Mel Lusk

650 W McClellan St.

Ponchatoula, LA 70454

+1 (985) 662-1625

A seasoned and dedicated IT professional with experience and success installing and implementing enterprise software, hardware and network systems, providing technical support to software end-users, and managing system engineers and developers.

Qualification Highlights

Expertise in results-oriented client relations with government, academia, and businesses
Experience implementing most major software and hardware configurations
Access to new knowledge through membership in professional associations
Proven ability to work from outlined project goals and meet task deadlines

Technical Expertise

Software: Windows Server/clients, SQL server 7.0-2019, Oracle 8i-18c, MySQL 4-8.0, Red Hat Linux-Ubuntu Linux, Mac OS 7-15.0, Sun Solaris 8-11, OS2 WARP 3-4, Novell Netware 4-6, Visual Basic 6.0-.NET, ASP 3-.NET, BSD Unix Variants, AutoCAD 2000, Turbo Pascal, Fortran, MS Exchange, Postfix/Qmail, Citrix Metaframe-XenApp, XenServer , VMWare ESX 3.5-4.1, Rockwell Ladder Logic

Hardware: Dell/IBM/HP servers, blade centers, HP/Xerox imaging and printing, Cisco VPN, SOHO routers, NetApp, EMC/IBM SANs, Sun SPARCStations, DEC VAX/Alpha, IBM Z-series (intermediate), Macintosh 68k/PPC/Intel, variety of point-of-sale hardware, Allen-Bradley PLCs

Professional Experience

CCMSI, Inc. (1/2018-Present)

Chief database architect of all applications.

GCR, Inc. (10/2014-12/2017)

· Manager of SQL Development Team, four direct reports

· Primary architect of relational DB management systems

Baton Rouge General Hospital (2013-2014)

Database Administrator for healthcare information systems
Platforms consist of Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL

Equifax/CRIF Lending Solutions (2008-2012)

-Credit Bureau and Loan Origination Software-

Manage a team of 6 tier-3 System Engineers
Maintain and administrate 250 SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 database servers.
Manage uptime of 1,200 servers at 99.9%
Work with customers and tier-3 support personnel on implementing solutions to infrastructure projects.
Develop VB.NET applications for internal use by System Engineers.
Designed a custom disaster recovery/business continuity solution for one of the top 10 banks in the world.
RDBMS platforms included SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL

FAST Enterprises, LLC (2003-2008)

-Produces quality tax administration software systems for governments-

Designed, installed, and maintained SQL Server databases and Windows servers
Supervised the conversion of data from legacy tax systems to the GenTax product
Participated as team member training government employees about GenTax
Assigned to four state and city projects
Effectively communicated with client representatives to reach compromises
Fine-tuned database systems and software to meet the needs of individual clients
Acted as liaison between clients and FAST developers to meet goals and deadlines.

Additional achievements by project include:

Louisiana Department of Revenue DELTA Project (2003-2005)

-Served as chief technical lead for successful end-user tablet PC project

City of Scottsdale, Arizona ALARM Project (January 2005)

-Implemented and designed server architecture

State of Alabama RITS project (2005-2008)

-Technical Supervisor with 99.999% uptime for 1,000 GenTax end users

-Designed a custom disaster recovery solution

State of Arkansas AIRS project (2008)

-Team lead for both technical and data conversion teams

Extended Technologies, a division of Neill Corporation (2000-2003)

-Produces SalonBiz, a point-of-sale software package for the salon and spa industry-

Supported end-users of SalonBiz by phone and through remote access
Primary expert installing Windows 2000 Terminal Server environments
Professionally promoted to technical supervisory role
Managed an ASP environment with 600 users based on Oracle 8i

Southeastern Louisiana University (2000-2002)

-A university with a nationally-recognized Industrial Technology Department-

Chosen for graduate assistantship role in the SLU Robotics Lab
Maintained SLU Robotics Lab equipment
Designed training and curriculum material for courses in CAD/CAM and robotics

Education

Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Technology/Automated Systems (2001)

Southeastern Louisiana University; Hammond, Louisiana

Minor fields of study included Computer Science and Music
Post-baccalaureate study in the SLU Integrated Science and Technology program
Research project chosen for publication in Journal of Computing in Small Colleges, Louisiana Academy of Science, and American Society of Educational Engineers

Certifications

ITIL Foundations v3 (2012)
Scrum Fundamentals (2021)
Oracle 11g Certified Database Associate (2013)
Oracle Certified MySQL 5.0 DBA (2010)
Microsoft Certified IT Professional (2008)
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (2007)
Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (2006)
Microsoft Certified Professional (2005)
NAIT/ATMAE Certified Industrial Technologist (2001)
Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate, SQL Server 2012 (2016)

References

Professional and Personal References available upon request