MICHAEL P. SULLIVAN
2-33-12
Kamiogi
Suginami-ku,
Tokyo 167-0043
Email: unixwzrd@mac.com
Phone:
+81-80-3202-2599
USA: +1-561-283-2034
SUMMARY
OF QUALIFICATIONS
- More than 22 years experience
in Architecture, Development Methodology, Project Management,
Implementation, and Managing Distributed UNIX and Oracle Computing Systems
for the Financial Services and other Industries.
- Over 13 years of IT focused, managerial and supervisory experience
in the Financial Industry covering core areas of IT financial transactions
operations.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Software: X
Window System, CDE, GNOME, GFS, Veritas, Sun Disk Suite, Apache/SSL, Apache
(mod_perl, mod_ruby), Jserv, Jrun, Oracle Application Server, LDAP, DNS, NIS, Sendmail,
Majordomo, Subversion, CVS, RCS, SCCS, Make, NFS, Automount, Samba, Secure
Shell(SSH), Tiger, TCP-Wrappers, Tripwire, NMAP, SATAN, COPS
Database: Oracle
10g, 9i, 8i, 8.x, 7.x, PostgreSQL 8.x, 7.x, MySQL, Berkeley DB,
Oracle Financials 11.0.3, Oracle OCS
Programming Languages: Bourne
Shell, Perl (Object Oriented, DBI, CGI, Tk), Objective C, C, SQL, Ruby, HTML,
XML, UML, Java Script, PL/SQL
Operating Systems: Solaris
9, 8, 7, 2.6, Linux, Mac OS X, SunOS 4.1.x, VMWare, Windows 95 / 98 / NT / 2000
/ XP, MVS (z/OS), TSO
Hardware: Sun
SPARC, Intel x86, SPARC Storage Array, Sequent Symmetry, Macintosh (PowerPC),
IBM 4341, 4381, 3090, Z-Series
Network: TCP/IP,
PPP, NTP, HTTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, SNMP, NNTP, NAT, Berkeley Sockets, Cisco
Router Configuration, Firewalls, Security Analysis, SSH Tunneling, Oracle Net8,
FIX, Bloomberg, Reuters, F5
WORK
EXPERIENCE
Aozora Bank, Tokyo Feb 2006 to Present
Financial
Controls and Compliance / Production Management Division
- Responsible for planning and
controlling $33M budget for
the Production Management Division and preparing reports for the President
of AIS (Aozora Information Services) and the Board of Directors. Identifying variances and
determining cost recovery procedures as well as identifying and reducing
unnecessary costs.
- Preparing Policy, Procedure,
and Process documents based on COBIT and ITIL in areas such as Data
Management, System Access Controls, and Production Release and
Implementation. Documents
presented to the Board of Directors for acceptance of FSA audit materials.
- Third line support manager
handling problem escalation from Linux and Unix support personnel. Responsibilities also included
consulting with application development teams regarding application
implementation.
- Oracle OCS installation and
support from pilot project to full production implementation. Setting up system environment, SVN
repositories, support shell scripting for startup, shutdown and system
utilities.
- Defined Oracle Installation
Standards, Unix File System Standards, Various other Unix and Systems
Standards for the Unix/Linux environments.
- Defined and developed budgets,
chargeback modeling for cost recovery to end users.
- Responsible for determining
security policies and enforcing access control on
- GFS Clustering for TIBCO
EMS. This also included
destructive application testing simulating multiple component failures.
- Oversaw implementation of
system monitoring with tools such as NAGIOS, SWATCH, Oracle GRID Control
and other tools for the NOC.
Also to include escalation lists and procedures.
- Mainframe connectivity for
Apple Mac clients using X11 and x3270.
- Windows to Mac Migration and
Mac Client integration addressing issues including NFS home directories,
OpenLDAP integration with Linux and database access.
- Backup and recovery
architecture using rsync and Legato on EMC SAN and NAS.
- Systems incident handling
change management workflow definitions in a COBIT environment.
Distributed Computing Systems, LLC, Tokyo
May 2005 to Jan 2006
Principal
Consultant / Consulting
Services
- Complete Internet Services
System Migration from one data center to new data center. Including upgrading all Open
Source software to include Solaris system configuration and patching, web
servers, mail servers, mailing list servers, DNS services and other
supporting services.
- Reviewed Windows System and
Network Architecture for private Hedge Fund client in Tokyo and made
recommendations for improvement following an internal audit.
- Consulted with client to create
specifications and requirements for proprietary online day-trading system.
- Reviewed conference submission
documents for presentation for Tokyo Denki University Electrical
Engineering Department for English correctness and content.
KBC Securities Japan, Tokyo
May
2002 to May 2005
Associate
Director/Head of Systems
Systems
Architecture, Implementation, and Support Group Division
- Managed a group of 5 employees
in the Systems division and was responsible to the CIO.
- Developed per project business
cases and costing which were then presented to the CIO and CFO for
budgetary and project approval.
- Responsible for all aspects of
daily systems operations support for; Front Office, Back Office, Research,
and other support areas including: 24 / 7 Telecommunications, Networking,
Database Administration, UNIX and Windows Server Administration, End User
Support, and Vendor Relations.
- Supported the Global
Standardization of Systems Architecture and Infrastructure by working with
Global counter-parts.
- Provided on-site IT development
support and guidance to software developers in best Systems Practices.
- Executed market data support
for Bloomberg and Reuters platforms.
- Managed planning and
implementation of FIX network for development team.
- Performed Oracle Database
migrations and upgrades.
- Implemented the increased
uptime and availability of the systems to less than 2 incidents per year.
- Managed a project to
Standardized Server Computing Hardware and Routing Hardware increasing
reliability and ability to recover quickly from any single system failure.
- Performed BCP testing once a
year in August.
- Managed the systems BCP
planning and implementation for Tokyo.
Cable Vision Corporation, Bethpage, NY Oct
2001 to May 2002
Manager of Distributed
UNIX Systems,
Systems Management
- Managed a group of fifteen UNIX
Systems Administrators.
- Provided 24 / 7 support of
mission critical systems for major cable TV operations in the New York
Metropolitan Area.
- Planned for a department budget
of $1.5M annually.
- Managed and mentored junior
staff and assisted systems programming teams in best Systems practices.
InsureMyTrip.Com, Commack, NY (Independent Consultant)
May 2001 to Oct 2001
Senior
Systems Architect and Database Designer /Administrator, Systems Architecture and
Development
- Implemented strategic
information system architecture design for B2C Internet commerce providing
travel insurance policy comparison and sales.
- Constructed standardized
environments for development, testing and production.
- Designed and implemented a
backup and recovery plan for their data center.
- Re-designed and implemented
systems for flexible growth and scalability by partitioning the
application and support systems into separate client/server
components.
- Conducted routine security
audits.
- Documented system architecture,
operational procedures, and complete software installation and
configuration.
Recollections, Inc (“MyPublisher.Com”) Valhalla, NY
(Independent Consultant) Jul 2000 to Jun 2001
Senior Systems Architect and Database Administrator, Applications Development and
Production Division
- Managed a team in constructing
a client/server B2B Internet commerce system for product fulfillment that
was used to produce photo books for Apple’s iPhoto.
- Managed the design,
implementation of the development, testing, and production environments
consisting of; Solaris, Oracle RDBMS, Oracle Financials, Apache/Jserv.
- Managed work between five
developers in different geographic locations including application release
management.
- Designed and constructed
Perl/CGI reporting and maintenance forms for the production application
process.
- Managed Solaris systems
administration by interviewing, hiring and training employees in systems
administration techniques to support the ongoing operations.
- Integrated the production
system into a homogenous corporate network consisting of Solaris, Linux,
Windows NT, and Mac OS.
Aero-Vision Technologies, Hauppauge, NY (Independent Consultant) Jul 1999 to Jul 2000
Systems
Architect, Systems
Research and Development
- Managed primary project
consisting of designing, deploying, and supporting high-speed Internet
technologies for corporate and hotel customers.
- Designed and constructed the
networking software and infrastructure for the company’s Internet access
kiosk for the hotel industry.
This included network segmentations, DNS, security, and software
upgrade deployment on live production systems.
- Developed the client/server
protocol for controlling kiosks and their interaction with the hotel systems.
- Designed and implemented full
ISP services for corporate customers, including mail, firewall, DNS, and
other services as requested by the client.
- Supervised implementation team
of four people during network deployment operations and trained them in basic
problem diagnosis and resolution.
SkyMall.com, New York, NY (Independent Consultant)
Mar 1999 to Jul 1999
Systems
Database Administrator / Applications Development
- Worked with the SkyMall
development team to determine implementation requirements for their Oracle
RDBMS.
- Assisted the system
administration staff to provide development and test environments for a
B2C commerce web site.
- Trained junior Oracle Database
and Solaris Administrators to manage SkyMall's systems development
environment.
- Designed and implemented Oracle
RDBMS development system architecture, including physical database
installation and configuration.
National Tele-Communications, Cedar Grove, NJ (Independent
Consultant)
Oct 1998 to Mar 1999
Senior
Systems and Database Administrator, Systems Research and Development
- Responsible for constructing a
Solaris/Oracle development, test, and production environments for Internet
web sites and ISP services to be resold to long distance telephone
customers and Internet users.
- Performed Oracle RDBMS and
Solaris System administration tasks for all environments consisting of;
Sun ES-6500 Cluster, Oracle 8.0.5, Apache and JRun.
- Designed and implemented Oracle
RDBMS and Solaris logical and physical infrastructure for all
environments.
- Reported to the CTO and CIO to
determine system and database infrastructure strategies.
- Managed three junior system
administrators and one database administrator.
- Developed naming and migration
standards for Solaris and Oracle RDBMS environments.
- Trained additional Systems
Administration and Database Administration staff members.
Distributed Computing Systems LLC, New York, NY
Nov 1997 to Oct 1998
Principal
Consultant, Managing Principal, Consulting Services
- Formed Distributed Computing
Systems to provide enterprise level systems architecture to clients
migrating to a distributed client/server architecture primarily consisting
of Solaris and Oracle.
- Developed and published Perl
interface module for CLIPS expert system shell.
Sun Professional Services/NYNEX, New York, NY
(Sub-Contractor)
Nov 1994 to Nov 1997
Senior
Systems and Database Administrator, Sun Integration Services
- Senior member of the
Client/Server Systems Development and Systems Integration team. Responsible for providing on-going
architecture definition, implementation and support of NYNEX mission
critical systems including; services such as high speed dedicated data
services, customer voicemail systems, and switching system parts
inventory.
- Provided training and support
for NYNEX system administration, database administration, and development
staff along with assisting them in best practices and standards for Oracle
RDBMS administration, System Administration, and Application Development.
- Constructed the client/server
architecture design of NYNEX Voicemail information management and
provisioning system utilizing Sun ES-3000 and Oracle 7.x RDBMS.
- Implemented a Web-based report
delivery system to eliminate paper reports.
- Managed a team of four Oracle
Database Administrators and standardized Oracle installations for NYNEX
Enterprise Operational area.
- Conducted routine performance
analysis and tuning and systems security analysis for NYNEX Enterprise
systems.
Merrill Lynch, New York, NY Apr
1992 to Oct 1994
Assistant
Vice President / Project Manager / Senior Systems Architect, Distributed Financial Systems
- Provided applications and
systems architecture for financial applications migration project moving
Balance Sheet, General Ledger, Human Resources, and other mainframe-based
systems to a distributed computing architecture on Sequent and Oracle
RDBMS.
- Other duties included providing
development support and training to staff of 200 developers, production
application support, capacity planning, tuning, operation procedures, and
standards for the entire distributed computing project.
- Managed staff of three systems
administrators and provided backup for Oracle DBA support.
- Developed back-end application
framework to support production processing, mainframe data migration,
application restart ability, log management, and database interfaces.
- Provided technology selection
including data transfer protocols, MVS system connectivity, liaison with
Network Engineering, MVS System Services, Data Center Operations, and
capacity planning.
Awarded Merrill Lynch President’s Award for Excellence –
First Quarter 1993.
Shearson Lehman Brothers, New York, NY Oct
1991 to Apr 1992 Senior Systems Administrator, Fixed Income Division
- Performed a reimplementation of
the Guaranteed Income Contracts system for Trading team.
- Provided daily Trading Floor
systems administration and support to a large group of 150 Sun workstation
nodes running SunOS 4.1.3 and Sybase.
- Worked as lead technical
specialist providing assistance to junior staff members.
Salomon Brothers Inc., New York, NY Aug 1987 to Oct 1991
Project
Manager, Investment
Banking Division
Mar
1989 to Oct 1991
- Designed, implemented, and
supported national network infrastructure for Global Headquarters and
Domestic Branch Investment Banking offices, including standardizing the
UNIX environment for the initial ten servers in the investment banking
network.
- Managed and supervised a staff
of twelve PC and UNIX administrators, four software developers, and two
network engineers.
- Managed daily operational and
support activities of the Investment Banking network of forty Sun servers
running NFS with 800 PC and Mac client nodes.
- Managed network support group
installation of networks in Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco,
and Dallas branch offices.
- Supported the Financial systems
group with CASE tool selection and the implementation of a distributed
development environment utilizing Sun and Novell networks.
- Oversaw the move of the
Investment Banking group to the new World Headquarters consisting of 800
node forty server SunOS/PC-NFS network with no service interruption.
- Constructed five Investment
Banking floors from bare concrete.
- Managed the networking
infrastructure design and implementation for Salomon Brothers' Investment
Banking Headquarters and developed an in-house NFS-based networking and
system integration product using Microsoft Windows.
- Designed and implemented an
Options Allocation model utilizing Oracle for the London Regulatory
Reporting Group.
- Conducted CASE tool evaluation
and development methodology support of development staff.
Systems
Analyst, Financial
Division
May 1988 to Feb 1989
- Responsible for supporting the
Financial Systems development team members with productivity and CASE
tools, and systems support for both Sun and Novell networks.
- Supported a UNIX development
team with X 11, Motif, and Sybase assisting developers with the
environment and development tool evaluation, selection, and
implementation.
- Integrated the Sun and Novell
networks and constructed an integrated development environment using
Microsoft Windows.
- Installed, configured, and
managed a twenty node Sun network.
- Designed and implemented an
Options Allocation Model using Oracle for the London Regulatory Reporting
Group.
- Implemented and managed a
network-based development environment for the Regulatory Reporting development
team.
Productivity
Analyst,
Development Support Group
Aug 1987 to May 1988
- Evaluated, selected, installed,
and supported CASE tools such as PACBASE, Excelerator, XPF-COBOL,
MicroFocus COBOL Workbench.
- Designed, configured, and managed
a Novell network for the Development Support Group.
- Constructed a PC-based
integrated tool set supporting multi-platform development to include PC
and mainframe development.
Salomon Brothers Business Technology Organization
Communications Award – Feb 1990
Salomon Brothers Business Technology Organization
Communications Award – Feb 1991
UCCEL Corporation, Dallas, TX Apr 1985 to Jul 1987
Systems
Analyst, Corporate
Research and Development
- Participated in UCCEL next
generation banking software development, providing support to the
Knowledge Transfer Group and developing productivity tools to automate
creation of technical and other documentation products.
- Designed and implemented an
automated technical reference manual generator that read program source
code and interfaced with the project data dictionary tool to produce
technical reference documents.
EDUCATION
University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 1987
Bachelor of
Business Administration in Information Systems Analysis
CERTIFICATIONS
Sun Education – NIS to NIS+ Migration 1995
Object
Oriented Analysis and Design
1991
Salomon
Brothers Manager Orientation
1990
Unix C
Shell Programming
1989
SunOS
Systems Administration
1989
Relational
Database Modeling and Design
1987
PACBASE Programming
1986
Programmer’s
Introduction to the HP-3000
1983
Image
Database Construction for the HP-3000
1983
LANGUAGE
English: Native
Japanese: Minimal/Conversational