Dana French Primary Phone: 615.556.0456 113 East Rich Secondary Phone: 405.329.6102 Norman, OK 73069 dfrench@mtxia.com URL: http://dfrench.tripod.com dfrench@email.com URL: http://www.mtxia.com dfrench@juno.com URL: http://uemacs.tripod.com TARGET JOB Target Job Title: Consulting Analyst Desired Job Type: Temporary/Contract/Project EXPERIENCE 9/2000 - Present Mt Xia Norman, OK President Main focus is Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, High Availability and integration of new systems into existing infrastructures. Provide enterprise wide leadership to clients for developing and implementing business continuity methodologies and developing automated disaster recovery solutions in AIX environments. Develop architecture, design and implementation of IBM's Advanced POWER Virtualization providing Logical Partitioning (LPAR), Dynamic LPAR, Automated DLPAR using Partition Load Manager (PLM), Micro Partitioning, and Virtual I/O (VIO) enabling on-demand computing and server consolidation. Integrate wide variety of technologies including EXE, MQSeries, Mercator, Oracle, Informix, Sybase, Websphere, CONTROL-M, ECS, and many others. Many of these technologies are designed and implemented in HACMP environments using SAN external storage devices. Have performed programming for large and small projects in a number of languages that include C, Visual Basic, HTML, JavaScript, Korn Shell, Bourne Shell, SQL, MS-DOS Batch files. I design and implement solutions using all major databases ( Oracle, Informix, Sybase, Ingres ) and several proprietary databases. Develop LAN/WAN environments using numerous networking methods including TCP/IP, Netbios/IP, UUCP, Serial, Dial-up, NFS, SLIP/PPP, Dial-on-demand, Frame Relay, and SNA. Develop Webmin modules for web-based administration of Unix/Linux systems. I also create for many clients, enterprise wide procedures and standards for user management, error logging and notification, network and system architecture, network and system management, programming conventions, system and network security, performance reporting, performance tuning, e-Business modeling and implementation. 4/2002 - 9/2002 Fleming Co's Oklahoma City, OK Consulting Analyst Lead the Unix team for the nations largest grocery wholesaler which designed, implemented, supported, and managed over 150 servers on a nationwide network. These servers included 137 AIX RS/6000's, 15 Sun Solaris, and 3 AS/400's. The team I lead was responsible for the initial hardware and operating system design of each of these machines as well as the design of the ongoing and long-term support systems associated with these machines. These servers supported all aspects of the client's business, from financials and human resources, to warehousing and transportation. I directed the day-to-day activities of the team members and provided long-term goals and objectives. My activities also included the coordination of activities between my team members and the rest of the organization. This coordination was to insure the preservation of standards and procedures adopted by the client. Myself or members of my team wrote most of the standards and procedures that were adopted by the client. Supported the day-to-day operations of the nationwide enterprise as well as the design, implementation and support of all new systems during rollout of F1 project. The F1 project is a multi-year endeavor to streamline operations, reduce distribution expenses, and is the basis for Fleming's goal of becoming a $35 billion by the end of 2003. 4/1993 - 8/2000 The Netplex Group Edmond, OK Senior Technical Consultant Responsible for development of E-Business, E-Services, and E-Management strategies. This includes tactical and strategic implementation of architectures and technologies. Responsible for designing, implementing, and managing conversion of clients to an E-Business model philosophy and mindset. Worked with a variety of Operating systems which included AIX, HP:UX, DG:UX, Linux, NCR SVR4, SINIX, Solaris, SCO, Cisco IOS, Win-NT, Citrix, and Windows Terminal Server. Performed programming in a number of languages which included C, Visual Basic, HTML, JavaScript, Korn Shell, Bourne Shell, SQL, MS-DOS Batch files. Worked with all major databases ( Oracle, Informix, Sybase, Ingres ) and several proprietary databases. Developed LAN/WAN environments using numerous networking methods including TCP/IP, Netbios/IP, Netbios/Netbeui, UUCP, Serial, Dial-up, NFS, SLIP/PPP, Dial-on-demand, Frame Relay, and SNA. I designed, implemented, operated, maintained, and managed complete business conversions to E-Business models as well as individual aspects of client business practices. Duties under the E-Business heading included such things as Asset, Change, Fault, Network, Operations, performance and Capacity, Resource, Security, and Systems Management. Also included Data Mining, Data Warehousing. Further Duties under the heading of E-Commerce included development of systems for the purpose of E-Tailing, On-line Catalog, On-Line Ordering, and Order Management. 9/1989 - 9/1993 French Consulting Services Norman, OK President Specialized in software development, maintenance, documentation and systems conversions. Duties included project definition and planning, systems design and installation, production systems support, graphics and animation, multimedia programming and development, voice response and speech recognition programming, services and software marketing and sales, technical and course preparation for all courses taught by French Consulting Services. 4/1981 - 9/1989 Energy Analysts Inc Norman, OK Senior Systems Analyst Responsible for hazards analysis and risk assessment studies, engineering and graphics programming design/development, documentation and verification, fault tree analysis studies, systems analysis, data base management, marketing and sales, proposal preparation, instrumentation and data acquisition on large scale testing projects. Also responsible for training and course preparation, products liability studies and law and code requirements. EDUCATION Bachelor of Science in Zoology University of Oklahoma, Norman Studies toward MS Chemical Engineering University of Oklahoma, Norman PUBLICATIONS November 2005 - AIX Update Magazine Successful business continuity: volume names May 2005 - AIX Update Magazine Successful business continuity: naming structures April 2005 - AIX Update Magazine Successful business continuity: User names and groups and numbers AFFILIATIONS 1/2000 - 12/2001 Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering 1/2000 - 12/2001 Marquis Who's Who in the World 1/1999 - 12/2000 Marquis Who's Who in the Southwest COPYRIGHTS AIX::ODM: Perl module for retrieving AIX ODM database information Shell Curses: Shell implementation of the Unix "curses" library French Menus: Character based menuing system using "shell curses" kshEvents: Dynamic, Web Based Events Calendar kshSchedule: Web based reservation/scheduling system kshLink: Web Based Communications Control System kshMenus: GUI menuing system utilizing web technologies kshAddURL: Web based method of adding URL to search engines kshNoSpam: SPAM filtering and reflection system kshContact: Personnel directory and paging system kshList: Mailing List system kshBackup: Automated Backup scheduling system kshSQL: SQL DBMS with Ingres-like interface kshInstall: Generic Installation program which utilizes shell curses and FrenchMenus eStorLink: Provides file and print transfer mechanisms between computers on heterogeneous or homogeneous networks. KshIndex: Set of utilities and scripts built around the Apache fancyIndex functions. Allows webmasters to provide a variety of functions to users including automated indexing of URLs, files, and directories, user authorization management, etc. DBIforms: Database and platform independent, web based forms generator. Orwell: Automated disaster recovery solution for multi-site enterprises. BigB: System integrity authentication. AutoContent: Automated documentation generator for code developers. MenuGen: Automated web site generator. CERTIFICATIONS IBM Certified - Advanced Technical Expert: - Certifies an advanced level of AIX knowledge and understanding, both in breadth and depth. Verifies the ability to perform in-depth analysis, apply complex AIX concepts and provide resolution to critical problems, all in a variety of areas within RS/6000 AIX. IBM Certified Specialist - AIX System Support: - This certification validates a broad scope of AIX problem determination and resolution skills, and the ability to perform general AIX software system maintenance. The certification is applicable to support professional who conduct AIX problem determination and resolution activities needed to successfully support system administrators, customers, and clients in an AIX environment, in order to maintain system reliability. Certificate of Proficiency - AIX Performance and System Tuning: - Certifies the ability to tune the AIX RS/6000 environment for CPU performance, memory utilization, hard disk performance and network throughput. Certificate of Proficiency - AIX Installation, Backup and System Recovery: - Certifies the ability to perform complex installation tasks and to recover an existing system from software or hardware failures. Certificate of Proficiency - AIX Communications: - Certifies the ability to design, implement, support and maintain AIX RS/6000 systems in a networked environment. Also shows the ability to utilize AIX RS/6000 systems as the backbone of the network. Linux Administration: - Configuration and Administration, General Issues, Installation, Networking, System Administration and Security, and Transitioning from Windows. Network Security: -General Knowledge, Communications, Firewalls and Gateways, Intruder Management, and Intrusion Detection. HTML 3.2: -Browsers and Links, Components, Forms Comments and Usage, Forms Concepts, Images, Structure, and Text. Emergency Management Institute - Professional Development Series: - The Professional Development Series includes seven Emergency Management Institute independent study courses that provide a well-rounded set of fundamentals for those in the emergency management profession. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Skill Name Skill Level Last Used Experience Business Continuity Expert Currently used 11 years Disaster Recovery Expert Currently used 11 years Project Management Expert Currently used 21 years HARDWARE PLATFORMS Skill Name Skill Level Last Used Experience IBM RS/6000 Expert Currently used 13 years pSeries Sun Intermediate Currently used 6 years HP Intermediate +4 years ago 4 years DG Aviion Intermediate +4 years ago 2 years DG Clariion Intermediate +4 years ago 2 years NCR3400,3500 Expert +4 years ago 5 years NCR 9400 Intermediate +4 years ago 2 years DEC/VAX Intermediate +4 years ago 9 years Cisco Expert Currently used 5 years EMC Symmetrics Intermediate Currently used 2 years EMC Celerra Intermediate Currently used 1 year Hitachi Data Sys Intermediate Currently used 3 years OPERATING SYSTEM's Skill Name Skill Level Last Used Experience AIX Expert Currently used 13 years HMC Expert Currently used 4 years LPAR Expert Currently used 3 years DLPAR Expert Currently used 2 year PLM Expert Currently used 2 year Micropartition Expert Currently used 2 year SunOS/Solaris Expert Currently used 6 years WinNT, W2K Expert Currently used 7 years Cisco IOS Intermediate Currently used 5 years Citrix Intermediate Currently used 1 year Linux-Redhat Expert Currently used 7 years Linux-SuSE Expert Currently used 3 years Linux-Slackware Expert 2 years ago 2 years Linux-Caldera Expert 2 years ago 1 year Win Term Server Intermediate 2 years ago 1 year SCO Unix Expert +4 years ago 10 years BSD Unix Expert +4 years ago 10 years NCR SVR4 Expert +4 years ago 5 years HP:UX Expert +4 years ago 3 years DG:UX Expert +4 years ago 2 years Linux-Yggrasil Expert +4 years ago 2 years Sinix Expert +4 years ago 1 year PROGRAMMING Skill Name Skill Level Last Used Experience Korn Shell Expert Currently used 17 years Perl Expert Currently used 8 years Perl DBI Expert Currently used 5 years HTML Expert Currently used 10 years Bourne Shell Expert Currently used 24 years SQL Expert Currently used 16 years Javascript Intermediate Currently used 5 years C Intermediate Currently used 22 years Make Expert Currently used 22 years MS Batch Expert Currently used 19 years Fortran Expert +4 years ago 8 years Visual Basic Beginner +4 years ago 3 years DATABASES Skill Name Skill Level Last Used Experience Informix Intermediate Currently used 12 years Oracle Intermediate Currently used 7 years Sybase Beginner Currently used 2 years DB2 Beginner Currently used 1 years Ingres Intermediate +4 years ago 4 years Troll / Use Intermediate +4 years ago 1 year Adabase Beginner +4 years ago 1 year NETWORKING Skill Name Skill Level Last Used Experience TCP/IP Expert Currently used 26 years HDS Tru-Copy Intermediate Currently used 2 year Serial Expert Currently used 26 years Dial-up Expert Currently used 26 years UUCP Expert Currently used 17 years NFS Expert Currently used 14 years SLIP / PPP Expert Currently used 9 years Dial-on-demand Expert Currently used 7 years Frame Relay Intermediate Currently used 5 years SNA Beginner Currently used 2 years APPLICATIONS Skill Name Skill Level Last Used Experience Method/1 Expert Currently used 13 years AIX HACMP Expert Currently used 6 years AIX TCB Intermediate Currently used 6 years ECS/CONTROL-M Expert Currently used 3 years MQSeries Intermediate Currently used 2 years Mercator Intermediate Currently used 2 years Samba Expert Currently used 5 years NIS/NIS+ Intermediate +4 years ago 2 years Kerberos Beginner +4 years ago 1 year LDAP Intermediate +4 years ago 2 years TSM Expert Currently used 6 years Webmin Expert Currently used 2 years