Bretislav Kupera, Developer in Lohja, Finland
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Bretislav Kupera

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Database Developer

Lohja, Finland

Toptal member since December 20, 2021

Bio

Bretislav has 20+ years of experience in the IT industry. He handled different job positions and responsibilities throughout his career as a developer, team leader, project manager, director of a 20-members team, solutions architect, and business process manager. Bretislav has excellent expertise working with Oracle technologies and is currently focused on SQL tuning, data migration, and PL/SQL optimization processes.

Portfolio

Carus
Oracle Forms & Reports, Databases, IT Support
OLR
PL/SQL Tuning, Data Migration, Oracle
LMC s.r.o
Leads, IT Management, IT Projects

Experience

  • PL/SQL Tuning - 20 years
  • Oracle PL/SQL - 20 years
  • SQL - 20 years
  • Oracle - 20 years
  • Data Migration - 10 years
  • PostgreSQL - 5 years
  • Groovy - 3 years
  • PHP - 3 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Oracle, Databases, PostgreSQL, SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, PL/SQL Tuning

The most amazing...

...work I've done was leading one of the biggest data migration processes for a bank in the middle Europe, within time, budget, and quality standards.

Work Experience

IT Support Analyst

2016 - 2019
Carus
  • Fixed bugs in PL/SQL code and Oracle forms and reports.
  • Learned about the ferry industry background quickly to help our client.
  • Supported process improvement concerning ITIL incidents and problem management.
Technologies: Oracle Forms & Reports, Databases, IT Support

Team Leader

2011 - 2015
OLR
  • Performed the Oracle migration to SQL Server and optimized PL/SQL scripts, getting them 20 times faster.
  • Implemented data conversion of six legacy systems into Oracle Retail apps.
  • Converted multisystem, multicurrency, multilanguage, and multiorganizational units and sets of books.
  • Handled conversion script optimization with parallelism and Oracle statistics set.
Technologies: PL/SQL Tuning, Data Migration, Oracle

IT Director

2008 - 2011
LMC s.r.o
  • Built a development team with 16 members, including analysts, project managers, developers, and testers.
  • Implemented process management for the whole company. Optimized key processes in terms of resources, time, and budget.
  • Solved market crises and optimized the team's work.
Technologies: Leads, IT Management, IT Projects

Development Manager

2007 - 2008
Datart
  • Built, managed, and coordinated the biggest Axapta team in the Czech Republic.
  • Liaised with business consultants, technical support, and vendors.
  • Implemented the version and release management process and set a methodology of coding standards for the team.
Technologies: Axapta, Oracle, Customer Success

Developer

2006 - 2006
OLR
  • Performed the technical analysis of a security management module in Oracle Retail.
  • Implemented PL/SQL script migration and conversion.
  • Provided support for Oracle Retail products, including RMS, RDW, ReSA, RIB, and Alloc.
Technologies: Oracle PL/SQL, Oracle

Team Leader

2003 - 2005
Ceska Sporitelna
  • Implemented a new information system to the current bank infrastructure. The project involved the migration of 1.5 terabytes of data within a 2-year timeframe and a 50-thousand budget.
  • Evaluated each test cycle and migration wave, initiating corrective actions when needed.
  • Succeeded in solving problems during the migration phases.
  • Created a storybook of migration, consisting of a detailed plan of the technical, business, and third-party activities handled during the migration wave.
Technologies: Oracle PL/SQL, Databases, Data Migration

Back-end Developer

1999 - 2003
Oracle
  • Created several Oracle application interfaces for banks.
  • Developed customization and country-localization approaches.
  • Performed code and database optimization, and PL/SQL code tuning.
Technologies: Oracle, Oracle PL/SQL, Forms, Reports

Experience

Job Portal

http://www.jobs.cz
I managed a team with 20+ members to deliver a B2C portal for the job market. We were market makers and covered 80% of the Internet job market in the Czech Republic. I coordinated the Java, PHP, Product Management, and Quality Assurance teams.

Education

1996 - 2002

Doctorate in Computer Science

Charles University - Prague, Czech Republic

Certifications

APRIL 2010 - PRESENT

Product Development by Marty Cagan

LMC s.r.o.

Skills

Languages

SQL, Groovy, Java, PHP

Platforms

Oracle

Storage

Databases, Oracle PL/SQL, PostgreSQL

Other

PL/SQL Tuning, Data Migration, Optimization, Leads, IT Management, IT Projects, IT Support, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Linguistics, Genetic Algorithms, Forms, Reports, Axapta, Customer Success, Oracle Forms & Reports

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