Mike Stankavich
Verified Expert in Engineering
Data Modeling Developer
Mike is a senior data engineer and freelance architect experienced across the development stack. He has extensive cloud and infrastructure experience, with multiple certifications from Microsoft, ISC2, Powersoft, and more. He currently builds data back ends for web apps at scale on RDBMS or NoSQL platforms.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Python, PostgreSQL, Windows, MacOS
The most amazing...
...thing I've done is co-author an international standard for supply chain data exchange.
Work Experience
Data Engineer, Architect
Certain, Inc.
- Worked as data lead for a Microsoft SQL Server to Postgres migration.
- Handled extensive performance tuning, including adding indices, rewriting queries, etc.
- Selected BI platform and planned migration.
- Drove ORM best practices with Hibernate developers.
- Reviewed, enhanced, and approved schema changes.
Database Architect, Senior Consultant
UST Global (Contracted to Intel)
- Designed and implemented schema changes to support a major multi-year refactoring project.
- Built a service to full-text index documents in a ~2TB custom file store.
- Built an asynchronous interface for shop floor control systems with guaranteed sequenced delivery on an SQL Server service broker. Used SQL CLR.
- Served as subject matter expert, with extensive domain knowledge of the app functionality.
- Worked as liaison between the offshore development team and onshore developers.
Data Modeler, Architect, Reporting Lead
Deutsche Bank
- Managed team of 12 Oracle and Cognos developers.
- Tuned performance and built an ETL for reporting solutions.
- Conducted interviews and selected candidates.
- Reviewed and approved schema changes.
- Coordinated with middle tier developers and changed the management organization to manage projects.
DBA, Enterprise Software Engineer, Developer
Intel Corporation
- Worked as application infrastructure platform lead. Coordinated with IT service organizations to specify and manage around 60 servers across multiple data centers.
- Designed schema, approved changes, and led CCB meetings.
- Worked on various middleware and back-end development projects.
- Led the migration from SQL Server 2000 to 2005. Implemented SQL Server failover clustering.
- Designed and managed the SQL Server transactional replication environment.
- Participated in the standards building process for supply chain data. Co-authored the international standard for product data exchange.
- Built interfaces for other enterprise apps, including SAP and shop floor control systems.
Experience
International standard for product data exchange
Microsoft SQL Server to Postgres migration
SQL Server 2005 to 2008 migration
Skills
Languages
T-SQL (Transact-SQL), SQL, PowerBuilder, PL/pgSQL, VB, Python, PHP, JavaScript, Java, C#, C++
Paradigms
Evolutionary Database Design, DevOps, Database-driven Web App Development, Change Management, Agile Software Development, Waterfall Development, REST, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Scrum, Cross-platform, Dataflow Programming, OLAP
Platforms
Windows, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linux, Oracle, MacOS, iOS, Android
Storage
Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle PL/SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL
Other
Data Migration, Data Modeling, Software Configuration Management (SCM), Offshore Development, TIBCO, TCP/IP, Data Structures, SAP, Ajax, Version Control
Tools
Erwin, Adobe ColdFusion, IBM Cognos
Frameworks
Hibernate, .NET, Django, ASP.NET, ADO.NET
Libraries/APIs
jQuery
Education
BS Degree in Computer Information Systems
Thomas Edison State College - Trenton, NJ
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