Adam Warshaw
email: job-adam@narl.com
Bloomfield, NJ


Experience: 11/02 - present DataVelocity West Paterson, NJ 07424
CIO
  • Determined and lead implementation of server and database technologies
  • Negotiated with vendors for network security implementation, co-location contracts, and phone and wireless services
  • Facilitated weekly meetings with the business heads to discuss strategic solutions
  • Established monthly IT summary reports for the business areas to keep them informed
  7/01 - 10/02 Lord, Abbett & Co. Jersey City, NJ 07302
Director of DataWarehouse
  • Managed Database Administrators, Database Developers, and Java Developers that made the central database team (Oracle)
  • Met with business groups to determine database needs and solutions
  • Established database design standards and educated the application developers of their benefits
  • Wrote utility programs in PERL for Oracle tasks including - graphical trend analysis of batch processing
  • Prepared budget for database aspects of IT
  • Performed ROI and made presentations for larger purchase requests
  2/99 to 7/01 Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc. / Alliance Capital New York, NY 10022
5/00 to 7/01 Database Manager (AVP)
  • Manage Central MIS Database Administrators (SQL Server, Sybase, and Oracle -- with replication)
  • Coordinate database projects and needs with each of the business MIS groups
  • Promote dissemination of knowledge by having DBAs give presentations
  • Structured DBA support staff to reduce production response time to an average of under 5 minutes
  • Created internal DBA web site framework and templates that holds all DBA related information (including meetings, presentations, and problem resolutions) thereby promoting dissemination of knowledge
  • Wrote utility programs in perl for database administration tasks including:
    • CGI system to navigate database structures and sample data for SQL Server (6.5 and 7.0) and Sybase (11.5 and 12.0)
    • CGI system to record unplanned work efforts that may be queried by staff or department
    • CGI system to interactively view data server health and trend statistics for SQL Server (6.5 and 7.0), Sybase (11.5 and 12.0), and Oracle (8i)
  • Train staff in groups and one on one as appropriate (perl, replication, etc.)
2/99 to 5/00 Database Administrator
  • Migrated servers from SQL Server 6.5 to 7.0 (required the creation of custom utilities to identify objects using non ANSI SQL logic)
  • Responsible for insuring databases Y2K ready
  • Worked with developers to establish the first phase replication scheme for London
  • Wrote utility programs in perl for database administration tasks including:
    • Establish database replication environment for SQL Server 7.0 [merge and transactional]
    • CGI system to receive and validate production turnover requests for business developers
    • Compare / synchronize logins and passwords between SQL Server 7.0 data servers
  11/97 to 2/99 D. E. Shaw & Co. New York, NY 10036
Database Administrator / International Team Coordinator
  • Database Administrator for Sybase (11.0 and 11.5) on Sun Solaris 2.6
  • Wrote utility programs in PERL for Sybase tasks including:
    • Establish database replicas (using Sybase Replication 11.0.x)
    • Database deployment that generates DDL from comparison of databases.
    • Account creation based on HR list within database.
  • Above utilities are implemented at four global offices.
  • Trained Hyderabad (India) database staff both remotely and individually in NYC.
  • Assigned tasks to and managed the Hyderabad (India) database staff.
  • Part of team that developed the enterprise databases shared by all internal business units.
  • Created business rule triggers and stored procedure API for enterprise databases.
  • Consulted by internal business units for database design, tuning, and support.
  2/96 to 11/97 Capital Reinsurance New York, NY 10019
Database Administrator
  • Database Administrator for Oracle7 system; installed on Novel 3.12 and Sun Solaris 2.5
  • Automated tasks including population of database FX rates from internet.
  • Wrote C++ programs to run on NT/ UNIX for data massaging (to enable loading to database).
  • Wrote SQL scripts that create HTML Data Dictionary of database schema on intranet.
  1/95 to 2/96 Output Technologies New York, NY 10001
Systems Analyst/ Programmer / Database Administrator
  • Head Designer/ Programmer of major year end project; a 5 million+ record database application written in Visual C++ on Windows 3.1
  • Designer/ Programmer of internal QC/ billing system that handles 60,000 images per week; used Oracle's Designer and Developer 2000
  • Designer/ Programmer of client ordering application using PowerBuilder.
  • Database Administrator for Oracle7 system; installed on Novel 3.12 and NT 3.51
4/94 to 10/94
Fulfilled personal goal of traveling independently overland from London, ENGLAND to Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA through Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and the Eastern and Southern regions of Africa.
  5/91 to 3/94 Apartment Management & Realty Chicago, IL 60613
Computer Consultant
  • Designed and wrote original C++ applications that automated daily business activity.
  • Taught personnel how to use both the computer system and their business software; created macros, etc.

Education: SQL Server
System Administration for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0
  Sybase
Performance and Tuning: Adaptive Server Enterprise 11.5
  Oracle Corporation
Introduction to Oracle: SQL, SQL*Plus and PL/ SQL
Administer the Oracle7 Database I
Oracle Forms I (v4.5) [Developer/ 2000]
Designer/ 2000: Design and Build Database Objects [CASE]
Performance Tuning the Oracle Database
Backup and Recovery
  Worcester Polytechnic Institute
B.S. Degree in Physics, Minor in Philosophy GPA: 3.4/ 4.0
B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering Jan. 1994
  Thesis Work:
  Hough Transform -- London, ENGLAND -- Major Qualifying Project (EE) -- Fall 1993, GRADE: A
  • Won First Prize in the Xerox Junior Quality Project Competition.
  • Designed and wrote expansion routines for KHOROS in C on a SPARC station to locate either lines or circles within images.
  • Wrote tutorials for both the Hough Transform and the KHOROS software package.
  Mock Lens Design -- Worcester, MA -- Major Qualifying Project (Physics) -- Spring 1993, GRADE: A
  • Designed and wrote an innovative program (353K) in object oriented C++ to analyze the focal accuracy of single or multiple optical stage systems in three dimensions.
  • The program allows easy construction of an optical system by using general text files for input.
  • Will be extended in the following year and subsequently used by faculty of WPI and other schools.
  Action for Blind People -- London, ENGLAND -- Interactive Qualifying Project -- Fall 1992, GRADE: A
  • Interviewed visually impaired homeworkers, members of the Action for Blind People Homeworkers' Scheme, to learn their business needs and discuss possible ways for improvement.
  • Researched hypothesis to determine their validity; including addition of business line, advertisement, etc.
  • Composed a substantial report of findings (100+ pages) along with a business guide and accompanying audiocassette that serve as instructional and reference material for the homeworkers and supporting staff.

Computer Skills: Programming languages: C++, Visual C++, C, SQL, Oracle PL/ SQL, Sybase T/SQL, SQL Server T/SQL, HTML, PERL (v5 object oriented), ASSEMBLY, and PASCAL.
Database: Sybase [11.0, 11.5, 12.0], Oracle [7, 8i], SQL Server [6.5, 7], ERwin (v3.5.2) and ModelMart, Oracle Forms (v4.5), Oracle Reports (v2.5), Oracle CASE, PowerBuilder (v4)
Chip design packages: MAGIC, CAzM, IRSIM
Operating systems: Windows NT, UNIX, Windows 98, DOS, Novel (v3.12)

Interests: Photography, travel, scuba diving, skiing, robotics...