Scott Neil is an Oracle DBA and SAP Basis Administrator with over 25 years of experience. He has worked in various roles such as DBA, technical architect, and project manager for many companies including GE Healthcare, Harley-Davidson, Northwestern Mutual, and Kohl's. Neil has expertise in Oracle, SQL Server, SAP, and other technologies. He holds an MBA and a bachelor's degree in management information systems.
Scott Neil: Oracle DBA & SAP Basis Admin With 20+ Years Experience
1. Scott Neil
Oracle DBA, SAP Basis Admin, Technical Project and Team Manager
W182N8626 Westchester Dr.
Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
Home Ph. 262-502-0082
Cell Ph. 414-416-2277
scott.neil@earthlink.net
Technical Skills
Oracle Database Administrator: Oracle 5,6,7,8,9,10,11, 12. Siebel, Oracle Applications, BaaN,
ERP systems support. I have taught fellow IT professionals; was published in Select, a well-
respected technology professional magazine; represented the Wisconsin Oracle User Group as
its Vice President; and served as a field consultant for several consulting companies in the SE
Wisconsin and Northern Illinois market. I worked with technologists, business professionals, and
company management to design, build, maintain, and support Oracle-based systems critical to
their business functions. I am a certified Oracle DBA in Oracle 8 and 9.
SAP Netweaver Administrator: SAP ERP 2005, Netweaver 2004, Netweaver 7.0, ECC,
Business Intelligence (Bi), Solution Manager 7, CRM, XI. Implementations, upgrades, transport
landscape, landscape maintenance, TDMS. Primarily responsible for supporting the ECC
systems at Harley-Davidson, I was the primary Basis Administrator for Harley-Davidson's SAP
Financials implementation. I worked closely with corporate management, business function
leads, and fellow technologists to create answers for business problems. I led multiple-discipline
tactical teams to change the way that Harley-Davidson managed their finances and
manufacturing processes.
Work Experience
Kohl’s Corporate Consultant DBA Aug. 2016 Nov. 2016
Northwestern Mutual Technical Architect Jan. 2016 Jul. 2016
GE Healthcare Architect-HC Apr. 2011 Dec. 2015
Kohls (via K-Force) Consultant DBA Apr. 2010 Apr. 2011
Harley-Davidson Application Admin. Sr. Dec. 2005 Feb. 2009
Harley-Davidson DBA Apr. 2002 Nov. 2005
Divine Senior Consultant Apr. 2001 Mar. 2002
marchFirst Senior Consultant Mar. 2000 Mar. 2001
Whittman-Hart Consultant Dec. 1997 Mar. 2000
TUSC Consultant Feb. 1996 Dec. 1997
Norlight Telecomm. Programmer/Analyst May 1992 Jan. 1996
Nordic Systems, Ltd. Programmer/Analyst May 1991 Apr. 1992
Education
Degree:
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Concentration
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Master of Business Administration
Management
Project Management
Keller Graduate School of Business
Bachelor of Business Administration
Management
Management Information Systems
Technical Writing
Iowa State University
2. Experience
Company: Kohl’s
Title: Database Administrator
Start Date: August 2016
To Date: November 2016
Duties and
Responsibilities:
Contract Oracle DBA during upgrade of OnePLM project software.
Managed Oracle 12 databases throughout upgrade and
implementation of Bamboo Rose (Tradestone) product lifecycle
management tool.
Monitored performance and worked with business teams, technical
teams, and Kohl’s infrastructure to tune business-critical database
operations.
Using Oracle Enterprise Manager and Linux OS tools, identified and
called attention to problem areas during “war room” performance
analysis pre and post upgrade.
Upheld and supported Kohl’s DBA team standards while freeing up
their dedicated application-focused DBA to work on other issues.
Identified, documented, and worked with application vendor to
resolve poor-performing SQL
.
Company: Northwestern Mutual
Title: Technical Architect
Start Date: January 2016
To Date: July 2016
Duties and
Responsibilities:
Architected database-based solutions to business problems.
Coordinated implementation of SQL Server AlwaysOn replication for
business critical CRM database systems.
Documenedt need, reviewed business/technical needs, identified
vendors, and coordinated vendor presentations for selection of a
reactive monitoring tool for SQL Server and Sybase databases.
Coordinated and reviewed business technical usage of the Splunk
business intelligence tool across the enterprise, and develop an
approach for the usage of Splunk outside of current usage as a
security monitoring tool.
Reviewed usage of Amarta databases and assist multi-discipline
project team in the planning for the migration of this data from Oracle
to DB2 z/OS. Prepare enterprise for application upgrade and
migration, and for new government update and requirements circa
2018.
Worked with technical architecture team and business to properly
implement and utilize big data technologies
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General Electric Healthcare
Architect – HC (DBA)
April 2011
December 2015
Oracle Database Administrator
Managed 10+TB Oracle RAC databases for GEHC clients
Migrated databases from VT to WI with < 12 hours downtime
Managed 60+ Siebel databases
Supervised team of remote DBAs as they migrated Oracle, SQL
Server, and MySQL databases from GE data centers to Verizon
and Amazon Web Services
Kohls
DBA (Consultant)
April 2010
April 2011
Administered, monitored, and maintained a series of Oracle
databases critical to Kohls’ software development efforts.
Designed, architected, and worked with mainframe and other
teams to create a point of sale system which would report real
time sales data in a timely fashion.
Coached developers in the tuning and timely execution of SQL.
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Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Application Administrator, Senior
December 2005
February 2009
SAP NetWeaver Administrator.
Managed technical infrstructurea for Harley-Davidson's SAP
Finance system.
Installed,, upgraded, and maintained SAP system software.
Supported finance and other business functions migrating from
Avantis to SAP Finance system.
Represented ERP Applications team as a liaison to the IS
Infrastructure team to coordinate infrastructure resources.
Developed, communicated, and enforced the software change
management methodology for software transports within the
SAP systems.
Served the ERP Environment Team as a Technical Lead,
communicating software enhancements and technical
documentation to team members.
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Harley-Davidson Motor Company
DBA
April 2002
December 2005
Managed, upgraded, and maintained the Oracle databases.
Trained another employee to manage Oracle databases and
serve as my backup.
Supported OPS2003 (Manugistics).
Supported SCM (Manugistics).
Proved the business case for, installed, configured, and
supported a Sun E6800/Solaris environment.
Configured and supported Oracle Enterprise Manager
Configured and supported SQL*Net
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Whittman-Hart/divine/marchFirst
Senior Consultant
December 1997
April 2002
Oracle DBA for Harley-Davidson, Panera Bread.
Senior Consultant, responsible for client contacts and liaison
between my consultancy and all technical consultants on-site
with the client.
Developed a reputation for innovative problem solving, serving
the best interests of my clients and my agency by providing
technology solutions that improved service and saved time and
effort.
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TUSC
Consultant
February 1996
November 1997
Oracle DBA consultant for Snap-On Tools, First Union Rail.
Taught Oracle DBA, SQL Tuning, Backup & Recovery courses.
MRC Telecommunications/Norlight
Programmer/Analyst
May 1992
February 1996
Designed, developed, and maintained an Oracle-based order entry
and trouble ticket tracking system for MRC/Norlight's
telecommunications services.
Led trouble team, responding to telecommunication network outages
and managing a small team of Norlight employees who notified
customers of outage and projected restotration of service.
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Nordic Systems, Ltd.
Programmer/Analyst
May 1991
May 1992
Developed, managed, and maintained a complex ERP system.
Responsible for designing and creating a customer relations
management module.
Configured and administered the corporations internet email system,
giving all corporate management their first access to extra-corporate
email.
Personal
Troop 80 Assistant Scoutmaster: Communications
Potawatomi Area Council BSA Northern Lights District Unit Commissioner
Potawatomi Area Council BSA Wood Badge Staff Course C7-651-13-1
Philmont Crew Advisor, Crew 623-W-02, June 23-July 4, 2015 (80+ mile backpacking
trip, including ascent of 12,441 ft. Mt. Baldy)
Eagle Scout
Pastoral Council Secretary, St. Mary Parish, May 2012 – June 2015
6. Scott Neil
SAP & Oracle Information Technology Professional
W182N8626 Westchester Dr.
Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
Home Ph. 262-502-0082
Cell Ph. 414-416-2277
scott.neil@earthlink.net
References
Kerry Malland
◦ Senior Team Leader-Data Management Global Initiatives, ITPE-Technology Svcs
◦ kerry.malland@ge.com
◦ Cell Ph. 414-301-1409
◦ Kerry managed Scott’s work responsibilities at GE Healthcare. Kerry and Scott had
worked together as DBAs at Harley-Davidson, and Kerry recruited Scott in to GE
Healthcare.
Tim Soczka
◦ Lead Analyst - Problem Manager, ITPE-Technology Svcs
◦ Tim.Soczka@ge.com
◦ Cell Ph. 414-526-9756
◦ Tim manages the problem management team for GE Healthcare’s Hosted
Technology team, and frequently worked with Scott and DBAs on Scott’s teams to
work on technical challenges.
Sue Grzesk
◦ Project Manager, ITPE-Technology Svcs
◦ suzannegrzesk@att.net
◦ Cell Ph. 262-309-5411
◦ Sue manages the technical projects for the GE Healthcare Hosted Technology group.
◦ Sue and Scott worked together on multiple technical issues, most notably the
migration of a large (10TB+) production database from Vermont to Wisconsin with
less than 12 hours of production down time.
Stephen Lee
◦ SAP Consultant & Founder, ID Tiger
◦ stlee2112@netscape.net
◦ Cell Ph. 817-412-0363
◦ Stephen worked with Scott during the SAP implementation at Harley-Davidson, and
mentored Scott in a variety of SAP technical disciplines.
Richard Niemiec
◦ President Oracle Consulting (The Americas), Rolta International Inc., USA
◦ rich@tusc.com
◦ Work Ph. 630 960-2909
◦ Rich managed Scott’s engagements as a DBA consultant and trainer for TUSC.