Career
Professional Timeline
From database team lead at a major university to Oracle Cloud operations lead: 17+ years building and running database platforms and cloud infrastructure.
Oracle Cloud Operations Team Lead / Oracle Architect
Insum, a Talan Company
Lead the Oracle Cloud operations practice, running infrastructure services for a group of enterprise clients. Plan and run Oracle database migrations (9i through 23ai) across on-premises and OCI environments, including Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM). Build multi-tenancy FinOps dashboards using APEX and REST APIs. Mentor a mixed operations team and help with business development.
Solution Architect
Glowplug
Led Oracle APEX modernization engagements, moving clients' legacy applications to Oracle Cloud. Designed IaaS/PaaS architecture blueprints, managed delivery across the full SDLC, and mentored development teams on APEX and on designing applications for OCI.
Director of Technical Operations
Data for Good Calgary
Run the technical infrastructure for a non-profit data science community. Design the organization's technology stack on Oracle Cloud, including the HubSpot CRM integrations. Designed a volunteer management platform using Oracle APEX integrated with DocuSeal and NextCloud, supporting 100+ volunteers.
Maximo Infrastructure Architect / Oracle Architect
IBM Canada Ltd.
Architecture lead for IBM Maximo 7.6 deployments in nuclear energy, aerospace and logistics, on programs worth over $36M. Led the most complex Maximo integration on record: bi-directional IBM Maximo to Oracle Primavera P6 for Bruce Power. Built a Python tool that remediated 100,000+ malformed BLOB records. Managed teams of 26+ developers on the FedEx move from legacy systems to Maximo.
Backend Lead
FABE (For All a Beautiful Earth)
Led the move of all application and database infrastructure to Oracle Cloud. Planned the migration of Oracle workloads to OCI IaaS/PaaS, including compute provisioning, Oracle 19c deployment and an Exadata evaluation. Designed the cloud security architecture and networking rules.
Ellucian ERP Consultant / Database Architect
Olyras Inc.
Delivered Ellucian Banner ERP implementation and database administration for higher education institutions. Implemented the complete Banner ecosystem: Self-Service, Workflow, Mobile, Event Publisher, Recruit, Xtender DMS, and Ethos Identity. Used Oracle APEX to build extensions to the ERP quickly.
Database Team Lead / Senior Database Architect
American University of Sharjah
Led database operations for a major university's enterprise systems portfolio including Ellucian Banner ERP, Blackboard e-Learning, and Agility CMMS. Administered production Oracle 11g/12c/18c with Data Guard, RAC, TDE, and Enterprise Manager. Led Solaris-to-Linux platform migration. Managed storage planning, disaster recovery, and capacity forecasting.
Education
M.Sc. Engineering Systems Management
IT Management
American University of Sharjah
B.Sc. Computer Science
Minor in Mathematics
American University of Sharjah