1. LARRY CROSS
1710 MILLS CREEK CT.
Kingw ood, TX 77339
Home: 281-312-3231
Cell: 832-233-3374
lcross5341@gmail.co m
Senior Oracle Developer, where demonstrated strengths in the areas of creativity, analysis and
customer service, along with extensive experience in problem solving for root cause analysis will
significantly contribute to an organization's increased profitability through effectively identifying and
meeting user needs.
BACKGROUND SUMMARY
Progressive responsibility and extensive work experience as a Database Developer has included:
Oracle Databases 6 through 10i (21 years)
SQL Server Stored Procedures and SSIS packages (1 year)
PL/SQL Stored Objects (Functions, Procedures, Packages, Triggers) (21 years)
Oracle Retail (Formerly Retek) (18 years)
- Retail Merchandising System (RMS)
- Retail Sales Audit (ReSA)
- Retail Data Warehouse (RDW)
- Retail Distribution System (RDS)
Pro*C programing (21 years)
Oracle Forms and Reports (21 years)
SQL*Loader (21 years)
Database Schema Design (21 years)
Creating Database Objects (21 years)
SQL Statement Tuning (18 years)
ETL (18 years)
TOAD (16 years)
SAIC Site Fuels Management System (SFM) (7 years)
UC4 (Appworx) Job Scheduler (10 years)
Serena Code Management System (PVCS) (10 years)
DBA functions – Working Knowledge (15 years)
Application System Support (15 years)
XML (1 year)
Oracle VPD and RAC - Working knowledge
Learning C#
PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Developed several PL/SQL programs to replace daily manual processes begin performed by the
support team. This corrected bad input data that was introduced by system users and external systems
inputting bad data and resulted in saving over 25 man hours per week.
Redesigned and rewrote Pro*C programs to customize EDI invoicing for reclamation of vendor
rebates which allowed automatic rebate collection with McLane, Inc.
Designed, coded and tested over 10 interfaces (ETL) between legacy mainframe systems and Oracle
(Retek ) Retail Merchandising System (RMS) using PL/SQL packages and/or Pro*C and Unix shell
scripts. This met the needs of the company to continue to use the legacy system along with the new
system.
Designed, coded and tested numerous Oracle Forms and Reports to customize the base RMS system
as per user requirements. Developed new, as well as modified existing Forms and Reports.

2. Performed production support activities during off-hours for nightly batch run using Pro*C and
PL/SQL programs along with ETL functions and served as the escalation point of contact to resolve
problems for the other production support personnel.
Interfaced with end users to do requirement analysis for system modifications and coordinated with
the end users during the User Acceptance Testing of these modifications.
Responsible for twice-hourly file uploads from over 900 stores into the ReSA (Oracle Retail Sales
Audit) system and the ETL processes to export that data from ReSA to RMS, Retail Data Warehouse
(RDW), and other external systems.
Created and modified SQL*Loader control files and files to load data into the Oracle Database.
Worked with the UC4 (Appworx) job scheduler to handle aborted programs.
Tuned problematic SQL queries in various system elements (Pro*C programs, Forms, Report, stored
objects) to increase speed and performance of extracting data from the tables.
Managed the PVCS Code Management system.
Developed MS SQL Server stored procedures and SSIS packages to interface with the Red Prairie
(JDA) Back Office System (1 year).
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
10/2014 – 09/2015 - Application Development Specialist, Speedway LLC, Enon, OH.
Responsible supporting the existing back office system for the one year transition to the Speedway
back office system. Supported Pro*C and PL/SQL nightly batch runs to export to the Data Warehouse
System.
02/2005-09/2014 - Contractor (2 years); Application Development Specialist (7 years), Hess
Corporation, Woodbridge, NJ.
Served as the senior member of the InSite (Retek) development and support team. Supported the back
office system and provided daily operational support for data upload for over 900 Hess service
stations. Responsibilities included designing, creating and modifying various system components
consisting of Oracle Forms, Reports, PL/SQL code elements, Unix scripts, SQL*Loader, and Pro*C
programs. Supported Pro*C and PL/SQL nightly batch runs to export data to the Data Warehouse
System. Performed data analysis to discover and correct data issues which caused program aborts.
03/2002-02/2005 - Application Specialist, Performance Retail, Inc. (PRI), Austin, TX.
Served as a team member and the team lead for development and customization of the Oracle Retail
(Retek) system for the convenience store industry. Three clients were supported: Hess Corporation,
BP, and Conoco-Phillips. Modified and developed Oracle PL/SQL, Forms, Reports, Pro*C, Unix
scripts, and SQL Loader elements. Provided production support of three Pro*C and PL/SQL nightly
batch runs and exports to the Data Warehouse Systems for the stores owned by each client. Performed
data analysis to discover and correct data issues which caused program aborts.

3. 03/1998-03/2002 – Consultant, Integration Services, Inc., Dallas, TX.
Radio Shack, Inc, Ft. Worth, TX – Developed a custom code management system using shell scripts
to interface with the Unix RCS version controlsystem, including check out, check in and test
compilation of code units. Customized Pro*C programs as per company specifications. Reviewed,
tested and installed RMS patches. Developed customized password system for the RMS application.
Stage Stores, Inc, Houston, TX – Designed, coded and tested over 10 ETL interfaces between legacy
mainframe and the RMS database. Designed, developed, and tested custom batch report management
application using Forms. Created scripts used to refresh the development database from the production
database. Customized a system used to purge stale data from both the production and development
databases.
Michaels, Dallas, TX – Wrote short course and developed training materials for Business Analysts
for using the Oracle Reports tool. Modified existing and developed new Oracle Reports for the RMS
system. Designed and developed custom batch report management application using Forms to replace
3 existing applications.
07/1995-03/1998 – Principal Instructor, Oracle Corporation, Houston, TX.
Courses taught include Introduction to SQL, SQL*Plus, and PL/SQL, Introduction to Oracle Using
Procedure Builder, PL/SQL v2, Introduction to PL/SQL Using Procedure Builder, Oracle for
Application Developers, Data Browser v2, Tuning Applications, Tuning Applications, Develop
Applications with the Procedural Option, Develop Applications with Database Procedures, Advanced
SQL, End User SQL, Developer/2000 Foundation, Developer/2000 Reports 2.5, Developer/2000
Forms I, and Context Option courses.
Assisted new instructors training to teach new courses and evaluated them for certification.
Performed course reviews during course rewrites, validating course content and performance exercises.
Conducted training at Oracle Education Centers but primarily at customer sites such as AAFES,
Boeing, Oklahoma University, Kerr-McGee, University of Missouri, etc.
02/1990-07/1995–Principal Engineer, Litton Data Systems, Pascagoula, MS
Technical Team Lead for the Shipboard Naval Communications System for the LHA-2 ships. Team
Lead for converting the CMS-2, AN/UYK-43 hosted computer system to an Object-oriented, data-
driven Oracle database system hosted on HP-750 computers. Developed Pro*C programs to interface
between the Oracle database and the HP-UX operating system and the external communications
hardware. Developed user interfaces using Oracle Forms and PL/SQL programs. Developed
import/export package for operator-selected data using Oracle Forms. Developed and maintained the
project schedule. Prepared and presented project briefings to Naval and Litton management.
Prepared documentation in accordance with DOD standards. Developed interrupt handlers to interface
with the BIT3 EISA-VMEbus and the Sabtech MIL-STD-2497 device drivers and the HP-UX kernel.
Developed boot scripts for the HP-750 computer for specific startup functions. Designed, coded, and
tested a 6-PC simulator suite to emulate exterior UHF and HF ratios and 2 communication switches.
Assisted with installation of these simulators at two Naval sites. Designed, coded and tested a program
to test all functions of the Hughes Aircraft Red Digital Switch. Modified the original CMS-2 Naval
communications program to emulate missing exterior hardware.
OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
United States Air Force – Jan 1970-April 1990. Earned distinction as a Master Military Training
Instructor for the USAF for 16 years and retired as E8, Senior Master Sergeant.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
BS Computer Science, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
AA Psychology, San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX
Professional Military Education Courses, USAF from1974 through1990
Self-Teaching C#