Candidates About

 

Kenneth B. Fincher

 

EDUCATION

Troy State University, Phenix City, AL

Dual B.S., Computer Information Services/Accounting, 1994

GPA:  3.45/4.00, Cum Laude

 

Training:

Princeton Softech Optim (2007), Oracle Enterprise DBA: Backup and Recovery (2000), Oracle Enterprise DBA: Architecture and Administration (2000), Oracle Enterprise DBA: Performance and Tuning (2000), Oracle Enterprise DBA: Network Administration (2000), Citrix Metaframe Administration (1999), PeopleTools I Class (1998), PeopleTools II (1998), Configuration and Administration Class (1998), Informix OnLine Dynamic Server System Administration Class (1997), Managing and Optimizing Informix OnLine Dynamic Server Database Class (1996), Relational Database Design Class (1996), Structured Query Language Class (1996), GUI Design Class (1995), Developing User Friendly Software Class (1995)

 

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Operating Systems:  DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows Terminal Server, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 Enterprise, SCO UNIX, AIX UNIX, OS400, Sun Solaris, HP-UX 10.2, HP-UX 11.0

Languages:  COBOL 74, Progress 7.3, Progress 8.0, SQL, C, C++

Software:   Princeton SoftTech Optim, Oracle 8i, Oracle 9i, Oracle 10g, Citrix Metaframe, HP Omniback, Front Page, PeopleSoft v7.0, 7.5x, 8.x, 9.0, Informix OnLine Dynamic Server, MS SQL Server, Sybase, PowerBuilder, MS Office, MKS Toolkit, MS Mail, MS Exchange, VSI-Fax, Tiny Term, Procomm Plus, ERWin, BPWin, Bradmark

 

EXPERIENCE

 

Enterprise Technical Solutions, Inc. - Atlanta, GA

July, 2005 to Present

 

President/CEO/Peoplesoft Technical Architect/Database Administrator

Responsibilities include recommendation, development, performance tuning/optimizations, installation and administration of Oracle 8i/9i/10g/11g/12c RDBMS, SQL Server 2000/2005/2008/2012/2014/2016, Informix Dynamic Server RDBMS, Peoplesoft 7.5x, 8.x, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, Peopletools 7.0 thru 8.55x, HCM/FSCM/CRM/ELM/PORTAL applications, PUM Images HCM 19, FSCM 21, ELM 14, CRM 12, CS 03, IH 02, Performance Monitor, Tuxedo, Weblogics, Apache, process schedulers and application servers utilizing load balancing technologies on various architectures including Sun Solaris 8, NT, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2012, AIX, Linux and HP-UX 11.0, and unix shell scripting.

 

Projects / Services:

 

Sentara – Norfolk, VA

Feb, 2018 – Present

 

Senior PeopleSoft Admin Advisory – provide advisory services to client in their efforts to upgrade to HCM 9.2, CRM 9.2; tools upgrades to 8.55.23, PUM updates for CRM PI 16 and HCM PI 24; provide advisory services for implementation of Oracle ElasticSearch env to provide PeopleSoft search capability for 9.2 env’s.

 

MedStar Health – Baltimore, MD

Feb, 2017 – Present

 

System Administration Manger – Provide services and direction for System Administration Management for PeopleSoft FSCM 9.1 / HCM 9.1 / PORTAL 9.1 applications for group of 4 admins / Provide services and direction for PeopleSoft upgrade of FSCM 9.1 to FSCM 9.2 / Peopletools 8.52 to 8.55.18 / PUM FSCM 9.2 PI 27 ; PUM FSCM 9.2 UI 3 / Portal 9.1 Peopletools upgrade to 8.55.18 + MP 3 + PUM image updates for Portal; Provide services and direction for PeopleSoft upgrade of HCM 9.1 to HCM 9.2 / Peopletools 8.52 to 8.55.18 / PUM HCM 9.2 PI 24 ;API (Time and Labor) direction; Perceptive Content direction for architecture of Brainware and Content Management; manage communication/support/direction of 3^rd party hosting vendor (Dell – NttData) for servers/databases/tuning/technical resources; provide direction/recommendations of Oracle database and licensing for PeopleSoft applications and Oracle 12c including licensing for virtual environments; provide project management/planning for PeopleSoft application upgrade from 9.1 to 9.2, Tools 8.52 to 8.55.18; provide services for implementation of Oracle ElasticSearch env to provide PeopleSoft search capability for 9.2 env’s/ provide services of archiving legacy systems; provide services for printers, performance tuning of Payroll system, performance tuning of nVision reporting; lead meetings regarding upgrade efforts and communications; support of all system applications for business with agendas for system administrators, VP’s and C level executives/sponsors; provide direction/recommendations/support for all aspects of systems for business.

 

Kansas University Medical Center – Kansas City, KS

Jan, 2017 – April, 2017

 

Provide services for PeopleSoft Administration / Training and Knowledge Transfer / PeopleTools upgrade from 8.52 to 8.54.29 / Linux  / Oracle 12c

 

Advent International – Boston, MA

Nov, 2015 – Oct, 2016

 

Provide services for support of FSCM 9.1 / Tools 8.53.05, SQL Server 2008 R2, ImageNow support; Upgrade Tools from 8.53.15 to 8.55.06, build out on new VM’s running Windows 2012 R2, installations to support 8.55.06 tools included Weblogic 12.1.3, Oracle JDK 1.7.0x, Tuxedo 12c Release 2,  SQL Server 2014/2016.   Builds/Upgrades completed for DEMO/DEV/TST/UAT/PROD env’s.  IB configurations, appservers, schedulers, PIA’s.  Documented full installations and upgrades of all components and provided complete knowledge transfer.  Also updated environment refresh process and documented, as well as refreshing all non-prod env’s after go-live.

 

Green Mountain Coffee / Keurig

March, 2016 – June, 2016

 

Provide services for PeopleTools upgrade of 8.52 to 8.54.10 on Oracle 11g, Windows 2012 R2 platform

 

California Cedar / DuraFlame

Feb, 2016 – June, 2016

 

Provide remote PSAdmin / Oracle DBA services, FSCM 8.8 / Tools 8.16 / Oracle 8i / Virtualization of environments

 

Piedmont Hospital – Atlanta, GA

Aug, 2015 – Oct, 2015

 

Provide support/services for HCM 9.2 / Tools 8.53.18 upgrade; Windows 2012 R2, SQL Server 2008 R2; PUM; Oracle SES; FSCM 9.2 / Tools 8.53.18

 

Element Consulting

Jan 2014 – Present (Part-time)

 

Remote support of clients for FSCM 9.1 and HCM 9.1 environments as PeopleSoft Admin, PUM, Oracle SES, Oracle 11g DBA, Oracle 12c DBA and SQL Server 2008 R2 DBA for following efforts:

·         Performed upgrade of PeopleTools from 8.52.05 to 8.54.15 on FSCM 9.1 env, Physical to Virtual migration of web/app/scheduler/database, upgrade Oracle 11g to 12c which included installation/configuration of Oracle 12c database software and client connectivity, utilize datapump for export/import of databases for upgrade path, migration from Windows 2008 R2 to 2012 R2.  Client still using Crystal reports so included build of vm for Windows 2008 R2, installed and configured process scheduler to use for Crystal Reports, build out of new DEMO env for FSCM9.1/Tools 8.54.15 with application of necessary Maintenance Packs and Patches.

·         Performed Physical to Virtual migrations of FSCM 8.9 / Tools 8.48.19, SQL Server 2005 to 2008 R2.

·         Performed implementation of FSCM 9.2/Tools 8.55.14 Demo env to prepare for FSCM 9.1 to 9.2 upgrade.

·         Perform FSCM 9.1 to FSCM 9.2/Tools 8.55.14 upgrade

 

Promedica Health Services

March 2014 – January, 2016

 

Peoplesoft data extraction from FSCM 9.1 and HCM 9.1 systems to provide for 3^rd party application to host data warehouse.

 

Baptist Health South Florida – Coral Gables, FL

April, 2014 – Aug, 2015

 

Implementation of FSCM, HCM, CRM, ELM, PORTAL applications 9.1 / Tools 8.53.08.  Lead Admin of team of  5.  Linux / Windows 2008 / Oracle 11g. Phire 9.1 utilized for project migrations.

 

Gentiva Health Services – Overland Park, KS

October, 2013 – April, 2014

 

Assist with acquistions; Oracle 11.2.0.2; Linux 5; Environment builds, Performance tuning

 

GPC, Inc. - Atlanta, GA

September, 2012 – October, 2013

 

Provide services for support of FSCM 9.1 and HCM 9.1 / Tools 8.50 and 8.52 of Prod and non-Prod env’s; Oracle 11g support, tuning, refreshes, scripting, AIX 6.1, Windows 2008; support/recommendations for conversions, etc. in efforts of bringing additional subsidiaries into the existing environments.  Tools upgrade from 8.50.20 to 8.52.10 for HCM 9.1 env.  Tools upgrade from 8.50.20 to 8.53.06 for FSCM 9.1env. STAT utilized for project migrations.

 

Promedica Health Services - Maumee, OH.

September, 2012 – January, 2013

 

Provide Oracle 11g database support, RMAN recommendations/setup, memory configurations, database/instance configuratons, database migrations, etc. to prepare for Lawson go-live.

 

Colonial Pipeline - Alpharetta, GA

March, 2012 – August, 2012

 

Upgrade of HCM 8.9 / Tools 8.48 to HCM 9.1 / Tools 8.52.06

 

Centene Corp – St. Louis, MO

May, 2012 – November, 2012

 

Provide architecture, recommendations, services to bring FSCM 9.0 environment from an external hosted location to internal architecture.

 

Hilton Hotels – Memphis, TN/McLean, VA

May, 2012 – November, 2012

 

Provide remote support services for FSCM / HCM 8.9 environments.

 

Piedmont Healthcare - Atlanta, GA

March, 2012 – April, 2012

 

Implementations of  FSCM 9.1, HCM 9.1 with Peopletools 8.51.13; SQL Server 2008 R2; Windows 2008 R2; Environment builds, Performance tuning

 

Gentiva Health Services – Overland Park, KS

September, 2011 – February, 2012

 

Implementations of  FSCM 9.1, HCM 9.1 with Peopletools 8.50.06; Oracle 11.2.0.2; Linux 5; Environment builds, Performance tuning

 

RPC, Inc. – Atlanta, GA

October, 2010 to October, 2011

July, 2012

 

Upgrade Peoplesoft HCM 8.9/Peopletools 8.48 to Peopletools 8.50.10; Upgrade FSCM 8.8/Peopletools 8.48 to FSCM 9.1/Peopletools 8.50.10.  Current work in progress of HCM 8.9/Peopletools 8.50.10 to HCM 9.1/Peopletools 8.51 and FSCM 9.1/Peopletools 8.50.10 to FSCM 9.1/Peopletools 8.51.

 

Zanett Commercial Solutions, Inc. – Carmel, IN

February, 2010 to August, 2010

 

Responsibilities include Technical Architecture, Oracle DBA 10g / 11g, Implementations/Upgrades of PeopleSoft HCM / FSCM environments thru Application version 9.1 and Tools versions 8.51.  Provided services for double upgrade on HCM environment for HealthAlliance Hospital, UMASS, in Leominster, MA.

 

Park ‘N Fly

November, 2008 to July, 2010

 

SQL Server 2000/2005 DBA providing monitoring, maintenance, performance tuning and builds as necessary.

 

New York University – Manhattan, NY

January, 2008 to December, 2008

April, 2010 to June, 2010

 

Upgrade/Implementation:  Upgrade from PeopleSoft FSE&G 7.5/Peopletools 7.63 to FSCM 9.0/Peopletools 8.49.08 which was a double upgrade for a supported upgrade path. This data was moved to the data warehouse and accessed via Brio.  Implemented FSCM 9.0/Peopletools 8.49.08 including GL, AP, PO, KK and PC.  The project also involved architecting a new hardware platform migrating from AIX 5.3/Oracle 9i to IBM Blade servers/Linux 4.0/Oracle 10g with ASM and RAC, non-unicode to Unicode conversion.

 

St. Luke’s Hospital – Maumee, OH

July, 2002 to November, 2008

 

Participated in architecture, administration, support, upgrades for PeopleSoft FS and HRMS from 7.5x to 8.9, and provided Oracle DBA services including support, installations, upgrades and migrations on HPUX and AIX platforms from 8i through 10g.

 

TRX, Inc. – Atlanta, GA

August, 2007 to August, 2009

 

Participated in architecture, administration and support for PeopleSoft FS 8.4x including implementation of International Business Unit, and assisted in Oracle DBA services on HPUX platforms for 8i and 9i.

 

Walkingstick Solutions – Atlanta, GA

June, 2007 to September, 2007

 

Implementation of Peoplesoft FSCM 8.9 and HRMS 8.9 environments including Performance Monitor, implementation of Oracle 9i and SQL Server 2005 on Windows 2003 virtual servers via VMware.

 

Zanett – Carmel, IN

February, 2009 to February, 2010

 

Principal Consultant

Responsibilities include Technical Architecture, Oracle DBA 10g / 11g, Implementations/Upgrades of PeopleSoft HCM / FSCM environments thru Application version 9.1 and Tools versions 8.50.11.  Also current architecture assessments and recommendations.  Just completed an HCM upgrade from App 8.3/Tools 8.2 to App 8.9 MP1/Tools 8.50.07 to App 9.1/Tools 8.50.07 that included Payroll, Ben Admin, HR, Self Service, eBenefits.  Also provided direction for upgrade of HCM 8.4 to HCM 9.1 with tools upgrade to 8.50 as well, and assessment of infrastructure for client which included Linux, Oracle 11g, HCM and FSCM applications and SQL 2005.

 

 

Deltek, Inc. – Herndon, VA

February, 2009 to February, 2010

 

Principal Consultant and Strategist

Responsibilities include recommendation, development, performance tuning/optimizations, installation and administration of Oracle RDBMS, SQL Server, implementations/upgrades of applications including CostPoint, Time&Expense, CostPoint Web, Cognos BI, Impromptu, IIS.  Documentation of methodologies, field guides, client architecture, implementations/upgrades.

 

Walkingstick Solutions - Atlanta, GA

September, 2007 to October, 2008

 

Senior Technical Consultant / Sales Consultant / Senior Technical Architect

Responsibilities include recommendation, development, performance tuning/optimizations, installation and administration of Oracle 8i – 10G RDBMS, SQL Server 2000 – 2005, Peoplesoft 7.5x – 9.0 and 7.5x – 9.0 HRMS and Financials applications, Tuxedo, Weblogics, Oracle Application Server, Apache, process schedulers and application servers utilizing load balancing technologies on various architectures including Sun Solaris, Windows 2003 Enterprise, Linux, AIX and HP-UX 11.0, and unix scripting.  Also support of internal development of Performance Product.  Technical Lead for New York University Financial’s Upgrade from FSEG7.5x to FSCM 9.0 January 2008 to present.

 

Employee’s Retirement System State of Georgia - Atlanta, GA

February, 2006 to August, 2007

 

Division Director, Information Technology

Responsibilities include management of budgets, projects, vendors and employees overseeing various functions for the Information Technology Division of the agency.  Includes, but not limited to project management, recommendations of hardware/software solutions, budgeting of projects, procurement of hardware/software, interacting with other Division Directors and Executive level for IT support, recommendations and solutions for the agency.

 

 

Employee’s Retirement System State of Georgia - Atlanta, GA

October, 2005 to January, 2006

 

Interim Division Director, Information Technology

Responsibilities include management of budgets, projects, vendors and employees overseeing various functions for the Information Technology Division of the agency.  Includes, but not limited to project management, recommendations of hardware/software solutions, budgeting of projects, procurement of hardware/software, interacting with other Division Directors and Executive level for IT support, recommendations and solutions for the agency.

 

 

April, 2004 to September, 2005

 

Operations Manager

Responsibilities include management of systems and employees overseeing network operations and various platforms including Windows 2000/2003 Enterprise, Sun Solaris Unix, SQL Server 7.0/2000, Oracle 8i, Exchange, Epic Callcenter, Cisco PIX firewalls, 3Com switches, 3Com NBX VoIP, project management, recommendations of hardware/software solutions, budgeting of projects, procurement of hardware/software.

 

Impact Innovations Group, Inc. - Atlanta, GA

July, 2002 to April, 2004

 

Technical Architect Lead / Senior Technical Consultant (July, 2002 to April, 2004)

Responsibilities include recommendation, development, performance tuning/optimizations, installation and administration of Oracle 8i RDBMS, SQL Server 2000, Informix Dynamic Server RDBMS, Peoplesoft 7.5x and 8.x HRMS and Financials applications, Tuxedo, Weblogics, Apache, process schedulers and application servers utilizing load balancing technologies on various architectures including Sun Solaris 8, NT, 2000, AIX and HP-UX 11.0, and unix scripting.

 

PeopleSoft Technical Architect / DBA(July, 2002 to April, 2004)

Responsibilities include installation, administration and support of PeopleSoft Applications including versions 7.0, 7.5x and 8.x, upgrade experience of financial and human resources applications from 7.0 to 8.x, upgrade experience of tools from 7.0 through 8.4, configuration of process schedulers on unix and NT, application servers on unix and NT, web servers on NT, 2000 and unix, peoplecode, sqr, nVision, crystal, application engine, application designer, change control migrations from development, test and production, technical and functional support, database connectivity and administration with SQL Server and Oracle on NT and unix platforms.  Perform database archival of historical data into SQL Server data warehouse.   Also involved in recommendations and rebuild of internal IT infrastructure including 2000 servers, application, file server and database designs, and documentation and optimization of infrastructure to promote consistencies across platforms for internal and external clients.

 

transchannel, Inc. - Atlanta, GA

April, 1999 to July, 2002

 

Senior Database Administrator / Systems Engineer (April, 1999 to July, 2002)

Responsibilities include installation and administration of Oracle 8i on HP-UX 10.2 and 11.0 and NT platforms, installation and administration of Informix Dynamic Server on HP-UX 10.2 and 11.0 platforms, unix administration on HP-UX 10.2 and 11.0, build, installation and administration of HP servers with Windows NT or Terminal Server operating systems, installation and administration of Citrix Metaframe 1.8, Peoplesoft technical support for Peoplesoft Financials and Human Resources applications, administration of HP Omniback on HP-UX platforms, administration of Front Page for client web pages.

 

PeopleSoft Technical Architect (April, 1999 to July, 2002)

Responsibilities include installation, administration and support of PeopleSoft Applications including versions 7.0, 7.5x and 8.x, upgrade experience of financial and human resources applications from 7.0 to 7.5x, upgrade experience of tools from 7.0 through 8.16, configuration of process schedulers on unix and NT, application servers on unix and NT, web servers on linux, peoplecode, sqr, nVision, crystal, application engine, application designer, change control migrations from development, test and production, technical and functional support, database connectivity and administration with Informix and Oracle on NT and unix platforms.

 

Premiere Technologies, Inc. - Atlanta, GA

February, 1998 to April, 1999

 

Sr. Database Administrator (February, 1998 to April, 1999)

Sole database administrator for the configuration and implementation of production, test and development databases for the implementation of  PeopleSoft.  Responsibilities include administration of Informix databases and Windows NT servers.

 

PeopleSoft Technical Architect (February, 1998 to April, 1999)

Sole technical architect working with a team of consultants for the development and implementation of PeopleSoft Financials and Human Resources applications.  The effort involves a multi-tiered client/server system with PeopleSoft front end connecting to a PeopleSoft application server utilizing Tuxedo, which is accessing Informix Dynamic servers on Windows NT platforms.  Responsibilities include client configuration and installation, application server configuration and administration, file server administration, security administration for PeopleSoft and Windows NT, education administration for students, applying patches/fixes and tools upgrades, data conversion and migration, troubleshooting via applcation engine, sql, cobol, peoplecode, sqr log and trace files, code modification, support and knowledge transfer to users.  

 

Intercall, Inc. - West Point, GA

July, 1995 to January, 1998

 

Database Administrator (September, 1996 to January, 1998)

Sole database administrator in a team of six programmers and analysts for the development of a customer information system application suite.  The team is undergoing a development effort for a multi-tiered client/server system with a Java front end connecting to a C++ application server, which is accessing an Informix OnLine Dynamic server on a  Sun Solaris platform.  Responsibilities include administration of Informix, Progress, and Access database servers.  Perform database archival of historical data from Progress to Informix data warehouse.  Perform design, modeling, creation and implementation of databases and systems using ERWin and BPWin tools from LogicWorks.  Also responsible for installation of Windows NT server, MS SQL server, and Sybase.

 

Programmer/Analyst (July, 1995 to September, 1996)

Responsible for Progress 4GL programming with Progress 7.3 character based and 8.0 GUI.  Also created and implemented a reservation system for video conferencing in Access, performing database design as well as development.  In addition, responsible for administration of Novell 3.12 server and MS Mail.  Assisted customers with administration and support of their systems.