Colby Merchlewitz

Colby Merchlewitz has a diverse work experience in the field of database engineering and administration. Starting in 2012, Colby worked at Fastenal as an IT QA Analyst, developing manual test cases for warehouse programs. From 2014 to 2015, Colby served as a Systems Engineer at Thomson Reuters, working on the database integration team and assisting with backup/restore scripts. Colby also spent six months on the CIS PLATFORM-UNIX-INT team at Thomson Reuters.

In 2015, Colby joined Ceridian as an Oracle Application DBA and later transitioned to the role of Oracle DBA. At Ceridian, Colby maintained databases and applications, wrote scripts in various languages, and supported corporate employees using Oracle E-Business Suite.

In 2019, Colby began working at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. as an Associate Database Analyst, focusing on design and engineering work on the Database Management Platform team. Colby automated the database upgrade process and utilized Perl libraries.

Colby's most recent position is with Surescripts, where they are currently employed as a Senior Database Engineer. Colby works on two different agile teams, contributing to the development of Electronic Prior Authorization (EPA) and database file loaders. Additionally, Colby has experience in coding with Python and previously created a script to maintain Oracle Golden Gate streams.

Overall, Colby Merchlewitz has a strong background in database engineering, administration, automation, and script development across multiple industries and organizations.

Colby Merchlewitz completed their education with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Metro State University in 2014-2015. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science from Winona State University from 2011-2014. Colby also holds an Associate's Degree in Micro Computer Support Specialist from Minnesota State College Southeast, acquired during the period of 2009-2011. Colby attended Lewiston Altura Highschool from 1994 to 2005. In addition to their academic qualifications, they obtained a certification in "R12.x Install/Patch/Maintain Oracle E-Business Suite Ed 1" from Oracle in December 2016.