Corne Lombard Combining technical and business solution thinking -

Business Analyst

BCB Group

Apr 2022 - Current (4 years 7 months)

Creating tickets for developers after discussions were held with all business stakeholders. Tickets documented requirements and included diagrams and process flows to explain requirements.
•Prioritizing work according to business value and immediate needs in the startup company so as to result in much needed income for the business and a better user experience.
•Working with developers to ensure that requirements result in finished products and that stakeholders are happy to sign off on work done.
•Participate in regular meetings with stakeholders to keep them in sync with what has been done by software team and organizing demonstrations of work completed.
•Leading refinement sessions with developers so as to make su

Internship

VCV Inc

Aug 2020 - May 2022 (1 year 10 months)

The purpose of my role was to expand the VCV.me company (Video CV) into African market, targeting South Africa specifically. I reported to the Head of Global Marketing.
•Contacted 55 potential stakeholders resulting in 2 business development meetings with interested parties.
•Worked with a team to create a promotional video of VCV.me to distribute to interested parties.
•Took the initiative to start a local intern group to help promote the company to student organizations.

Business English Trainer

Learnlight

Feb 2020 - Current (6 years 9 months)

Teach business English to speakers of other languages. Practice Speaking with learners in English Create session reports with mistakes made and corrections

Lecturer

Varsity College

Feb 2019 - Jul 2019 (6 months)

lecturing database principles to first year students. Marking student assignments. Marking exam papers

Business Project Manager

NPC International

Sep 2018 - Apr 2022 (3 years 8 months)

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ERP System Help Associate

Jun 2017 - Sep 2018 (1 year 4 months)

Major discount clothing retailer in South Africa 1) Release Manager During the 4 monthly software release cycles I handled with minimal downtime while maintaining a stable platform I introduced new much needed features to enable the ERP system's smoother processing. Reported to the Project Manager and influenced a release team of eight people ranging from Junior Programmers to Senior Database administrators.
•Coordinated the release and make sure that system stability will not be impacted. In case of a failed software release, ensure a timely recovery.
•Kept all parties in sync with release schedule. 2) ERP System Help Associate I realized that 80% of our system users did not get the attention they deserved, and I enjoyed helpin

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Tutor Doctor Franchisee

Doctor Carrollton

Aug 2014 - May 2017 (2 years 10 months)

Small Business ownership via Tutor Doctor Franchise. I was a solopreneur signed up 10 customers while working with 15 subject specific tutors to help school and university students excel in their academic work. I created a business plan, advertized on social media, met with 20 potential customers, discussed my concerns with a business mentor and handled the finances of the business including payroll.

Technical Support Specialist / Database Specialist

Compucom

Jun 2013 - Jul 2014 (1 year 2 months)

Outsourcing Provider Database Specialist Worked and Completed many Oracle and SQL●Server Change Management tasks for a data warehouse upgrade project. I reported to the Operations Director.
•General database support of 10+ big retail customers. Support included performance tuning, monitoring database for errors
•Deploying average of 10 database changes in production environment during the maintenance slot.
•Learning SQL●Server and creating copies of production databases for use in development databases. This was useful for testing new software releases and making sure that new code development will work in production environment. Highlights
•Exposure to SQL●Server and MySQL.

Application Support Specialist

Aircom International

Nov 2012 - May 2013 (7 months)

Fielding customer support inquiries Working on technical documentation for the software

Project Manager and Team Manager (DBA Manager)

Securus Technologies

Mar 2012 - Sep 2012 (7 months)

Oracle Technical Support Professional / DBA

Aircom International

Feb 2007 - Mar 2012 (5 years 2 months)

# Involved in large telecommunications project as Oracle DBA. Built an Oracle 1 1g RAC system as part of ongoing professional training. # Assigned to emergency response situation which involved travel to customer location and 24/7 problem solving and implementation to deploy system and achieve customer satisfaction. # Trained junior database administrators in program software administration. # Superior service provided to clients via addressing and answering specialized questions regarding use of Optima application. # Provided support to several African countries; re-implemented RMAN backup and recovery solutions to ensure against future loss of crucial data.

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Technical Support Specialist / DBA

Wesbank Transport

Feb 2006 - Feb 2007 (1 year 1 month)

# Oversaw Oracle database to improve collection system performance/reporting, making changes as required; amended and streamlined coding; fine-tuned system queries as part of process improvement. # Incorporated processes and standards to identify, as well as reduce, poor coding via implementation of ownership/ accountability practices for code written by developers. # Conducted both user and developer training on new PL/SQL and SQL features of Oracle 9. # Implemented source code control system which effectively improved system security.

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Oracle Database Administrator

Innovatech Inc

Jan 2003 - Jan 2005 (2 years 1 month)

# Developed UNIX shell scripts to enable extraction and confirmation of data loading process for warehouse. # Key role on team to implement enterprise UNIX and Oracle security standards solutions. # Liaison for deployment of critical changes and updates to database which updated security requirements and corrected system defects. # Implemented weekly database backup/export to ensure system recovery from user error. # Served on Service-Oriented Architecture Team to research/propose implementation details in U.S. Patent Office; interfaced data warehouse with patent office systems. # Monitored/enhanced user queries in SQL and reviewed log files of daily system batches to ensure successful completion.

Oracle Developer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Jul 2002 - Dec 2002 (6 months)

# Created a new client relationship management application, optimizing system performance by overhauling physical data model, and developing detailed, customized reporting tools.

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Oracle Developer

MBNA America Corporation

Jan 2002 - Jul 2002 (7 months)

# Developed financial data warehouse system to migrate sizeable flat file data. # Authored numerous database queries based on business requirements. # Participated in conversion project, receiving comma delimited files and writing UNIX shell scripts prior to uploading them (via SQL loader) to Oracle.

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Oracle Pl/SQL Developer

Sphinx Pharmaceuticals

Feb 2000 - Nov 2001 (1 year 10 months)

company where I developed a data archival solution. The database size was 2 terabytes before we started and managed to archive 500 gig of data. The data was deleted from the production database and then moved to archive tables in different tablespace. Then it was moved to tape since the company required 7 years of history. I also coded a brand new application that had to do substance movement between vials and trays. We tested the live system with food color and water to ensure that substances were moved to correct locations.

Oracle database administrator

Capital One

Feb 1999 - Jan 2000 (1 year)

# Administered small and large Oracle production databases. # Oversaw change control requests and trained/supported Oracle developers. # Implemented system health check scripts to monitor database performance.

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Oracle DBA

Sunguard Financial Services

Sep 1997 - Feb 1999 (1 year 6 months)

Oracle database administration on unix and Windows.

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DBA Team Lead

Eskom Oracle

Sep 1995 - Jun 1997 (1 year 10 months)

Oracle DBA Team Lead. Permanent and contract workers in the team. Held regular weekly status meetings. Did performance appraisals for permanent employees.

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