This document is a resume for Nicholas Dragon summarizing his experience as a SQL developer and consultant with over 15 years of experience working with databases like Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, and SQL Sybase. He provides details on the roles, responsibilities, and projects from various positions held, demonstrating extensive skills in SQL, databases, and business intelligence tools.
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As we move from experience and intuition based decision making to factual decision making, it is increasingly important to capture data and store it in a way that allows us to make smarter decisions. This is where Data warehouse/Business Intelligence comes into picture. There is a huge demand for There is a huge demand for Business Intelligence professionals and this course acts as a foundation which opens the door to a variety of opportunities in Business Intelligence space. Though there are many vendors providing BI tools, very few of them provide end-end BI suite and huge customer base. Microsoft stands as leader with its user-friendly and cost effective Business Intelligence suite helping customers to get a 360 degree view of their businesses.
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Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
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Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
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• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
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2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
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Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
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Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish Caching
Nicholas Dragon Sql Server Developer
1. NICHOLAS DRAGON
St. Petersburg, FL 33742
(727) 710-1267
japanese.lonewolf@yahoo.com
SUMMARY
I possess 15 years as a developer/consultant, with a heavy concentration of
development experience in databases and technologies including Microsoft SQL Server
2008, Microsoft TSQL, SQL Sybase, Oracle, and MySQL. My applications experience
spans many industries including health care and financial.
CERTIFICATIONS
Microsoft SQL Server 2008, SQL Sybase.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
RDBMS: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Sybase.
Tools: SQL Server Management Studio, T-SQL, SSIS, SSRS, Excel.
Software: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, MS SQL Server 2008 Integration
Services (SSIS), MS SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services (SSRS), Excel.
Sarasota Clerk of Court 4/11 - 6/11
SQL Developer/Business Analyst
• In this capacity, I was responsible for the ETL processes of handling data derived
from older legacy systems, preparing, analyzing and importing the information into
database tables and spreadsheets using SSIS or Excel, or moving the information
into newer systems and applications. The systems included bonds and the associated
data, including defendant information, bond posting and payments, agencies, and
related court data. Information that did not match the databases were placed into
Excel spreadsheets, where reports were generated for further analysis and
determination for the Bonds department.
• A second system included the data ETL of court evidence using SSIS objects,
representing the physical items utilized in court proceedings. The information is
securely tracked from Point A to Point B, including physical storage location and the
actual descriptive physical items on hand. SSRS reports were generated to display a
hierarchy of evidence location. Older legacy data that did not match current systems
were placed in Excel spreadsheets for future determination.
• A major assignment included the verification of an entire court system, designed to
contain the complete history of a court case from initiation to court resolution, and
all related data. The older data system contained hundreds of tables, going through
a conversion process to a newer system architecture. Due to the sensitivity of the
information, complete and through verification of the data using queries and stored
procedures to compare old and new systems was highly critical. Test cases were
executed within SQL Server, with data connections to Excel spreadsheets to display
individual and summary test results between old and new systems.
• Smaller databases containing older data were imported into SQL Server databases
using SSIS or Excel sheets for later import and report generation.
2. SetFocus, LLC. 2/11 - 4/11
SQL Master’s Program
The SetFocus SQL Server Master’s Program is an intensive, hands–on, project oriented
program where participants gain knowledge and valuable experience putting the SQL Server
skill set to use in a simulated work environment.
• Created numerous simple to complex queries involving self joins, correlated
subqueries, CTE’s and XML techniques for diverse business requirements. Tuned and
optimized queries by altering database design, analyzing different query options, and
indexing strategies.
• As part of a team, analyzed the business requirements and systematically designed a
database for an online-movie (DVD/Blu-Ray) rental company. Employed best
practices in creating a complete schema including tables, relationships, stored
procedures, views, clustered and non-clustered indexes and triggers, and
implemented the import and export of data using XML and SSIS.
• As part of a team, created various reports according to the business requirements for
the movie rental company. Individually authored, installed, deployed and managed
reports using SSRS for a library database.
• Individually designed a bank application according to business requirements, and
implemented robust stored procedures, functions, and triggers to implement
required functionalities.
• Created an SSIS ETL solution that reads Product, Vendor, and Order data from
Excel .CSV files on a network share into a SQL Server database. The solution also
validated incoming data and performed notifications through SSIS objects when jobs
complete. The order data thus loaded into SQL Server was used to generate reports
using the new SSRS 2008 reporting functionality (including the Tablix control). The
reports were set up for automatic delivery based on standard report subscriptions.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Technology Transfer Service 8/10 - 11/10
Software Technician
• Part of a large group of contractors and full time employees working on a software
and documentation multi-billion dollar project involving the automation of a Flat Mail
Sequencing System that simplifies the sorting of federal mail, saving the Postal
Service two million dollars a year. The entire system includes an automated tray
management system, a control system, flat sorting, optical character recognition,
stand alone mail prep, site manager servers, and several other functions allowing
automation over hand sorting of the daily mail. Other duties included the review and
corrections of the book of materials consisting of the entire system, software
drawings, graphics tracking, and technical documentation of many parts of the
architecture.
K Alliance 10/09 - 8/10
Marketing Software Developer
• Creation of a Marketing Database, using MySQL programming, PHP and
Dreamweaver. The entire system was utilized to assist in real time, expedient data
analysis and reporting to promote e-learning material sales. In addition to customer
3. info, sales contact data, projected versus actual sales, and catalog courses of
interest, the marketing system automatically generated customer subscriptions to
newsletter emails, and thank-you emails of a sales call to the customer after initial
contact, with links of interest and e-learning catalog content, as well as emails to the
sales force and managers. Various auto-generated reports include sales orders by
date range, by sales leads, by e-learning courses, and dollars generated per contact.
Superlative Enterprises 3/03 - 09/09
Self Employed Database and Software Developer
• Contract Software Development involving MySQL, Access, Sybase, Excel or other
database and spreadsheet development across various industries as required by
customer. Application development included a brokerage firm for the transportation
industry, following freight, commissions, weight of shipments versus cost, and
mileage. Reports were generated in Excel spreadsheets to display budgets,
forecasting and trend analysis, and other necessary data extractions. Other
applications include database and spreadsheet applications for a health and fitness
club and its sports leagues, office management accounting, membership rolls, and
order inventory on hand. A similar database application was utilized in a surplus
outlet warehouse.
Baxter Health Care 3/02 - 02/03
SQL Sybase Developer
• This position involved the creation of SQL stored procedures, queries, reports, tables,
data storage and retrieval, XML data conversion, documentation and testing
applicable to information necessary to maintain a suite of applications for the
execution and monitoring of kidney dialysis machines and its related Supply Chain,
including prescriptions and the associated business logic, delivery schedules,
appointments, customer and physician data, and the conversation of database
information into XML for later exports to mainframe servers, as well as imports of the
server data back to the Supply Chain database.
JP Morgan Chase 2/01 - 03/02
Senior Sybase Developer
• Heavily SQL based loan and commission/bonus compensation applications used
complex stored procedures and triggers to calculate and performs numerous
functions on the amount of commissions, bonuses, disbursements and other pay outs
to primary and secondary loan officers. This system performed both file feed and
manual imports, table maintenance, statistic and security reports, as well as the
addition, editing and deletions of employees, an employee's compensation plan,
branch maintenance and reports, tracks loans, plan adjustments, and other features.
User functions and capabilities are determined by their security access level.
MetraComp 9/00 - 12/00
Oracle Developer
• Short term contractor using Oracle stored procedures and queries for new
development or enhancements of applications that work in conjunction with and
support health care insurance, workman's compensation, claims, invoices, and other
insurance related services. Enhancements to Excel spreadsheet reports included new
graphs, calculations or new reports as necessary.
HealthPlan Services 12/98 - 9/00
SQL Developer
4. • Chief SQL database developer for the interface and various system, security,
maintenance, and billing operations of three administrative enrollment and reporting
systems pertaining to the enrollment and maintenance of health care for an
individual, a case, or a company. The applications track billing statements, produces
various reports, monthly processing and renewals, accepts new carriers and plans,
financial specs, and handles database system security and data integrity pertaining
to the applications.
• A standalone legacy insurance application written in Pascal was converted to utilize
Excel spreadsheets to manage individual sales data in a mobile fashion. The entire
application was designed to fit on a single floppy drive for portability while on the
road.
ICON Solutions 10/96 - 11/98
Senior Database Developer
• Part of a four person development team that created an application providing
database and account calculations and maintenance for new existing corporate
accounts and sub-ledgers, database upkeep of accounts, the assignment of services
to accounts and providing robust account contact information in various report
formats as required.
• A separate application for a medical facility included a reporting system utilizing
Word for processing documents dynamically generated according to a user’s
customization, and Excel spreadsheets to capture data in various report formats.
McNeil Consumer Products of Johnson & Johnson 6/94 - 10/96
SQL Developer
• Designed and enhanced a Procurement Analysis and Reporting System, used by
Purchasing and Accounting departments for trend forecasting, manufacturing,
inventory, and non-inventory analysis and reports, as well as Economic Order
Quantity reporting.
Progress Lighting 4/91 - 6/94
Database Developer
• Main developer of new and continuing applications for the Billing and Manufacturing
departments in the area of residential and commercial lighting. The applications were
a first for the company, moving away from mainframe and into the area of personal
computer use to access database data. The applications included data conversion
and all areas related to the manufacturing process, such as production, inventory,
invoice and billing and current to future sales and projections. Several individual
Excel projects and spreadsheets were created for the Chief Financial Officer as
required, including financial, budgets, data comparisons and forecasts.
EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS
U.S. Air Force 4/83 - 8/83
Electronics, Communications and Navigation - Overall GPA 4.0
Rational Rose Object Oriented Programming, version 8
PowerBuilder, versions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8