OBJECTIVE:

EXPERIENCE:

12/2014 - Present

Industry: Manufacturing - Other

Enterprise Data Architect

Delivering global leadership with respect to the enterprise vision, strategy and roadmap for the organization's data assets; aligning the organization's data assets and architecture with the business strategy and ensuring pertinent, timely and accurate business data with which to streamline the business decision making process. Serving as the ASUG Champion for the organization acting as the company's link to the ASUG Community for networking and information.

8/2013 - 12/2014

Industry: Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals

SAP Global IT/Business Consultant

Acted as a global business partner working closely with key stakeholders, project managers, developers, and focus groups to define and provide world class Information Solutions avoiding redundancy, minimizing expenditures, and improving overall global synergy within the BI Program and organization through the design and planning of a Global BICC. Served as the ASUG Champion for Merz North America acting as the company's link to the ASUG Community for networking and information.

3/2011 - 8/2013

Industry: Computer/IT Services

Senior Technology Consultant – SAP HANA Center of Excellence

Leading, supporting and executing on the development and optimization of in-memory analytics solutions leveraging SAP HANA. Expertise in end-to-end solution optimization including data modeling, ETL development, scripting and front-end Business Objects development.

8/2010 - 3/2011

Industry: Computer/IT Services

Senior Technology Consultant

Providing client-focused strategic consulting on datawarehousing and business intelligence solutions.

Assisting with migration of Client's Category Management Cognos POS reporting solution to Business Objects Platform:- Working with Category Managers to evaluate reporting needs and requirements.- Dimensional model design for support of major retailer data for trending and cross retail analysis- Design, build and testing of Business Objects universe(s)- Assisting Category Managers with UAT and initial report builds- Providing hyper-care following roll-outs of major retailer schemas

7/2006 - 8/2010

Industry: Automotive and Parts Mfg

Enterprise Business Intelligence Analyst

Administrator and Platform Lead/Architect for the SAP Business Warehouse managing the overall SAP BW architecture, design and development. Served as Technical Lead/Architect and onshore coordinator for global projects and in complex environments.

*Served as SAP BW Administrator and platform lead for the SAP BW Landscape. *Interfaced with all levels of the business organization (both technical and non-technical) to gather business requirements, evaluate concepts, and present solutions while communicating design alternatives and their implications.*Established, maintained and governed the standards and procedures for development and architecture design in line with industry and company best practices.*Reviewed functional specifications and led design reviews to ensure the functional and technical consistency of the SAP BW Landscape.* Developed conceptual designs, wrote design documents and managed off-shore development effectively conducting code reviews of deliverables. Supervised contractors for medium sized projects and RTS (ready to serve) initiatives managing timelines and SLAs.*Managed the overall SAP BW architecture ensuring efficient and timely system and database maintenance and support activities and optimal performance guidelines.*Coordinated and control the flow of transport releases to QA and Prod maintaining an overall understanding of all development / issues in the SAP BW space.

2/2006 - 7/2006

Industry: Healthcare Services

Systems Analyst - EDW

*Assisted in Business Objects upgrade from 5.1.2 environment to XI (helping to define report delivery methods and publication processes as well as report conversion)*Chaired internal Business Objects XI user group*Researched replacement ETL tool for sun-setted tool in use*Analysis and documentation of existing processes in preparation for migration to a new ETL tool

2/2005 - 2/2006

Industry: Travel, Transportation and Tourism

Developer Analyst

*Project Management for Transition and Migration of Parcel Direct Warehouse Structures, ETL Processes and BO Environment from Quad Graphics to FedEx Ground Infrastructure following it’s sale and rebranding to FedEx SmartPost.*Assisted in installing and configuring Informatica Power Center Servers.*Migrated and tested all ETL processes ensuring a smooth transition and continuity of data and service to the business and customers.*Performed analysis and requirements gathering as well as assisted with design of production interface and structures which allowed business users to enter “exceptions” for service delays (to be later be incorporated into On-Time Service reporting).*Re-designed and enhanced previous Time-in-Transit calculations and mapping logic to incorporate FedEx Ground rules for On-Time-Service Measurement.*Re-designed dimensional model for Time-In-Transit and On-Time Service Measurement to provide quicker response times and greater flexibility during adhoc querying*Designed, tested and executed database structure and definition changes in DW database environment (test, QA to Production)*Performed regular maintenance on DW database (tuning, update stats, monitoring sizing to ensure efficient access, performance and space utilization) as well as regular QA on the data.*Assisted in database maintenance procedures on OLTP system (purging and reorg-ing overgrown production system). Helped to define on-going archiving rules and procedures.*Sole responsibility for continuing maintenance, development and support of ETL and reporting processes.*Provided in-house training class to business users on ad-hoc query techniques using business objects. *Supported business clients by providing answers, reports or special data services.*Participated in rotating on-call duties in support of all SmartPost production applications and processes for 24x7 support.

5/2001 - 2/2005

Industry: Printing and Publishing

Data Warehouse Specialist

*Designed, Implemented and Maintained ETL solutions via Informatica*Evaluated mapping and session performance identifying areas needing improvement.*Improved mapping performance by identifying source, target and mapping bottlenecks and making adjustments as necessary. *Re-engineered long running mappings/workflows gaining valuable time in the load window.*Architected and maintained new and existing data warehouse structures (Sybase).*Universe and Report design using Business Objects*Developed report delivery method for bursted customer reports accessible on Parcel Direct customer web site*Performed Supervisor/Administrator functions in Business Objects planning and implementing user security processes/strategy*SQL Query and index performance tuning (Sybase)*Mentored and trained new employees and interns in Informatica and team development procedures*Implemented pmcmd processes to further automate load processes and monitoring.

12/1999 - 5/2001

Industry: Insurance

Programmer/Analyst - IT

*Analysis, Design and re-work of all reporting and extract processes after a major data migration project from old environment to newly purchased third-party repricing system (oracle based)* Facilitated the transformation of corporate data into useful information for business decisions* Cognos Impromptu Administration* Report and data extract generation using Cognos Impromptu 6.0* Develop and maintain documentation* Coordination of problem resolution for Pewaukee office and general desktop support* SQL and PL/SQL development on a limited basis (Oracle)

1/1998 - 12/1999

Industry: Insurance

Programmer/Analyst - Applications Development and Design

* Assisted in research and fact-finding to develop or modify information systems.* Prepared detailed specifications from which programs were written.* Designed, tested, and documented programs through creation of test plans, test data and use of debugging tools.* Performed on-call duties as required determining possible causes of problems, recommending and implementing solutions.*Participated in a major data migration/conversion project for an owned subsidiary (Accountable Health Plans) as they migrated from a FoxPro based database to an Oracle environment.

EDUCATION:

7/2008 - 7/2009

Some College Coursework Completed

1/1998 - 5/1998

Some College Coursework Completed

Quantitative Analysis (Graduate Level)Grade Received - A

1/1996 - 12/1997

Bachelor's Degree

* Bachelor of Science - Computer Science*Graduated December 1997*GPA: 3.47

1/1992 - 12/1995

Associate Degree

* Graduated with special honors: December 1995* GPA: 3.73

Master's Degree

CERTIFICATION:

3/2014

4/2013

4/2013

3/2013

12/2012

11/2012

11/2012

12/2011

12/2011

12/2011

7/2011

1/2011

1/2011

12/2010

12/2010

Data Quality Data Governance and Stewardship Data Warehousing

12/2010

Data Analysis and Design

6/2008

SKILLS:

Skill Name

Skill Level

LANGUAGES:

Languages

Proficiency Level

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

The candidate has worn many hats in their career and has extensive experience leading and overseeing BI and data management technical and strategy initiatives and implementations, aligning information services with business goals and designing the future in a way that is flexible to meet the challenges of a dynamic world. The candidate has expert knowledge in Business Intelligence and Data Management disciplines with in-depth experience establishing best practices and guidelines for selecting, developing, and operationalizing data management programs within an enterprise. Other core skills include information needs analysis, specification of business metrics, data modeling, with a solid understanding of data and information concepts, methods, and processes. The candidate is also well-versed in TOGAF, ADM and ASAP methodologies. The candidate’s diverse industry, functional and technical experience gives them the ability to help organizations leverage their information assets to improve business performance and create strategic information capabilities.

INTERESTS & HOBBIES:

Philosophy

Geneology

AFFILIATIONS:

DAMA

ASUG

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