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Over 20 years of experience in planning, developing and implementing various information technology and CRM solutions across Institutions.  Salesforce Certified Administrator. •Over 5 years of implementing customized CRM solutions to various clients like Verizon, Allianz Re-Insurance . •Automated Service, Sales and marketing processes using Salesforce Lightning flows, AI Agentforce and APEX/Visualforce • Implemented core Salesforce modules like Sales, Service, Financial, Health cloud for small businesses using Agile/Scrum methodologies • Integrated Salesforce with apps like Zoom, RingCentral, Box, Gmail using Zapier • Utilized Webservices/REST API to integrate Salesforce with third party applications. • Implemented Web to Lead, Web to Case and Email to Case channels. • Created OMNI Channel and Web Chat for customer service. • Built reports and dashboards to measure kpis. • Imported data into Salesforce using tools like DataLoader and workbench. • Implemented and created the full life cycle process for large-scale software development • Identified architectural improvements resulting in increased product reliability and responsiveness to new feature requests • Utilizing strong functional knowledge to drive product design • MS (Computer Science) , University of South Carolina, Columbia  Salesforce Certified Administrator  Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform  Sun Certified Web Component Developer for Java 2 Platform  Sun Certified Business Component Developer for Java 2 Platform  Project management for IT Profession TECHNICAL SKILLS • Java, J2EE, Java Servlets, JSP, JNDI, JFCs, EJB’s, Java Script, AJAX, Web services • Spring Webflow 2.5, STRUTS, Google Web Tool Kit, XML, XSL, ASP, .NET, Shell Scripts, JUnit • WebSphere 8.5, Tomcat, Web Logic 6.0, IIS, Silver Stream App Server, JRun, JWS • RAD 7.5, Eclipse, Visual Studio, JDeveloper, CVS, Clear Case, Stash, UML, Rational Rose • Oracle 11g, D2000, IBM DB2, MYSQL, MS SQL SERVER, MS ACCESS, Toad • Windows XP, IBM AIX and Unix (SUN SOLARIS 5.7), Silver Stream e-portal 2.2 • JIRA, Confluence, Cloud Services (PaaS), SalesForce Administration, APEX, Visualforce, LWC, AI Agentforce

Independent Systems & AI Consultant April 2009 – Present Provide high-end cloud architecture, server tuning, critical-incident recovery, and modern data engineering services to global clients. Completed 140+ engagements on Upwork with a perfect 5.0/5.0 feedback rating. AI Data Pipeline & Serverless Warehousing (2025 – 2026): Engineered a serverless data catalog pipeline using Python (BeautifulSoup, requests) to automatically scrape, parse, and clean investigative articles from target web sources [1]. Structured the raw extracted payload into optimized Apache Parquet tables and deployed them directly to Hugging Face Datasets for serverless hosting [1]. Built an interactive search and query dashboard in Gradio, utilizing custom DNS records (ALIAS/CNAME) to map and serve the app securely on DigitalOcean's cloud. Cloud Infrastructure & Migrations (AWS EC2 / VPS): Architected and built high-availability Linux cloud servers on AWS EC2, configured with WHM/cPanel, Concrete5 CMS, and optimized PHP environments. Successfully migrated legacy physical dedicated servers to scalable Virtual Private Servers (VPS) with CentOS/RHEL. Critical System Recovery & Administration: Diagnosed and resolved emergency service outages, including JBOSS server crash failures, Plesk/cPanel software conflicts on legacy CentOS nodes, and data recovery via mounting RAID arrays on FreeBSD. Configured Snort IDS, hardened server network boundaries, and conducted end-to-end performance audits. UNIX Engineer | E Solutions Corporation March 2008 – April 2009 (1 year 2 months) Supported physical operations and infrastructure for a Tier-1 collocation facility. Administered and engineered OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Linux, and Windows server environments daily. Identified and successfully resolved a high volume of network and host-based security vulnerabilities. Stabilized the physical bandwidth billing system for accuracy and provided system-level engineering support to the web development team. UNIX System Engineer | Hilton Grand Vacations (HGVC) November 2006 – March 2008 (1 year 5 months) Served as the single onsite point of operations for all HP-UX, Solaris, FreeBSD, macOS X, and Linux servers. Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) Architecture: Designed and built a custom corporate Data Warehouse using RedHat Enterprise Linux, IBM Information Server, and the Sun N1 toolkit. Backported RedHat clustering utilities and GFS modules specifically for RHEL 4 to support database stability. Tailored operating systems to run the IBM Information Server 8 product family, including IBM DB2 V9.3, WebSphere 6.0, DataStage, and QualityStage. Web Presence Engineering: Designed and deployed the company's external web servers on the Solaris 10 platform using Sun T2000 hardware. Leveraged Solaris Zones, hardware RAID, and the ZFS filesystem to isolate and optimize traffic. Authored custom system automation utilities in Perl, C, and the Bourne shell to debug complex kernel and network issues. UNIX Administrator | Vortech, Inc. 2004 – 2006 (2 years) UNIX Administration & Support | Magna Computer Corp September 2003 – May 2004 (9 months) UNIX System Administrator & Network Engineer | Independent Consultant November 2001 – July 2003 Implemented OpenBSD, Linux, and Windows servers in high-density colocation centers. Configured custom web application servers from scratch using Apache, Perl, PHP, and MySQL. Programmed terminal-based console utilities in C and ncurses, utilizing the GTK toolkit and X11 API. Second Level Support | Jobwarehouse May 2001 – September 2001 (5 months) Provided secondary engineering support for primary web servers and high-volume data processing tasks. Education Valencia Community College | 1996 – 1998 | Computer Science & Systems Study Winter Park High School | 1992 – 1996 | Gifted Academic Program Professional Recommendation "Aaron is a very good systems engineer for Linux, UNIX and Windows. He has an in depth understanding of system internals. I found him to be an honorable man that stands behind his word and keeps on track of the project. He would make a good supervisor in any company." — Shelton R., Sr. IT Consultant / DB2 DBA Expert, Xtivia (worked directly with Aaron at HGVC)

• 15+ years of IT experience & over 12 years of extensive experience as Oracle, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, Azure SQL, MySQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, AWS Database Administrator, providing 24X7 production and development support on different platforms like Oracle Exadata, HP-UX, SUN SOLARIS, AIX, RedHat Linux and Windows. • Experience in Performance Tuning such as tuning of memory, CPU, I/O distribution, shared memory segments using utilities like Explain Plan, Stats pack, OEM, AWR, ADDM, ASM, TKPROF. performing health and performance check of database by identifying bottlenecks affecting Oracle system using PL/SQL. • Excellent Backups and Recovery skills that involve logical backups (Import / Export), Hot/Cold Backup and tools and utilities like RMAN, pgbackrest, barman, Customized Scripts, Import/ Export and Verities Net • Implementation of high availability solutions with Oracle 10g/11g RAC, Physical and Logical Standby database (Data Guard), Materialized views, Golden Gate. • Configuring PostgreSQL streaming replication and pgbouncer for load balancing. Monitoring tools like pgbadger, pgadmin, Graphana, DBeaver. • Excellent SQL skills including query optimization and business analytical reporting. • Experience in upgrading and migrating various versions of PostgreSQL databases on different platforms. SQL Server & Azure Data Platform Management • Administered, tuned, and maintained a large fleet of on-premises and Azure SQL databases, ensuring 24/7 availability and performance for high-throughput claims platforms.

SQL Server slow, unstable, poorly documented, or becoming too risky to manage? That is exactly where I help. I'm a senior Microsoft SQL Server DBA and Developer with nearly 20 years of experience helping businesses troubleshoot, stabilize, optimize, migrate, and maintain SQL Server environments across versions 2000 through 2022. My work covers production DBA support, performance tuning, T-SQL development, high availability, disaster recovery, Azure SQL, AWS RDS, reporting, ETL, security, and database architecture. I help clients solve real SQL Server problems without unnecessary complexity. Whether your queries are timing out, backups are questionable, SQL Agent jobs are failing, reports are slow, an upgrade is overdue, or nobody is fully confident in the recovery plan — I can assess the environment and move it in the right direction. WHAT I DELIVER ◾ Performance tuning — slow queries, execution plans, indexing, waits, blocking, deadlocks, parameter sniffing, Query Store analysis ◾ Production DBA support — backups, restores, DBCC checks, SQL Agent jobs, maintenance plans, monitoring, alerts, server health reviews ◾ High availability and disaster recovery — Always On Availability Groups, clustering, log shipping, replication, backup strategy, restore testing, RTO/RPO planning ◾ SQL Server development — stored procedures, views, functions, triggers, T-SQL cleanup, reporting queries, data logic troubleshooting ◾ Migrations and upgrades — version upgrades, server moves, cloud migrations, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, AWS RDS ◾ Reporting and ETL — SSRS, SSIS, data imports/exports, scheduled jobs, broken or slow reporting processes ◾ Security and compliance — permissions, least privilege access, SQL logins/users, auditing, encryption, documentation, PCI, STIG compliance ◾ Documentation and knowledge transfer — runbooks, handoff guides, diagrams, and practical recommendations your team can use PERFORMANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING Many clients bring me in when SQL Server is already under pressure. Common problems I fix: ◾ Slow applications caused by inefficient SQL queries ◾ Reports that time out or block production users ◾ High CPU, memory pressure, tempdb issues, or storage bottlenecks ◾ Blocking, deadlocks, and long-running transactions ◾ Poor or over-indexed databases ◾ SQL Agent job failures ◾ Backup chain confusion or restore uncertainty ◾ Availability Group, replication, or failover problems ◾ Legacy databases with little or no documentation I focus on finding the actual cause, explaining it in plain terms, and recommending fixes that are safe for production. HOW I WORK 1. Discovery — Review the environment, the problem, business impact, risks, and current configuration 2. Assessment — Identify performance, reliability, security, backup, and architecture issues 3. Plan — Prioritize the safest and highest-value fixes first 4. Implement — Make careful changes with rollback awareness and documentation 5. Validate — Confirm the issue is resolved using data, not guesswork 6. Support — Provide clear next steps, ongoing monitoring, or handoff documentation WHAT CLIENTS SAY "Throughout our two-year contract, Michael demonstrated extraordinary proficiency as a Microsoft SQL Database Administrator, perfectly marrying technical expertise with excellent communication and a proactive mindset." -- Cloudacio “I have worked with Michael on several different projects ranging from web tool design and implementation to using his skills as a SQL DBA for contract work. When I need a skilled person for software development, web or DBA work - My first call always is to Michael.” -- Keith Swingle, VP Strategic Partnerships, NetVPro "Michael was a lifesaver in helping us figure out some complex Microsoft SQL Server issues. Watching him work inside a database is like watching a wizard." -- Bchex WHY CLIENTS WORK WITH ME Clients value that I'm practical, responsive, and able to explain technical database issues in plain English. I'm comfortable working with business owners, developers, IT teams, vendors, and executives. I don't throw scripts at the problem. I look at the full SQL Server environment: configuration, workload, queries, jobs, backups, HA/DR, application behavior, and operational risk. My goal: make your SQL Server environment faster, safer, more stable, and easier to support. COMMON ENGAGEMENTS ◾ SQL Server health check ◾ Emergency production troubleshooting ◾ Performance tuning review ◾ Query and index optimization ◾ Backup and restore validation ◾ SQL Server migration planning ◾ Azure SQL / Managed Instance support ◾ Always On Availability Group troubleshooting ◾ SSRS / SSIS / SQL Agent job support ◾ Long-term DBA support Whether you need a one-time SQL Server review, emergency troubleshooting, migration help, performance tuning, or ongoing DBA support — click **Invite to Job** and send me a quick summary of what you're trying to fix, improve, or migrate.

Focusing on Database Administration, Network & System Administration, Programming, and Networking with a flare for integration using various technologies. MS SQL Query Tuning/Optimization, jQuery, JavaScript, AWS Billing Optimization and infrrastructure setup including EC2 Instances, PowerShell scripts, and Cold Fusion. I am a well-rounded senior-level IT consultant with very diverse skills & experiences in many industries and countries. I have a get-it-done attitude, and I look for creative ways to achieve a solution that means fewer headaches for the client. My experience starts from the days when DOS was all we had. This knowledge means I know what is really behind the window versus those that only see the window itself; the façade. Many people know how to drag and drop a button onto a form in the studio, but can they write the code to make it work on the backend without a WYSIWYG interface? I usually can. I once challenged a .Net programmer to create code, and I would write classic ASP with C# (on the backend), and it was faster to code and just as efficient and scalable. Back in the dBase days, I wrote an Indexing routine that was faster than the one built-in to the software. These days I prefer to have SQL Server on the backend. Excel, Access VBA are no problem. The 3 J's: JavaScript, jQuery, JSON are also no problem. I prefer to do remote consultations since I travel all over the world.