DARRON CLARK

908.420.3053 thinkdba@hotmail.com

SENIOR PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT

Highly technical Database Administrator with more than 18 years of experience, a
deep expertise in Oracle database administration, as demonstrated by experience
teaching Oracle classes at both Oracle University and colleges and training cen
ters. I have excellent verbal and written communication skills. Outstanding anal
ytical and problem-solving abilities, as exemplified by conducting case study of
Verizon database, complete with analysis, report and recommendations.
TECHNICAL SUMMARY
ORACLE: Oracle DBA Architect (17 years), Oracle Instructor (8 years) - Presales,
Real Application Clusters (RAC, ASM)/Parallel Server (8 years), Data Guard/Repl
ication, UNIX - Solaris, HP-UX, IBM (17 years), Migration and Data Extraction (1
0 years), Red Hat Linux Administration (6 years), Ebusiness Suite/Applications D
BA (8 years)
OPERATING SYSTEMS: UNIX (HP, Solaris, IBM AIX), Red Hat Linux, Ultrix, Windows
SOFTWARE: Oracle, SQL Plus, NetCA, netmgr, DBCA, DBUA, Enterprise Manager, RunIn
staller
LANGUAGES: Pro*C, C, PL/SQL, SQL
CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Oracle 10g (2006)

Certified Oracle 9i (2002)
Certified Oracle 8i (2001)
Certified Oracle 8 (2000)
Certified Oracle 7.3 (1998)

Instructor Oracle 8i DBA certification (2006)

Instructor Oracle 10g Data Guard certification (2007)
Instructor Oracle 9i DBA certification (2006)
Instructor Oracle 10g DBA certification (2006)
Instructor Oracle 10g RAC certification (2007)
Instructor Oracle 8 DBA certification (2008)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TUSC - CHICAGO, IL
Oracle DBA/Project Manager (July 2010 - present)
* Assist in conversion of 4 Node RAC Cluster to single node Server.
* Migrating Database from Solaris 9 to Solaris 10 Veritas Volume Manager environ
ment.
* Configuring Solaris 10 on M8000 Hardware
* Writing project and timeline documentation, defining roles, risks, solutions,
and step by step events
CTG - CORNING, NY
Senior Database Analyst (July 2009 - June 2010)
* Peoplesoft 8.9 HRMS/Payroll, Supply Chain and Financials in Oracle 10g environ
ment
* Oracle DBA Implementing 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) system on Linux 64
and 32 bit systems on ASM storage environments.
* Created database for Peoplesoft environment by generating DDL and implementing
on Linux 64-bit system
* Created cloned Peoplesoft database environments on a weekly basis for Windows
2003 and Linux environments
* Executed 100s of scripts on Peoplesoft database as needed by users and develop
ers as described in Clarify system.
* Performed database tuning of SAP and Peoplesoft databases on Linux 64bit syste
m
* Performed installation of Oracle 11gR1 and 11gR2 software on Windows 32-bit, S
olaris, Linux and VMWARE.
* Registered over 200 databases to RMAN repository for Linux and Windows 2003 se
rvers
* Performed database performance tuning using AWR, Grid Control, statspack and S
QL. Had 68 to 134% improvement on Application performance.
* Performed database Refresh using Oracle RMAN utility from an existing Producti
on database.
* Performed database Oncall nights, weekends and holidays.
* Participated in Conference discussions about the different application and dat
abase environments.

INTEPROS CONTRACT 2008 - 2009

Oracle Database Administrator (January 2009 - June 2009)
* Oracle Lead DBA Implementing 5 node 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) system
on Solaris system
* Implemented 3 node 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) system on Solaris syste
m
* Oracle Lead DBA on implementation of Failover system utilizing Veritas Cluster
System(VCS) and SAN environment
* Examine code for Web applications and JDBC connections to the Oracle database
* Performed database performance tuning using AWR, Grid Control, statspack and S
QL.
* Lead Oracle DBA implementing consistent backups using RMAN, Linux, Unix and cr
ontab
* Wrote 24 page paper on the on 10gR2 Data Guard implementation document.
* Implemented Oracle 10g Enterprise Solaris and Linux.
* Implemented Oracle 10g Client Solaris and Linux.
* Implemented Oracle 10g RAC on HP-RISC Unix systems
* Performed Oncall duties solving database issues or relaying to the right perso
n or team
* Examine and troubleshoot shell scripts such as Bourne shell, Bash shell and Pe
rl scripts
Key clients: Comcast
NETCOM CONSULTANTS
Oracle Database Trainer (September 2008 - July 2009)
* Installed Oracle 11g on Redhat Linux Enterprise 4, Intel system, SAN
* Instructor of Oracle 11g Workshop 1 and Oracle 11g New Features
ORACLE CORPORATION 2004 - 2008
Oracle Performance Consulting (September 2007 - 2008)
* Oracle Lead DBA for Oracle9i to 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) upgrade us
ing DBUA and manual upgrade of 10 databases.
* Performed OTM capacity planning and was consultant for upgrade performance EBS
11.5.0 project.
* Served as Oracle 9i Fail Safe Oracle DBA lead consultant during Windows upgrad
e from 2000 to 2003.
* Lead Oracle DBA Consulted on multiple Peoplesoft 8.9 implementations and built
multiple production, development and testing Oracle databases for Peoplesoft im
plementation.
* Lead Oracle DBA for upgrade of Oracle Failsafe implementation on Windows 2003
environment
* Lead Oracle DBA team on implementation of Oracle 10.2.0.2 to 10.2.0.4 RAC upgr
ade on HP-RISC Unix systems
* Lead Consultant on Oracle 10g RAC implemented with Service Guard on HP-UX 11
* Teamed with another Oracle consultant as performance tuning Oracle DBA in 10R2
RAC environment and consulted on performance tuning for SAP project 10gR2 and 9
i databases.
Key clients: Amerigroup, Emerson, SUN Systems, Citibank, Citibank Direct, Genera
l Dynamics, Raytheon
Instructor, Oracle University (2004 - 2007)
* Instructed the following classes: Oracle9i Fundamentals I and II, Oracle9i/10g
Performance Tuning, Oracle9i/10g RAC, 10g Data Guard, and Oracle 10g Workshop.
* Lecturer of Oracle RAC Seminar at NYOUG, Saint Johns University, 2004
* Lecturer of Oracle RAC Seminar at DBAOnline.org, New Jersey, 2005
* Lecturer of Oracle software solutions Seminar at Avtech Institute of Technolo
gy Headquarters, New Jersey, 2005
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Continued)

NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (PART TIME CONTRACT) 2004 - 2005
Instructor
* Instructed classes for Oracle 9i Database Certification for Administration, Ba
ckups and Performance Tuning.
* Designed and developed courseware for Server Technologies curriculum in differ
ent delivery formats (instructor-led, web-based, etc.).
* Coordinated and evaluated development contributions from other curriculum deve
lopers.
* Initiated and led quality improvement projects.
* Developed questions for use in the certification program.
* Solicited and incorporated feedback from reviews and training events.
* Delivered training at train-the-trainer and pilot events.
STRATEGIC QUERY, INC. 2003 - 2004
Oracle Consultant
* Performed Oracle 8i and Oracle 9i database administrator for multiple database
s.
* Monitored and diagnosed database activities.
* Troubleshoot, offered solutions and made corrections for database problems.
* Created clone and duplicate databases and managed stand-alone, RAC and standby
databases.
* Provided Performance tuning of database using Statspack, Oracle Enterprise Ma
nager and SQL scripts.
* Performed backup and recovery using RMAN tools.
* Implemented RAC with two instances raw database storage on Sun Solaris 8, Sun
Cluster system and IBM AIX system.
* Built two stand-alone Oracle 9i development databases with raw storage.
* Trained resident DBA in administration, performance tuning, networking and bac
kup and recovery of Oracle databases.
* Set up, diagnosed and repaired Transparent Application Failover on Solaris sys
tem.
* Installed, implemented and managed Oracle 9i RAC on IBM AIX system.
* Set up environment for RMAN backup and recovery and set up value based auditin
g with Oracle database triggers.
Key clients: NASA, CH Bank, (TES)/Northrop Grumman, Postal Center
SILICON VALLEY TRAINING CENTER 2001 - 2003
Instructor
* Taught classes for Oracle 8i/9i Database Certification, including SQL/PLSQL, A
dministration, Backup and Recovery, Performance tuning, RMAN, and Oracle Data Gu
ard/Standby database.
* Instructed on Solaris 8 Certification on SPARC platform
THINKSPARK, INC. 2000 - 2001
Technical Oracle DBA Consultant (Oracle 8 and Oracle 8i)
* Installed catalog database and implemented Recovery Manager (RMAN).
* Wrote and performed defragmentation of Oracle Financials database.
* Mentored junior Oracle DBA and documenting all duties performed.
* Built multiple production, development and testing Oracle databases for People
soft implementation.
* Loaded software for Ceridian and built multiple 10-gigabyte Oracle databases.
* Installed Oracle 8i Enterprise Manager and Performance Tuning Pack on Windows
NT.
* Created and administered several production and development databases on Windo
ws NT.
* Installed Oracle Discoverer, Linux software, and Windows NT.
* Installed Oracle9I on HP-UX 9
Key clients: CD Street, Inc., Marlow Industries, Efficient Networks, Inc.
STRATEGIC QUERY, INC. 1998 - 2000
* Performed Oracle Application 11 and 11i database administration in a UNIX IBM
AIX environment.
* Managed as many as 75 development databases as required.
* Performed resizing of Oracle data files and reorganization of indexes for spac
e management.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Continued)

Strategic Query, continued
* Cloned and renamed databases and retrieved and restored database hot and cold
backups.
* Performed patch administration on applications database.
* Recompiled objects, managed workers' processes, and analyzing Perl scripts whe
n needed.
* Administered oraweb and Forms Server.
* Wrote automated UNIX shell script for system activity and database monitoring
for Intermail system.
* Designed Oracle 8 database (multi-threaded server) with Q4i.com.
* Creating several Oracle databases, including production and development.
* Performed Informix-to-Oracle conversion and designed database for online stock
trading system.
* Set up backup and recovery system, loaded data, and performed daily database a
dministration tasks.
* Restored database from one system to another.
* Wrote UNIX programs to compare operating system file sizes.
* Performed SAP DBA tasks and on call duties of Oracle DBA.
* Wrote PL/SQL code to recreate tablespaces, tables, indexes and constraints.
Key clients: Verizon, SMU School of Engineering, Frito Lay, British Petroleum/Am
oco GTE Corporation
Key Project - Verizon:
* Performed Oracle database analysis in a Solaris environment.
* Examined Oracle 7.3 Gemstone/Smalltalk database and wrote a papers on findings
.
* Published findings at http://www.sqitech.com/WhitePapers/WPVerizon.doc.
Analysis report consisted of:
* What caused performance problems.
* Database overview examines the active database, users, memory and logs.
* Database summary examines the physical and logical structure of database.
* I/O reviews tables and indexes.
* Included table fragmentation review and index fragmentation review.
* Analyzed and recommended local load balancing strategies for the system.
* Performed sessions idle time review, rollback review, and archiving process.
* Discussed the benefits of upgrading to Oracle 8 or Oracle 8i.
Recommendation report consisted of:
* Immediate corrections which could be made without interrupting users.
* Changes which could be implemented over the weekend.
* Modifications to consider for long-term when rebuilding the database.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, Dallas, TX
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
DEVRY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Irving, TX
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology
TRAINING

* AOR - Applications on Oracle Corporation

* EBS 11i/10gR2 RAC Implementation
* SQL Server 2000
* Oracle/Unix SAP Technical Core Competence
* Oracle 8, 10gR2 Backup and Recovery Workshop
* 10g Application Server Training (2006)
* Data Warehouse Design
* SAP R/3 Introduction
* Oracle Data Warehousing for DBAs
* Oracle Performance Tuning Strategies
* SQL Server DBA Training

TECHNICAL SALES TRAINING

* Dale Carnegie Sales Advantage Course

* Training and presentation of entire sales process.
* Prospecting
* Gathering information
* Presenting effective solution
* Close