1. warrenimhof @y ahoo.com
Austin, TX
Warren Imhof
Objective
Technical
Summary
Professional
Summary
Short to medium term contract in the Austin TX area to enhance a
company’s Oracle assets in order to maximize performance, uptime and
maintainability, including new implementations, upgrades and
conversions. Available for Oracle Database planning and architecture,
training, project and vacation coverage.
Architected Systems: Oracle Database Appliance ODA X4-2, ODA
Virtual Machine
Hardware: ODA, Sun, HP, IBM, Prime, Pyramid, SGI, VAX, VAX cluster
Software: Oracle Databases V6-V12, Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control 10-12C, Linux, RMAN, RAC, Dataguard, ASM, ACFS, oakcli,
srvctl, UNIX, Informix database, Ingres database, Enterprise Manager
Grid Control, SQL, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, C, Data Dictionary Tools,
Remedy, ESCAPE, ESQL, FORTRAN, GKS Graphics, Info Basic,
Ingres 4GL, PICK Basic, Primos, RBF, VMS
25+ years experience in relational database technology
Oracle ODA Specialist – installation, configuration, database health
checks for 11.2, 12.1
Manage and implement large scale Oracle conversions and upgrades
Backup strategies and implementation
Track record of successfully managing and training employees
Extensive track record of successful project management
Worked closely with database administrators, internal and external
customers, software developers, and company management. Excellent
communication skills.
Results oriented. Complete projects on time and on budget.
Experience 2005-2015 Lacks Valley Stores Austin, TX
Database Administrator
ODA x4-2, VM, Oracle Architected System
Large scale conversion from HPUX to ODA x4-2
Large scale conversion from HPUX 11.11 to HPUX Itanium 11.31
RAC
Dataguard
RMAN
Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
Oracle 9, 10, 11, 12
Enterprise Manager Grid Control
2. Developed and automated database cloning program
Developed automated backup procedures
Oracle Portal maintenance
Development database support
Database and Application Tuning Analysis
Performance analysis
Database maintenance
Database Recovery
2005 Inviva Louisville, KY
Contract Database Administrator
Oracle database maintenance, application tuning, performance analysis
2004 Findlaw Sunnyvale,CA
Contract Database Administrator
Database and Application Tuning Analysis, Performance analysis,
Database maintenance
2003 Worldwide Matching, Inc. Austin, TX
Contract Database Administrator
Database and Application Tuning Analysis, Memory use evaluation,
Backup and Recovery, Database maintenance
1999–2001 Telleo Corporation San Jose, CA
Database Architect
Architect database requirements for innovative national portal
Work closely with founders, VC's, and high level management on strategic
database architecture
Managed projects and staff
Installed, upgraded and maintained Oracle databases for corporate and
engineering. Configured and tuned databases.
Wrote proposals for hardware and software requirements
1997–1999 GRIC Communications Milpitas, CA
Database Administrator
Managed projects and staff
Installed, upgraded and maintained Oracle databases for corporate and
engineering. Configured and tuned databases.
Architect future corporate system requirements and software
requirements, and advised strategic direction for corporate Information
Systems
Wrote proposals for hardware and software requirements
Administrate systems, wrote shell scripts, managed site backups, license
management, Database conversion, Database Archiving, Task
automation
3. 1995–1997 Parcplace Digitalk Sunnyvale, CA
Database Administrator
Installed, upgraded and maintained Oracle and Informix systems for
corporate and engineering. Configured and tuned corporate databases
Determined hardware requirements, worked with system administrators,
and improved the performance of database servers
1994–1995 Krames Communications San Bruno, CA
Database Administrator
Managed database conversions, installed and tuned databases,
investigated performance and reliability issues. Determined client/server
back-up strategies, hardware requirements, and trained staff
1994 Intel Corporation Santa Clara, CA
Database Administrator / Performance Consultant
Installed and tuned Ingres servers. Developed recovery and back-up
strategies, investigated performance, solved problems, evaluated site
code, and wrote procedures. Worked with application programmers to
determine system requirements and improve performance.
1993-1994 Ingres – The ASK Group Alameda, CA
Database Administrator / Technical Consultant
Managed the development and production databases, wrote work
proposals, defined hardware and operating system requirements,
consulted for Frontline Support Team, interfaced with a development
team on database performance and integrity issues, trained the
development team on the Ingres RDBMS product
1993 Axis Consultancy (Australia) San Francisco, CA
Database Administrator
Trained Axis consultants in RDBMS
1990-1993 BHP Steel, Sheet & Coil Division Melbourne Aus
Database Administrator
Development / Backup and Disaster Recovery strategies / Server tuning
1987-1990 Government of Australia Melbourne Aus
Analyst, Ministry of Housing
Development / Ingres / Project Management
Education 1987 Chisholm Institute of Technology Caulfield, Aus
B.S., Computing