Sam Fodulyan
About Sam Fodulyan
Current Role at Overstock
Sam Fodulyan serves as a Senior Database Engineer at Overstock.com, a position he has held since 2018. His work is based in Midvale, Utah. In this role, he has been instrumental in upgrading the Overstock Shopping site database from Oracle 12c to 19c, implementing a multi-tenant architecture with minimal downtime. His contributions to the team focus on enhancing database performance and ensuring system reliability.
Previous Experience at eHarmony
Prior to his current role, Sam worked at eHarmony as a Senior Oracle DBA from 2015 to 2018. During his tenure, he managed Oracle databases, ensuring optimal performance and availability. His responsibilities included database maintenance, performance tuning, and troubleshooting, which contributed to the overall efficiency of the company's online services.
Experience at Ericsson
Sam Fodulyan worked at Ericsson as a Database Administrator (DBA) from 2013 to 2015 in El Segundo, California. His role involved managing database systems and ensuring their reliability and performance. This experience added to his expertise in database management and administration.
Career at Yahoo! Search Marketing
From 2004 to 2008, Sam was employed at Yahoo! Search Marketing as a Database Developer. In this position, he focused on database development and management, contributing to the functionality and performance of Yahoo's search marketing services. His work during this period helped him build a solid foundation in database technologies.
Technical Contributions and Projects
Throughout his career, Sam has made significant technical contributions. He identified and resolved a memory-leak issue on the production shopping site RAC cluster nodes by updating Dell driver OS modules via Oracle’s Ksplice. He also configured Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) for Microsoft Active Directory authentication, allowing users to log in with their network credentials. Additionally, he collaborated with various teams to troubleshoot networking issues and maintain access to NFS shares.