Robert Barkalow
Data Warehouse Architect and DBA
Employment
Prior to embarking on a career consulting, sixteen years as a full-time employee provided a thorough grounding in IT standards, operational procedures and organizational dynamics. This background is brought to bear on all projects, and plays a major role in their successful completion.
- MBO Partners - Independent Consultant - 3/1999 - Current - Independent contract worker for a broad range of clients. Please see the Projects section for highlights of accomplishments during this period.
- KPMG, LLC - Manager, Data Administration - 12/1995 - 3/1999 - Directed team of up to 16 full-time and contract staff in the design, development and production support of Oracle, Sybase and DB2 data base systems. Budgetary responsibility of $10MM for software license purchasing and maintenance.
Highlights in this position include: replacement of all Sybase and SQL Server data bases with Oracle, creation of the first company-wide knowledge repository and migration of all in-house developed financial and HR systems to PeopleSoft. - Dun & Bradstreet - Manager Data Base Administration - 9/1986 - 12/1995 - Wide range of progressive responsibilities over a 9-year period. Started as a junior IDMS DBA, and advanced to ultimately manage the full DBA group in this high-volume, technology-driven organization. During this period, life-long habits were formed with respect to data integrity, data base availability, and system-wide performance.
Highlights include: early adopter of the DB2 mainframe environment, introduction of Unix-based data base processing, and the company's Citation Award for delivering a cutting-edge client/server product that yielded $1.5 MM revenue in its first year. - John Wiley & Sons - IDMS DBA - 6/1983 - 8/1986 - Entry-level IDMS DBA.
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