Lana S. Kovacs
Freeburg, Il ***43
618-***-****, Cell 618-***-****
********@*******.***
OBJECTIVE
Experienced Data Architect, Modeler, and business analyst with more than 16
years data centric experience defining, developing, implementing, and
maintaining enterprise architectures for commercial and Federal Customers,
extensive financial experience, seeking to leverage background.
EDUCATION Information Technology, B.S., September 2003
University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
A.A.S. Information Technology,
Minor Accounting
Southwestern Illinois
College, Belleville, IL
2005: Certified Information System Auditor (CISA)
2005: Siebel Analytics Server Architect
2005: Siebel Analytics Overview
2005: JD Edward's One World
2005: Siebel Analytics Data Warehouse Developer
2004: Oracle 10G Administration
ADITIONAL INFORMATION - Top/Secret Security
Clearance
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
. Business Technology Analyst for U.S. Bank, with 2 years experience
performing data architecture, application architecture lead, data
conversion, and business requirements lead roles for the compliance
and mortgage loan subject areas. I have proven track record of
tactical planning skills for achieving specified goals for U.S. Bank.
. 10 years Data conversion and system integration between cross platform
architectures, databases, and SAP, JD Edwards, Lawson ERP systems.
Includes midrange, desktop, and mainframe experience.
. IT consultant with 16 years experience consulting with companies such
as AT & T, Humana, Navisys, Maritz, Monsanto, Ralcorp, Magna Bank,
Wells Fargo Advisor's and the U.S. Government.
. Well rounded background in several business sectors including
Accounting, Finance, Investment Management, Trust, Insurance, Real
Estate, Consumer Products, Telecom, and Government.
. Excellent business analysis, requirements definition, and analytical
skills with a strong desire to achieve specified goals. JAD,
waterfall, iterative methodologies.
. 10 years data modeling and data architecture experience including
logical, physical, dimensional, transactional, IDEF1x, IE, and
Star/Snowflake schema definition. Allfusion ErWin, Rational XDE, and
Visio toolsets. Strong SQL skills.
. 16 years DataBase experience using Oracle, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server,
Sybase, MS Access, VSAM and associated toolsets.
. 6 years Data Warehouse experience using Oracle Warehouse Builder,
Siebel Analytics Data Warehouse Builder, PL/SQL, UNIX Shell Scripting
ETL toolsets
02/2010 - Present PROJECT HIRE FOR IT Consulting Companies, St. Louis,
MO
. Data Architect for Brokerage Data Warehouse (BDW) department of labor
(DOL) Project for 5500C compliance of brokerage fee and expense
reporting. Analyzed existing warehouse data structures, warehouse
data, Thompson BETA source system structures, business requirements,
and DOL specifications. Developed an ErWin 7.3 IDEF1x Star conceptual
model, logical model and (assigned) physical (DB2 UDB) data model
entities to meet the data reporting requirements of DOL and integrated
BDW design. Made recommendations for division of physical model work
between architecture team in order to meet aggressive project time
lines. Facilitated JAD sessions for data architecture team, data
analysts, ETL team, and reporting lead. Documented source system and
process loads and transformations for ETL load of tables. Provided
business use cases and examples of data to aid in understanding of
data and processes.
. Data Architect and business analyst for BDW Property/Lease conversion
to SAP interface.
08/2007 - 02/2010 U.S. Bank St. Louis, Mo
. Lead Architect for Acquired Asset Accounting (ALIAS) vendor fork lift
project and Long Term Solution replacement. Prepared Arch 1 review
material, Arch 2 Waiver, and Information Security Exception Request
and collaborated with U.S. Bank infrastructure technology groups and
Vendor technology groups to achieve aggressive project deadlines for
the vendor fork lift project. After the system was integrated into the
U.S. Bank infrastructure, performed a detailed analysis of SQL Server
2005 data structures, scripts, and SSIS packages to understand the
operational aspects of the ALIAS system. Documented the Alias data
base using ErWin 7.3. Made architectural recommendations for bringing
the system into compliance with U.S. Bank infrastructure standards.
. Data Architect for Mortgage Office of Controller of the Currency Data
Collection (OCC) Project for Loss Mitigation Loan-Level Data
Collection. Gathered requirements from business line and development
team to develop an ErWin 7.2 logical and physical (Oracle 9i) data
warehouse model to meet the data extraction requirements of McDash
Analytics, a third party service provider of U.S. Bank mortgage.
Generated the physical database DDL.
. Data architect responsible for upgrade of EIS data models from ErWin
4.5 to ErWin 7.2 and 7.3.
. Data architect assigned to Meta Data Management development project.
Participated in team walkthroughs of metadata flows for ATM, EDW, IDW,
data warehouses and CAR OLTP application. Implemented the use of
importing Cobol mainframe copybooks into Erwin for source data to
improve productivity by eliminating the need to redundantly code
entity definitions. Implemented the use of data definitions within the
ERwin model to streamline processes related to the use of multiple
spreadsheets for metadata. Used Erwin as the centralized data
repository for OCC metadata in preparation for Metadata enhancement
project and ODBC features in Erwin 7.3. Tested export of Erwin
metadata to spreadsheets for backup process in case the Metadata
project design required only spreadsheets. Developed the Glossary of
Terminology document which defined definitions for the team to use in
development of the Meta Data Management Application (defined business
rule, default value, edit rule, validation rule, transformation rule,
lookup rule, error rule, etc).
. Data Architect responsible for design of Centralized Application
Respository (CAR) for GLBA, PCI, and SOXS compliance project. Gathered
requirements and created application Functional and Non-Functional
requirements documents, Solution Architect, Business Rules and Use
Case documents. Responsible for development of ErWin 4.5 logical and
physical data model for Sql Server 2005 and facilitation of data model
walkthroughs. Generated the physical database DDL. Consultant for data
analyst team converting data from spreadsheets to CAR Sql Server 2005.
. As a member of the Business Architecture team, best practice
consultant in design meetings for the Integrated Data Warehouse (IDW)
DB2 and Informatica ETL implementation.
. Significant contributor to GLBA, PCI, and SOXS compliance project for
CAR and Archer applications. Requirements lead and data architect for
CAR, wrote architecture and design documents, communicated technical,
vision, and design objectives to management.
. Consultant responsible for analysis of source system repositories for
conversion into a consolidated centralized application inventory (CAR)
database. Analyzed OPAS (change management Oracle DB), LCM
(workstation configuration management SQL Server DB), SID(mid-tier
configuration management SQL Server DB), Risk Navigator(SOXS
compliance SQL Server DB), and Athens(GLBA and PCI compliance SQL
Server DB) databases. Created a source data findings document which
document the analysis of the source system repositories and provided
best practice recommendations for the conversion of the five databases
into a centralized database. Created data mapping documents to map
desperate sources to a uniform format. Converted data from source
systems to spreadsheet format so business units could analyze the
data.
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS (Prior to U.S. Bank)
04/1993 - 08/2007 PROJECT HIRE FOR IT Consulting Companies, St. Louis,
MO
. Data Architect responsible for requirements, analysis, design,
development, and documentation of an Oracle 10g finance and sales data
warehouse (DW), the data standards, and the metadata repository.
o Gathered requirements by interviewing subject matter experts and
data analysis of JD Edward's, Siebel Analytics, CARS, IMS
subscription service, Sales Logic, EDI, and Microsoft (MS) Excel
program workflow, OLTP data structures, and interfaces. Utilized
Oracle 9i UNIX scripts, PL/SQL, SQL*Plus, TOAD, and MS SQL
Server 2000 DTS services to analyze existing data structures.
o Transformed financial and sales business requirements into ETL
and DW design specifications using Allfusion process models,
Rational business use cases, MS Visio data flow diagrams, ErWin
IDEF1x dimensional warehouse and ODS normalized logical and
physical data models.
o Developed the data naming standards for the ODS, warehouse, and
metadata data stores.
. Data Architect responsible for requirements, analysis, design,
development, documentation, and Web application prototype build of the
Oracle 9i inventory, productivity metrics, and resource utilization
data warehouse (DW) for IT infrastructure assets. Project goal was to
merge 4 separate applications maintained by the Database Services, MID
Range Server Infrastructure, Windows Server Infrastructure, and
Capacity Planning groups that would provide metrics and resource
utilization statistics to executive management.
o Determined business objectives and conducted interviews with
subject matter experts to develop and document business
processes and requirements using RUP- Rational XDE UML use cases
and activity diagrams. Analyzed existing OLTP source system
databases, interfaces, and data patterns utilizing UNIX scripts,
PL/SQL, SQL*Plus, TOAD, and MS EXCEL. Developed MS Word
requirements document that included requirements for inventory
asset types of databases (Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, DB2/UDB,
Sybase, Informix, and IMS) and Servers (SUN, AIX, IBM, Intel).
o Designed and implemented the logical and physical database model
and architecture using ErWin IDEF1x modeling and Oracle 9i & 10g
running under Red Hat Linux. Facilitated group data model
discussion (JAD) sessions with local and remote users thru the
use of NetMeeting.
o Designed ETL processes and data mappings for the load of the
data warehouse and the metadata repository.
o Designed and developed a thin client web based application
prototype using JAVA 1.4.2 and Websphere Application Developer
Studio (WSAD) 5.1.1.1. Interfaced to Business Objects 6.
Configured and customized WSAD with the STRUTS1.1 framework and
XML object-relational bridge. Developed the J2EE application
prototype based on STRUTS model-view-controller design pattern
using Java Server Pages (JSP's), dynamic forms, JavaBeans,
tiles, STRUTS validation framework, and Oracle triggers and
materialized views.
. Data Architect responsible for requirements, analysis, and design of
US Transportation system / supply chain commercial interface database
in support of US government GTN-21 contract. Gathered requirements,
analyzed, mapped, and normalized commercial interface data from EDI
214 and 315 transaction sets. Designed the logical and physical
Oracle database using ErWin IDEF1x modeling and Oracle 8i.
. Data Architect responsible for support of the finance OLTP logical
data model for the ACIFICS contract. Researched Oracle Developer/2000
forms, Oracle packages, and PL/SQL code to develop UML use cases to
support the financial requirements needed for the defense enterprise
accounting and management system (DEAMS) project. Represented the Air
Mobility Command for the ACIFICS contract in the government data
standardization project.
. SAP Data Warehouse Architect/Developer responsible for design,
development, and implementation of an Oracle 8i dimensional data
warehouse, data extraction from SAP, and propagation to world wide
data marts for FI and CO SAP financial subject areas. Primary
responsibilities included business area requirements definition, ErWin
IE model design, Oracle replication design, and coding of Oracle
snapshots, triggers, views, PL/SQL functions, and procedures using
SQL*Plus, SQL*Loader, and TOAD tools. Planned and executed unit,
system, and integration tests.
. Data Architect responsible for evaluation and implementation of
Sungard Enterprise Accounting System (EAS) configured with MS SQL
Server 7.0. Documented existing legacy AS400 and mainframe financial
systems. Modeled financial accounting, receivables, and payables
classes of data and business processes using Rational Rose UML use
cases, class, and object diagrams. Mapped legacy data elements to EAS
SQL Server data architecture. Designed reusable components for
standard import and export interfaces.
. Data Architect/ Developer for physician prescription
prescribing/patient usage decision support DB2 data warehouse (DW).
Performed logical and physical database design, designed and developed
conversion programs to transform, cleanse data from a Tandem CPU to
MVS DB2. Evaluated BI query tools to be used for the data warehouse,
implemented COGNOS Impromptu as the enterprise BI toolset.
. DBA responsible for new database development efforts for the
government commercial air flight contracting system (COINS).
o Generated the UNIX Oracle 8i physical database structure using
ErWin and established foreign key relationships, referential
integrity constraints, and primary keys in the logical and
physical data model.
o Wrote database triggers, stored procedures, views, and
additional Unix Shell scripts to support development efforts and
definition of database objects.
o Mentored junior DBA and developers and held data modeling
sessions on the new database structures for the JAVA J2EE
development efforts. Participated in development of JAVA
servlets and tuned all SQL used in the development of the
project.
. DBA responsible for data conversion of legacy unnormalized COINS
Oracle 8i database to the new normalized database structure. Wrote
testing plan and developed CVS code repository. Using SQL*Plus and
TOAD, wrote PL/SQL scripts to transform and convert the legacy
database.
. Developer responsible for data conversion of a Sybase 11 customer
relationship management (CRM) database to MS SQL Server 8.0. Developed
test plan and testing approach. Converted Sybase stored procedures
and scripts to Microsoft standards. Tested, conducted performance
analysis, tuning, and test results reporting.
. Developer responsible for migration and upgrade of Lawson 7.x UNIX
financials to Lawson 8.x. Developed design documents from
requirements provided by the business analyst. Designed and coded
159 Oracle 8i table enhancements using Lawson utilities, PL/SQL,
SQL*PLUS, and TOAD. Established Oracle database links between the
production and test Oracle instances. As part of a team, upgraded the
Lawson 7.x Microfocus Cobol programs to incorporate the Lawson 8.x
table and business logic changes.
. Converted and upgraded Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB) 10g product and
metadata to version 10.2.3. Designed, constructed, converted, tested,
and implemented accounting and budget OWB ETL processes and data
mappings under 10.2.3.
. Developer responsible for data conversion of Lawson 8 account code
structure from the existing GAC account code structure to SAP FI for
integration with AB enterprise initiative. Created data mapping, data
flow, and code source trace specifications utilizing Microsoft Visio.
Converted the data utilized by the Lawson system and the interface to
SAP using PL/SQL functions, stored procedures, and Oracle SQL*Loader.
Coded UNIX scripts for execution of table conversion through the
Lawson job scheduler.
. Database developer/Analyst responsible for reengineering the database
design of a Sybase 11 investment management database configured with a
2-tier PowerBuilder 6.0 application running on Windows NT. Documented
existing database and application by reverse engineering the existing
data model and analyzing the PowerBuilder code, process flows, Sybase
tables and stored procedures, data relationships, and calculations.
Developed Rational Rose UML use cases and a data dictionary.
Redesigned the data structures to incorporate requirements for
multiple product fund management, flexible formula calculations, and
transaction tolerance checks. Planned and executed unit and system
tests.
. Database developer responsible for Oracle Consumer Products data
conversion and interface to Oracle Financials. Gathered requirements
by analyzing C code to determine embedded Oracle 7 referential
integrity constraints. Performed data analysis on customer, product,
price, promotion, broker, orders, and invoice data structures.
Developed data conversion document defining data transformations, data
cleansing, and data mapping for load of DB2 legacy tables to Oracle 7
tables. Performed product evaluation and selection of Seque QaPartner
regression testing tool to be used for loading legacy data ported to
UNIX platform via Information Builders EDA/SQL Enterprise Copy Manager
(Webfocus).
. Business Analyst/Developer for EDI X12 Standard transaction sets 810,
811, 820, 850, 856, 860, and 861.Gathered requirements by interviewing
subject matter experts from federal agencies and the TELCOM industry.
Conducted data SQL query analysis of Oracle, Supra V2, and DB2
databases. Developed transaction sets for invoicing, shipping,
receiving, purchasing, and payables. Wrote Visual Basic GUI's and
Oracle scripts to translate EDI transmission files and load Oracle 7
databases.