Dwayne Dowd
About Dwayne Dowd
Dwayne Dowd is a Senior SQL Server DBA at MassMutual Financial Group in Springfield, Massachusetts, with a background in Electronics Engineering from Kevin Street College of Technology, Dublin.
Company
Dwayne Dowd is currently working at MassMutual Financial Group as a Senior SQL Server DBA. MassMutual Financial Group is located in Springfield, Massachusetts. Prior to his current role, Dwayne Dowd also held the position of Senior Systems Analyst at the same company from 1996 to 2000.
Title
Dwayne Dowd holds the title of Senior SQL Server DBA at MassMutual Financial Group. He has extensive experience in database administration and has contributed significantly to the firm's data management strategies and operations.
Education and Expertise
Dwayne Dowd studied at Kevin Street College of Technology in Dublin, Ireland, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics Engineering. His expertise includes SQL Server database administration, Physical Data Modeling design for OLTP and OLAP solutions, and the implementation and monitoring of financially critical database objects.
Background
Dwayne Dowd has a robust background in database management and systems analysis. At MassMutual Financial Group, he started as a Senior Systems Analyst and then transitioned to the role of Senior SQL Server DBA. His career has been marked by leading significant projects, such as the upgrade of over 1300 databases to SQL Server 2012 and the implementation of proactive alert systems to reduce incidents.
Achievements
During his tenure at MassMutual Financial Group, Dwayne Dowd developed and implemented a proactive alert system that reduced overnight incidents by 65%, led the upgrade of over 1300 databases to SQL Server 2012, and created standard work documents to streamline database management tasks. He also implemented SRDF-A replication for near real-time recovery and improved critical processing jobs, reducing their duration by 59%. Additionally, he maintained over 99% database operation and availability and monitored critical financial database objects using Imperva SecureSphere.