Zhong Chen

E-mail: zchenking@hotmail.com

Phones: 419-872-6596 (Home)

419-320-8868 (Mobile)

 

 

 

 

Qualification Highlights in SQL Server Development and Related IT Fields

 

(1)   Over 14 years of IT working experience, 12 years solid working experience in MS SQL Server architecture, design, remodeling, SQL Server development and administration, and seven years in SSIS, and six years in SSRS development projects.

(2)   Working knowledge of software development life cycle (SDLC) and project methodologies, as well as tools and techniques within each phase (e.g., data dictionaries, programming languages, technical platforms, standards and procedures).

(3)   SQL Server Architecture for data warehouses and data marts in four (4) projects: Con Edison, Ernst & Young, Verizon, and Wells Fargo/Wachovia.

(6)   Project management experiences, Lead or manage team members in four projects as in Meridian National Corp, Reynoldsburg City Government, Verizon, and Critech Research. Management in team function for Software development and database development in multiple projects with oversea employees in four cities of India and in other countries.

(4)   Training team members and guide business users for application functions and skills. Strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills for tracking causes of systems issue as well as development defects. Strong ability to prioritize multiple tasks.

(5)   Extensive working experience in various industries and government organizations, such as Auto-Vehicle maker (Chrysler Corp); Steel material production, processing and sales; utility provider (Verizon), Financial (BOA, Wells Fargo), Mortgage, Auditing (Ernst & Young), medical transcription services and FDA agent company (Critech Research), government/police information systems (Reynoldsburg City government and Police Dept.), and Tax Technology systems development, including designing, implementing, testing, analyzing, maintaining, and documenting complex database applications.

(7)         Strong programming skills using .NET suites, Visual Basic, VBScript, and other programming languages.

(8)         VBA Programming in MS Office suites, as in MS Access, Excel, Word.

(9)     Excellent communication and documentation skills. Proactive, independent, self-managing, with project leading skills, and teamwork spirits.

(10)                       Solid knowledge and working experience in the following SQL Server Development and management areas:

·              Experienced in SQL database architecture, Data Warehouse modeling with Star Schema, Snow Flake Schema and Kimball methods/tools, and data implementation in SQL Server 2005/2008.

·         Proven skill sets in Data migration and conversion from multiple sources to SQL Server or multi- dimensional Data warehouse

·              Hand-on practice more than 5 years in Business Intelligence and management tools in SQL Server 2005/2008 for SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, and SSMS.

·         Data warehouse and database upgrades planning, data integration and analysis.

·              Experienced in Data transferring using SSIS and DTS packages and Reporting services using SSRS.

·              T-SQL coding and testing: functions, views, triggers, user defined functions, and stored procedures.

·              Experienced in Scripts and stored procedures with SQL Server 2005/2008.

·    SQL Server Management Studio, Business Inteligence Studio, Enterprise Manager and Query Analyzer, Analysis Services, Profiler and other database development and management tools..

·    Support for  both production and development databases.

·              Expertise in performing administrative tasks: database files management, backup/restore, security management, data integration and synchronization.

·              Resolving database performance issues, tuning issues, database capacity planning issues.

·              Knowledge of high availability tools and techniques: MS cluster, log shipping, and replication.

 

Technical Skills:

 

 

Databases	MS SQL Server 2005/2008, MS Access, Oracle, DB2
Tools in database	SQL Server Enterprise Manager, Query Analyzer, Analysis Service, Profiler, Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) 2005, BI 2008, DTS, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS.
Languages	T-SQL, VB.Net, VBScript, UNIX(AIX)
Operating Systems	Windows 2007/NT/XP, UNIX (AIX, SCO)
Architecture Skill in database	Data warehouse and multi-dimensional data mart design, modeling, and implementation, Object Oriented Design Methodologies
Tools in Windows	Programming in File Systems, MS Access, MS Excel, and Word Document

 

 

Professional Experience

BX Solutions                                One Aircargo Pkwy E. Swanton, Ohio             03/2013 - Present

SQL Server Developer, DBA: Database development, SQL Server performance tuning, administration and SSRS, SSIS development for airport cargo shipment and transportation.

 

Progressive Insurance _______________Mayfield Heights, Ohio____ 02/2012 – 02/2013

SQL Server Developer,  (SSIS) Development, SQL Server database objects development, Documentation design and development, Stored Procedure and T-SQL queries optimization and programming,             

Company:  Insurance for auto-vehicles, homes, and life

Project Tasks: SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages development for business using T-SQL, VB.Net, Stored Procedures and related SQL database objects. Development of business reporting systems in Sharepoint (SSRS) as well as sophisticated user-reports related up-to-date technologies and trouble-shooting/auditing functions in SQL Server 2005/2008.

 

Wells Fargo/Wachovia___________________      Charlotte NC             08/2011 – 01/2012

SQL Server Developer, Reporting Services (SSRS) Development, SQL Server database objects development, Documentation design and development, Stored Procedure and T-SQL queries optimization and programming, Excel Report Development for Technology and Operations of user/token management and development.

              Company:  Bank of America, financial, Banking, and Mortgage services.

Project Tasks: SSRS report development for business partners and users in the bank systems. Reporting systems include SSRS, MS Excel, as well as T-SQL, stored procedures, performance tuning for existing queries and stored procedures. Work with IT team members for technique development in the team resources and technical capacity. Design and develop SQL Server objects and data mart for reporting data sources using T-SQL and SSIS. Development of software for documentation systems and trouble-shooting in Sharepoint Reporting systems as well as sophisticated user-reports related up-to-date technologies and functions in SQL Server 2005/2008.

 

Bank of America_________________      Charlotte NC      ____ 12/2010 – 06/2011

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS, SSIS) Development and Excel Report Development for Title\Closing Operations for Home loan and Mortgage Services, Team member training.

              Company:  Bank of America, financial, Banking, and Mortgage services.

Project Tasks: SSRS report development and technique training for business partners and users in the bank systems. Reporting systems include SSRS, MS Excel, as well as T-SQL, stored procedures, performance tuning for existing queries and stored procedures. Train team members for technique development in the team resources and technical capacity.  Design and develop SQL Server objects and data mart for reporting data sources. My tasks include data migration using SSIS and other system tools from different data source providers for centralized data mart. Train and instruct team members for up-to-date technologies and functions.

 

 

Pfizer, Pharmaceutical producer, marketer______                    Peapack  NJ_____06/2010 – 12/2010

SQL Server DB Warehouse/Reporting Services Support and SSIS Development (100 Rte 206 North, Peapack, NJ)

              Company:  Pfizer, the largest medicine researcher, producer, and distributor in the North America. 

Project Tasks: SSIS, SSRS development and technique support for business users in Pfizer IT Systems. Reporting systems include SSRS, MS Excel, MS Access Report, OWC (Office Web Components), Share Point Reports, and Performance Point Reports.

 

Wachovia/Wells Fargo _____________     Charlotte NC      ____03/2010 – 06/2010

SQL Server Developer/Reporting Services (300 S. Brevard Street, Charlotte NC 27202)

              Company:  Financial/Mortgage/Banking

Project Tasks:

Development of reporting systems using SSRS with BIDS (Business Intelligent Development Studio) in SQL Server 2005 for Information Technology Department. This project uses T-SQL and SSRS intensively for multiple stored procedures, tables, views and related database objects to build the reporting data sources, and developed multiple specified business reports with different formats and types for decision makers’ and management personnel’s long term needs.

Assistance and consulting for SQL Server/Oracle database remodeling and de-normalization for another reporting project with database design and architecture technologies and optimization database performance. Both projects have good quality, outcomes and in their good tracking status as to the requested date.

 

REXAM.                                                       Perrysburg Ohio      04/2008 – 11/2009

SQL Server Developer (Rexam Plastic Packaging 1899 N. Wilkinson Way Perrysburg, OH 43551)

Company:  Rexam Plastic Packaging, London UK based international Plastic Packaging business as one of the top three plastic package providers in the world. It has acquired plastic packaging branches from Owens Illinois in Perrysburg OH and other locations in the US since last year and has been building their new database and information systems for corporation with their existing Europe data systems and operation systems (as of SAP and the related database modeling)

Project:

This project is one of key projects for REXAM in their successful acquisition processes of plastic packaging business from Owens Illinois. It requires smooth transform and implementation from the existing Smart-Stream data systems into their SAP database systems by using the latest MS SQL Server 2005/2008 tools and technology, such as SSIS, SSAS, and SSRS services, and other advanced tools and functions. All those transformation and implementation have been going smoothly and successfully as requested with irregular design methods and under great pressure of deadline and instant update/changing requests, even after all requests and designated tasks have been accomplished.

Job Responsibilities:

·              SQL database architecture using Snow Flake Schema and Kimball methods/tools, Data Warehouse modeling, and data implementation in SQL Server 2008.

·         Data Conversion from multiple sources to SQL Server or multi-dimensional Data warehouse.

·         SQL Database design, legacy sources data migration, and data implementation in SQL Server 2005 / 2008.

·         Parsing text files and importing them into SQL Server tables by SSIS package for data conversion, aggregate, joining, concatenation and other data processing requests.

·         Program error modification and logging functions and tasks in the SSIS package for troubleshooting and data processing system modification.

·         Developing scripts / stored procedures to manipulate and modify the data according to a set of business rules. Developing scripts / stored procedures to create export text files from the database tables based on given file formats.

·         Develop SSAS and SSRS project to provide users with analysis and data reports for business data processing and analysis results.

·         Follow up with program modifications based on key user feedback.

·         Manage multiple tasks and handle shorter deadlines.

 

Ernst and Young.                                            12/2007 – 3/2008

SQL Server Developer/DBA (925 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio)

Company:  Ernst and Young, specialized in Auditing and Accounting services. My served department: IT Department, for designing, maintaining, development, and troubleshooting the information systems and business applications.

Project:

My contract include two projects (APT and GAAIT) both requested system analysis, debugging, development and deployment existing SSIS packages in the SQL Server 2005 that could extract, transform, and load the original data from different data sources. The package covers the transaction information logging, error tracking, instant email messaging, and risk free reloading in case of systems failure.

Responsibilities:

·         SQL database design, architecture, and data implementation in SQL Server 2005

·         Analyzed. debugged and updated sets of SSIS packages for existing errors and non-logic transaction in the data mart and in the packages that extract life data from SQL servers (2005) in remote and local business branches, transform/aggregate/merge/split the corresponding data, and then load them into relational and dimensional data warehouses.

·         Data Conversion from multiple sources to SQL Server or multi-dimensional Data warehouse

·         Database modeling and optimization

 

Con Edison.                                                                   5/2007 – 11/2007

SQL Server and Data File Systems Developer (4 Irving Place, Manhattan, NY, NY)

Company:  Consolidate Edison, specialized in utility services, including electricity, residential and industrial water, industrial steam, natural gas, and other sales. My served department: Application Development Department, designs, develops, and manages Purchasing/Sales Reporting information systems for the top management personnel.

Project:

My project is to design, develop, and implement a complete SSIS package in the SQL Server 2005 that could extract, transform, and load the original data from six different data sources (VMS, MMS,  Oracle, DB2, and IBM Main frames), including purchasing requisition, requisition modification, Employee, organization, buyer, commodity, and others. The package covers the transaction information logging, error tracking, email reporting, and risk free reloading in case of systems failure. The destination dimensional data mart is designed and populated for the reporting and analysis system for top management personnel. Develop SSAS and SSRS project to provide users with analysis and data reports for business data processing and analysis.

Responsibilities:

·              Manage project design, monitoring, control and team members for best performance and results.

·         Data Mart architecture using Snow Flake Schema, and Data Warehouse modeling with Kimball methods, and data implementation in SQL Server 2005/2008.

·         Data mart Designed and developed a set of SSIS packages that will get life data from DB2, Oracle, IBM Main frame, and SQL servers in remote and local business branches, transform /aggregate / merge / split the corresponding data, and then load them into the dimensional data warehouses.

·         Data Conversion from multiple sources to SQL Server or multi-dimensional Data warehouse

·         Build Transaction and error Logging functions into the SSIS packages for transaction reporting, debugging and error tracking.

·         Build Email functions for users and management for updated issues occurred in the SSIS packages.

·         Create and test triggers, views, dimensional tables and constraints for the destination data warehouses.

·         Regulate and standardize the Documentation and programming conventions (such as naming conventions for the company to follow) in addition to the project documentation.
 

Verizon.                                             5/2006 – 4/2007

SQL Server/Data File Systems Developer (295 North Maple Avenue Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920)

Company:  Verizon Corp is specialized in local, long distance, web, and wireless phone services. My department, Tax Technology Department, designs, develops, and manages all information systems for the related tax departments

Project:

As project manager, my current project is to design, develop, and implement a new data file transaction software in VB.Net and VBScript languages that constantly checks and transacts the data files from FTP server into File Share Server with all file information saved into SQL database and informs administrators with auditable transaction data, logs, and Emails and controllable management tools in the database table for its flexibility and ability in auditing and reporting in its archived history.

Responsibilities:

·         Manage project design, monitoring, control and team members for best performance and results.

·         Designed and developed a set of software application that is able to monitor and transact the FTP files into the file share server with its controlling information only in SQL database.

·         Data Mart architecture using Star Schema and Kimball methods/tools. SQL Server 2005/2008 relational database architecture, design, development, and implementation with Data/File management software in the finished project, including Business Intelligence tools and functions.

·         CRM for marketing and finance.

·         Collected business requirement for creating the new mission-critical databases from customers and internal employees.

·         Project lead and main team player in the project.

·         Data Migration from multiple sources to SQL Server or multi-dimensional Data warehouse and Reporting services in SQL Server 2005/2008.

·         Created logical and physical database design, data structures, and populated with production life data.

·         Created all project documents for the project design, requests, data flow chart, software training, and software implementation procedures.

·         Develop SSAS and SSRS project to provide users with analysis and data reports for business data processing and analysis.

·         Data migration and implementation tasks of DBA.

·         VBA Programming in MS Office suites as in MS Access, MS Excel, MS Word.

 

Critech Research, Inc.                           08/2001 – 12/2005

SQL Server Developer/Oracle Database Analyzer (525 Avis Drive, Suite 7 Ann Arbor , MI 48108)

Company:  A professional agent of the FDA, specialized in hardware and software testing, verification, and validation for medical equipment made by famed companies all over the world. It is only by the professional work under the highest standards and regulation in the software and hardware verification and validation should the medical equipment be approved by the FDA to go into the USA market.

Projects:

The projects are to create new databases, install SQL Server 2000 on a new servers and conduct analysis, testing, and development in an existing Oracle database to support some medical equipment applications respectively. The tests include White Box, Black Box, Unit, and systems tests that are specified and demanded by the FDA for the approval of the medical equipment software and hardware with the highest standards in the related fields.

 

Responsibilities:

·         Management in team function for Software development and database development with oversea employees in four cities in India and in China.

·         Tested and trouble-shooting business application for medical purposes in different languages, such as C/C++/ Java, T-SQL, PL-SQL, VB.Net.

·         Analyzed and checked the configuration and performance of the existing databases including data file allocation, index, fill factor, fragmentation, capacity, and the impact on system performance. Analyzed potential problems to avoid the response delay, locking, server down time.  Optimize the database performance.

·         Gathered business requirement for creating the new mission-critical databases from customers and internal employees.

·         Created logical and physical database design, data structures using Erwin.

·         Provided suggestions to network team regarding disk configuration, RAID level according to database sizing and capacity planning.

·         Developed and created the new database objects including tables, views, index, stored procedures and functions, advanced queries and also updated statistics using Query Analyzer and Enterprise Manager on the existing servers.

·         Loaded stored procedures and user defined functions implemented by developer teams into the databases.

·         Use DTS tools and functions for data extraction, transformation, and loading tasks some tested client projects.

·         Upgraded and Installed the SQL Server 2000/2005 on the new servers

·         Generated test data and tested new databases consistency with existing databases to meet the functionalities requirements. Created jobs, alerts, activity logs, error logs to capture any possible errors.

·         Developed, modified, and optimized complex queries to data retrieval and modification.

·         Monitored and tuned databases to meet the performance and availability requirements of on-line systems and multiple applications.

·         Modified database structures including tables, dictionary, stored procedures, views, triggers, user-defined functions, as well as disk configuration and storage allocation to support application enhancements.

·         Project lead and main team player in the project. Planned, scheduled, and co-coordinated database development tasks to meet the deadline with expected accomplishment.

·         Developed and implemented maintenance procedures.

·         CRM for marketing and finance.

·         Worked closely with IT project managers, programmers, and testers to ensure the database integrity and security.

 

Reynoldsburg City Government and Police Department     (10/2000-07/2001)

IS Administrator   (7232 E Main Street, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068)

Employer:

Reynoldsburg City Government and Police Department are a local government in the east suburb to the Columbus Ohio. It had full-services for about 10,000 local residents including financial, legal, security, business development, buildings and land, humanity, and information systems. 

Responsibilities:

·         Monitored and managed databases for system users for providing import of client data, and reporting of finalized data in the city departments.

·         Database space management and troubleshooting for issues and problems happened in the police department with Unix SCO platform.

·         Maintained the security, integrity and availability of SQL Server for the city departments.

·         Performed data backup, recovery, and transfer operations.

·         Analyzed business recovery requirements and maintenance strategies and plans for upgrade in the critical database servers.

·         Managed databases, administered security, scheduled tasks, monitored server and database performance. Monitored allocation of memory, procedure cache, and hash, etc.

·         Assisted the IT manager to design, build, test, and enhance stored procedures and other applications necessary to support systems and file processing.   

·         Designed, added, eliminated, or maintained indexes, organized tables, recommended SQL changes to government officials.

·         Tested database applications and monitored their performance for achievement of efficient database access for applications.

·         Provide problem resolution. Troubleshot, tracked and resolved issues in the database environment.

              

Meridian National Corporation             05/2000 - 07/2001 (Bankrupted)

IBM-Unix Systems Administrator, Database Developer (108 Chicago St, Toledo, OH 43624, USA)

Company:

Meridian National Corporation was a local steel company provided processed iron and steel products to Big Three, other auto-vehicle producers, and construction businesses in the northwest Ohio and south Michigan. The headquarter and its four branches were qualified suppliers for the car industry businesses, such as Chrysler, Ford, GM, and other companies in 1980s and 90s. With the fluctuation of economy and car products, this company went bankruptcy in 2000.

Responsibilities:

Windows NT and RS6000 network administration, Novel NetWare support and database development for financial and operation processes.

·         Database development and maintenance for the local IBM AIX-Unix systems and network management in Windows NT systems that were owned by the parent company in Michigan.

·         Conducted monitoring, testing, and systems analysis for development, planning, and diagnostics for the business databases and programs in use. 

·         Installed and configured new database servers and drives for the business expansion.

·         Developed database applications for the financial and processing departments for easier but more efficient systems.

·         Troubleshooting and technical support for database users in all departments.

·         Queried against the database using T-SQL, stored procedures, user-defined functions, triggers, views, etc.

·         Scheduled and executed the database backups daily and analyzed database performance.

·         VBA Programming in MS Office suites, as in Access, Excel, Word.

·         Documented the database architecture for preparing the possible issues and improved the efficiency of the database troubleshooting process.

 

 

Education:

 

·         M.S., Manufacturing and IS Management – University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio in May 2000

·         M.A., English as Second Language - University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio in June 1995