Sreekanth Chintala

Current

Sr. Oracle Database Engineer/Architect at Dell Inc
dba at dell

Past

DBA at Misys Healthcare Systems
DBA at Texas Department of Human Services
Technical Lead at Coremetrics

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Education

West Virginia University
Regional Engineering College, Calicut.
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

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Industry

Computer Hardware

Sreekanth Chintala’s Summary

Senior Database Engineer/Architect. Interested in solving business problems by leveraging cutting edge technologies. Proponent of Standards Oriented Architecture that enables automation.

Author/Developer of many automation utilities that potentially saves Dell well over $300,000 year after year (soft savings)
 DBCA Automation - $96k year after year soft savings
 Data Guard Automation - $129k year after year soft savings. This 6-sigma Green Belt project was awarded the 2nd prize out of 148 Dell I/T 6-sigma projects in 2008
 Data Guard Configuration Verification Utility - $51k year after year soft savings
 Standardized housekeeping and maintenance scripts

Frequent speaker at Oracle Open World, IOUG and local user group meetings
Author of several technical white papers.
 Frequent speaker representing Dell IT Database Technologies for Dell’s external customers
 Oracle Technology Network (OTN) article: Snapshot Standby OTN Article
 IOUG Select Magazine Sept 2008 article: How Dell IT Enforces Global Standards through Automation
 Oracle Open World 2007 Presentations
o MAA: DELL IT IMPLEMENTATION OF EXTREME AVAILABILITY
o What’s New in Oracle Data Guard 11g: Revolutionizing Data Protection
o Oracle Database 11g Data Repair Technologies: Comprehensive, Intelligent Recovery
 IOUG 2008 Presentations
o Is your DR Ready?
o RAC Customer Panel
 Dell Internal Presentations
o Internal IT Blog: Automation! Enforce Standards Every Time.
o Data Guard Internals, Flashback Database, RAC, Database Consolidation, SQL Profiler

Sreekanth Chintala’s Specialties:

Oracle High Availability and Maximum Availability Architecture.
RAC, Data Guard, Streams, RMAN, Flashback, Grid Computing,
Capacity Planning, Performance Tuning, Disaster Recovery, 24/7 operations, Oracle 11g/10g/9i, Linux

Sreekanth Chintala’s Experience

Sr. Oracle Database Engineer/Architect

Dell Inc

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; dell; Computer Hardware industry)

July 2004 — Present (5 years 6 months)

- Technical Team Lead for Global Database Engineering group that sets the database technology direction and adoption for Dell IT.
- Oracle versions: 11g/10g
- Specializes in Oracle High Availability, RAC, Data Guard, Flashback, RMAN
- Author of multiple oracle automation utilities: DBCA Automation, Data Guard Automation, Data Guard Configuration Verification Utility (DGCVU)
- Evangelizes Standards Oriented Architecture, Automation and Consolidation
- Three presentations at Oracle Open World 2007
- One Presentation at IOUG Colloborate 2008
- Author of multiple Oracle White papers and technical documents
- Provide consultation and training to IT resources on Oracle Technologies
- Implemented multi-terra byte critical and large oracle databases
- Participate in Architecture Designs and decisions, Production Support, troubleshooting etc.
- Assisting Dell Global Services in the next generation "Dell Services" products
dba

dell

(Computer Hardware industry)

2004 — Present (5 years )
DBA

Misys Healthcare Systems

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MSY.L; Computer Software industry)

September 2003 — June 2004 (10 months)

Supported several databases; Informix, Oracle, and SQL Server. Responsible for Backup and Recovery, tuning, capacity planning of Production, QA and Dev databases. Worked on metrics creation database that provides summary metrics on different claims.
DBA

Texas Department of Human Services

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

May 2001 — August 2003 (2 years 4 months)

- Responsible for the physical database administration of 35 databases having 80+ environments. Created scripts that dynamically generate (SQLPLUS and RMAN) code for taking cold and hot backups.
- Automated daily backups, exports, error checking and house keeping jobs. Performed several point-in-time recoveries and Proactive Tuning
- Mentored and trained 5 junior DBAs.
- Presented a white paper on RMAN in Austin Oracle User Group meeting.
- First line of contact, providing 24/7 support.
- Setup RAC and Dataguard for the Production database. Performed Backup, Recovery, Failover on RAC.
Technical Lead

Coremetrics

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

January 1999 — April 2000 (1 year 4 months)

Sreekanth Chintala’s Education

West Virginia University

MS , Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering , 1993 — 1994
Regional Engineering College, Calicut.

M.Tech , Industrial Engineering , 1990 — 1992
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

B.Tech , Mechanical Engineering , 1986 — 1990