
Director, Education and Emergency Support Services at Blue Gecko
Greater Seattle Area

Director, Education and Emergency Support Services at Blue Gecko
Greater Seattle Area
Senior information technology professional with twelve years experience designing and managing business critical enterprise class systems. Emphasis on scalability and availability, Oracle databases, and nonstandard recovery scenarios. Currently in private practice to a limited number of global clients.
Oracle database and Unix scalability, high availability, performance, recovery and disaster planning.
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2009 — Present (7 months)
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
2008 — Present (1 year)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Real Estate industry)
2005 — Present (4 years)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2004 — January 2009 (5 years)
ORA-600 Consultng provides world-class Oracle and Unix administration and architechture. With a specialization in complex recoveries, ORA-600 Consulting provides one of the only sources of ex-Amazon.com principal-level technical expertise available.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; AMZN; Internet industry)
2002 — 2004 (2 years)
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; AMZN; Information Technology and Services industry)
1997 — 2002 (5 years)
I was Amazon.com's first database administrator. I established standards and practices that are adhered to today. I oversaw the growth of Amazon.com's technical infrastructure from three databases to over 500. My work in this position made me a recognized leader in my field.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1995 — 1997 (2 years)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1994 — 1995 (1 year)
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
1993 — 1994 (1 year)
Chinese Language Certificate , Chinese language/history , 1992 — 1993
BA , International Studies (China) , 1989 — 1993
Beekeeping, Triathlon
Oracle Certified Master (Hon.)