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Gabriel Minichiello

Southbury

Summary

Dynamic IT Director with extensive experience at Oracle USA, driving operational efficiency and strategic initiatives. Expert in multi-platform support, Application support, data center operations and project management. Proven leader in fostering high-performance teams and implementing AI tools, enhancing productivity and innovation across departments.

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Director, IT

Oracle USA
12.1997 - Current
  • Company Overview: Engineering Administration and Support for product development
  • Responsible for production management of Oracle application products on production systems
  • Consistent completion of high visibility goals within the organization
  • Director of Oracle Loaner program with IBM
  • Successfully implemented new career path goals for the entire applications division working along with Human Resources department.
  • Security awareness Director for Oracle product development
  • Completed multiple Data center moves, consolidations and reconfiguration to OCI Cloud for over 56,000 Virtual Servers
  • Successful Upgrades of IBM Z mainframe to z16 model (relocation /upgrade) for production development
  • Kerberos administration of Oracle LDAP and ADE Database Support (Globally)
  • Relocation of Kerberos environment from On Prem to OCI
  • Automation using Python and Apex application to track and consolidate legacy OS to run vulnerability scans and control access
  • Implementation of VPN firewall for On Prem access to all developers.
  • Implementation of AI documentation tools and chatbot deployment to IT supported Slack channels
  • Primary representative of IT Development Services when conducting audits for Manufacturing industries for Oracle Applications.
  • Successfully migrated all legacy platforms (Unix) over to network perimeter firewall in Utah Datacenter to control vulnerability
  • Lead IT manager working on Peoplesoft, JDE, Goldengate, Tuxedo & Siebel Integration to centralize their hardware and applications to the central model.
  • Program management using Jira application (Atlassian)
  • Lead Operations Quarterly review of accomplishments and future projects
  • Management of Quarterly maintenance operations for Oracle Database, JDE, PSFT, Goldengate, Tuxedo, EBS, OCI and Sustaining engineering
  • Support triage manager for all US, Canada and India teams
  • On-Call Support for Oracle
  • Directed strategic initiatives to enhance operational efficiency across multiple departments using Bug ticketing system and Jira projects
  • Developed and implemented policies to streamline processes and improve productivity for all lines of business
  • Facilitated training sessions to enhance staff skills and promote professional growth. Specifically for all Unix engineers
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to identify opportunities for innovation and improvement for operational deployments on Database Farm severs
  • Evaluated performance metrics using EObusiness Suite to assess effectiveness of implemented strategies. Quarterly presentation to executive management
  • Recruited, trained, supervised, evaluated and mentored staff members.
  • Championed organizational change initiatives to foster a culture of continuous improvement for Support processed for Engineers
  • Conducted regular meetings with department heads to review progress on strategic initiatives. This includes Product Development and Lab owners.
  • Collaborated with senior leadership to set long-term objectives for the company, this was tracked in the HCM Oracle database
  • Established relationships with vendors and suppliers to secure favorable terms for materials or services.
  • Created detailed plans outlining timelines, goals, budgets, staffing needs and other requirements and tracked in Atlassian Jira project Storys.
  • Identified opportunities for improvement in operational performance metrics.
  • Prepared presentations for board meetings summarizing key developments within the company.
  • Led cross-functional teams to drive project completion within budget and deadlines.
  • Managed crisis Incident situations to minimize impact on operations and reputation.

Operations Supervisor

Rail Europe, Inc.
01.1994 - 01.1997
  • Responsible for System Administration for Dec Alpha & Sun Solaris production environments.
  • Oversaw operations of daily system administrators for 200 servers in the data center.
  • Lead server projects for data center upgrades and Server side maintenance.
  • Lead Technical person for all computer related projects.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

William Paterson University
Wayne, NJ
05.1992

Skills

  • Multi-Platform OS Support
  • Cross-functional team leadership
  • Project Management (Jira Atlassian)
  • Oracle AI implementation / support
  • Oracle Applications: Fusion, ERP, HCM, EBS, APEX, Weblogic
  • Azure, Oracle OCI
  • Crowdstrike Support / Deployment
  • Apps: PSFT, Siebel, EBS, Goldengate, Tuxedo
  • Data Center Operations
  • Vendor Management
  • Change Management
  • Crisis management - Lead all Incident for Oracle
  • Software/Hardware Implementation
  • High Performance Team Building
  • Strategic Planning & Budgeting
  • Evaluation/Utilization of AI tools, Oracle Myra, chatoracle
  • Application and Operations integration with development lines of business
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Programming languages (Python, Bash, Golang)
  • Experience with logging/monitoring (Grafana, Kibana, ELK, Splunk)

Certification

  • Linux Certified
  • IBM Z Mainframe certified
  • Solaris Advanced Administration certified
  • Senior Management Training

LANGUAGES

Italian: Professional

Timeline

Director, IT

Oracle USA
12.1997 - Current

Operations Supervisor

Rail Europe, Inc.
01.1994 - 01.1997

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

William Paterson University
Gabriel Minichiello