“Over the past four years, I have worked extensively with Bruce. He has been both a great friend and a mentor to me throughout this time. His Oracle and SQL Server coding skills are outstanding. He is very patient, persistent, and can solve very complex business problems both logically and accurately. Bruce is a true inspiration to me. I hope and strive to reach his level of professionalism in my own career. Bruce is the epitome of a true leader. It has been a pleasure working with such a sincere and honest person.”
About
Having been in the Information Technology world all my career and I have a reputation of…
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While it might be that success would come if you only worked harder, it's more likely that you need to start working a little differently. #coaching…
While it might be that success would come if you only worked harder, it's more likely that you need to start working a little differently. #coaching…
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After 18 years at Kaiser (aka KPIT) as a Principal Engineer, I wrap up a 42 yr career! TOO MANY people to thank (and list) over the years… Here are…
After 18 years at Kaiser (aka KPIT) as a Principal Engineer, I wrap up a 42 yr career! TOO MANY people to thank (and list) over the years… Here are…
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"I've gotten to the point where I've felt so exhausted, so stupid, so humiliated that I wanted to quit… when you reach this point, you're close to a…
"I've gotten to the point where I've felt so exhausted, so stupid, so humiliated that I wanted to quit… when you reach this point, you're close to a…
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Experience
Education
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The University of Western Ontario
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Activities and Societies: Radio Western, CJMK DJ, Intermural Com Sci Hockey team
Honed my skills in COMSCI, while volunteering as a Disc Jockey at the University radio station and subbing at a regular radio station from time to time. Played intermural hockey. Learned about KWIK (key word in context), which was a prelude to the current Artificial Intelligence technologies.
Licenses & Certifications
Volunteer Experience
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Assistant / Music Director
St. Thomas of Villanova Church - Palatine, Illinois
- Present 18 years 4 months
I volunteered as contemporary worship director in the music ministry from 2008-2019. I lead a team of 10-12 musicians and singers as the CHORALE to bring contemporary worship to the community, with ages from 11 to 69. Play guitar and lead the worship. In COVID 2020, I became music director of a virtual service, led by the retired pastor. In 2023, I was able to assist in bringing in a new Music Director, Mary Pietro, and sing in the choir and play with the new ENSEMBLE to this day.
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Musician
St. Francis de Sales Church - Lake Zurich, IL
- 5 years 6 months
I play guitar for the Life-Teen Band, as part of the youth ministry at the church. Lead the services when the director is away. Encourage teens in their singing and team building. A great place for ministry but the service was cancelled when the pandemic started and has not yet started back up.
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Musician
St Mary's Parish Church - Buffalo Grove, IL
- 9 years 1 month
I volunteered as a guitarist and singer for the ENSEMBLE contemporary worship band at St. Mary's in Buffalo Grove, IL
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Musician
St. Alphonsus Catholic Church - Wheeling, IL
- 2 years 6 months
I volunteered as a guitarist and singer for the ENSEMBLE contemporary worship band at St. Alphonsus Ligouri in Wheeling, IL.
Projects
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Model N Upgrade to RMaaS
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Provided Model N knowledge to the client and vendor teams, led major projects that interfaced with the new cloud application, and also led migrations of Databricks, Redshift, and ServiceNow during this time.
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Model N Analytics Support - Gilead Sciences
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Worked with Model N and Analytics teams to ensure accuracy and valuable metrics for Sales, Contracting and Revenue.
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Model N RMaaS Application Support - Gilead Sciences
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Lead a Model N RMaaS Support team at Gilead Sciences after the upgrade from v5.6. Working in the Accenture ASO, I lead a team of offshore resources, and triage solutions with Gilead, Model N and other vendors.
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Model N 5.6 Upgrade - Merck Pharmaceuticals
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Participate as Model N administrator, test data preparer, test case preparer and problem solver for an upgrade to Model N 5.6 at Merck Pharmaceuticals in Pennsylvania.
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Model N 5.4 Upgrade - Astellas Pharma US
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Upgrade Model N Revenue Management application with 9 modules from Version 5.2.2 to Version 5.4.1 at Astellas Pharma US. Led the Model N Support team for 3 years after the Go-Live, reducing tickets 90% using the Lean Methodology, and participating in many releases and problem solving with the Model N team.
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Presentation at Model N Rainmaker Conference
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Presented a seminar on "Automated Testing of Model N using QTP" at the Model N Rainmaker conference in Scottsdale, AZ. Using Quality Center, I co-presented with Stacy Varghese.
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Presentations at the International Oracle Users Group Conferences
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Presentations at IOUG conferences at Orlando, Denver, San Francisco, Toronto and Philadelphia
LEADERSHIP presentation at Toronto in 2004 received the 2nd highest attendee score.
Technical presentations: HTML via Oracle Web Server, EDI using HTMLDB, Database Tuning, and External Tables in Oracle.
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Presentation at Oracle Openworld, Los Angeles
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EDI Applications with Oracle Web Server to show functionality and technical prowess of a new Oracle technology.
Test Scores
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Scaled Agile - SAFe 5 Practitioner Exam
Score: 84%
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EXIN - ITIL Foundations in Service Management
Score: 93%
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