Douglas D. Smith
2400
Jefferson Ave.
Berkeley,
California
94703
Home: (510)-845-9646
Fax: (775)-628-8544
Overview:
Founding Staff Member at Oracle,
Ingres, and Sybase.
Positions held in:
Employment History:
iOwn.com (Homeshark Holdings, LLC.) – San Francisco (February 2001 to May 2001)
Stabilized and supported development test and production MS SQL Server 7 databases for
iOwn.com, a consumer mortgage and real estate web site. Environment consisted of:
Redesigned and programmed TQL stored procedures for email subscription service.
Envolved, Inc. – San Francisco (June 2000 to Jan 2000)
Designed and built on-line database for a Philanthropic Web Site.
Utilized Two-Tier Architecture featuring:
Solutech Consulting - Walnut Creek, CA (June 1999 to May 2000)
Taught Beta course materials for
Sybase Inc. based on Sybase ASE 12.0:
Designed, developed and tested hands-on Labs and Database Setups for:
Sybase Inc. - Emeryville CA (October, 1989 to May, 1998)
Designed and wrote the following customer education courseware:
Taught the following customer education courses:
Programmed Open Server and Open Client applications:
Tuned SQL Server for High Performance at the following customer sites:
Designed Logical and Physical Database Design for a Merchandise Warehousing
System:
· Northern Telecom
· Mervyn's Department Stores Warehouse Management System
Presented and Demonstrated Sybase at seminars and
trade shows
Designed and implemented prototypes
Installed and tuned Sybase for customer benchmarks
Worked closely with sales rep's to close important sales
Answered requests for proposals (RFP's)
Ingres Corp. - Alameda, CA (November 1987 to October 1989)
Performed Competitive Research and
Analysis
Wrote technical summaries and competitive reviews
Conducted benchmarks
Presented competitive information to large groups and customers
Installed Ingres on VAX VMS and
UNIX platforms
Participated in Benchmarks against Oracle
Prototyped 4GL Applications
Pac*Tel Spectrum Services -Walnut Creek (June 1986 to November 1987)
Maintained, Installed, and Tuned
Oracle on VAX-Cluster
Served as primary technical support contact
Implemented fault-tolerant database failover plan
Re-architected and implemented new database design
Morgan Stanley and Company - New York, NY (November 1988)
Provided technology mentorship
Conducted feasibility study for a high availability warm standby system
Planning Research Corporation - McClean, VA (December 1985 to February 1986)
Subcontractor for Oracle project for the Internal Revenue Service
Oracle Corp. - Menlo Park, CA (October 1984 to October 1985)
Provided Pre-Sales support in
early phases of corporate growth
Taught Software Classes on all aspects of the Oracle RDBMS
Provided telephone support and Account Management
Pacific Gas and Electric Company - San Francisco, CA (October 1981 to October 1984)
Designed and organized Economic
and Energy Databases
Interdepartmental liaison for coding standards
Designed economic models for Corporate Planning Support.
Wrote computer models using Express (multi-dimensional Database management
system) in a VM/CMS environment
Responsible for End-Use Energy and
California Energy Model
Used Trans-log cost models and ARIMA techniques in SAS
Designed and implemented corporate planning support models
Implemented JCL, Fortran and SAS subroutines in a TSO Environment
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