1. PAUL SAIVETZ
245 S. Bryant Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85711
(520) 203-4712
E-mail: psaivetz@gmail.com
Employment
12/12 to present: Performance Management Consultant: Sony Pictures
Entertainment, Culver City, CA
· Implement performance management framework for business critical
enterprise applications
· Provide enterprise application performance tuning recommendations and
expertise to the SPE IT organization
· Provide expertise on enterprise monitoring best practices and tool sets
12/11 to 11/12: CA Wily APM/Performance Management Consultant, Erie
Insurance Group, Erie, PA
· Documented and established best practices surrounding the Wily APM
product suite
· Provided training/mentoring to Erie IT personnel on the proper usage for
the Wily APM product suite
· Provided enterprise application performance tuning methodology and
expertise for the Erie IT organization
10/10 to 11/11: CA Wily APM/ Performance Management Consultant, The Walt
Disney Company, Burbank, CA
· Designed, architected, installed, configured, tuned and maintained the CA
Wily APM (Introscope and Customer Experience Manager) environments
throughout the Disney organization
· Provided training to Disney IT personnel on the proper usage and best
practices for the Wily APM product suite
· Provided enterprise application performance tuning methodology and
expertise for the Disney IT organization
3/08 to 10/10: Performance Architect: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Culver City,
CA
· Implemented Application Performance Management processes, including
tuning and troubleshooting, for over sixty BEA WebLogic/JBoss J2EE/Java
EE and .NET applications using CA Wily APM (Introscope and Customer
2. Experience Manager) and various utilities
· Identified current J2EE/Java EE and .NET applications that would benefit
form performance tuning and work with those application to implement
performance enhancements
· Established performance management methodology for the enterprise
· Fulfilled Application Performance Management role for SPE’s Enterprise
Monitoring effort
· Managed inter-departmental team of subject matter experts for performance
tuning engagements
· Trained SPE personnel on performance management processes and best
practices
2/03 to 3/08: J2EE Performance/Senior Web Engineer: Sony Pictures
Entertainment, Culver City, CA
· Was responsible for Application Performance Management services,
including tuning and troubleshooting, for over forty-five BEA WebLogic
J2EE and JBoss applications using CA Wily Introscope, Quest JProbe and
various utilities
· Installed, configured, capacity planned and utilized CA Wily Introscope in
performance management/tuning and monitoring capacities for BEA
WebLogic J2EE applications
· Trained application teams on proper usage of CA Wily Introscope
· Determined hardware requirements and performed capacity planning for
BEA WebLogic Server, Workshop and Portal and environments
· Acted as Technical Project Manager for J2EE Infrastructure projects
· Architected, designed and built BEA WebLogic Server, Workshop and
Portal, Sun ONE Webserver, Apache, JBoss and Tomcat and environments
· Developed J2EE test applications to verify integrity of J2EE infrastructures
· Provided 24x7 production deployment, troubleshooting and maintenance
support for over forty WebLogic and JBoss J2EE applications
· Implemented and documented best practices for consistent and repeatable
application builds and deployments
· Provided J2EE Architectural consulting, including design and code reviews
throughout the software development lifecycle
· Provided instructor led training in all aspects of J2EE best practices for
developers and management
3. · Created technical documentation to support CA Wily and J2EE mentoring
training and best practices
7/00 to 11/02: Customer Training Instructor/Course Developer: Sun Microsystems,
El Segundo, CA
Instructed Sun Microsystems’ customers in various Java technologies
Sun Services Certified Instructor in the following courses
· Java Programming Language (J2SE 1.4, Inheritance, Polymorphism, AWT,
Swing, Threads, IO, Networking)
· Java Programming Language Workshop (Analysis and Design, UML,
JDBC, MVC, Swing, Serialization, RMI)
· Web Component Development with Java Technology (Servlets 2.3, JSP 1.2,
Design Patterns, Custom Tag Libraries)
· Developing J2EE Compliant Applications (J2EE 1.3: Session EJBs, Entity
EJBs, Message-Driven EJBs, Servlets, JSPs, Design Patterns, Sun ONE
Studio 4, Enterprise Edition for Java deploying to the J2EE reference
implementation)
· Enterprise Java Beans (J2EE 1.3: Session EJBs, Entity EJBs, Message-
Driven EJBs, Transactions, Security, Design Patterns, Sun ONE Studio 4,
Enterprise Edition for Java deploying to the J2EE reference implementation)
· Developing Mobile Applications on the J2ME™ Platform Using Connected
Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) and the Mobile Information Device
(MID) Profile (MIDP 1.0.4, MIDlets, CLDC 1.0.4, J2ME Wireless Toolkit
1.0.4, Sun ONE Studio 4, Mobile Edition for Java)
Course Developer and lead instructor for course: Developing J2EE Compliant
Applications
Course Developer for beta version course: Java Programming Language XP
(Extreme Programming)
Certifications
· Sun Microsystems:
Sun Services Certified Instructor in the following courses
· Java Programming Language
· Java Programming Language Workshop
· Beyond CGI: Developing Java Servlets
4. · Java Server Pages Technology
· Web Component Development with Java Technology
· Developing J2EE Compliant Applications
· Enterprise Java Beans
· Developing Mobile Applications on the J2ME™ Platform Using Connected
Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) and the Mobile Information Device
(MID) Profile
Sun Certified Web Component Developer for the J2EE Platform, Fall 2001
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform, Spring 2001
Education
· City University of New York: MS equivalency in Information Technology
· UCLA Extension: Systems Analyst Certificate
· California State University, Northridge: Multiple Subject Teaching Credential,
Cross-cultural, Language and Academic Development Emphasis
· Drew University: BA in History