 Formations
Masters of Business Administration, University of California, Irvine 2002
The Citadel, Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, B.A. 1990
French Certificate of Competence, Système Européen de Transfert de Crédits
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Experiences professionnelles
Consultant Project Experience
Consultant Independent STS, Belgium and France December 2002 to present
Providing strategic technology solutions as a consultant for software implementations especially in the field of ERP and PeopleSoft
Project management of hard driving, fast paced teams implementing mission critical IT projects
Deployment of a wide range of information technology services following ITIL practices
Expertise in providing database administration and performance tuning for major clients throughout the USA and Europe
PeopleSoft experience on many implementations including CRM, HRMS, Financials and EPM
Consultant Independent Natixis Factorem, Paris, France June 2005 to present
Development Leader with focus on developing Integration Broker messaging engines and application classes that satisfied complex accounting practices of client s business
Gave conception and realization to an Event Manager with focus on handling specialized financial transactions related to Factoring an adaptation of AP, AR, and GL
Responsibilities involved applicative design and architectural guidance to develop a new product vertical specific to the accounting practices of Factoring
Drove interfacing schema using PeopleSoft embedded Extract, Transform and Load ETL technologies to load data from PeopleSoft Financial system into reporting repositories for business analytics and other downstream integrations
Consultant Independent Mobistar, France Telecom, Brussels, Belgium February June 2005
Performance tuning engagement to prepare implementation team for smooth and successful go live
Tasks involved reviewing hardware and software architecture and prepare recommendations for optimal configurations
Prepared Application Engine programs to run in parallel for speed and proposed faster data loading solutions including utilizing Oracle sequences and forced commits
Created performance testing framework and delivered documents related to stress testing strategies and best practices
Consultant Independent Fiditalia, Société Générale, Milan, Italy February April 2005
Providing strategic technology consulting for CRM implementation of PeopleSoft, which involve architecture assessment and application development planning
Prepare architecture assessment report and give decision support to project team
Advise on Integration Broker and web services technologies, as well as make tuning recommendations based upon best practices for PeopleCode development
Consultant STS Belgacom, Brussels, Belgium December 2002 January 2005
Project manager for CRM implementation performance acceleration
Team leader of PeopleSoft Competence Center for Belgacom
Responsible for evaluating technical architecture and providing performance improvements on many levels of systems
Especially focused on application level tuning of SQL and reviewing development of new functionality with respect to performance
Provided quantifiable measures for evaluating performance and attained exponential improvements in on line processing times
Provide system administration for environments both in production and building phases
Critical problem solving capabilities demonstrated in high stress situations where a user of population of nearly 4000 is depending on a rapid solution
Consultant STS Hewlett Packard EMEA, Amsterdam, Netherlands May 2003
Performed technical assessment to validate system configuration and provide technical advisement on implementation
Prepared report on recommendations for improving performance and processing methodologies
Consultant STS Fortis, Brussels, Belgium, May June 2003
Served as senior technology trusted advisor for PeopleSoft General Ledger implementation
Primary mission to determine optimal processing methodologies for batch processing but also to provide counsel to technology team as a liaison to PeopleSoft support and development organizations
Consultant STS Waste Management, Houston, TX, July 2001 February 2003
Senior technology lead supporting the implementation of CRM 8, and upgrades of Financials 8.4 and HRMS 8.3 product lines. Primarily, technical architecture advisement of hardware and software systems and providing strategic guidance for upgrade teams. Provided database support and performance tuning for a rapid rollout of a large PeopleSoft installation for 65,000 employees.
Developed and tested SQR and Application Engine programs to facilitate the interfacing of data from Kronos to PeopleSoft HRMS 8.3 and to ADP and General Ledger. Prepared reports using Query, nVision and SQR to deliver nightly summation of operating information.
Provided guidance to project team on technology concerns relating to Oracle, application servers, Weblogic servers and Process Scheduler. Optimized n tier configuration.
Utilized Mercury WinRunner and LoadRunner for unit and volume system tests.
Advised client management team on hardware provisioning.
Consultant STS RAND Corporation, Los Angeles, CA October 2001 October 2002
Perform installation and upgrade from PeopleSoft HRMS 7.04 to 8.3
Manage all upgrade tasks in conjunction with Business Information Resources team
Provide technical advisement on optimal configuration for performance
Consultant STS Access360, Irvine, CA October November 2001
Create and maintain PeopleSoft 8 on MS SQL Server, Oracle, Unicode and Windows 2000
Developed security applications that communicate with security features of PeopleSoft through Component Interface
Established and maintained LDAP directories
Optimized application servers to scalable environments to accommodate Access360 s customer base
Professional Services Manager PeopleSoft, Pleasanton, CA July 1999 February 2000
Developed consulting practice into a performance consulting team generating over six million dollars in revenue annually.
Created a methodology for performing custom benchmarks based on PeopleSoft s Performance Toolkits used by hardware and database vendors to obtain certified benchmarks and apply TPC C Transaction Processing Performance Council results to customers implementations.
Founder and practice leader of PeopleSoft Consulting s Performance Services Group, focusing on performance analysis, configuration tuning advisement and technical project management to customers worldwide. Specialized in technical facets of GL, OM, AP, AR, HRMS, Payroll, IN, BI, and EPM.
As practice manager of performance services offering, defined the market segment and customer needs tailored service offering to meet this need, and marketed this services to customers and sales organizations.
Technical Advisor PeopleSoft Strategic Technical Services, April 1998 July 1999
By performing technical assessments, David has been a valuable technical advisor to many PeopleSoft customers. The technical assessment is an analysis of a customer s technical architecture and seeks to cover every facet of PeopleSoft s technologies, old and new. David has also given several conference presentations based upon his experiences detailing and understanding customer s situations expressed through the technical assessment and exposure to many facets of PeopleSoft technology applied in a customer s environment. Provided assistance to PeopleSoft s most strategic customers, including Boeing, FedEx, Ernst Young, Ford, Sears, and Credit Suisse.
Presentations at 1999 and 2000 User s Conferences on topics such as Performing a Capacity and Performance Validation, Building Benchmarks With PeopleTools, Sybase and Oracle Ask the Experts
Exposure to EPM architecture including extract, transform and load procedures with Informatica and Cognos cube building. In depth analysis resulted in publishing a white paper regarding the Balanced Scorecard.
Technical Project Manager PSC Wells Fargo Services Co., San Francisco, CA March August 1999
Conducted a benchmark that set a record in the highest performance level for very large scale transactional systems for general ledger, processing over 5 million transactions with average daily balances in under one hour on a 2.7 terabytes database. An unparalleled achievement involving substantial cross functional resource coordination and technical savvy. The benchmark serves as a performance validation to many sales opportunities and has contributed to millions in software license revenues.
Technical Project Manager PSC Ciba Vision, Atlanta, GA, July December 1999
Engagement manager and technical advisor for Order Management and Distribution implementation.
Performed performance tuning on Oracle version 8i.
Optimized application server configuration to support 2,500 concurrent OM users. Advanced configuration for BEA Tuxedo involved load balancing and failover support.
Reviewed and analyzed performance problems in online panels, SQRs and customer queries.
Captured application and PeopleCode traces, tuned the performance of online application panels and customer queries by optimizing the SQL code and building necessary indexes.
Provided technical support to functional teams and application testers and developed SQRs.
Offered recommendations in regards to code design and optimization as part of the knowledge transfer to the client team, with detailed documentation in regards to the tuning and customization completed.
Establish and troubleshoot Workflow functionality by coupling client s requirements with PeopleSoft s capability
Senior Consultant PSC Rockwell Semiconductor, Milwaukee, WI, November 1998 March 1999
Lead technical consultant for Inventory and Order Management implementation
Established a benchmark for Order Management online performance with over 1,000 online concurrent users.
Tuning efforts led to improvements of online transaction from 29 minutes to 29 seconds in Order Update function.
Performed all DBA related functions such as database backup and recovery, data maintenance and tuning of multiple Oracle systems for customer and at benchmark labs at Sun Microsystems in Menlo Park, CA.
Performance testing and tuning of both on line and batch application components by looking at areas such as Oracle system catalogs, buffer pools, trace data, data distribution, CPU utilization, UNIX workload balancing.
Guided implementation team through functional upgrade process of Distribution system from version 6.5 to 7.5.
Senior Consultant PSC Vincam Group, Miami, FL August November 1998
Performed a capacity planning validation for a large Professional Employer Organizations PEO in the process of upgrading PeopleSoft version 6.0 to 7.5. Implementation depended upon validation of the system to support functional requirements of Payroll and Benefits Administration for 235,200 employees.
The unique nature of this implementation required division into 7840 PayGroups and batch processing continuous PayRuns 24 hours a day with 665 concurrent online users.
System configuration required mastery of Oracle 7.3.4 on IBM S70 machines running AIX.
Applied technologies such as BMC Patrol, Performance ToolBox for AIX, SQA Robot, Mercury Load Runner, and PeopleSoft s Data Expansion Tool.
Senior Consultant PSC Toshiba America Information Systems, Irvine, CA, October November 1999
Developed migration plan and technical assessment for transition and from IBM AS 400 to Windows NT environment and upgrade from 6.0 to 7.5.
Prepared technical risk assessment and hardware provisioning guideline for implementation.
Senior Consultant PSC Enterprise Rental Car, St. Louis MO April May 1999
Technology planning and risk assessment to determine optimal configuration for an enterprise wide rollout of Financials and HRMS.
Interviewed implementation participants from CIO to Business Analysts to uncover any roadblocks to implementation.
Advised business intelligence group in the optimal reporting strategy using tools such as SQR, Actuate, Crystal and Brio.
Developed a backup and recovery scheme for data center.
Certified the implementation plan from a technical perspective.
Senior Consultant PSC Hawaiian Airlines, Honolulu, HI, November December 1999
Technical advisement to Financials and HRMS implementation team involved troubleshooting performance problems on Sybase 11 system, due to row level locking contention.
Optimized SQR and Query programs to accommodate user requirements.
Explained changes in PeopleTools version 7.5 architecture and examined the benefits of EPM and CRM for Hawaiian Airlines.
Advised customer on upgrade procedures from 6.0 to 7.5.
Senior Consultant PSC Marubeni Financial Services, Tokyo, Japan, October December 1997
Installed localized version of PeopleSoft Financials 6.5 and built system from delivery truck to user acceptance testing.
Modified translate tables and swapped base tables for specific requirements to client s operations.
Resolved localization problems by modifying panels and PeopleCode to accommodate specific calculations of value added tax.
Administered HP UX 11 displaying Kanji characters.
Consultant PSC DirecTV, Tokyo, Japan, August October 1997
Provided database administration and technical support to Financials implementation team.
Negotiated application modifications with Japanese implementation team.
Enabled Global Language Support in Informix database.
Configured and maintained Process Scheduler on HP UX.
Developed operations procedures, backup and recovery procedures and documentation.
Developed training procedures for the knowledge transfer to the client team DDDAUDIT, SYSAUDIT reports and cleanup procedures, Trace Facilities, SQL Tuning, Process Scheduler .
Consultant PSC Akebono Tire and Brake, Tokyo, Japan, October December 1997
Provided technical assistance to implementation team in the form of Process Scheduler and Application server configuration.
Developed SQR interface to load customer data
Consultant PSC NUMMI, Fremont, California October November 1998
Developed SQRs to load data and report results of Accounts Payable transactions.
Supported DBA team with advanced configuration and monitoring recommendations
Tuned Accounts Payable processing from 26 hours to under one hour.
Consultant PSC Staffmark, Fayetteville, AK, June 1997
Participated in the upgrade project at this strategic account with a tight deadline, as technical problem solver.
Resolved upgrade problems causing a weeklong delay in development caused by a corrupt Application Upgrader program.
Modified and developed SQRs to utilize unique database index features
Consultant PSC Gateway 2000, North Sioux City, IO, August 1998
Provided performance assessment and Sybase database advisement to the Payroll system of a major computer manufacturer with 18,000 employees.
Made recommendations to its management and to its IT staff in the performance tuning strategy, backup and recovery procedures, CPU utilization, workload balancing and Y2K readiness.
Program Manager Evolve Software, Emeryville, CA August 2000 February 2001
Established service offerings for professional services organization. Managed functional and technical teams in the implementation of enterprise software for Professional Services Automation customers.
General Experience
Developed streamlined methodology for implementations by applying best practices derived from customer s business processes and consultant s experience.
Formulated service offerings using a technical perspective with tools such as Mercury WinRunner, DataLoader, MS Project, Oracle, MS SQL Server, Java, Poet, Visual Café, and Visual Source Safe.
Technical Architect Evolve Software, Emeryville, CA, February 2000 August 2000
Developed roadmaps for implementation efficiency by applying accelerated data composition and loading techniques for 12 different customers.
Contributed to development of EAI strategy.
Connected data interfaces from ERP and SFA systems and PeopleSoft.
Designed system architectures for customers and gave presentations and training sessions based on technical assessments and requirements.
Procured, installed, and administered database servers of Oracle and MS SQL Server in NT and Solaris environments.
Deployed web servers using IIS and Apache on NT and UNIX and designed applications using WebLogic.
Instilled security regimes and solved security vulnerabilities requiring SSL for customers in ASP environment.
Database Administrator Transamerica, Los Angeles, CA, April 1996 February 1997
Designed and administered database architectures that required a thorough understanding of client server, relational modeling, normalization and the overlying business processes.
Attained mastery of advanced RDMS features such as replication, triggers, stored procedures and optimization. Utilized MS SQL Server, Oracle, and Sybase.
Spearheaded development of intranet site. Used such tools as Visual Cafe, WebLogic, JAVA, J++ and Internet Information Server to achieve exciting solutions to traditional application distribution obstacles.
Performed all DBA related functions such as database backup and recovery, data maintenance and security. Performed database and tuning as necessary. Troubleshooting and problem solving.
Administered Windows NT and UNIX servers, examined throughput of networking configurations and protocols such as TCP IP, DHCP, WAN, Frame Relay, Citrix, Samba, VPN, and RAS. Established system monitoring pager alerts.
Provided database support to Oracle data warehouse team.
Provided technical support to the PeopleSoft GL data conversion team.
Installed the Microsoft SQL Server 6.0 system and other related tools for development, Visual Source Safe, WebLogic Kona, Visual Basic, Visual C++. Upgraded and migrated RDBMSs.
Provided around the clock 24 by 7 support to the corporate database systems.
Analyzed the performance and utilization of the current databases and applications.
Database Administrator Miller Chevalier, Washington, DC, May 1994 April 1996
Designed and implemented MS SQL Server, Paradox, MS Access and Visual Fox Pro databases. Performed all DBA related functions such as unloading and loading tables databases, granting access authority and building relational schemas.
Provided technical consulting to management and applications teams.
Employed document imaging applications such as Watermark and Kofax for case management systems.
Technical Analyst Howrey Simon, Washington, DC, November 1990 May 1994
Supported both hardware and software technologies of firms and cases by automating many of the tasks necessary for large scale case management using database applications and imaging systems.
Technical Skills
Databases: Oracle, DB2 UNIX, Sybase, Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, Access, Btrieve, Concordance, FolioViews, Paradox, FoxPro, Erwin for ERM
Analytical applications: Arbor Hyperion Essbase, Cognos, Informatica
Programming languages: Visual Basic, Access Basic, Xbase, SQL, DOS, C++, Java, HTML, JDBC
Operating systems: UNIX, HP UX, Solaris, Digital, Linux, Novell Netware, Windows NT, DOS, Veritas, EMC Celera HighRoad and TimeFinder
Administration
and monitoring: HP UX Certification, proficiency with HP OpenView, SAM, Solaris Management Console, NFS, Veritas, SAMBA, SWAT and expertise with kernel performance tuning, FogLight RAPS, Searchlight, Quest SQL Navigator, SQLAnalyzer, BMC Patrol, Toad
Internet
and Intranet: Java, HTML, XML, Active X, J++, WebLogic, WebMethods, WebObjects, Visual Café, Netscape Server, Apache Server, NCSA Mosaic, HotMetal
Imaging systems: Watermark, Intellect, MARS, PaperBridge, Rust, Wang WIIS, WinVsn, Kofax
Office Applications: Outlook, Exchange, Project, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Lotus Notes
Networks: Novell Netware, Banyan Vines, DHCP, Windows Networking, DNS, TCP IP, Ethernet, Wireless IEEE 802.11b
PeopleSoft Functional: General Ledger, Order Management, Payroll, Human Resources Management, Time and Expense, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Enterprise Performance Measurement, CRM, Vantive
PeopleSoft Technical: Nvision, PeopleTools, PeopleCode, Data Designer, Application Engine, iClient, Application Designer, Data Mover, Process Scheduler, Tuxedo Application Server, Workflow, Security Administrator, EDI, COBOL
Interests
Triathlon.
Golf, surfing, travel.
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