SUMMARY:

Project Management professional with over twenty years of experience in providing Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence solutions. Expert in managing and performing in Information Systems, Business Intelligence, and Data Warehouse Management efforts. Extensive experience in the design, testing, and implementation of Large Scale (VLDB’s) Multi - Million Dollar Data Warehouse projects for Fortune 500 Clients.

EXPERTISE AREA:

• Project Management
• Data Warehouse Management
• Process Management
• BI Data Warehouse SME
• Metadata Management
• Program Management
• Resource Management
• Quality Assurance
• SDLC
• Data Governance/MDM
• Business Process Reengineering
• Hardware Engineering
• Software Methodologies
• Change Control Process
• Business Analysis

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr. IT Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided stakeholders with project status and outlook for success, and recommend project improvements
• Recommended Master Data Management processes and procedures to be implemented
• Facilitated data council meetings and recommended data standards and process improvements to ensure data integrity
• Lead, controlled and managed the Data Standards under the governance of the Data Steering Committee
• Responsible for capturing and understanding the data needs of the enterprise and make the data optimally available
• Mapped organization's objectives and provided recommendations to shape a data governance program
• Introduced a standardized and structured business approach with clear policies, procedures, roles and responsibilities
• Assessed opportunities for delivery of best practice solutions in the support of the Data Strategy across multiple business units
• Analyzed the data needs of organizations and prioritized the design and delivery of the new and/or modified data management process and procedures
• Defined and delivered business cases for key data initiatives specifically in relation to technological delivery of MDM and Data Quality Tools

Program Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead the EDW team in major projects, development and support
• Performed project oversight for independent review and analysis
• Applied project management knowledge and expertise to gauge system performance and assess risk
• Provided stakeholders with project status and outlook for success, and recommend project improvements
• Prepared $8.2M departmental budget for Data Warehouse Dept. Included Data Warehouse operations, existing projects, facilities, and new organizational changes
• Co-developed root cause analysis process to get beyond symptoms of mission critical services
• Identified underlying source of problems. Recommended solutions that were approved by CFO/CIO, successfully implemented, and highly effective
• Involved in corporate HQ project planning, architecture, and design for Global Dashboard Reporting
• Interacted with the business users, Analysts, Data Warehouse Developers on major projects
• Active member of Enterprise Change Control Advisory Board that established and implemented a change review process for new technology and application changes affecting production systems
• Proficient in understanding business processes/requirements and translating them into technical requirements
• Developed best design concepts of Data Warehouses and data base to meet BI solutions
• Perform investigations and made appropriate suggestions on various services to meet the Data Warehouse development efforts.
• Managed the tasks of directing, organizing and leading projects, as well as in the implementation of new BI software tools and systems
• Responsible for evaluating and selecting database/data warehouse components like ETL software, reporting tools, relational database management systems, and database design solutions
• Proficient in building BI environments according to specifications. In-depth knowledge of relational database structures, theories, principles and practices

Sr. Business Intelligence/Data Warehouse Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked with the initial project team (i.e., IBM Tiger Team) to put together a $20 Million solution documented proposal for the client.
• Defined and documented high level requirements for the Confidential Data Warehouse.
• Responsibilities included delivering a solution strategy with an implementation road map for the Data Warehouse, including enforcement of (MDM) Master Data Management for the clients Finance & HR functions.
• Additional responsibilities included leading a Data Warehouse team to provide the Reporting/BI Strategy in the implementation process as the single of contact for this function.
• The front end solution included MicroStrategy implementation.

Sr. Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Functioned as both Project Manager and Senior Data Warehouse Consultant (SME) on a 7.5M project pertaining to the migration from the existing Confidential Data Warehouse and ODS to a new Confidential data platform. Lead the Data Warehouse team in research and analysis of migrating the existing ODS/DW to the new environment.
• Tasks included analysis of the client’s data, ETL's, applications, reports, and processes from the previous environment, and implementing into the new Confidential Data Warehouse.
• After successful migration of the new Data Warehouse completed, provided the Data Warehouse team with specific recommendations in migrating several additional Oracle environments in the ODS to the new Confidential environment. Successfully implemented recommendations, retired several existing applications in the ODS, and saved the client a significant amount by implementing the solutions.

Sr. Business Analyst/Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed a team on several various Data Warehouse projects. Responsibilities included managing and tasking team members, defining and analyzing business requirements, developing and implementing ETL feeds, as well as designing new features for Confidential large scale Data Warehouses.
• Tasks include reviewing the data model structures, gathering data requirements, and defining/building BI reporting using Business Objects and Micro Strategy.
• Additional responsibilities included developing new business processes and integrating the new processes into the existing Data Warehouse, as well as providing the organization proposed strategic direction for future implementation pertaining to the Data Warehouse. Clients included USDA, FIMA, and Telecomm.

Sr. Business Analyst/Project Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead a Multi-Million Dollar Confidential Data Warehouse project analyzing, developing and implementing the ETL’s feeding into a Large Scale (VLDB) Confidential Data Warehouse. Responsibilities include project manager tasking team members to develop and implement procedures for large scale Terabyte Databases using Confidential .
• Tasks included reviewing the data model structures using ERWIN, developing new ETL procedures using PL/SQL.
• Additional responsibilities included project scheduling team activities, developing new business processes and integrating those processes into the existing Data Warehouse.
• Also provided proposed recommendation on strategic direction for future implementations pertaining to the Data Warehouse.
• Front end reporting tool included MicroStrategy.