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Darren Fish 

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Ewa Beach, HI  96706
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darren.fish@gmail.com
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Resume Headline: Darren Fish - Solution Architect

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Darren Fish

Business Intelligence Solution Architect

Ewa Beach, HI 303-476-0483 darren.fish@gmail.com

 

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

·               Senior Business Intelligence Architect with more than 20 years of experience with OLAP/reporting tools and data warehouse technologies.

·               Functional Architect/Business Analyst with knowledge of Oracle and SAP ERP systems.

·               Managed several end to end global BI projects in various industries ranging from automotive manufacturing to hospitality and gaming.

·               More than a decade of experience with the Cognos suite of tools, including BI, several years with the Siebel Analytics/OBIEE platform and analytics packages as well as working knowledge of MS/BI and SAP BO/BI/BW

·               Known for adherence to, and promotion of, SDLC best practices, using Waterfall and Agile methodologies..

 

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

CLIENT SUMMARY

INDUSTRY BACKGROUND

·         Oracle, Teradata, SQL Server

·         OBIEE/Siebel Analytics, OBI Applications

·         Informatica, Oracle ODI

·         Business Objects, Crystal Reports

·         Cognos through 10.x

·         Crystal Reports

·         Visual Basic/VBA

·         Unix, Linux, Windows

·         Oracle & SAP ERP

·         Business Intelligence

·         Enterprise Data Warehousing

·         Data Quality

·         Project Management

·         ErWin, Visio, Oracle Data Modeler

 

·        Arrow Electronics

·        Charter School Growth Fund

·        Leprino Foods

·        Vail Resorts

·        Pacific Gas & Electric

·        Cigna

·        Wynn Resorts

·        Key Energy Services

·        Enterprise Products

·        Qwest

·        Abbott Laboratories

·        Microsoft

·        Ford Motor Company

 

·         Health Care

·         Automotive Manufacturing

·         Warranty

·         Gaming

·         Hospitality

·         Retail

·         Telecom

·         Pharmaceuticals

·         Oil & Gas

·         Marketing

·        Packaged Goods

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WORK HISTORY:

 

Data & Integration Architect, TEKSystems(HECO)                                                               2015-Current

BI/DW Architect, Arrow Electronics, Inc.                                                                               2014 - 2015

Solution Architect, Slalom Consulting, Denver CO                                                              2011 - 2014                Senior Manager, Specialized Services – Hitachi Consulting, Denver, CO              2005 – 2011

Architect – BI Solutions, Dearborn, MI                                                                                  1998 – 2005

   Manager, Special Projects – CDI  IS, Troy MI                                                                      1995 – 1998

 

 

 


 

DETAILED WORK HISTORY

TekSystems

Data & Integration Architect (HECO)              Apr 2015 –  current

• Assist in the creation of RFPs for ESB & EDW to support Smart Grid

• Drive the expansion of ARB influence in IT

• Design “best-practice” architecture for Information management including ETL/ELT, data models and front-end delivery

Develop effective metrics and Key Performance Indicators for various business segments

• Advise on staffing, migration and implementation activities

•  Technologies: Business Objects, Oracle, IBM Websphere IIB & MQ

 

 

 

Arrow Electronics, Inc.

BI/DW Architect              Oct 2014 –  Apr 2015

• Perform current state assessment of BI infrastructure and processes

• Create strategy and roadmap for BI re-platform effort

• Design “best-practice” architecture for Information management including ETL (Informatica & ODI), data models and front-end

Develop effective metrics and Key Performance Indicators for various business segments

• Advise on staffing, migration and implementation activities

•  Technologies: Business Objects, Oracle, OBIEE, Informatica, ODI

 

 

Charter School Growth Fund (Slalom)

Information Management ArchitectApril 2014  –  July 2014

Define and design a data warehouse for consolidation of several data sources to enable analysis and scorecarding

•Establish analysis approach and actions (Metrics, KPIs, detail analysis, issues resolution)

•Design and build all ETL, metadata models and reports

•Design “best-practice” architecture for Information management

•Technologies: MySQL, Tableau, Talend Open Studio

 

Leprino Foods (Slalom)

Information Management Architect              Nov 2013 –  March 2014

•Stabilized the existing SAP BW BI platform

•Perform current state assessment of BI infrastructure and processes

•Create strategy and roadmap for BI re-platform effort

•Design “best-practice” architecture for Information management

•Technologies: SAP BW, Business Objects

 

Vail Resorts (Slalom)

Information Management Architect              Mar 2013 –  Sept 2013

•Stabilized the existing Cognos BI platform

•Perform current state assessment of BI infrastructure and processes

•Create strategy and roadmap for BI re-platform effort

•Design “best-practice” architecture for Information management

•Technologies: SQL Server, Cognos 8.4, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS

 

Pacific Gas & Electric (Slalom)

Information Management Domain Architect              Aug 2012 –  Dec 2012

Created enterprise strategy and reference architectures for Business Intelligence and Analytics

•Worked with business portfolio architects to socialize the new architectures

•Assisted in the roll-out of decision frameworks to solution architects

•Provided direction and guidance on several projects, including POCs for new tool selection

Evaluated enterprise utility data model for use within all business units

Technologies: Oracle, SAP, Business Objects, SQL Server, Informatica, Teradata

 

Cigna (Slalom)

Solution Architect, OBIEE Implementation              Oct 2011 – Jun 2012

•Created overall solution architecture and design for Operational Intelligence

Designed flexible and extensible data model to accommodate multiple disparate data sources

•Designed custom metrics, KPIs

•Created process and staffing recommendations to establish implementation and support teams.

•Managed client and consultant resources

Technologies: Oracle, OBIEE , SQL Server, Informatica

 

 

ProBuild (Hitachi Consulting)

Architect, OBIEE Implementation              May 2011 – Sep 2011

•Identified and designed solutions for several key architectural issues.

Implemented OBI Applications Procurement and Spend Module

Designed additional custom metrics, KPIs

Updated and re-built ETL process using ODI/Informatica

•Created process and staffing recommendations to stabilize the existing implementation and support teams.

•Managed client and consultant resources

Technologies: Oracle, OBIEE, ODI, Informatica, OBIA

 

Enterprise Products (Hitachi Consulting)

Architect, OBIEE Implementation              Jan 2011 – May 2011

Implemented OBIA HR and Finance Analytics packages

•Designed and implemented architecture and infrastructure recommendations

•Managed client resources

Technologies: Oracle, OBIEE, Informatica, OBIA

 

Key Energy Services (Hitachi Consulting)

Tech Lead, Cognos Stabilization, OBIEE Implementation              Jan 2009 – Nov 2010

Provided technical assistance in the stabilization of a multi-version Cognos BI, Planning and Finance environment

•Delivered best-practice solutions to unresolved issues. 

Implemented OBI Applications and custom OBIEE reporting packages

Technologies: Oracle, OBIEE, Informatica, OBIA

 

Quest (Hitachi Consulting)

Tech Lead, Churn Analytics                                                                                               Aug 2008 –Dec 2008

Acted as the technical lead for a complex ETL development work stream. 

•Managed and mentored several resources in parallel work efforts. 

•Provided SDLC best practices to the client. 

Technologies: Oracle, Informatica

 

Wynn Resorts (Hitachi Consulting)

Lead Solution ArchitectMar 2007 –Jul 2008

Implemented an Enterprise Customer Value system consolidating data from multiple source systems.

• Architected and implemented data marts and reporting/analysis systems for several business units, including Hotel, Gaming and Human Resources

•Created data marts pulling data from several source systems. Also supported the data modeling and migration effort to Teradata

•Designed and built several cubes and complex reports to support analysis and reporting requirements, as well as providing an ad-hoc reporting environment. Implemented and managed complex custom security models.

 

Abbot Laboratories (Hitachi Consulting)

Lead BI Architect, Supply ChainApr 2006 –Mar 2007

•Designed and implemented sales record adjustment processing

• Created development processes for all existing and future ad-hoc reporting requests

•Acted as lead architect, managing several on and offshore resources, on a major data process/reporting project

•Designed and built several cubes and complex reports to support analysis and reporting requirements. Implemented and managed complex custom security models.

 

Microsoft (Hitachi Consulting)

Tech Lead, Marketing BISep 2005 –Mar 2006

•Tech lead for several BI and DB developers on an iterative sales & marketing BI project.

• Provided SDLC best practices to the team and client, dramatically reducing system flaws and increasing customer acceptance

 

Ford Motor Company

Lead BI Architect, System ArchitectAug 1998 –Aug 2005

•Architected and implemented an intranet web portal to present a consolidated view of the key performance metrics, including warranty, customer satisfaction and sales/service satisfaction. The portal had an enterprise wide audience of over 10,000 users.

•Architected and created several cubes to provide analysis capabilities for multiple global business units, using data from multiple sources. This system had approximately 6,500 users in 38 countries.

•Managed the migration process for several major software upgrades.

•Created the methodologies and processes used to support all the systems in this portfolio.

•Managed the team responsible for the automation of several manual data extraction and reporting functions

•Led the development effort to produce a standard reporting interface. These reports were the standard for all quality metrics used by the assembly plants for internal reporting.

 

 

 



Experience

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Job Title

Company

Experience

Solution Architect

Teksystems, Inc.

- Present

 

Additional Info

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Desired Salary/Wage:

100.00 - 120.00 USD hr

Current Career Level:

Manager (Manager/Supervisor of Staff)

Years of relevant work experience:

More than 15 Years

Date of Availability:

10/1/2015

Work Status:

US - I am authorized to work in this country for any employer.

Active Security Clearance:

None

US Military Service:

Citizenship:

Permanent resident

 

 

Target Job:

Target Job Title:

Solution Architect

Desired Job Type:

Employee
Temporary/Contract/Project

Desired Status:

Full-Time

 

Target Company:

Company Size:

Occupation:

IT/Software Development

·         Enterprise Software Implementation & Consulting

·         IT Project Management

·         General/Other: IT/Software Development

·         Software/System Architecture

·         Systems Analysis - IT

 

Target Locations:

Selected Locations:

US-CA-San Diego
US-HI-Hawaii

Relocate:

No

Willingness to travel:

Up to 100%

 

Languages:

Languages

Proficiency Level

French

Advanced