7 Barbet Street, Meredale, 2091

South Africa

Nthabeleng Khunou

CELL: +2783-200-7329 or +2782-506-7952

Email: nthabelengk@gmail.com

P R O F I L E

  Ø Bachelor of Science Degree (majors in Computer Science and Mathematics)

  Ø Certified Informatica Developer and Administrator

  Ø Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA)

  Ø More than 18 years’ experience in the IT industry, which includes 12 years in BI/Data Warehousing

  Ø Broad experience with dimensional modeling & design using Ralph Kimball methodologies

  Ø Deep understanding of Data Warehouse, ETL, and business intelligence best practices

  Ø Ability to assimilate complex data environments and express them with an elegant data model

  Ø Sufficient knowledge to identify and help avoid pitfalls associated with data warehousing and ETL

  Ø Excellent SQL skills and experience in various DBMS environments (SQL Server, MySql, Oracle, etc)

  Ø Experience sharing knowledge and Mentoring

  Ø Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, work under minimal supervision, and rapidly adapt to change.

  Ø Ability to manage a heavy workload, achieve results while meeting project deadlines with minimal

supervision

P E R S O N A L I N F O R M A T I O N

Surname:

Names:

Date of Birth:

Languages:

Key skills:

Khunou

Nthabeleng Patience

16 September 1973

English, Afrikaans, South Sotho, Tswana, Xhosa and Zulu

  Ø Self motivated person with effective communication skills.

  Ø Uses own initiative and conscientious about work.

  Ø Very reliable and a successful team member.

  Ø Effective planning and time management skills.

  Ø Excellent interpersonal skills

Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S

Year:

2011

Certification:

Institution:

Exams:

Informatica Certified Developer & Administrator

Informatica

Year:

Certification:

Institution:

Courses:

R - PowerCenter 8 Architecture and Administration;

S - PowerCenter 8 Mapping Design;

U - PowerCenter 8 Advanced Mapping Design;

T- PowerCenter 8 Advanced Administration.

2004

Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA)

Netscope, Sunninghill

Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft VB.NET and

Microsoft Visual Studio. NET;

Installing, Configuring and Administering Ms SQL Server 2000 Enterprise

Edition;

Administering Ms SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition; and

Year:

Managing and Maintaining Windows 2003 Environment

2003

Diploma:

Institution:

Course:

Software Development

CS Holding’s Training Center

Programming (VB, MS.NET ASP & C#);

DBMS (with Oracle 8i); OS (Linux and Windows); Microsoft Solution

architecture; Management information systems (MIS); Software quality

management; Networking; Insurance; and Web creation and management.

Year:

Degree:

Institution:

Majors:

Year:

Certificate:

Institution:

Majors:

1999

B.Sc. - Bachelor of Science (Computer Science)

University of Fort Hare

Computer Science & Mathematics

1992

Tertiary Foundation Certificate

Border Technikon (East London - EC)

Communications in English, Mathematics T1

IT T R A I N I N G

Year Tool Used

Training/ Course Details

2012 TOGAF® 9 Certification

TOGAF® Concepts

Architecture Views, Viewpoints &

Stakeholders

Building Blocks

Architecture Governance

ADM Phases and Steps

ADM Deliverables

ADM Guidelines & Techniques

Enterprise Continuum & Tools

TOGAF® Reference Models

Migration Planning Techniques

Stakeholder Management

The Architecture Repository

Guidelines for Adapting the ADM

Architecture Content Framework

Implementation Support Techniques

2011 Data Modeling Design

2008 OBIEE

2006

INFORMATICA

PowerCenter

SAP BUSINESS

OBJECTS

2005

Web Intelligence

(ver. 6.5.1 & XI)

CRYSTAL REPORTS

(ver. 10 & XI)

2004 COGNOS Power play

Data Warehouse Concepts and

Dimensional Modeling Techniques

Introduction to Oracle Business

Intelligence Enterprise Edition

Basic Informatica Training

Fundamentals of Report

Introduction to BO Webi 6.5.1

Design Business Reporting Solutions

Report Processing Strategies

Introduction to Cognos Power play

Refer to Qualifications

SABE201: BO

Enterprise Certified

Professional – Level 1

RDCR201: Crystal

reports Certified

Professional – Level 1

Exams Completed

1998

OFA

(Oracle Financial

Analyzer)

Introduction to Oracle Financial Analyzer

Oracle Financial Analyzer

Administrators

Oracle Express Analyzer

C O M P U T E R S K I L L S S U M M A R Y

Servers& Databases

Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2008/2005 & Database;

Microsoft Windows NT/2003 Server; UNIX Server and Oracle

Database.

Modeling Tool

ETL Tools

Cube Analysis

Reporting Tools

Programming

Languages & Web Dev.

Tools

Project Documentation

Financial Tools

Presentation Tools

Soft Skills

IBM Rational Data Architecture; IBM Rational Software

Architecture.

IINFORMATICA 7.x, 8.x; TALEND Open Data Source; Oracle

Data Integrator (ODI); Oracle Warehouse Builder; SSIS.

Microsoft Analysis Server; and Multi dimensional

Expressions (MDX); SSAS 2008.

Business Objects; Crystal Reports; ProClarity; Cognos Power

play; SSRS 2008.

Transact SQL; PL/SQL;

Ms Visual Studio.NET; Ms ASP.NET; Ms Avanade ACA.NET;

Ms FrontPage; Ms SourceSafe;

C, C++, Pascal; and Hyper Text Markup Language (HTLM).

Ms Project 2007

Oracle Financial Analyzer.

Ms PowerPoint.

Oral & Written Communication; Time Management;

Knowledge Transfer; and General Documentation.

Company Name:

Position held:

Period:

E M P L O Y M E N T H I S T O R Y

MTN SA

Manager: MIS Integrations & Development

June 2013 – Current

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

My responsibility includes all MTN SA Data Integration development team of one or more delivery

projects to ensure that deliverables are completed on time, within budget and to a high standard.

  · Manages the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) on behalf of the business;

  · Manage development resources effectively through work allocating and work balancing to meet project

commitments.

  · Represent Application Development in project meetings and in all contact with external groups and

customers.

  · Act as an escalation point for all issues, and further escalate issues to the Senior Management as

appropriate.

  · Continually review and refine internal working practices and processes, striving for best practice.

  · Meeting with internal clients to understand their business requirements prior to commencing projects

within the framework of their domain expertise in liaison with the BLM’s and 3rd parties;

  · Vendor engagement and management;

  · Understanding what application development solution may be relevant and appropriate as a solution to

the business needs of the customer;

for

  · Regularly checking workflows jobs and finding ways to optimize them in terms of speed;

  · Enterprise Data Warehouse development & on-going support of the ODS, Usage (CDRs), Interconnect,

Call Centre, MNP, various conformed and non-conformed dimensions and facts from different source

systems and Data Mart supporting SAS dataset and MSBI cube;

  · Management of all ETL process, including data quality and testing;

  · Monitoring existing systems for effectiveness, stability and performance and ensuring that service levels

are maintained;

  · Manage, lead, and coordinate onsite and offshore delivery teams to ensure resources are effectively

utilized;

  · Review and approve ETL solution design, data mapping, design & functional specifications and

transformation rules to ensure high quality of deliverables;

  · Facilitate implementation and maintenance of policies and procedures for ensuring the security, integrity

and accessibility of data;

  · Define ETL project scope, provide sizing and estimates for development and production support projects;

  · Provide thought leadership for implementation of innovative solutions that improve the efficiency of ETL

data transformation;

  · To ensure that within a matrix of integrated business systems, domains are aligned;

  · Keeping abreast of latest trends in the technical and business domains to proactively progress and

develop the MTN business;

  · Review Requirement Definition Specifications (RDS) to ensure that technical documentation is accurate

and satisfies user requirements.

  · Provide consultation for all applications related projects so that decisions can be made as to the most

appropriate delivery methodology;

  · Ensure that vendor and 3rd party developers are developing applications that comply to business

requirements and implemented according to approved quality standards;

  · Supporting any applications RFS activity by delivering technical inputs and advice to the Procurement

team.

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Company Name:

Position held:

Period:

PBT Group

Business Intelligence Consultant

June 2007 – May 2013

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

My responsibility included analysis, design, development, maintenance activities to support the

Business Intelligence functionality requirements for different Projects. Below is the breakdown of all

clients and projects I was involved in while working for PBT Group:

Period: January 2012 – May 2013

Client Name: MTN SA

Project: Ab Initio Implementation

Roles: Data Warehouse / Solution Architect & Development Team Lead

  · Ensure that designed solutions are in accordance with industry driven best practice and

technology trends, whilst taking into account the existing environment;

  · Ensures that architectures standards and quality assurance procedures are adhered to;

  · Ensures Data Models conform to Enterprise Data Architecture modeling standards;

  · Provide operational support for existing models including impact analysis and coordination

of change management of schema, mappings, data transformations and other metadata;

  · Prepare the Enterprise Architecture Life cycle Governance Process (LGP) Documentation;

  · Articulate a coherent integration of technologies in a technical/business process model;

  · Familiarize the development team with the business needs, specifications, design targets,

the development process, design standards, techniques and tools to support task

performance;

  · Manage, train, and help the development of team members;

  · Ensure tasks are completed timely and effectively.

Period: October 2009 – Dec 2011

Client Name: MTN GROUP

Project: BI in a Box (BIB)

Roles: ETL Development & Data Analysis

  · Data Extraction from the different Sources using INFORMATICA 8.5 & 8.6

  · Data analysis, Data Cleansing, Transformation, Error Handling, Data Quality, etc;

  · Loading Data into different or required Target System for different MTN Operating

Companies (OPCOs) ;

  · Migration from factory to operating companies across other countries;

  · Batch processing and automation using UNIX scripts.

Period: (October 2008 – September 2009)

Client Name: MTN GROUP

Project: Living BI

Roles: Business/Data Analysis; Data Modeling & ETL Development

  · Preparation of the Technical Architecture and data Warehousing Design Document –

including review of logical and physical data models;

  · Data Modeling Design using IBM Rational data Architecture (RDA);

  · Mapping between data sources and target using TALEND OPEN SOURCE;

  ·

In and out of the country support for various projects;

  · Constant communication with different MTN Operating Companies in AFRICA;

  · KPI Analysis and implementation (MTN GROUP);

  ·

In and Out of the Country support services.

Client Name: August 2008 – September 2008 – [Independent Assignment]

Client Name: SAFARICOM (Kenya)

Project: Informatica Implementation

Roles: ETL Development, Skill Transfer/ Mentorship

  · ETL development and Mentoring/Training local Developers on how best to use the Tool;

  · Data Extraction from the different Sources using INFORMATICA PowerCenter 8.5 & 8.6;

  · Data Cleansing, Transformation, Error Handling, Data Quality, etc;

  · Loading Data into different or required Target System;

  · Assist with Exporting / Transformation and Loading (ETL) of data from a new data source.

Client Name: June 2007 – July 2008

Client Name: INVESTEC

Roles: ETL Development

Responsibilities:

  · ETL development using Informatica PowerCenter ver. 8.5 for BASEL11 - Data

Framework Project.

  · Data Extraction from the different Sources;

  · Data Cleansing, Transformation, Error Handling, Data Quality, etc;

  · Loading Data into different or required Target System.

Reason for Leaving: Offered a Permanent Position

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Company Name:

Position held:

Period:

Ulwazi Integrated Solutions

Business Intelligence Consultant

November 2005 – May 2007

Project: BASEL II

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Client Name: MTN SA

Roles: Data Modeling - CA Erwin Modeling tool.

  · Creating ETL processes to extract, transform and load Data for Systems within MTN using

INFORMATICA tool;

  · Designing the Critical Accounts Visio Diagram of all the systems within MTN – this allows

one to have an in depth understanding of how the systems interact with each other;

  · Reverse Engineering the MIS EDW Database Model using CA Erwin Modeling tool;

  · General Documentation.

Reason for Leaving: Company was not doing well – Stability.

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Company Name:

Position held:

Period:

Ecom Institute

Business Intelligence Consultant

January 2005 – October 2005

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  ·

Implementation of BUSINESS OBJECTS Web intelligence Versions 6.5.1 and XI;

  · Creating various Reports and universes using CRYSTAL REPORTS and BUSINESS

OBJECTS Reporting Systems;

  · Responsible for Internal Data warehouse methodology;

  · Provide input in prove of concept and pre-sales; and

  · General Client software support like Report enhancement, rebuilding stored procedures

using SQL 2000, etc.

Reason for Leaving: Interested in Back-end Development (ETL).

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Company Name:

Position held:

Period:

ACCENTURE (SA)

Programmer

February 2003 – December 2004

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Below are the projects I was involved in while at Accenture & the roles played.

Period: June 2003 – September 2003 & July 2004 – December 2004

Client Name: EDCON

Roles:

Project: POC: HR Business Intelligence

  · Technical resource responsible for Designing and building the HR data warehouse for

EDCON, which included: Database designing; Dimensional Modeling for the Data

warehouse; Creation of the fact tables; DTS Packages for ETL Process; Jobs creation and

scheduling; General DB performance optimization, Creation of indexes, DB backups and

taking monthly snapshots (Replication); Building Cubes using MDX and Microsoft

Analysis Server for Analysis using MICROSOFT SQL 2000 Server;

  · Creating Reports using ProClarity Reporting Tool.

Period: October 2003 – June 2004

Client Name: IEC

Roles:

Project: Elections ‘04 Data Warehouse

  · ETL related duties using Microsoft DTS packages. Extensively exposed to the Business

Intelligence, data warehousing environment for the preparation of the 2004 Elections;

  · All aspects of data warehousing including designing, Implementing and Managing the ETL

process; Creation of dimensional & fact tables, DTS reporting; Packages, building

Procedures and Cubes for Analysis, also using Cognos Power Play for Data Migrations, log

shipping and replicating the voter’s roll; Creating Testing Scripts, testing the system and

verifying results; and General Documentation.

Period:

February 2003 – May 2003

Client Name: ACCENTURE SPAIN

Roles:

Project: Management Fact Sheet

  · Creation of the Management Fact Sheet System for ACCENTURE (Spain). The system was

aimed at ensuring effective Management Assessment process. There were three of us

excluding the project manager. Responsible for coding other sections of the system using

the following technologies: VB.NET, ASP.NET, HTML, ACA.NET.

Reason for Leaving: Career Advancement

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Company Name:

Position held:

Period:

CASEY BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

Oracle Consultant

July 2001 – December 2001

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

My responsibility included the Development, implementation and maintenance of different Oracle

products; and encouraging clients to use Oracle product.

Reason for Leaving: Retrenchment

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Company Name:

Position held:

Period:

STATE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGENCY – SITA

Trainee Project Manager

September 2000 – April 2001

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  · Eastern Cape Department of Education’s Project manager. The project was aimed at

ensuring effective and secure network connectivity to rural and remote areas as to

effectively address the inefficiencies in the capability to serve and service delivery to those

communities via the Government’s WAN, which was managed by SITA.

Reason for Leaving: Contract expired.

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Company Name:

Position held:

Period:

KWETLISO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

Database Consultant

August 1998 – February 2000

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Below are the projects I was involved in while at Kwetliso & the roles played.

Client Name:

TRANSNET

Project Name: IT Auditing

Period:

April 1999 – August 1999

Roles:

  · Conducting interviews with different system representatives;

  · Documentation perusal, Quality assurance of Y2K User Requirements testing and making

audit recommendations for improvements.

Period: Oct 1998 – March 1999

Client Name: DEPT. OF FINANCE (JHB) & DEPT. OF HEALTH (PTA)

Project Name: Implementation & Maintenance of Oracle Financial Analyzer

Roles:

  · Creation of budget Worksheets using OFA System running on both Windows NT and UNIX

servers.

Reason for Leaving: Company Liquidated.

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Company Name:

Position held:

Period:

UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE

Tutor / PC Support Officer

February 1994 – January 1998

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  · Computer Literacy tutor in the Department of Computer Science at the University; and

  · Responsible for maintaining university staff Personal Computers – Administered by the

Computer Center.

Reason for Leaving: Part-time Job while studying

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REFERENCES

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