Les Potter
Les Potter is a seasoned professional who has worked for various organizations in different roles. With expertise in database development, systems administration, and IT automation, he has proven himself to be a valuable asset to any team he has worked with. Les' educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of South Carolina and a Master of Science in Animal and Food Industries from Clemson University.
Les' professional journey began at Piedmont Technology Group, where he worked as an Answerdesk Group Leader and Unix Administrator. Les then moved on to work as a Unix System Administrator/Oracle DBA at Tanner Companies before landing a role as a Systems administrator at TEKsystems - Contracted to Carolina Health Care Systems. Following this, he worked as a Tape Backup Systems Administrator at Technisource, contracted to adidas America.
Les' career highlights include his tenure as Vice President-Consultant-Sys Eng at Premier Alliance Group contracted to Bank of America, where he worked as a Systems Administrator and Vice President-Consultant-Sys Eng, among other roles. Les then took up a contract position with Adecco - Contracted to Bank of America, where he functioned as an ETL/Abinitio developer. After this, he worked at Bank of America for a substantial period, serving as ETL/Database developer. He later worked as an Autosys Developer at Zero Chaos before assuming the position of Senior Etl Developer at Principal Solutions / TIme Warner Cable. Les now works as a Senior Etl Developer at DIVERSANT, LLC.
Les is well-versed in database development using multiple platforms, including Netezza, Oracle, AbInitio, SQL, PLSQL, NZSQL (ANSI SQL), SQL Loader, and NZ Loader. He is also proficient in systems administration in various UNIX platforms such as AIX, HPUX, Solaris, and LINUX. Les is an expert in shell scripting and IT automation, with experience in Cshell, Perl, Autosys, Tivoli.