
Information Technology and Services Consultant and Contractor
Greater Denver Area

Information Technology and Services Consultant and Contractor
Greater Denver Area
I am lifelong learner and educator who specializes in database management, using insights gained from a long and challenging career in information technology. My goal is to continue learning and teaching and enjoying this wonderful way of life, being a part of the remarkable changes within information technology and witnessing how they change our world as a whole
Oracle database performance tuning and management, Oracle database backup and recovery, data warehousing and business intelligence on Oracle.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1998 — Present (11 years 4 months)
http://www.EvDBT.com
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2001 — August 2006 (4 years 9 months)
http://www.SageLogix.com
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2001 — December 2001 (7 months)
Compaq Computer Corporation was purchased by Hewlett-Packard in the latter half of 2001, with the merger completing in 2002.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ORCL; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1990 — August 1998 (8 years 8 months)
http://www.Oracle.com
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1989 — December 1989 (7 months)
http://www.Fidelity.com - Fidelity Management and Research division (FMR)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 1987 — June 1989 (2 years )
Wholly-owned subsidiary of Citicorp, travel consortium formerly named Woodside.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Medical Devices industry)
May 1985 — July 1987 (2 years 3 months)
American division of a French company, in turn a wholly-owned subsidiary of a Hoffman-LaRoche Pharmaceuticals. Kontron USA manufactured life-support devices and software for managing bloodbanks.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 1984 — May 1985 (1 year 1 month)
Startup company, created management software for standalone medical clinics (a.k.a. "doc-in-the-boxes").
BA , Economics, minor in Mathematics , September 1980 — May 1984
Squash, bicycling, snowboarding
Rocky Mountain Oracle Users Group (http://www.RMOUG.org), Oracle ACE
Published books:
1998 - Co-author (with Gary Dodge) of "Oracle8 Data Warehousing" (ISBN: 0-471-19952-4), published by John Wiley & Sons
2000 - Co-author (with Gary Dodge) of "Essential Oracle8i Data Warehousing" (ISBN: 0-471-37678-7), published by John Wiley & Sons
2004 - Co-author (with 10 others) of "Oracle Insights - Tales of the Oak Table" (ISBN: 1-59059-387-1), published by Apress
Technical reviewer for published books:
2001 - “Oracle SQL Tuning Pocket Reference” (ISBN: 0-596-00268-8), published by O'Reilly and Associates
2001 - “Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference” (ISBN: 0-596-00233-5), published by O'Reilly and Associates
2005 - “PeopleSoft for the Oracle DBA” (ISBN: 1-59059-422-3), published by Apress
2007 - “Forecasting Oracle Performance” (ISBN: 978-159059-802-3), published by Apress