ARUP NANDA
24 Ferris Ave Suite # 1
Norwalk, CT 06854
Phone : (203) 750-5116
Email : arup@proligence.com
Summary
Awarded DBA of the Year by Oracle in 2003, a worldwide recognition. Senior Database Architect, DBA,
Modeler, published author with more 10 Years of Experience as an Oracle DBA, with publications in
reputed journals and presentations at international conferences.
Skills Summary











Oracle 9i Internals
Oracle 8i Parallel Server (OPS)
Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Performance Tuning
Security Administration
Replication
Distributed Databases
Disaster Recovery Solutions
Database Design
System Design
Data Modeling











Recovery Manager (RMAN)
Standby Database Solutions
Oracle 9i Data warehousing
Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM)
XML and Web Integration
Unix Shell Scripting
PL/SQL
Pro*C and C
Unix, Solaris, HPUX, Tru64, AIX
Windows NT, 2000
Project Management
Major Demonstrated Strengths




Author of the book “Oracle Privacy Security Auditing” by Rampant TechPress.
Has endeavored excellence by focusing solely on Oracle database technology making him richer by
depth of experience.
Has demonstrated depth of knowledge by presenting at several technical conferences and having written
articles published in reputed journals and online magazines.
Result oriented, analytical and self-driven professional seasoned with years of working in a dual role of
design/architecture and production support.
Work History
Jan 2002 – Present: Senior Oracle Database Administrator at IntelliClaim, Inc.



Designed, implemented and supported the Claims Warehouse Database for IntelliClaim application at
Oxford, Cigna and other major Insurance Carriers, which is expected to save $4 billion a year for the
carriers.
Designed and Implemented Oracle Disaster Recovery Solutions for customers saving them $10 million
by using only Oracle products.
Lead Production Support and Design DBA
Jan 2001 – Dec 2001: Senior Oracle Database Administrator at Oxford Health Plans
Resume of Arup Nanda Page 1 of 3



Implemented, administered and subsequently tuned a 1000+ GB database for claims and fraud
detection to help save the company an estimated $34 million a year using Oracle Parallel Server and
Replication on Sun Platform, EMC disk array and Veritas File System. Was the production support
DBA.
Administered and tuned the Oracle Claim processing system database and data warehouse system
totaling more than 4 TB. Was a principal member of the team to migrate database from older version of
Oracle Parallel Server to a newer system on HP UX. Task was completed before time and saved the
company about $4 million in development costs.
Tuned the above systems resulting in 20% overall performance increase.
April 2000 – Jan 2001 Senior Oracle Database Administrator at Priceline.Com




Modeled, designed, implemented and administered the financial services division. Made the database
web enabled using Oracle tools and XML and was the principal business-to-business architect for the
division.
Helped save the company $4 million a year in reduction on other companies for financial transactions
using the b2b approach.
Was the member of the Technical Architecture Team and Production Support DBAs.
Setup oracle replication of data from production to reporting databases.
Sep 1996 – Apr 2000 Lead Oracle DBA at Lucent Technologies








Designed, developed and managed a unique solution of virtual integrated databases for the customer
inventory systems using Oracle based tools. This saved the company yearly $5 million in terms of
processing costs and $45 million for lost revenues and inaccurate billing and helped managers look at
data at near real time and as a whole.
Managed a team of 15 DBAs for Design, Development and Production support
Administered 50+ Oracle databases totaling 5000 GB, both OLTP and data warehouse.
Developed and implemented a comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plan for the Oracle Databases at the
division.
Directed the Oracle Upgrade and Year 2000 projects and completed before time.
Designed, implemented and administered a database system for managers to proactively seek out
potentially faulty equipments at customer sites. The system developed before time helped save the
company estimated $500 million a year in legal bills.
Implemented and managed the database portion of MidasTouch, a sales tool for the division that saved
the company millions in terms of accurate sales calls.
Setup and managed replication among several databases.
June 1996 – September 1996 Oracle Database Administrator at Yale University



Administered and provided production DBA support to the several databases of Financial Data
Warehouse.
Developed the distributed database systems reducing significant load on the databases.
Tuned the databases resulting in a 10% performance boost (20% is excellent).
June 1995 – May 1996 Oracle DBA at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Virginia

Administered the 60 GB “hub” databases used in customer care, authorization and claims management.
Was production support DBA.
Resume of Arup Nanda Page 2 of 3

Designed and implemented the Distributed Database features helping save the company approximately
$1 million per year in maintenance.
Mar 1993 – May 1995 Oracle DBA at Tata Consultancy Services
 Designed, developed Oracle based total banking solution. The system had 5000 tables and 15000 stored
procedures, among others.
 Researched and led the team on export-impot and forex transactions.
 Served as DBA and Project Manager at several client companies like Citibank.
 Managed a team of 50 DBAs and Developers.
Other Miscellaneous Short-Term Work
 Financial Services System for Account Management, Security Modeling and Accounting for a financial
services firm that enabled it to serve a wider spectrum of customers.
 Training Management solution in Oracle database for TCS helping the company save significant
amounts in setting up the trainee and trainer groups.
 Material Management system in Oracle database for a electronics components manufacturer resulting in
impressive cost savings and customer satisfaction.
 Inventory Control Simulation System for Coats Viyella to help logistics managers decide on several
logistical parameters in an uncertain environment.
Publications and Presentations (www.proligence.com/downloads.html)
Presentations
Virginia Oracle Technical Conference, Oct 2002, Richmond, VA
Atlantic Oracle Technology Conference, Nov 2002, Washington, DC
New York Oracle User Group Meet, Dec 2002 and Dec 2003, New York, NY
International Oracle User Group Live! April 2003, Orlando, FL
Oracle Technology Symposium, March 2003, Stamford, CT
Oracle World, September 2003, San Francisco, FL
Publications
Oracle Magazine, the premier flagship publication of Oracle Corp, Dec 2003
Select, the journal of International Oracle User Group, Quarter 3, 2002; Quarter 1 and 3, 2003
Oracle Scene, the journal of United Kingdom Oracle User Group, Winter 2002 and Summer 2003
SQLUpdate, the journal of Rocky Mountain Oracle User Group, Fall 2002
TechJournal, the journal of New York Oracle User Group, Regular Writer in DBA Corner
DBAZine.com, the premier online magazine, Dec 2002; Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep 2003
Employment History
1993-1995
DBA Consultant at Tata Consultancy Services
1995-2002
Senior DBA Consultant at Lanco Global Solutions
2002-present President, Proligence, Inc.
Education
1993, Master in Business Administration (MBA) – Xavier Institute of Management, India
1991, Bachelor of Engineering (BE) – Sambalpur University, India
References
Available Upon Request
Resume of Arup Nanda Page 3 of 3