Database Developer at Tribune Company
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- Database Developer at Tribune Company
- Past
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- Production Database Administator at LAN International / Clear Channel Radio
- Database/Network Tech at Teramedia
- Student Project Assistant at University of Central Florida
- Lead Developer at Digital Slingshot
- Education
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- University of Central Florida - College of Business Administration
- Indian River Community College
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Taylor Gerring’s Summary
Driven Database Administrator with extensive experience in spearheading projects to strengthen infrastructure and increase agility. Equipped to anticipate organization needs through broad experiences, continuing education and training others. Strong strategic thinker and team builder.
Taylor Gerring’s Specialties:
Databases, Microsoft SQL Server, database architecture, performance tuning, report design, ETL with DTS & SSIS, Server upgrade and migration, SSRS, SSAS
Taylor Gerring’s Experience
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Database Developer
Tribune Company
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
September 2008 — Present (11 months)
Analyze needs of business units and how information technology can play a role in gaining productivity. Develop projects to actualize those efficiencies.
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Production Database Administator
LAN International / Clear Channel Radio
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 2006 — September 2008 (2 years 8 months)
Lead team in proactive maintenance, architecture, and development culminating culture of quick response and accurate reporting.
Responsible for management and support of 225 production OLTP servers and 15 enterprise systems. Assumed responsibility of peer training and process documentation.
• Conducted training sessions on database design and SQL best practices.
• Authored and implemented performance recommendations.
• Developed SQL 2000 to 2005 conversion strategy and resources.
• Designed new maintenance routines, reducing maintenance window by 18%.
• Anticipated ad-hoc executive reports based on contextual awareness.
• Tested and evaluated early needs for SQL Server 2008. -
Database/Network Tech
Teramedia
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
July 2005 — December 2005 (6 months)
Designed and implemented infrastructure maintenance plan resulting in increased uptime and faster IT response.
Responsible for troubleshooting, optimizing, and monitoring company’s network, servers, and desktop systems.
• Automated data collection process through SQL Jobs and DTS, reducing
fulfillment time by 90%.
• Proactively monitored and evaluated infrastructure performance for future needs.
• Aggregated, cleaned, and de-duplicated multiple-source data feeds into
single normalized database.
• Created training documentation for IT troubleshooting procedures.
• Managed application servers running on Windows and Linux -
Student Project Assistant
University of Central Florida
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
June 2004 — July 2005 (1 year 2 months)
Architected automated system to track student achievements for national accreditation standards.
Responsible for adapting existing data to national accreditation standards for performance tracking among student population.
• Collaborated with other departments to securely connect confidential student information to performance-tracking database.
• Designed database for comparing test and course information against upcoming accreditation standards.
• Authored Reporting Services reports for administrative overview and detailed information drill-down. -
Lead Developer
Digital Slingshot
(Computer Software industry)
January 2002 — May 2003 (1 year 5 months)
Streamlined website development process for faster project turn-around and more stable implementations. Managed development and production servers.
Responsible for complete design and implementation of customized eCommerce solutions.
• Implemented strict security design considerations.
• Managed Apache website and MySQL database servers
Taylor Gerring’s Education
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University of Central Florida - College of Business Administration
BSBA , MIS , 2003 — 2005
- Activities and Societies:
- Delta Sigma Pi
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Indian River Community College
AA , Business , 2001 — 2003
