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Robert Freeman, OCP

 

 

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Robert G. Freeman is one of the most famous Oracle experts and author of eight popular Oracle books, including Oracle9i RMAN Backup & Recovery and the bestselling Oracle11g New Features book.  Robert is an expert in UNIX and Oracle RAC and specializes in Oracle backup & recovery and performance tuning for complex databases.

 


Profile

 

  • Over 17 years as an experienced Oracle DBA and Unix Systems Administrator.
  • Expert in backup & recovery and Oracle disaster planning.
  • Expert in Oracle performance tuning and Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC).
  • Author of numerous bestselling Oracle books.
  • Expert in web technology including HTML, Java and ASP.
  • Excellent programming skills including C, C++, PL/SQL and Visual Basic.
     

 

Professional Certifications

 

  • Oracle Certified Professional (OCP)

 

  • Licensed FAA Private Pilot
     
  • Second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do

 

Expert IT Skills

 

  • Oracle7, Oracle8, Oracle8i, Oracle9i, Oracle10g, RAC, OPS, SQL*Net, Net8, RMAN
     
  • Oracle tuning, Oracle SQL tuning, Oracle9i RAC tuning, Oracle troubleshooting

 

  • Java, C, C++, SQL, PL/SQL, SQL*Plus

 

  • UNIX Solaris, HP/UX and AIX plus Linux (SuSe and Red Hat) and Windows

 

  • Erwin, PowerDesigner, Toad, MS Project and Oracle Designer

 

Education

 

  • University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, Business Administration studies

 

Training Employment

  • Adjunct Professor - Highline Community College - Des Moines, Washington

Taught undergraduate courses in Oracle database administration.

  • IOUG University Instructor - International Oracle Users Group

Taught IOUG University course on Oracle DBA fundamentals.

  •  On-Site Instructor - ARIS

Taught Oracle Database Administration, Oracle SQL, Oracle Tuning and Backup and Recovery courses.

Employment History

 

Oracle Management Consultant – NDA (2003-2005)

Served as a transition Oracle DBA manager for the Chicago Board of Trade Clearing Corporation. managing five senior Oracle DBA staff.

 

Responsible for several multi-million dollar projects that required working with the UNIX, networking, application and disk storage groups. Implemented backup and recovery standards, business disaster planning and resumption strategies. Also defined complete Oracle departmental standards and designed and implemented a system for problem tracking.

Responsible for overall Database architecture and design at United Airlines for several mission-critical Oracle projects. Performed Oracle optimization and created an overall front-door architectural planning and design standard for new Oracle projects.

Senior Oracle DBA and Database Architect (1998-2003)

Served as senior Database architect and technical lead. Responsible for initial architectural direction of all new “front door” projects. Designed architectural standards for the CSX database infrastructure.  Responsible for investigating, recommending and implementing all new database technologies and Oracle license management.

Managed 16 Oracle DBAs for several Oracle database related projects. The successful conclusion of the CSX project saved the company roughly 500 Million dollars. Other duties included:

  • Performance tuning.

  • Backup and recovery planning and implementation.

  • Disaster recovery planning and implementation.

  • Drafting of departmental standards and procedures.

  • Design of departmental web site using HTML, Java and ASP.

  • Initial Oracle installs.
     

Senior Oracle DBA (1996-1998)

A senior Oracle database consultant with full DBA responsibility for numerous clients performing Oracle database design, Oracle performance optimization and Oracle installation and maintenance.

 

Also planned and implemented a comprehensive Oracle backup & recovery architecture, created corporate documentation standards and developed complex Oracle applications using PL/SQL, C++ and Visual Basic.

Senior Oracle DBA (1990-1996)

Served as a senior Oracle database administrator performing all duties to maintain the Oracle data repository.  Responsibilities included Oracle instance tuning, Oracle SQL tuning and Oracle application tuning.  Worked with developers in complex systems development and mentored developers in using PL/SQL. C, C++ and VB for developing Oracle application systems.

Manager of Database Distribution (1988-1990)

Responsible for collection, processing, and distribution of daily database updates.