Christopher D. Colbath
E-mail: career{at}blackcitadel{dot}com
Bentonville, AR 72712
Objective
A position that allows me continuous opportunities to grow both
technically and as a leader, yet does not interfere with my family's
spiritual goals, is my preferred choice. This would require a work
environment that is open and honest, encouraging me to take risks when
necessary without fear or retribution.
I have 16 years of IT experience including instruction, system
design, database administration, network engineering and leadership. I
am a self-starter with the ability to work alone or in a team with
equal ease.
Professional experience
| 1997 - Present |
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
Bentonville, AR |
Business Analyst - Security Outside Services
- Manage Business Relationships with 12 International Security teams.
- Arrange and facilitate Monthly and Quarterly conference calls with International Security Contacts.
- Track Action items from these calls.
- Define and/or redesign processes for security teams.
- Act as liasion between Security and other teams, helping each get the resources they need.
- Maintain a team Sharepoint to track various deliverables and documentation.
- Project management of Security Assessments at customer locations.
Network Engineer - IP Address Management
- Manage Divisional, Departmental and Team Projects
- Daily Management/Support for 12000+ DNS/DHCP servers
- Created guidelines and planning templalates for Daily Change Management.
- Perl/MySQL Programming
- Network Allocation Toolset
- DNS Maintenence Tools
- Daily Change Management Tools
- General Support Tools
- Maintain a team website to manage documentation, reporting and alerts
Project Leader - Store Systems/Oracle
- 6 Team members report directly to me (5 Store, 1 oracle)
- Cross-training Informix DBA's in Oracle Database Administration
- Project Planning/Production Support for all Store systems (7000+ systems)
- Project Leader/Production Support for all Oracle Systems (12 systems)
- Maintain a team website to manage documentation and reporting
Oracle DBA
- SQL, Perl, & Korn Shell Programming
- Implement daily planned changes
- Manage database space
- Monitor database systems
- Mentor new DBA's in Database Administration, SQL, Perl & Unix Scripting
- Deliver mentoring sessions for new Developers in Programming Practices
Informix DBA
- SQL, Perl, & Korn Shell Programming
- Implement daily planned changes
- Manage database space
- Monitor database systems
- Mentor new DBA's in Database Administration, SQL, Perl & Unix Scripting
- Write and deliver classes positioned for new Developers in Programming Practices
| 1996 - 1997 |
Oracle Corporation |
Phoenix, AZ |
Senior Consultant: Express / OLAP Division
- Dial Corporation: created EIS System with Oracle Express Objects
Staff Instructor: Express / OLAP Division
- Senior Point of Contact for Express Objects class development and support
- Taught the following classes:
- Introduction to Data Warehousing
- Introduction to Oracle: SQL & Procedure Builder
- Introduction to Express Analyzer
- Introduction to Express Administrator
- Complex Data Modeling and Database Design
- (How to) Develop Applications with Express Objects
- Express Database Design and Control
| 1994 - 1996 |
Source Informatics |
Phoenix, AZ |
Programmer / Analyst
- Express, SQL and Visual Basic Programming
- Set up Oracle Web Server and 3 - tier DSS Agent structure
- Supported DBA by performing all hardware and software installs and backup NT 3.51 Administration
Technical Support Analyst
- Installed / maintained hardware and software on a 300+ PC network and remote service for 50+ PC WAN
- Our team rolled out 100 new and re-configured 200+ workstations in 30 days
- Performed moves and new installs on a weekly basis (average 10 per week)
Help Desk Analyst
- Resolved First and Second Level customer concerns within local PC and remote WAN environment
| 1994 |
Desert Document Services, Inc |
Phoenix, AZ |
Programmer / Analyst
- Used DataFlex, Word of Command (Script) to program mortgage forms
- Created common code library for above languages for programming staff
- Phone support for customers (mostly code maintenance) via pcAnywhere
- Wrote Macros for Word 6.0 to expedite forms creation
Education
| 1984 -1985 |
DeVry Institute of Technology |
Phoenix, AZ |
- Major: Computer Information Systems
Additional Information
Operating Systems worked on:
- Windows: NT 3.51 & 4.0, Windows 3.x, 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP
- Unix: HP-UX NCR AIX & Solaris
- Linux: Red Hat 7.3, Mandrake 8.1, Ubuntu 7.x, 9.x
- OS/2 Warp
Programming Languages Used (not all are recent):
- Multi-OS Languages: Perl 4.x, 5.x, PHP 4.x, 5.x
- SQL (MySQL, Oracle, Informix, SQL Server); PL/SQL ;HTML 3.0, 4.0
- Unix: shell scripting
- Windows: Visual Basic 4.0, 5.0, VBA; DOS 5.x and up
- Other: Express and Express Basic; DataFlex 2.2; ELF Word of Command Script; Pascal (college), COBOL (college)
Awards and Certifications
- Dale Carnegie Graduate
- Associate of the Month
Volunteer Efforts
- 6 years as a Girl Scout Troop Leader
- 4 years as a Junior Achievement Teacher
- 2 years as Bentonville Animal Shelter Volunteer
Hobbies and Interests
- Martial Arts, Hiking, Camping, Writing Fiction, Songwriting, Musical Performance, Games
Please do not submit without permission. Personal references available upon request.
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 1st, 2010-