Peter Dobler

Current

President at Dobler Consulting Inc

Past

Director of Computing Services at The Nielsen Company
Director of Database Technology at Nielsen Media Research
Lead Architect / Sr. Database Administrator at IT Vision AG

Sr. Database Administrator / Sr. Software Developer at COMIT Financial Systems AG
Analyst / Software Developer at Weitnauer Trading Company
Analyst / Software Developer / Lead Programmer at Basler Versicherungsgesellschaft ( Insurance Corporation of Basle)

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Peter Dobler’s Summary

Accomplished IT professional with more than twenty four years of experience in software development, database management and infrastructure management with proven ability to successfully implement cutting edge technology, managing multiple complex technology projects and implementing procedures and policies to improve efficiencies and reduce cost. Multilingual information technology expert with extensive business experience owning and operating a consulting company in Switzerland and the United States.

Peter Dobler’s Specialties:

Database and Data Warehousing architecture and implementation expertise with Sybase, Oracle and MS SQL Server. Expert in database design, performance tuning, database architecture, data replication, grid database architecture, DR architecture, project management, SharePoint implementations, SharePoint customizations, SharePoint development and business event management solutions provider.

Peter Dobler’s Experience

President

Dobler Consulting Inc

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2000 — Present (9 years 10 months)

Specialized in database consulting services, turnkey database migration solutions, data replication implementation and business event management solutions.

Experts in Sybase, Oracle and SQL Server database architecture, performance tuning and administration. Experienced integrators of data replication into heterogeneous environments. Experts in grid database implementations of Sybase ASE Cluster Edition, Sybase IQ and Oracle RAC.

Official VAR of SmartScore Corpus. SmartScore allows Dobler Consulting to offer not only this leading BEM product but also its World Class Data Migration services all within the same philosophy of meticulous process management and execution.

Expertise in implementing content management systems in challenging environments. integrating digital asset managment systems into a SharePoint Enterprise architecture and deliver results through state of the art project management methodologies.
Director of Computing Services

The Nielsen Company

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Market Research industry)

October 2006 — February 2008 (1 year 5 months)

Responsible for strategic database architecture design, contract negotiations with database vendors and leading a large team of highly skilled DBA. Database vendor portfolio includes Sybase, Oracle, MS SQL Server, Netezza, DB2, Informix and Redbrick.
Developed database administration best practices, standards and procedures to optimize DBA resources.
Strategic and operational leadership to server administration teams in all Nielsen data centers across North America (including Canada). Developed procedures and policies for resource sharing of distributed teams across multiple physical locations and across North America.
Developed enterprise wide server configuration standards across all platforms and locations.
Sponsored multiple infrastructure projects to increase productivity and reduce hardware and software licensing cost.
Negotiated new maintenance contracts and contract renewals with various vendors.
Director of Database Technology

Nielsen Media Research

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

October 2000 — October 2006 (6 years 1 month)

Strategic planning of database resources across all mission critical applications by managing a large team of highly skilled DBA who provide support for Sybase ASE 12.0-15.0, Sybase IQ 12.5-12.6, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

Improved the system availability of the company's most mission critical application from 94% annually to a documented 100% annually by implementing DBA standards & procedures to streamline routine DBA tasks.

Developed a master plan for the data center move of all the mission critical application servers. 74 UNIX servers and two dozens windows servers were moved in a tight schedule. The data center move was completed on time and with less down time than planned.

Successfully introduced and implemented Sybase IQ and Sybase Replication Server in mision critical applications.

Successfully introduced and expanded the use of SAN storage and introduced server virtualization concepts on an IBM LPAR based UNIX systems.
Lead Architect / Sr. Database Administrator

IT Vision AG

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

August 1997 — October 2000 (3 years 3 months)

Co-Owner and founder of IT Vision AG. Expanded the business from Switzerland to the USA in 1999. Primary focus on information technology consulting for swiss banks. Specialized in high performance Sybase and Oracle database design and implementation.
Sr. Database Administrator / Sr. Software Developer

COMIT Financial Systems AG

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1989 — August 1997 (8 years 8 months)

Development and maintenance of the logical and physical data model. Implementation of development environments and configuration management systems. Development of an intranet-server for project documentation.Performance and tuning of the database SYBASE (V4.8 - 11.0.3). Install, backup and restore of database servers.
Development and maintenance of the logical and physical data model. Oracle Database administration support for development environments and full integration into SDLC process. Performance and tuning of the ORACLE database. Install, backup and restore of database servers.
Development of partner information services. Managing a range of technical functionalities.
Analyst / Software Developer

Weitnauer Trading Company

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Import and Export industry)

October 1988 — January 1989 (4 months)

Programming, analysis and software engineering for the purposes of international trade.
Analyst / Software Developer / Lead Programmer

Basler Versicherungsgesellschaft ( Insurance Corporation of Basle)

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Insurance industry)

February 1985 — November 1988 (3 years 10 months)

Software development and design of various insurance applications.
Software development and systems analyst (IBM 3090 MVS-XA).
Software development and design of a pension fund application.
Training Instructor on IMS/DB (database).

Additional Information

Peter Dobler’s Interests:

Sybase database technology, Sybase Replication Server, Sybase Cluster Edition, Sybase IQ, Oracle database technology, Oracle RAC, SQL Server database technology, new database technologies, new computing technologies, database architecture, consulting services, public speaking, database performance tuning, networking, marketing, affiliate marketing, business event management, MS SharePoint technology

Peter Dobler’s Groups:

TBTF (Tampa Bay Technology Forum), PMI Tampa Bay Chapter, Tampa Bay SPIN, ISUG (International Sybase User Group), IOUG (International Oracle User Group), SMART