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10 Teradata experts
These ten Teradata DBAs and data warehouse specialists have run Teradata systems inside their own organizations, as their job titles or descriptions of their work show. A reader can learn how in-house teams keep Teradata running and handle its performance, capacity and upgrades.
Professionals to explore
01—10Ahmed Faraz
LinkedInExperience: Senior Teradata & Big Data Systems Specialist · Swisscom
Senior Teradata & Big Data Systems Specialist at Swisscom since 2011, and former Professional Services Consultant at Teradata (2006–2010). For the Swisscom role, the profile describes leading database and operational management of a Teradata data warehouse spanning Teradata Active EDW 6700, IntelliFlex and IntelliBase systems.
Alan Okell
LinkedInExperience: Teradata DBA Performance Analyst · Lloyds Banking Group
Teradata DBA Performance Analyst at Lloyds Banking Group since 1997. The profile describes more than 25 years as a Teradata infrastructure, performance and capacity specialist with an extensive Teradata DBA background.
Carol Perrelli
LinkedInExperience: Teradata DBA · Bank of America
Teradata DBA at Bank of America since 2016, and former Teradata DBA at DIRECTV (2013–2016); also Oracle GoldenGate DBA at Bank of America since 2020. The profile cites over 28 years in Teradata database administration, involvement in numerous migrations, and experience with performance tuning, workload management, capacity planning, and software and hardware upgrades.
Dan Narva
LinkedInExperience: Sr. EDW Engineer · Meijer
Sr. EDW Engineer at Meijer since 1998, and Sr. Data Warehouse Engineer at Meijer since 2023. The profile headline reads Sr. Data Warehouse Engineer / Sr. Teradata DBA at Meijer, and the profile describes responsibility for various aspects of enterprise data warehouse administration on the Teradata platform, including system and database upgrade work.
Guruprasad Nookala
LinkedInExperience: Associate (Application DBA) · JPMorganChase
Associate (Application DBA) at JPMorganChase since 2012, and former Sr.Teradata Developer at Southern California Edition, CA (2011–2012). For the JPMorganChase role, the profile describes managing and administering the Teradata data warehouse, including capacity management and forecasting of space utilization.
Rama Tadikonda
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Teradata DBA · Wells Fargo
Former Sr. Teradata DBA at Wells Fargo (2013–2016); Vice President, Data Technology at Wells Fargo since 2020. The profile also lists a Sr. Teradata Consultant DBA role at Bank of America from 2008 to 2011.
Roopa Hebal Somashekar
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Teradata DBA · ANZ
Former Sr. Teradata DBA at ANZ (2017–2018) and former Senior Database Administrator at Tesco (2014–2016). For the ANZ role, the profile describes automating capacity management on the production environment, which cut around 50 hours of manual effort a month, and automating space reclaim that recovered around 6 TB.
Shelley Perrior
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Teradata Support · Bank of America
Former Vice President - Teradata Support at Bank of America (2013–2019) and former Senior Teradata Lead DBA at Loblaw Companies Limited (2010–2013); President at Archimedata since 2019. The profile describes acting as the Teradata expert for performance analysis, resource optimization and best-practice operations across multiple Teradata platforms, and lists Teradata 12 Certified Master.
Uppara Manohar Rao
LinkedInExperience: Teradata DBA Engineer · TIAA
Teradata DBA Engineer at TIAA since 2019, and former Senior Teradata Redshift Snowflake DBA at Capital One (2011–2019); other former roles include Sr. Teradata DBA at Bank of America (2009–2011). The profile describes 15 years of database administration across Teradata, Snowflake, AWS Redshift, Oracle and SQL Server, with experience in performance monitoring and tuning, backup and recovery, and TASM.
William Gregg
LinkedInExperience: Teradata Technology Professional · State of Michigan, DHHS
Teradata Technology Professional at State of Michigan, DHHS since 2018, and former Teradata Database Administrator at GE (2010–2017); other former roles include Teradata DBA at Ford Motor Company (2005–2007). The profile summary cites extensive Teradata application DBA and architect experience.
Choose the right perspective
For questions about keeping a large Teradata estate healthy, favor people whose notes describe performance, capacity or workload management on production systems, and for upgrade or platform decisions, favor those who describe upgrades, migrations or work across several Teradata platforms. Check the dates on each role, since some of this experience is several years old.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you manage workload, space and capacity on a busy production Teradata system before users feel the pain?
- 02What did your last Teradata upgrade or platform change involve, and what would you plan differently?
- 03If your company weighed moving off Teradata, what would decide it for you, and what would be hardest to replace?
Reaching Teradata experts
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