Oliver Chan
Database Administrator
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolOliver Chan is a veteran Database Administrator with over two decades of experience designing relational schemas, tables, and stored procedures for startups and financial technology firms. Based in New York, he has managed and modernized mission-critical systems—administrating Sybase, Informix, and MySQL for TM3.com and driving the database and server setup for Thomson Reuters’ municipal market product. Comfortable in shifting environments, he pairs deep institutional knowledge from long tenures with a pragmatic, hands-on approach to delivering reliable data and new features. His background spans early 4GL product development through contemporary DB administration, giving him a rare perspective on both legacy systems and current production needs. Off the clock he brings a quirky eye for the everyday—his GitHub bio hints at a playful curiosity that fuels careful attention to detail in his work.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Computer Science, BA, Computer Science at New York University
Github Skills (7)
open-government8
react7
staging6
form-builder6
country-codes6
netlify6
converting5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
opengovsg/countries-regions-codes
Mar 2022 - Apr 2022
Utility for converting between nationality codes
Contributions:2 commits, 40 PRs, 30 pushes in 5 days
convertingnationalitycountry-codes
bettersg/reach-app
Sep 2021 - May 2022
Contributions:14 PRs, 12 pushes, 12 branches in 8 months
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