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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, CO

Present BI Application Architect

Responsibilities:

Cognos Lead - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Lead a team of report developers in creating standardized reports for the Unified Case Management system
Cognos Lead - Transportation Security Administration
Conducted all phases of Cognos reporting from installation, configuration, to deployment
Cognos Team Lead - Army Career Tracker
Lead a team of three developers in creating cubes and reports in a Cognos 10.1 environment
Task Order Lead - Missile Defense Agency
Lead a team of four individuals through requirements, data acquisition, report development, and deployment

Confidential, CO

10/10 BI Administrator/Developer - Owner

Responsibilities:

Coordinated efforts in becoming a Cognos Consulting Partner
Extensive knowledge of the Cognos 8 platform (Framework Manager, Cognos Connection, Analysis Studio, Event Studio, Powerplay Studio, Query Studio, and Report Studio)
Extensive knowledge of the Cognos Series 7 platform (Impromptu, Powerplay, Transformer, Upfront, and Visualizer)
Create new reports for Market analysis
Replace legacy system reports with Cognos reports
Sub-contractor as the Cognos Administrator for the Data Warehouse project for TransFirst
Sub-contracted as a Cognos Administrator/Developer for the Data Warehouse project for the State of North Dakota
Provided Cognos training to Virginia Commonwealth University Health Services
Cognos Administrator/Developer for the BI Data Warehouse project
Migrated entire Cognos Series 7 environment to Cognos 8.3
Provided BI expertise for the ITWAA system
Integrated Cognos Series 7 products with GoogleEarth platform to provide near real-time presentation of FAA data
Provided Cognos training services to Data Warehouse team
Instrumental in helping Maverick Systems become a Cognos Solutions Provider
As a Cognos partner, provided Cognos consulting services for many clients on behalf of Cognos Corp.
Administered and maintained the Cognos BI reporting/analysis platform
Utilized Cognos products to present Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS) information to the United States Air Force
Promoted the use of the Cognos toolset within DFAS

Confidential, CO

Manager

Responsibilities:

Administered and maintained the Decision Support System’s BI reporting/analysis platform
Created Cognos Impromptu reports for the various business units, and made these reports available to the end users via the Cognos Upfront portal
Responsible for introducing Cognos Powerplay and Cognos Visualizer into the DSS toolset
Created and coordinated all internal Cognos training
Provided business solutions utilizing Cognos products
Performed custom installations of Cognos products
Installed/upgraded Cognos products for many customers, including single server and multi-server environments.
Utilized the Cognos Impromptu, Powerplay, and Query tools to meet reporting/analysis requirements for many customers.
Delivered on-site education for Architect, Impromptu Report Building, Advanced Impromptu Reporting, Impromptu Administration, Powerplay OLAP Data Modeling, Powerplay Data Exploration for Client, Powerplay Data Exploration for Web, Powerplay Enterprise Server Administration, and Visualizer.
Analyzed business intelligence environments and offered recommendations for implementation of future business intelligence projects for many customers.
Helped develop a data warehouse and datamart for an energy trading company. Developed and deployed a reporting environment against the datamart.
Cognos Certified in Impromptu, IWR, PowerPlay, and PPES.

Confidential, CO

Software Engineer/Application Architect

Responsibilities:

Cognos System Administrator responsible for maintaining application Catalog criteria, power cube builds, and user security on a Windows NT platform
Created Cognos PowerPlay reports that access the power cubes created from extracts from the Sales Compensation and Tracking System (SCATS) DB2 and FOCUS databases
Created Cognos Impromptu reports that access the SCATS DB2 and FOCUS databases
Utilized FOCUS to develop, enhance, and maintain the SCATS
DDTS System Administrator responsible for system stability, and general maintenance of the DDTS system on a HP-UX platform
Participated in establishing QMO processes within the SCATS group
Responsible for interfacing with external vendors for data being provided to the SCATS system
Created design specification documents regarding new reports and maintenance programs
Created unit and system test plans
Served as a sergeant supervising a maintenance crew
Trouble-shot, isolated, and repaired the AN/APQ 120 Radar System
Used various test equipment including: voltmeters, oscilloscopes, and ammeters
Use of technical orders and schematics in maintaining the AN/APQ 120 Radar System