A dynamic professional with 21 years of experience in Database Administration, Project Execution, Technical Architecture, Installation & Configuration, Capacity Planning and Performance Tuning Experienced in database design & management, fine-tuning, database backup & recovery and extending support to technical teams for optimizing application performance Skilled in managing DBA jobs and applications support at all levels of applications life cycle (planning, implementation & production support) Demonstrated abilities in implementing database change requests and resolving performance problems Expertise in spearheading database management activities for large set-ups including establishment of production databases and providing updates on availability, database usage, growth & performance metrics to the senior management Proficient in managing installation, backup and recovery of databases Gained significant exposure in IBM Data Studio, Windows PowerShell, Office Suite, Visio, Toad, Quest, IBM Data Server Manager, IBM Cognos, Oracle Enterprise Manager, NoSQL Database, Data Mining & VBSCRIP and SAS 9.1 / SAS 9.2 Programming An effective communicator with good problem solving, analytical and leadership skills