Name: Narayana Vyas Kondreddi Phone: Please contact me by email first! Email: vyaskn@hotmail.com Website: http://vyaskn.tripod.com Experience: 10 years in the IT industry. Winner of Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06. Specialization: Database administration, database design and database development work with SQL Server 6.5, 7.0, 2000, 2005. Database performance tuning is one of my key skills Development expertise: C, Visual Basic 4.0/5.0/6.0, HTML, ASP, VBScript, JavaScript, XML and .Net Other software and tools that I use: Sybase, Access 97/2000, IIS 4.0/5.0, Personal Webserver, Index Server, MS Office, ER/Studio, Visual Source Safe, MS Project, Clear Case Operating systems: MS-DOS, SCO-UNIX, Windows 95/98, NT 4.0, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 Summary of my career (in reverse chronological order): Currently working as an SQL Server DBA for Barclays Capital, one of the biggest investment banks in the UK, and am working on an SQL Server consolidation and migration to SQL Server 2005 project. Worked as a senior SQL Server DBA for Tesco.com, the world's largest online grocer, with more than 8 Million customers. Worked as an SQL Server DBA for Digital, a subsidiary of Compaq Computer Corporation, now merged with HP. Worked as a DBA / Database Specialist with the development teams at Aditi Technologies Private Limited. I was responsible for the database design, development and administration of Aditi's client projects. Worked as a DBA + Webmaster for the corporate website of Aditi Technologies Private Limited. Migrated the website to a new web server and later created a new site from scratch. Moved to Microsoft, USA (Dallas, TX) to work as an SQL Server Technical Support Engineer. Worked in second level support (SRG) and solved hundreds of SQL Server problems. Dealt with premier customers of Microsoft and ensured high customer satisfaction rates. Started my career as a Visual Basic Support Engineer at a Microsoft Regional Support Center in Bangalore, India. Provided email, phone and onsite support to Microsoft Visual Basic, SQL Server, and Access customers. Got promoted as a Technical Account Manager for an account.