About Donald J. Beaugez, Jr.
Database Engineer, Software Architect & Chief Technical Officer
- Valve Corporation: Database Engineer
July 2012 – Present (Bellevue, WA)
- Visual Imagry, Inc.: Developer of VIPlanning Software & Online Services
Software Architect & Chief Technical Officer
March 2006 – 2012
Designed and lead development of both desktop and hosted products (VIPlanning Software & Online Services) targeting the emergency management and public health sectors. Implemented hosting environment that consistently delivers better than 99.99% of scheduled availability. Designed and led development of SQL Server based data warehouse supporting marketing efforts for .
- HTC: Lead Database Administrator
March 2011 – August 2012 (Greater Seattle Area)
Responsible for setup, configuration, operation, tuning and refactoring of development, test and production SQL Server databases.
Provides database design support to development teams locally, in Europe, Taiwan and China. Manages staff and data center vendors.
- My Space: Lead Database Developer
January 2009 – January 2011
Designed and developed complex, very high performance data access components for a social networking web site.
- Diagnostic Ultra Sound: Senior Database Administrator
July 2003 – February 2006
Responsible for daily operations of SQL Server databases and web based servers used to process, store and present patient data and ultrasound images. Developed and implemented procedures, tools and environments supporting new software releases as well as daily operational processes and tools.
- Concur Technologies: Hosted Systems Architect
July 1999 – June 2003
Lead team defining how products being developed could support large scale hosting.
Director, ASP Application Services, Manager, Tools Team, Senior Database Administrator, Senior Software Design Engineer
- Education: Mississippi State University
BS, Computer Science 1973 – 1976
Graduate studies in Computer Science at Texas A&M University and Rice University. Numerous courses and seminars in relational database design, data management, data modeling, database tuning and systems management.