Peter Dobler

Hi, I'm Peter Dobler, CEO of Dobler Consulting

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Peter Dobler is an accomplished IT database professional who delivers results by building sophisticated data systems, by implementing advanced application software, and by improving efficiencies and reducing costs. His 25- plus years career in technology started in Basle, Switzerland, working multinationally across all types of businesses. He designed and deployed large scale, high performance, enterprise level data warehouse systems and managed large IT groups of DBAs, System Engineers, Storage Engineering, and Security experts. He is a nationally recognized premier Sybase expert who frequently gets invited to speak at Sybase events. He founded Dobler Consulting, Inc. in 2000 to provide database computer services to the SMB marketplace. Peter uses his broad global business knowledge to solve mission critical problems, build successful teams, and apply technology to improve business processes. Peter’s expertise with Sybase ASE, Sybase IQ and Oracle databases has grown incrementally from early days in his career. His work with Sybase began while he was an employee in the corporate world. He currently engages in strategic alliances and special projects with Sybase, the enterprise software and services company. Peter is a prolific writer, who enjoys sharing information, based on his extensive technical experience. He frequently contributes articles on database solutions or current topics that showcase Sybase and Oracle technologies. He is an early adapter of social media for his business. He publishes two blogs: Database Technology Trends, a continuing education personal blog, and Database Tips and Tricks, a blog which offers tips, tricks, and technical guidelines. He uses Twitter to share his vast knowledge of database and technical information for his followers.Specialties:Database and Data Warehouse architecture and implementation expertise with Sybase ASE, Sybase IQ, Oracle and MS SQL Server. Expert in database design, performance tuning, database architecture, data replication, grid database architecture, DR architecture, project management, SharePoint implementations, SharePoint customizations, SharePoint development, Autonomy Virage MediaBin deployments and customization, and business event management solutions provider.

Managing Partner at DynamicDB - Dynamic Database Solutions

November 2009 - June 2011

Director of Computing Services at The Nielsen Company

October 2006 - February 2008

Responsible for strategic database architecture design, contract negotiations with database vendors and leading a large team of highly skilled DBA. Database vendor portfolio includes Sybase ASE, Sybase IQ, Sybase Replication Server, Oracle, MS SQL Server, Netezza, DB2, Informix and Redbrick. Developed database administration best practices, standards and procedures to optimize DBA resources. Strategic and operational leadership to server administration teams in all Nielsen data centers across North America (including Canada). Developed procedures and policies for resource sharing of distributed teams across multiple physical locations and across North America. Developed enterprise wide server configuration standards across all platforms and locations. Sponsored multiple infrastructure projects to increase productivity and reduce hardware and software licensing cost. Negotiated new maintenance contracts and contract renewals with various vendors.

Director of Database Technology at Nielsen Media Research

October 2000 - October 2006

Strategic planning of database resources across all mission critical applications by managing a large team of highly skilled DBA who provide support for Sybase ASE 12.0-15.0, Sybase IQ 12.5-12.6, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Improved the system availability of the company's most mission critical application from 94% annually to a documented 100% annually by implementing DBA standards & procedures to streamline routine DBA tasks. Developed a master plan for the data center move of all the mission critical application servers. 74 UNIX servers and two dozens windows servers were moved in a tight schedule. The data center move was completed on time and with less down time than planned. Successfully introduced and implemented Sybase IQ and Sybase Replication Server in mision critical applications. Successfully introduced and expanded the use of SAN storage and introduced server virtualization concepts on an IBM LPAR based UNIX systems.

Lead Architect / Sr. Database Administrator at IT Vision AG

August 1997 - October 2000

Co-Owner and founder of IT Vision AG. Expanded the business from Switzerland to the USA in 1999. Primary focus on information technology consulting for swiss banks. Specialized in high performance Sybase and Oracle database design and implementation.

Sr. Database Administrator / Sr. Software Developer at COMIT Financial Systems AG

January 1989 - August 1997

Development and maintenance of the logical and physical data model. Implementation of development environments and configuration management systems. Development of an intranet-server for project documentation.Performance and tuning of the database Sybase ASE (V4.8 - 11.0.3). Install, backup and restore of database servers. Development and maintenance of the logical and physical data model. Oracle Database administration support for development environments and full integration into SDLC process. Performance and tuning of the ORACLE database. Install, backup and restore of database servers. Development of partner information services. Managing a range of technical functionalities.

Analyst / Software Developer at Weitnauer Trading Company

October 1988 - January 1989

Programming, analysis and software engineering for the purposes of international trade.

Analyst / Software Developer / Lead Programmer at Basler Versicherungsgesellschaft ( Insurance Corporation of Basle)

February 1985 - November 1988

Software development and design of various insurance applications. Software development and systems analyst (IBM 3090 MVS-XA). Software development and design of a pension fund application. Training Instructor on IMS/DB (database).

President & CEO at Dobler Consulting Inc

February 2000

Specialized in database consulting services, turnkey database migration solutions, data replication implementation and business event management solutions. Experts in Sybase ASE, Sybase IQ, Oracle and SQL Server database architecture, performance tuning and administration. Experienced integrators of data replication into heterogeneous environments. Experts in grid database implementations of Sybase ASE Cluster Edition, Sybase IQ and Oracle RAC. As an official Sybase partner, Dobler Consulting offers Sybase System Integration services to reduce customers' database costs. Consultants at Dobler Consulting concentrate on reducing costs by implementing database solutions for clients' business systems with lasting value and high performance. These highly experienced database experts, led by Peter Dobler, manage and deliver database solutions to a diverse client base. They specialize in working with companies who want to migrate from other databases to Sybase for better performance, lower total cost of ownership, and economies of scale. The consultants at Dobler offer clients the entire range of Sybase products and services, along with strong database systems support. They excel at understanding each customer's requirements, and recommending the correct products and services. Consultants work with clients at many levels, from database design projects, to performance and tuning for established systems. Official VAR of SmartScore Corpus. SmartScore allows Dobler Consulting to offer not only this leading BEM product but also its World Class Data Migration services. Expertise in implementing content management systems in challenging environments. integrating digital asset managment systems into a SharePoint Enterprise architecture and deliver results through state of the art project management methodologies. Experiences in deploying and customizing Autonomy Virage MediaBin systems, including deployment of Virage MediaBin 7.1 upgrades.

Director of Partners at International Sybase User Group (ISUG)

September 2011

Please contact me directly at [email protected] or 813 322 3240 to learn more about the ISUG partner program and its benefits.

Gymnasium Laufen

1976 – 1983