SUMMARY:

• Technical leadership and expertise to implement top - tier BI reporting and ETL solutions that translates to measurable performance and project gains.
• Business operational understanding to link Business Intelligence operations and current technology for measurable financial gains.
• Intimately involved with delivering reliable, highly available, and high-performance reporting solutions necessary for business demands.
• Proven history of delivering cost effective, world-class solutions using industry standard processes and tools, utilizing leading edge technologies.
• Seasoned and experienced communicator with senior management and technical staff.
• Well versed in legal privacy, technology-risk, standards compliance, and framework issues.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Data Architect

Confidential - Charlotte, NC

Responsibilities:

• Interviewed business stakeholders, project managers, and developers to gather requirements on existing data flows, data integrity safeguards, entitlement management, availability and operational requirements.
• Developed data flow diagrams; performed data profiling; and designed physical, logical and conceptual data models, in order to facilitate the high-level and low-level integration of multiple systems into a federated, harmonized, and unified system of record.
• Designed solution blueprints to support the virtualization of federated key business elements.
• Integrated, harmonized, and reconciled product catalogs across disparate systems while accounting for data security, availability, service delivery, and master data management.
• Reverse engineered SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, and MySQL databases by leveraging tools including SAP PowerDesigner and Informatica.
• Collaborated with a team of technical architects and business stakeholders to deliver solution architecture artifacts, workflow management design, and business requirements documentation to facilitate high-level and low-level designs.

BI Consultant/Engineer

Confidential - Charlotte, NC.

Responsibilities:

• Architected, administered, configured, and maintained multiple business intelligence and big data products including Hadoop, DataStage, Cognos, and Tableau.
• Consulted on best practices in application management, data security, entitlement management, systems configuration, performance optimization, and software delivery.
• Collaborated with a team of Hadoop Impala/Hive/Pig developers and supported the Hadoop HDFS ecosystem.
• Developed server-side automation scripts to better assist a team of DataStage ETL developers.
• Improved client relations through robust report optimization, increased responsiveness, and collaboration on value-added initiatives.
• Optimized application reporting for best performance which improved end-user experience.
• Led Scrum meetings and participated in planning for our internal Agile team.

BI Application Engineer

Confidential - Charlotte, NC.

Responsibilities:

• Administered multiple BI applications and analytical tools including Tableau, MicroStrategy, Unica, SAS, and Cognos.
• Architected secure, high-availability, and disaster redundant solutions for BI applications across multiple data centers.
• Leveraged Composite, Oracle, and Netezza databases to design or augment data marts
• Assisted in user-report optimization, including designing MicroStrategy Intelligent cubes, report optimization, caching solutions, and job monitoring.
• Utilized Splunk and HP OpenView to monitor performance on Windows IIS servers and UNIX middle-tier servers.
• Coordinated with project managers on release management policies to support IT Service Delivery and provide stable releases for business demands.

Systems Infrastructure Engineer

Confidential - Austin, TX.

Responsibilities:

• Managed infrastructure on a global BI development team for building a custom .C# .Net, mission-critical BI reporting and ETL software suite.
• Architected reliable hardware solutions for BI and ETL solutions consuming data from an enterprise-wide, non-stop NeoView data warehouse.
• Managed code deployments, quality testing, defect tracking, and release planning for the global business intelligence internal applications.
• Optimized application performance and availability by applying best practices across application solutions for Citrix virtual environments, Window Services (WCF), SQL Server, and Windows IIS platforms.
• Assisted in retiring legacy applications to simplify process management and reduce operational cost as part of the HP IT transformation.
• Contributed to planning, cost-benefit analysis, and procurement planning for the global business intelligence organization.

BI Manager

Confidential - Fayetteville, AR.

Responsibilities:

• Liable for developing and enforcing a tactical plan to strictly ensure all data was safeguarded throughout the data lifecycle.
• Leveraged an advanced knowledge of the Cognos reporting toolset and data warehousing technologies to ensure that all reports are error-free and built to the specifications of the client.
• Coordinated the communication efforts between cross-functional teams for quality improvement and innovation in IT service delivery and customer relationship management.
• Collaborated with senior executives on IT and business strategy.
• Used Microsoft SharePoint for project planning, communication, and documentation.

BI Engineer

Confidential - Fayetteville, AR

Responsibilities:

• Utilize the Informatica toolset to coordinate the flow and integration of client data from a raw source format to a warehouse medium, management.
• Accountable for maintaining a legacy Audit, Balance, and Control utility through use of an integrated network of Informatica, Perl, Korn Shell, and Oracle databases
• Maintained constant communication with project managers, application developers, and other relevant parties to resolve all issues as rapidly as possible.

Software Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Constructed end user tools and applications using VB, COBOL, and various other programming languages.
• Worked with a cross-functional team to develop C/C++ tools to support the business.
• Administered and maintained a code base using CVS.
• Commissioned to resolve any critical issues and resolutions.