Don B.
IT Consultant, DBA, Developer and System Administrator
Consultant with over 26 years’ experience providing DBA, systems analysis, server administration, web application design and development, and training both onsite and remotely for a variety of clients. I have developed database systems with Oracle, MySQL and SQL Server, and websites and web applications using various platforms and infrastructures, along with bottom-up web development using a variety of programming languages. I am experienced with Linux system administration, IBM Cloud and Classic Infrastructure services, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, database optimization, quality assurance and business continuity planning. I view the transfer of knowledge to clients as an important part of projects to promote my clients’ continued success. I am seeking opportunities to utilize these skills to provide creative, effective solutions for my clients. Skills include database design (schema and index planning), administration and performance optimization involving physical and logical elements, such as table partitioning, database replication and application logic to fully utilize the database capabilities and limitations. In addition, I have skills in Linux system administration, application programming, website development and training. Tools and systems used include, but are not limited to, IBM Cloud services, Microsoft Azure, SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, MySQL, Visual Basic, C#, Python, Unix scripting, HTML, CSS, PHP, CakePHP, CodeIgniter, Concrete5, WordPress, Ajax, JavaScript, and Java.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $75k
Billed in all: $1,962,295$1.96M
$75k in the last 6 months
Across 62 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: #1 in 2 skills of 13
Rarest: top 0.12% in CakePHP, of 809. Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.
- CakePHP809 freelancers · 🇨🇦 #1Top 0.12%🇨🇦#1 of 11
- Database Modeling156 freelancers · 🇨🇦 #1Top 0.64%🇨🇦#1 of 6
- Database Administration797 freelancers · 🇨🇦 #1Top 0.25%🇨🇦#1 of 11
- Database Programming363 freelancers · 🇨🇦 #1Top 0.55%🇨🇦#1 of 11
- Database Management1,655 freelancers · 🇨🇦 #1Top 0.18%🇨🇦#1 of 38
- #5AJAX2,006 freelancers · 🇨🇦 #1Top 0.25%🇨🇦#1 of 31
- #10Database Design2,161 freelancers · 🇨🇦 #1Top 0.46%🇨🇦#1 of 45
- #12Linux System Administration2,578 freelancers · 🇨🇦 #2Top 0.47%🇨🇦#2 of 38