Lisa Hudd
Charleston,South Carolina
Summary
I am an Oracle specialist with 20+ years of Oracle/Unix systems experience. I have a strong passion for tuning and troubleshooting of Oracle database and database applications. I use my ICF and NBC-HWC backed executive coaching skills to communicate and coordinate well within teams on projects that can range from deployment of new software releases to management of critical database systems and calm headed backup and recovery operations.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Oracle Database Administrator
SeriousWabbits Innovative Furniture LLC
03.2017 - 08.2022
- Direct management of data storage and analysis for this innovative, leading-edge furniture manufacturer.
- Designed a data repository that allowed for the flexibility and rapid access that this entrepreneurial company required.
- Tuned database structures with SQL and PL/SQL.
- Planned and implemented backup and resiliency with Oracle Backups and Dataguard.
- Provided technical assistance to developers in resolving database related issues.
Executive Coach
Vida Health
12.2020 - 07.2022
- Using NBC-HWC and ICF credentials, I worked one on one with corporate clients to assist in personal and career growth.
- Collaborated with clients to grow their communication skills, organizational skills and set meaningful goals and expectations.
Sr Oracle DBA
e-DBA Ltd., UK
09.2012 - 11.2014
- Provided 24x7 Oracle systems support directly and as a team lead.
- Developed monitoring and maintenance programs to ensure smooth running of our systems with the use of stored PL/SQL and unix shell scripting with cron.
- Management of Oracle HR and GL environments as a DBA. Served as a key communication between business teams, development teams and end users.
- Implemented and maintained critical systems with RAC, data warehousing, and replication skill sets.
- Managed Oracle 10G, 11G and 12c environments directly and via Enterprise Manager and Grid Control.
Team Lead and Sr. Oracle DBA
e-DBA Ltd., UK
12.1998 - 09.2011
- Managed a few hundred database systems for critical customer systems that included Advanced Replication for Fortis bank, Oracle iLearning for NHS Cornwall, implementation of Dataguard as well as custom standby and failover environments and more for many clients.
- Worked as a presales support person in meeting with new clients and gathering specs for documentation and planning. Assisted with strategy and planning of new environments in this capacity as well as training others in Oracle and Unix skills.
- Created tools as needed to assist in the implementation of projects. I worked with SQL, stored PL/SQL, unix shells and some C programming.
- Provided 24x7 systems support participating in a group schedule. Excelled in tuning and troubleshooting in this role as well as strong communications skills, technical writing of postmortems and leading discussions for systems improvements.
- Worked within project teams to develop, plan releases and rollout new software, patches and updates. Took strong responsibility in follow-through, ensuring a smooth running environment.
Sr. Oracle DBA, Professional Services
Sun Microsystems
05.1998 - 05.1999
- As a DBA in the Professional Services team I implemented Peoplesoft e-business suite on Oracle and Unix as part of a team at the Express Newspapers and Economist Publishing systems in London.
- Created technical documentation and provided in-house personnel with training to support the new environments.
- Provided 24x7x365 support for client systems while communicating with my Sun Services team to keep everyone up to date.
Sr Oracle DBA and Team Lead
Pacific Bell Internet
01.1997 - 01.1998
- Used Oracle Designer to assist our development and business teams in the management of custom Billing application. This included responsibility within the versioning and control of database release components.
- Became the DBA team lead over approximately 5-7 DBAs and implemented our annual system maintenance processes. This meant planning for new Oracle database releases, patches, upgrades and backup and recovery plans that allowed for development, unit testing, integration testing and reporting database environments.
- Created clear technical documentation that was shared within the business and development teams.
Oracle DBA and Oracle Government Consultant
Oracle
01.1994 - 01.1997
- Began by working on the new TVA Oracle e-business suite rollout in Knoxville, Tennessee and continuing as our representative in the main Chattanooga office.
- Implementation of Oracle e-business suite, specifically GL, as part of our Oracle consultancy group.
- SQL and PL/SQL development and performance tuning as well as Oracle Forms and Reports development and maintenance.
- Migrated to Oracle HQ in Redwood Shores to work as an Oracle DBA in the Oracle Data Center where I was a DBA on Oracle's internal corporate GL and HR systems
- Our main scope in the Data Center was to maintain fast access and high availability for Oracle employees to our internal systems.
- We supported Oracle Applications development teams in planning for new release roll-outs and were a part of creating the new roll-out process documentation.
- In addition to the main GL and HR systems, in my team we managed hundreds of databases that were used in different parts of the corporation for daily business, development, testing and reporting.
Education
Masters Certificate in IS/IT Project Management, Information Technology Project Management -
Villanova University
01.2017
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science -
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
01.1994
Skills
- Oracle Database Tuning and Troubleshooting
- SQL and PL/SQL
- Disaster Recovery Planning, Dataguard Failover and Standby
- Oracle RAC
- Patch Management
- Enterprise Manager, Grid Control and Cloud interfaces
- Enterprise Business Suite management
Certification
- Master Certificate in IS/IT Project Management, Unknown, 08/2016, 03/2017
- NBC-HWC, The National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) and National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME)
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 Certified Foundations Associate - Oracle, Oracle, 07/2023, 07/2025
- Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Professional - Oracle, Oracle
- Oracle Database 10g Administrator Certified Professional - Oracle, Oracle
- Oracle8i Database Administrator Certified Professional - Oracle, Oracle
- Oracle7.3 Database Administrator Certified Professional - Oracle, Oracle
- Oracle9i Database Administrator Certified Professional - Oracle, Oracle
Languages
Spanish
Professional
Timeline
Executive Coach
Vida Health
12.2020 - 07.2022
Oracle Database Administrator
SeriousWabbits Innovative Furniture LLC
03.2017 - 08.2022
Sr Oracle DBA
e-DBA Ltd., UK
09.2012 - 11.2014
Team Lead and Sr. Oracle DBA
e-DBA Ltd., UK
12.1998 - 09.2011
Sr. Oracle DBA, Professional Services
Sun Microsystems
05.1998 - 05.1999
Sr Oracle DBA and Team Lead
Pacific Bell Internet
01.1997 - 01.1998
Oracle DBA and Oracle Government Consultant
Oracle
01.1994 - 01.1997
Masters Certificate in IS/IT Project Management, Information Technology Project Management -
Villanova University
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science -
University of Tennessee, Knoxville