R. Dan Baird
Technology leader with 20+ years across executive IT leadership, team management, and hands-on database engineering. Former Interim CIO; currently senior database engineer in a 24/7 banking environment while building and shipping products independently.
Capabilities
Databases
SQL Server, Oracle 8i–11g, PostgreSQL (EDB), Db2 10.x/11.x LUW, Teradata
Architecture
OLTP & OLAP design, high availability, clustering, HADR, log shipping, n-tier
Data engineering
ETL & cross-platform integration, data warehousing, Inmon & Kimball, SSIS, SSRS
Product
Next.js, TypeScript, React, Supabase, Stripe, Tailwind, Vercel, GitHub Actions
Platforms
Windows Server, Linux (RHEL / CentOS), AIX, PowerShell
Leadership
IT strategy & budgeting, vendor management, ITIL v3, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Experience
Sr. Database Engineer
Primary senior DBA for Db2 and Postgres environments with additional Oracle support in a 24/7 enterprise banking environment. Own uptime on critical systems against SLA through redundancy, data integrity, and high availability. Support new builds and platform migrations, and partner with business units on audit and regulatory requirements.
Sr. Database Administrator
Operational and project support across 200+ SQL Server hosts spanning development, UAT, production, and disaster recovery. Acted as primary project DBA on 20+ concurrent projects through full lifecycle — inception, implementation, documentation, testing, and post-go-live support.
Data Warehouse / ETL Management Consultant
Led a team of 15+ ETL developers, architects, and analysts across SQL Server, Oracle, and Teradata for a large client. Translated business requirements into technical specification, guided data governance and MDM, and reported milestones to executive teams.
Interim Chief Information Officer / Director, Application & Data Systems
Assumed executive leadership of the enterprise IT organization during a leadership transition, in an FDA/HIPAA/SOX-regulated environment. Directed an 18-member organization across DBAs, integration developers, and application staff. Owned IT strategy and budget, presented roadmaps and capital plans at the VP and C-level, and chaired governance and change advisory boards — while remaining hands-on across database architecture, ETL, and BI.
Lead Database Engineer
Designed and administered ~300 OLTP and OLAP databases across roughly 20 clustered and standalone servers. Built the organization's first data warehouse using Inmon and Kimball principles, and delivered the ETL implementing the SAP FICO billing system from multiple source systems.
Database Administrator
Led and mentored a team of six across ~80 Oracle and ~200 SQL Server databases in a regulated environment. Owned integrity, security, and availability through clustering and disaster recovery, and built the data solutions behind custom business-unit applications.
Database Administrator
Led a team managing clinical data systems, ensuring database modifications met strict deployment and upgrade guidelines. Owned backup rotation, performance tuning, and user security across SQL Server and Oracle.
Database & Application Administrator
Administered nearly fifty Oracle and SQL Server databases serving multi-service military healthcare facilities at installations worldwide.
BS, Computer Science
Academic Scholarship Award. Coursework in systems analysis and design, business management, business communication, and business law.