Anantha K BalajiContact Informa-

tion: Mobile / Home: 832 941 2966 / 713 936 9982 e-Mail: akbalaji@gmail.com

ObjectiveProvide unique and focused design and excellent quality results as a consultant working with Oracle e-Business Suite, Oracle Database and Oracle Application Server technologies

ExecutiveProfile

With over Twenty four years of extensive and diversified technical experience in Information Technology industry of which, over 15 years of consulting experience in a variety of Oracle software and customer environments, over six years as a trainer (Instructor) and over four years in software development using Oracle productsWith wide, varied and deep experience of Oracle’s internals, architecture and features, on various versions of Oracle prod-ucts, Performance Tuning, implementing and maintaining Real Application Cluster (RAC) and GRID, Oracle Application Server as Oracle Applications DBA / Technical Architect, for many mission critical, high volume, VLDB Oracle projects for over 100 different clients throughout North AmericaExperience includes I/O design for performance and troubleshooting on various UNIX / Linux Operating Systems and clus-tering toolsBest practices and long term plan being followed makes me a unique and a capable candidate for lead and key roles in In-stallations, Upgrade, and Performance TuningTechnical skills include database management and administration, relational database design and implementation, capacity planning, benchmarking and mentoring. I have been an implementer and also played lead roles on numerous projects, and involved in post implementation support and technical workarounds. Having played the roles as Trainer / Developer / De-signer, I am comfortable with the programming concepts. In short, I have been an Applications ArchitectWith in-depth knowledge of result-oriented troubleshooting in Oracle Database, E-Business Suite and Oracle Application Server, I have been a customer-satisfied consultantThe long experience has given me the opportunity to work with various Operating Systems (Sun Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Linux) on a variety of hardware providing me with the deep knowledge of themBeing part of the team in building successful proposals for fresh installs and upgrades, defining the hardware and other sys-tem requirements based on the implementation needs and along with manpower planning for various projects both for Pri-vate and Public sector. In short, been a Solution Provider for various projectsConsistently produced high quality work results under time and cost constraints by leading heterogeneous teams of varying sizes. Quickly assume a productive lead role on any project and also provided Technical / Team Leadership to various clients. Efficient problem solving and reasoning skills on issues with innovative technical know-how is a specialtyTeam / Project Management with Leadership Capability to manage resources and to achieve the goals on time, Conflict Res-olution capability, with excellent communication, interpersonal and organizations skills makes me the candidate. Managed teams of size between 12 and 30 members on various projects and as Consultant Manager

Education

Academic EducationMasters in Statistics – Loyola Autonomous College, University of Madras, India Diploma in Computer and Applications Software - University of Karaikudi, India

Technical Skills: Databases: Application Servers:Oracle RDBMS (5.x – 12c) Oracle 9iAS, 10g AS, Web Logic Servere-Business Suite: Operating Systems:Oracle Applications 10.7 SC, 10.7 NCA, 11.0, 11i, R12, R12.1 Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Linux

Methods: SSADM, AIM, EMM

Client Project Ex-perience

SunTrust Bank Sep ’13 – till dateAt SunTrust Bank, I am the primary DBA supporting, 8 custom databases that support Hyperion and OFSAA which are being used for Enterprise Forecasting and Planning by SunTrust team9 databases of multi-node install of Oracle Applications (E-Business Suite) with shared APPL_TOP’s which has integration to third party software like Hyperion, Courion/SailPoint ARS and Security components and with associated corresponding indi-vidual Discoverer 11g instancesAnalyzed and implemented PCP for e-Business Suite instancesAlso, I am the primary DBA / Apps DBA for troubleshooting performance and data issues on these databases. A few of these Databases are on RACI was also responsible for migrating code to various databases and also the DBA / Apps DBA for Production migration and maintenanceRequirement Analysis / Patch Analysis was also performed by me for CPU and various other patches as and when necessi-tatedInstalled and implemented Golden Gate, documented the process and monitored and maintained itInstalled Oracle Grid Control 12c, documented the agent deploy and monitored non-Production DatabasesSmartDog Services Sep '12 – Sep ’13At SmartDog Services, I was in the OnDemand DBA team taking care of various clients. More particularly, Trouble shooting, issue resolution, performance tuning of Oracle Databases (RAC and non-RAC), Oracle Applications, We-bLogic and other Oracle products

Client Project Ex- Configuring Oracle Grid Control for backup and recovery

perience

Using Oracle and third party tools in issue resolution and reportingAleris Nov '11 - Aug '12At Aleris, I was Instrumental in implementing the best practices for Oracle Applications re-implementation of R12.1.3 along with ASCP / VCPImplemented 11g Grid Control and deployed configured agents on various VM serversConfigured RMAN thru Grid Control for backup and recoveryTroubleshoot and resolved many day-to-day issues and documented them for future referenceDesigned, implemented, documented and monitored DR with EBS on 11g DBAdministrating Weblogic server 10.3.3 which includes installation, application deployments, Domain Creation with tem-plates, cluster servers management, nodemanager and troubleshootingIntegrated 3rd party applications like More4Apps with Oracle R12Defined and implemented SOX guidelines for various clientsFederal Reserve Board Aug '11 - Nov '11At FRB, I was called in to, Perform an upgrade from R11i to R12.1.3 along with OATM migrationDocumented the OATM migration and the upgrade process with comments on issue resolution for further upgrade itera-tionsWashington Suburban Sanitary Commission Oct ’10 - May ’11At this assignment, I was involved in Upgrading the Oracle e-Business Suite from 11.5.10.2 to R12 (12.0.6) on Linux RAC with Oracle 10g DBImplemented Oracle Time and Labor along with Oracle Federal FinancialsTest 11g R1 RAC install for learning and training purpose of their DBA’s on a Linux serverProvided recommendations on Single Sign-On and Identity Management processes and implemented itInstalling E-Business suite 12.1.3 with Database 11.2.0.3 and latest Technology stack (10.1.2.3 and 10.1.3.5) including post product specific patchesEnvironment planning for Gold, Development, Configuration, Conversion, system Testing, Integration Testing and UAT serv-ing multiple projects and releasesHaving strong skills in Performance tuning and troubleshooting issues caused by very high concurrency. Tuned multiple queries and reduced the execution times from hours to minutesIntegrated 3rd party applications like MarkView and Vertex with Oracle R12Geokinetics Sep ’09 - Oct ’10Initially I went into this client to Stabilize and maintain the Oracle R12 (12.0.4) e-Business Suite application on Linux VM Ware (both the DB and the Apps Server) with the DB version being 11g R1Upgrade 12.0.4 to 12.1.1 with 2 other languages along with Database upgrade from 11gR1 to 11gR2 on a VM Ware guest OS.Implemented Oracle HRMS, SCM, EBS Tax along with Oracle FinancialsImplement 10g and 11g Grid Control for performance monitoring and tuningPlanned, implemented and documented Data Guard for EBS 12.1.1 with 11g DBTuning JVM and memory settings for garbage collectionResponsible for managing Development and Production environments containing Databases, E Business Suite and Middle-ware and Architecting database solutions and delivering multiple projects with availability, scalability, adaptability and secu-rity features meeting the business needsAdministrating Weblogic server 10.3.3 which includes installation, application deployments, Domain Creation with tem-plates, cluster servers management, nodemanager and troubleshootingIntegrated 3rd party applications like Hyperion and Taxware with Oracle R12Defined and implemented SOX guidelines for various clientsJacksonville Electric Authority Multiple assignmentsAt this client I was responsible for Upgrade re-implementation of Oracle Applications 11.5.9 to 12.0.6 on a single node RACArchitect for OBIEE and its integration with Oracle ApplicationsProvided recommendations on Single Sign-On and Identity Management processes and implemented itInstalled and supported UPKIntegrated 3rd party applications like Hyperion, Maximo and Vertex with Oracle R12Assisted the client in HP Load Runner with R12US Concrete Multiple assignmentsAt US Concrete, it was a fresh implementation of Oracle e-Business Suite (R12.0.1) on a 2 node RAC on Sun Cluster with ASMUpgraded the R12.0.1 to R12.0.4Initially the software installed on a single node server then migrated the DB to ASM and the converted it to RACThe E-Business Suite product families like Financials, SCM and OM was implementedI was also involved in performance tuning the server and the softwareIntegrated 3rd party applications like Hyperion and Markview with Oracle R12Sun Systems Apr ’08 - Jul ’08I was called in to stabilize the instances on RAC. This was an Oracle e-Business suite implementation with huge customiza-

tions for all product familiesPayPal & IBM On Demand DBA Sep ’07 - Feb ’08

Client Project Ex-perience

At this client site my responsibility was of a DBA maintaining the instances on 8i and then had the opportunity to upgrade them to 10g and also to convert them to RAC with ASMSherwin Williams Jan ’07 - Aug ‘07On this assignment, I was the team lead for 8 consultants and 3 employees responsible forImplementing Oracle Financials with Financials Hub (FCH) and Enterprise Asset Management apart from maintaining the Oracle Benefits and related modules that were liveThis was three projects running concurrently and I was the point person for Technical Architecture with modernizing the backup and recoveryImplemented Disaster Recovery and also instance / server managementManaged 24 Oracle Applications instances, of which 7 where are on RAC on 3 node clusterOracle Financial Hub (FCH) which was in a separate instance from the main production, hence we had to maintain a pair of instances and clone / patch them in tandem and keep them in syncIntegrated a host of 3rd party applications like Hyperion and Taxware with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i (11.5.10)Assisted the client in HP Load Runner with 11iUSDA / ECSS / GCSS(Part-Time) Sep ’06 - Jan ‘07In this assignment, I was responsible for the technical architecture and maintenance of the instances for Proof of concept for Oracle Federal Financials, Supply Chain and also Order Management product familiesI was leading a team of 3 Apps DBA’s. Provided recommendations on Single Sign-On and Identity Management processes and implemented itLaid down the strategy for backup of Oracle databases and maintained the instancesHAVA Projects (Florida & Texas) Jul ’06 - Sep ‘06On this Secretary of State Department assignment for electoral database, I was involved in installing 10g CRS, RAC Database on HP Hardware with HP Service Guard as the cluster softwareMy job role also involved applying HP-UX, HP Service Guard patchesAfter the RAC installation, I performed various testing scenarios involving hardware and software componentsImplemented 10g Streams and monitored it for the electoral database to maintain the history of changes for electoratesCaterpillar financial Services Apr ’05 - May ‘05In this assignment, I was assisting the DBA team to build and implement best practices for their Global single Instance (GSI) implementation of Oracle Financials and Lease ManagementCo-ordinated the DBA team for assisting a team of offshore developers in India, near shore developers in Memphis and users in London, UK and Nashville, USThe Apps DBA team was involved in day-to-day upkeep of the e-Business Suite applications and also involved in patching, cloning and tuning these applicationsProvided recommendations on Single Sign-On and Identity Management processes and implemented itU S Navy, N10 Assignment Jan’ 05 - Mar ‘05In this project, I was responsible for installing Linux Operating System on 3 Dell machines, prepare them for network con-nectivity, enable security and install Oracle Federal Financials Migrate the similar database from Sun Solaris Operating system into these Linux serversResponsible for cloning, patching and performance tuning this instance apart from migrating tables from the data ware-house database into the 11i e-Business suiteHIGLAS: DBA Team Lead Multiple assignmentsThis project is to combine Medicare's many outdated accounting systems into a single, unified system. This is to replace the 54 current different systems in use by private contractors that process and pay 4.5 million Medicare claims every day with an Oracle 11i System. As a lead for the Oracle Performance Architecture team, leading a team of 4 DBA’s in maintaining the live customer with more contractors being added on a quarterly basis. The job involves allocation of tasks and also perform-ing the technical activities to upkeep 16 instances of which 3 instances are on RACAt this IBM out sourced assignment, I was the DBA team lead for 5 consultants, performingAssisted ASP DBA team with maintenance, upgrades, patching, cloning and backup / recovery of Oracle Federal FinancialsResponsible for capacity planning and for setting up and enforcing performance budgets through a combination of devel-oper training, code reviews, tuning and architectural recommendationsArchitected solution for data warehouse using Streams technology and for Disaster Recovery using Data Guard and Veritas Volume ReplicatorWorked on migrating a single instance 1.2TB database from Sun Solaris to a two node Real Application Cluster instance with OATM on IBM AIX. PCP was configured for handling concurrent processingDesigned and monitored stress tests to identify and resolve performance bottlenecksAssisted in the migration effort from one ASP to another. This involved O/S, storage and data center migrationAssisted prime vendor on implementing efficient application setups for users, responsibilities and job scheduling and to evaluate various third party tools to assist application and database administrationLed effort to Benchmark system at full load at the IBM-Oracle competency centerSet and implemented audit guidelines and monitored and reported the guideline violations if any to the upper managementStuller Settings Multiple assignments

At Stuller Settings, I was involved in Defining technical architecture for implementing Order Management and CRM products of Oracle E-Business Suite Upgrading Oracle Applications from 11.5.3 to 11.5.6 and then to 11.5.8 (Financials, HRMS, Order Management and CRM)End-to-End Performance tuning and load testing using Mercury’s Load RunnerRMAN strategy, planning and implementationImport and export of Oracle Applications for uniform segment size and automatic segment space managementMigrating middle tier from HP-UX to Linux (30 machines)Implement SSL for Apache based connectivityConfiguring the hardware load balancer (Net Director)Defined and implemented SOX guidelines for various clients

Client Project Ex-perience

Unocal, PBGC & Dallas ISD Aug '03 - Dec '03At the above to clients, I was involved in technical audit of the Oracle Applications along with various components encom-passing itIndentify and suggest remedies for Hardware and Operating system bottlenecksIndentify and suggest remedies for network bottlenecksPerformed database and e-business suite tuningSuggesting steps and also laying down a template for future performance tuning and monitoring of the various subsystemsSt. Paul Re Multiple assignmentsAt St. Paul Re., Involved in upgrading the Oracle Applications 11.5.4 to 11.5.8 – FinancialsTransfer of knowledge in best practices, cloning and maintenanceDocumentation of the upgrade process and issues to resolve in integrating the various 3rd party productsCardinal Health Sep '02 - Nov '02At United Healthcare, Involved in upgrading the Oracle Applications 11.0 to 11.5.9 – Financials, VCP, ASCP and MSC/Ware-housingDocumentation of the upgrade process and issues to resolve with best practices to followTransfer of knowledge in best practices, cloning and maintenanceBelkin Multiple assignmentsAt Belkin, Initially involved in performance tuning the Oracle Applications ATP processLater, called in to lead and perform the following:Upgrade and migrate the Oracle Applications 11i from Sun Solaris to HP-UXPerformance tune the various product families used (Financials, HRMS, Supply Chain and CRM)Design the disk subsystem for optimal performanceTransfer of knowledge in best practices and cloningLaid down the procedure for backup and recovery processKinetic Concepts Inc., Sep '02Lead a team of 3 Oracle Applications DBA’sUpgraded the Oracle Applications 10.7 to 11.5.8 on a IBM AIX operating system. The size of the 10.7 database was 280 GBPerformance tuned the upgrade process and brought it under 40 hoursKnowledge transfer of cloning and best practices in maintaining the Oracle ApplicationsAssisted in tuning the AIX operating systemEssilor Aug '02At Essilor, one of the huge transactions involving Oracle Applications Order Management product family:Performance tuning of Oracle Applications and the HP-UX operating SystemCoordinated with Oracle product development to fix the performance issues of the product (Order Management)Knowledge transfer of best practices and cloning processMichaels Inc Jun’ 02 - Jul ‘02At Michaels, the chain Arts and Crafts store, Technical Architect – unique requirement to bypass the network limitationInstalled Oracle Applications 11.5.5 and upgraded it to 11.5.7 for Oracle HRMS product familyPerformance tuned and also assisted in cloning of Oracle ApplicationsKnowledge transfer to the in-house DBAImplement SSL for both Apache and FormsH B Zachary Apr’ 02 - May ‘02At H B Zachary, a Construction company, Upgrade Oracle Applications 11.5.1 to 11.5.6Configuring the hardware load balancer (Load Director)End-to-End Performance TuningCloning of Oracle ApplicationsKnowledge Transfer to the client Apps DBA’s and remote supportKey Bank May '02At Key Bank, Technical Architect responsible for hardware and capacity planningMigrate Oracle Applications 11.5.2 from HP-UX to IBM AIX

Upgrade Oracle Applications 11.5.2 to 11.5.8

Client Project Ex-perience

Technicolor Nov ’01 - Apr ‘02At Technicolor, Technical Architect for implementing Oracle Applications on an active – passive cluster for DB serverInfrastructure and Apps DBA team leadLead a group of 2 other Oracle Applications DBA’sPerformance tuning of Oracle Applications 11i – Financials and Order ManagementUpgrading Oracle Applications 11.5.5 to 11.5.7Configuring the software load balancer for round robin connectivityHallmark Cards Multiple assignmentsAt Hallmark, Installing Oracle Applications 11i – HRMS and performance tuning and also upgraded Oracle Applications 11.5.5 to 11.5.9Oracle Consulting was brought in to perform a health check and assist on the upgrade of an E-Business suite implementa-tion on AIXAssisted the DBA team to develop a patching strategy to reduce downtime and make it more efficientIdentified and resolved a variety of issues related to performance and availability on the Concurrent Processing, Forms and Database tiersWorked with the functional and development teams to architect a high performance data warehouse solutionHelped design backup and cloning proceduresHertz Multiple assignmentsAt Hertz,Installing Oracle Applications 11i – HRMS and performance tuningOracle Consulting was bought in to diagnose the health and suggest fixes for an E-Business suite implementation on HP-UX and EMC SymmetrixDeveloped standards and processes for the DBA staff for better control of the performance and manageability for the im-plementationImplemented processes and scripts to monitor and measure performance in the middle tier and the databaseAT&T Multiple assignmentsAt AT&T, This was one of the implementation of a very large CRM installation for this client on Sun Solaris and Hitachi Free-dom storageWorked with the ASP DBA’s to install and clone 11i instancesMonitored database and Middle Tier performance and suggest and implemented fixes to improve performanceLed a SQL tuning exercise and worked with Oracle Development and Support to obtain fixesPatching and cloning of Oracle Applications 11i (Financials, CRM)Led a team to design and conduct Stress tests and related system tuning for a CRM implementationConfiguring the hardware load balancerShaw Group Aug '01At Shaw Group, I was involved in installing Oracle Applications Server 9i (9iAS) on IBM AIX operating system and configuring Web CacheKnowledge transfer for performance tuning Oracle Applications and Oracle applications Server 9iASDiamond Offshore Drilling Inc., Multiple assignmentsAt DODI, Upgraded Oracle Applications 10.7 to 11i (11.5.2) along with same hardware migrationTroubleshooting Forms serverValue Vision Jun '01At Value Vision, Installing and patching of Oracle Applications 11i (CRM)Trained on-site client DBA and knowledge transferCMGi/uBid Multiple assignmentsLead a team of 5 other very experienced Oracle Applications DBA’s in performing the following tasks:HRMS performance tuningSun Solaris operating system tuning along with relaying of the disk subsystem for better throughputPatching and cloning of Oracle Applications 11i (Financials, CRM, HRMS and Supply Chain)Configuring the hardware load balancerIngresoll Rand Mar’ 01 - Apr ’01Lead a team of 3 Apps DBA’s in proof of concept assignment:Installing and cloning of Oracle Applications 11i (Financials and CRM) and patch maintenanceKnowledge transfer to client Apps DBAEnd-to-End Performance tuning of Oracle applicationsConfiguring the hardware load balancerALCOA Multiple assignmentsAt ALCOA, in San Antonio, Upgraded Oracle Applications 11.0.3 to 11i on HP-UX operating systemAssisted the DBA team to develop a patching strategy to reduce downtime and make it more efficientIdentified and resolved a variety of issues related to performance and availability on the Concurrent Processing, Forms and

Database tiersWorked with the functional and development teams to architect a high performance data warehouse solutionConfiguring the hardware load balancerHelped design backup and cloning procedures

Client Project Ex-perience

Sulzer CarboMedics Jul '00At Sulzer CarboMedics, Oracle Applications 10.7 was upgraded to 11i from Data General Systems to Sun Solaris operating systemDesigned the technical hardware requirements for this upgrade and migrationTrained on-site client DBA and knowledge transferPurina Global Jun '00At Purina Global, I was involved in Installing Oracle Applications 11i – Financials, Supply ChainAssisted the client in configuring Oracle Enterprise Manager with Management Server to monitor Oracle ApplicationsConfiguring the hardware load balancer for 3 middle tiers based on HP-UXAmerican Air Tran May '00American Air Tran was one of the first customers to go-live with HRMS product family of Oracle Applications 11iInstallation of Oracle Applications 11i and initial on-site support and then remote supportMOTBAt Marketing-Out-Of-the-Box client, Migrating Oracle Applications 11.0.3 from Sun Solaris to HP-UXPerformance tuning the Financials and Supply Chain product families thus migratedJDS Uniphase Multiple assignmentsInitially, I was called in to performance tune Oracle Applications 11.0.3 with the following product families: Financials, CRM, Supply ChainTuning and distribution of I/O, tuning kernel parameters, tuning application queries for efficiencyOracle Managed Services implemented and managed the E-Business suite installation for this client at Oracle’s Data CenterPerformed System Administration tasks on Red Hat Linux and Netapp filersMonitored key database performance indicators and statisticsCoordinated support activities on the System and database Administration ticketsConfiguring the hardware load balancer for 12 middle tiers on LinuxAssisted a team of DBA’s in upgrading Oracle Applications 11.0.3 to 11i along with CRM 3iEnterprise Products Oct '99 - Mar '00Texas Mill Supply Jan '99 - Nov '99Michigan Family Insurance Agency Aug '98 - Dec '98At the above-mentioned clients, the following tasks were performed:Implemented Oracle Applications 11.0.3 – Role Oracle Applications DBA – Installing Oracle Applications (Financials), patch-ing and maintenanceDefining Architecture needsTuning and distribution of I/O, tuning kernel parameters, tuning application queries for efficiencyDetecting and resolving application bottlenecksPerforming performance tuning and audit of Oracle Applications on the whole and the individual product families, products, and also analyzing and implementing End-to-End Performance TuningDefining procedures for developing, testing and performance tuning customizations / extensions before implementingApplications Troubleshooting & End User SupportAnalyzing current performance and implementing recommendations on expensive SQL operationsOhio ISD, Ford & other Clients Feb '98 - Jul '98Recover data from corrupted databaseInstall Oracle Applications 10.7 Smart Client / NCA Performance tuning of Oracle DatabasesImplementing best practices for Oracle Database and Custom ApplicationsTroubleshoot and resolved issues of Oracle Applications 10.7 Raytheon Nov '97 - Jan '98At Raytheon, I was involved in, Installing and tuning Oracle 8.0 for custom application for Kraft Foods on a HP-UX machineDistributing tablespaces regarding data based on partitioning, indexes, rollback segments & temporary tablespace for opti-mal performanceDesigning and implementing backup strategies involving hot and cold backups. Used SQL Backtrack for backups

Project Manage-ment Expertise

Infrastructure Lead for various clientsApplications Implementation LeadTechnical Architecture LeadTechnical and Infrastructure Team LeadDBA and Apps DBA Team LeadSystem Performance Management and Tuning Lead

Trainings

Architectural Thinking for Experienced ProfessionalsArchitectural Thinking workshopSix Sigma – Green Belt with nearly 100 hours of training covering every topicIBM Global Services Method for Technology Integration ProfessionalsProject Management Orientation (PMTO)Performance Engineering: Delivering Successful ProjectsThe IT Architect: An IntroductionProblem Solving and Decision Making for IT ProfessionalsLoad Runner ExpressSolution Architect MasterProblem Solving and Decision Making for IT ProfessionalsAIM Advantage 3.0 for PractitionersStructured Systems Analysis and Design MethodologyClient / Server Application DevelopmentIntroduction to Data CommunicationsNetwork Standards and Protocols