SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Over 15+ years of pioneering success in delivering optimal results in high-growth environment through initiatives that exceed operation performance targets and measurable outcomes. Demonstrated proficiency in effectively manage medium to small size projects.

•           SAP Certified Application Associate with 9 months of POC experience on SAP HANA 1.0 SPS07/08/09.

•           Worked on complex IT projects in various roles like Team Lead, Business Analyst and Data Analyst.

•           Over 7+ years of experience as Senior Business Analyst / Team Lead with Project Management responsibilities. 

•           Over 5+ years of solid experience with ETL and Reporting tools, DataStage, MSBI, Crystal Reports and Business Objects.

•           Experience in Integration of various data sources like Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MS-Access, Teradata, DB2, MS-Excel and Sequential Files into staging area.

•           Successful track record in accomplishing assigned projects within agreed cost/timelines without incidences of overruns. 

•           Proven, strong Project & People management skills. Exceptionally well organized with a track record that demonstrates self-motivation, creativity and initiative to achieve both personal and corporate goals.

•           Excellent analytical, interpersonal skills, Well-organized, efficient, quick learner, self-motivated, independent and a good team player with excellent oral and written communication skills.

•           Highly experienced in writing Requirements Documents, Low-level Software Architecture Documents, Technical Design Documents and Functional Design Documents.

•           Project Planning includes Scheduling, Scoping, Cost Estimation, Change Management, Configuration Management, and Risk Management.

•           Expert in Waterfall & Agile scrum Methodology

•           Possess strong interpersonal skills like Negotiation, Communication, Conflict Management, Team Building & Development

SKILLS

Languages: SQL, .NET C#, C/C++, SDL, HTML, MDX, 

BI Tools: Data Stage, Informatica, Microsoft SSIS, Microsoft Analysis Manager, Microsoft SSRS, Crystal Reports, ProClarity, Business Object, PL/SQL, Business Objects Data Services 4.0, Data Service Designer,

Databases: Oracle, Teradata, Microsoft SQL Server, DB2, SAP HANA1.0 SPS 07/09

SW Tools: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, ER Studio 6.6, MSBuild, Subversion, Clear Case, Element tool, DDTS, SDT, McCabe, PureCoverage, Purify, lint, WORKSHOP and Rational Rose

Project Management Tool: MS Project

 

 

Education: MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering @ UT Arlington, B.E. in Electronics and Communications Engineering @ Osmania University - India

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Client 1: UNITED NATIONS- UNIDO                                            Feb 2013 to Present

Client 2: CATERPILLER        Feb 2011 to Jan 2013

 

SAP BI/BO Lead Roles & Responsibilities




•     Created HANA modeling scenarios and activities such as adding a system, creating schemas and content   models, attributes and measures, hierarchies. 

•     Loading data into table definitions, suspending data loads, resuming data loads. Creating information objects

(Packages, attribute views, analytic views, calculation views Graphical and SQL script based) 

•     Involved working with content models, attributes and measures, hierarchies. 

•     As part of POC created End-to-End CO-PA project. Worked with creating dimensions using attribute views, Actual Vs Planned Facts using Analytic Views and Calculation Views. Created calculated columns, Input Parameters/Variables, Filters as per the requirement. 

•     Worked with different data provisioning techniques like uploading data from flat files, SAP Business Objects Data Services and SLT Replication server.

•     Well versed with SAP Business objects Analysis for Office. Have working knowledge using SAP Design Studio, SAP Lumira and Web Intelligence reporting tools. 

•     Involved in full life cycle implementation, which includes Source Data Analysis, Requirements gathering, Development, Testing, Reporting, Go-live and Post Go-live support 

•     Understanding the business challenges and translating them into requirements and developed Analytics and     Reporting Queries according to Business Requirements. Provided estimations for individual tasks.

•     Managed team during designed and development phase. Provided inputs during each phase of SDLC. 

•     Played several different roles varying from Team Lead to Business Analyst to Data Analyst with Onsite Offshore delivery model.

•     Reviewed use cases and monitor unit testing for the crystal reports developed by junior team members.

•     Was instrumental in development of basic Procurement Dashboards using SAP Business Objects.

•     Created many complex and customized reports for specific business requirements using Business Objects

•     Designed, Developed and Maintained Universes by defining joins, cardinalities between tables applying contexts and alias tables to remove cyclic dependencies. Hierarchies were implemented to support drill down reports. 

Client 1: HOOPER HOLMES  07/2009 to 01/2011

Client 2: SUMTOTAL  07/2008 to 06/2009 BI Lead

Roles & Responsibilities:

•        Develop Project plans, Relationship strategic and operational plans. 

•        Requirement gathering, project scoping, analysis and initial discussions of designing the system with primary focus on Microsoft BI Projects, secondary on .NET and SharePoint development projects; Liaising with testing team.

•        Roles and Responsibility include providing estimates, putting together proposal for the project, conflict resolution if any within the team, handling performance appraisal of the team members.

•        Take-on a primary responsibility in delivery management, knowledge management, competency building, solution offering, Risk assessment and Mitigation, technical reviews.  

•        Support on client calls, proposals and estimations. Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget and with high quality. 

•        Worked closely with customers (business team) to identify\gather\document requirements for the system.

Also, worked closely with the business analysts (Bas) team to document functional behaviour of the system.

Involved in Extensive client interaction onsite and offshore.

 

 

CAPELLA UNIVERSITY.     06/2006 to 06/2008 Senior System Developer – BI - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Roles & Responsibilities:

•As a Team Lead designed and constructed PeopleSoft CRM Data Warehouse. Responsibilities include defining Project Scope, Objectives, gathering & documenting requirements from Business Users. Created High Level Design Document and Technical Design Document, Mapping documents, Development of

DataStage 7.5.1 ETL’s and Reports using Microsoft Reporting Services 2005 and OLAP CUBES ProClarity Views. Also responsible for Creating Physical Model, Logical Model using ER Studio 6.6. Closely interacted with Business Users, Business Analyst and Quality Assurance Team from Requirements to Validation phase of the Product. Trained Business Users at the reports end. Key player in Production launch and communicating with business users. Successfully audited at every phase of Project Life Cycle.

UNITED HEALTH GROUP.        1/06 to 05/2006

Senior Data Analyst / Data Architect– Minnetonka, Minnesota

•As a Data Analyst / Data Architect responsibilities include Analysing the source data, creating Design Specification Document derived from Business Requirements Document for Data CUBES used for reporting. Created ETL’s using Microsoft SQL Server DTS and Created OLAP CUBES for Medicare Part D project using Microsoft Analysis Manager 2000 and MDX queries. My role included mentoring Junior Developers, creating Logical Models, Source and Target tables on SQL Server, Mapping Documents, and

DTS Packages for extracting data from different Source databases and populating target tables. Created Data Marts for Pharmacy Claims Data, Performance Claims and Rebate Analytics. Used Business Objects OLAP intelligence tool to publish OLAP CUBES. Extensively worked on Performance tuning the database, Data Validation and supporting User Acceptance Test. 

WAND CORPORATION.       8/04 to 12/2005

Senior Systems Developer / Team Lead – Eden Prairie, Minnesota

•Worked as Team Lead on a team of 6 members that created Restaurant Management System data warehouse project. As a Team Lead was also involved in Definition, Design & Development, Validation, Implementation and Post Implementation phases of projects. My role included creating requirement documents, Source and Target tables Metadata, Mapping Document, proving technical expertise in creating DTS packages for Extracting data from Source database and populating target tables using Stored

Procedures, Star Schema Data Modeling, and Data Reconciliation. Created Sales, Labor, and Inventory CUBES. Used ProClarity OLAP intelligence tool to publish OLAP CUBES and train the Business Users on the ProClarity Views. Experience maintaining huge volume of data.

E.F.JOHNSON CO.       5/03 to 6/2004

Senior Software Engineer / Business Analyst – Waseca, Minnesota

•Performed Business Analyst responsibilities for Operational Reporting. This includes the user requirements analysis, nailing down the business rules and scope of requirements for the project. Developing the business model and logical database model. Setting up the staging model and physical database tables. Created Report Mockups and documented the sources for those fields. 

 

 

 

 

MOTOROLA, INC. 4/98 to 5/2003

Senior Software Engineer – Global Telecom Solutions Sector – Fort Worth, Texas

• Involved in full life cycle of software development cycle from analysing the requirements, creating details design documents, coding and unit testing for several projects. Working knowledge of Client Server based applications.

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