUG (Independent Oracle Users Group) - http://www.ioug.org, OAUG (Oracle Application User Group) - http://www.oaug.org, various Oracle related SIGs, Oracle-l, TechRepublic

•    eOffice
•    OracleExperts
•    Database Experts
•    Leading International Open Networkers (LION)
•    Oracle ACE
•    ORACLE PRO
•    Guindy Engineering College Alumni
•    IOUG
•    Oracle Senior DBA Group
•    ORACLE CONNECTIONS
•    The I.T Architect Network

John Kanagaraj’s Honors:

* Recognized by Oracle Corporation as an Oracle ACE for "strong credentials as Oracle community evangelists and technical educators"
* IOUG's Editor's choice award winner (2005) for the article titled "Judicious use of Histograms in Oracle Tuning"
* Technical Editor for the book selected as Oracle Magazine's choice of "Authors of the Year 2005"
* Currently serving as Executive Editor of IOUG's SELECT Technical Journal (previously served as Contributing Editor (2002) and later Associate Editor (2004))

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