Resume
Steve Karam,
OCM, Oracle ACE
BIOGRAPHY

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Steve Karam is one of less
than 20 DBA's worldwide to achieve the coveted
Oracle 10g Certified Master
status and he has been honored with the prestigious Oracle ACE
designation. A former senior instructor for Oracle University,
Steve has a
proven track record in performance and troubleshooting on dozens
of high profile Oracle systems, and complex Oracle 10g RAC
environments. See
Steve Karam instructor comments and
Steve Karam Books here. Combining his organization and technical skills, Steve serves as a
Senior Oracle Consultant for Burleson Consulting, Steve investigates
an unprecedented number of Oracle databases and he
excels at Oracle database assessment, Oracle tuning and system
optimization. Steve Karam is also an accomplished Oracle
Instructor and teaches dozens of Oracle classes for BC (www.dba-oracle.com). |
CERTIFICATIONS/AWARDS
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Oracle ACE - 2006 - One of the highest
honors bestowed on any Oracle professional.
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Oracle 10g Certified Master - 2005 -
One of ten in the world currently, certification estimated to be
held by no more than 120 people worldwide.
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Oracle Certified Professional (OCP)
WORK SUMMARY
Steve has more than eight years as a DBA with a proven track record in
performance and troubleshooting on over dozens of high profile Oracle
systems. Committed to fast product development while retaining emphasis on
database stability. Steve possesses the skills to quickly adapt to any environment
during any point of the project cycle and provide efficient response to company
deadlines and system complications. Steve is an energetic self-starter with excellent
organizational, analytical, and creative skills with an extremely in-depth
knowledge of the Oracle database and other products.
COMPUTER PROFICIENCY
Oracle 7 10g DBA
Oracle 10g Certified Master High Availability Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Advanced
Replication Disaster Recovery Data Guard and RMAN Security Auditing, Network Security, SOX OLAP/VLDB/Warehousing Oracle Text and interMedia Modeling, Architecture, Installation, Upgrades, Migration SQL and PL/SQL Training and Mentoring
Operating System Administration and Hardware Support
Unix (Solaris) E6800, E4500, 220R with StorEdge A1000, D1000, SAN Linux (RedHat Enterprise, Fedora, Mandrake, SUSE) Intel Xeon and Itanium
Servers
Other Database Platforms
MS SQL Server 7 2000, MS Access, MS FoxPro
Other Development Platforms
PHP XML, XSLT, Web Services HTML and JavaScript
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Trader Publishing
Company Virginia Beach, VA 9/2005 - Present Database/Systems Manager
Lead role in new system acquisitions and migrations Implemented ground breaking data distribution channels utilizing
object-oriented techniques that cut man hours by over 500%. Developed, planned, and implemented full multi-site disaster recovery and
high availability solutions for all of Trader Publishing Company on Oracle
10g. Official Answer Man, regarded as top source for solutions on any problem.
Oracle Corporation Reston, VA 9/2004 9/2005 Senior Instructor
Wrote all scripts and multiple scenarios as a Team Lead for the Oracle 10g
Certified Master project Training students in the following DBA courses: 9i Fundamentals I, 9i
Fundamentals II, 9i Performance Tuning, 9i Security, 9i RAC on Linux, 9i
Database for Developers, 10g Workshop I, 10g Workshop II, 10g Security, 10g
RAC, 10g New Features, 10g SQL Tuning Workshop Lead Instructor for 10g: Security; recognized Oracle University Security
guru Attained top 3% of global instructors for the quarter (Leadership Circle)
Trader Publishing Company Virginia Beach, VA 1/2001 9/2004 Senior Database Administrator
Troubleshooting, backup and recovery, proactive database and system
maintenance, proactive monitoring, security, research and development, all
levels of performance tuning, architecture and design, mentoring, and
support Implemented a four node 10g RAC cluster on an Itanium2 platform with
NetApp SAN storage Key member of Fraud Service Bureau, utilizing data mining for real-time
fraud countermeasures. Remodeled all database systems to 3NF compliance and a superior server
configuration Migrated a 300GB database powering a multi-million dollar website from two
8i Servers to a single 9i E6800 Server with disaster recovery in under five
hours. No downtime or data loss was incurred.
Logicon Inc. Williamsburg, VA 7/1999 - 1/2001 Sr. Analyst/Database Administrator
Implemented the Visa Points Wizard with Oracle 8i and Smart Card
technology Created the Standard Army Retail Supply System/Business Process Server Added new communications technology into the Armys Worldwide Port System Provided support for the Air Force Supply Asset Tracking System
Lambda Consulting Virginia Beach, VA 1/1998 - 7/1999 Database Administrator
Modeled the Navys Space and Naval Warfare Cost Estimation system Built new database systems for the Navys Organic Direct Vendor Delivery
ORACLE COMMUNITY
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Hampton Roads Oracle Users Group, Chesapeake, VA 2004 - present
Lead Speaker on DBA topics
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Tidewater Community College, Virginia Beach, VA 2005
Oracle Internet Academy Program Advisory Board Member
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Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 2005
Association of IT Professionals, Speaker
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