Data Management

Jacqueline Laver

**** ***** ***** *********, *** York, 11944

917-***-**** ablxum@r.postjobfree.com

www.plpartners.biz

A Senior IT professional with consistent success in the specification,

design, implementation, rollout and management of data and system

architectures. Extensive experience working with the seminal thinkers in

the evolution of data design and visual representation of data. Early

proponent and practitioner of Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, and

Metadata design and development. Recent projects have included designs

supporting Semantic Web applications through the use of Taxonomies and

small Ontologies. Breadth of Subject Matter Expertise acquired through

multi-industry project portfolio. Managed teams of data architects, data

base administrators, and application programmers that ranged in size from 2

to 50. Consistently brought in projects on time and within budget.

SKILLS

Data Architecture

. Entity Relationship Data Modeling

. Physical Data Modeling

. Dimensional Modeling

. UML

. Data Base Design and Development

. Data Warehouse Design and Development

. Meta Data Design and Development

. Taxonomy/Ontology Design and Development

Business Intelligence Architecture

. OLAP Design and Implementation

. Data Mining

Data Warehouse Architecture

. Star Schema

. Snowflake Schema

. Metadata Modeling

. ETL Design

. Thesaurus Design

. Data Marts

Business Process Architecture

. Data Flow Modeling

. Business Process Re-Engineering

. UML

Management and Team Building

. Recruiting and Mentoring Team Members

. Forging Close Alliances with Clients

. Successful Project Implementation and Rollout

Subject Matter Expertise

. Corporate Banking

. Healthcare

. Finance

. Insurance

. Energy

. Technology

. Litigation and Practice Management

. Accounting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Director of Data and Systems Architecture, P&L Partners, New York, NY, 2001-

Present

P & L Partners is a boutique consulting and software development firm

specializing in business intelligence and knowledge management solutions

for the financial services and healthcare communities.

Designed a Taxonomy/Ontology for New York Life Insurance to cover all

lines of business using the Unicorn Workbench.

Developed a data model using ER/Studio for the ITIL process for the data

centers at New York Life Insurance.

Customized the Oracle Financials data model for implementation at McKinsey

and Company.

Developed the data architecture using ER/Studio and SQL database for

semantic, content management system to aid in the training and performance

improvement of physicians. This was in collaboration with academic

physicians and researchers at Montefiore Medical Center and Mount Sinai

Hospital School of Medicine at Clinical Focus.

Created the data architecture in ER/Studio for a revolutionary home-based

telehealth monitoring system at Advanced Monitored Caregiving.

Developed and packaged a methodology for Corporate Performance Management

consisting of a data warehouse, ETL programs and metrics for OnDemand

Enterprises.

Chief architect on behalf of Mitratech to customize their claims management

package for Colonial Penn Insurance.

Lead several engagements to customize Mitratech's law practice management

package, TeamConnect.

Developed a data model using ER/Studio to support multi-dimensional

portfolio management for a commercial real estate firm.

Director of Research and Development for Analytic Applications,

Hummingbird, Toronto, Canada, 1999 - 2001

Hummingbird was a $250M (US) Toronto based global leader in integrated

Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions. Over 90% of Fortune 100

companies relied on Hummingbird to access, manage, analyze and collaborate

around structured and unstructured information.

In 1999 Hummingbird acquired Context Inc., of which Ms. Laver was co-

founder and CTO. The Context products and team became the foundation of the

Analytic Applications Division.

Managed and mentored 5 data architects.

Managed an engagement with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) to

customize Financial Frameworks for their Global Credit Risk Management

department.

Lead architect and manager for the expansion of Financial Frameworks to

include Market and Operational risk management.

Lead architect and manager for a data warehouse to support the TL-9000

quality standards in the telecommunications industry.

Lead architect for data models and databases to aid Quest Diagnostics in

recovering payments for orphan invoices. Designed fuzzy logic algorithms

to match invoices to patients and Insurers.

Co-founder/CTO, Context inc., New York, NY 1997-1999

Context, Inc. was a boutique consulting and software development firm that

specialized in risk management, profitability reporting and portfolio

management applications for the financial services industry.

Led the effort to design and develop Financial Frameworks, a "data

warehouse in-a-box" for the financial services industry integrated with an

Internet based front end, incorporating a robust packaged set of data

models, ETL logic and code, OLAP cubes and queries and reports. Business

functions supported included risk management, profitability analysis and

customer analysis and management. In 1999 Context was acquired by

Hummingbird Ltd.

Developed logical and physical data models for clients, including:

. JP Morgan

. McKinsey & Company

. Citibank

. NationsBank

Vice President/Senior Data Architect, Citigroup, New York, NY, 1994-1997

Developed a global data model for corporate banking that represented over

100 systems in 104 countries.

Managed a global team of data architects for the first credit risk

management data warehouse incorporating data from 104 countries, in 70

systems that supported updates every 8 hours. Trained and mentored by Bill

Inmon.

Managed a multi-vendor partnership that included Cognos for BI, Prism for

ETL, and ERWin for Data Modeling to fully support the global credit risk

business users.

Manager of Data Architecture Practice, Costello & Associates, Boston, MA,

1992-1994

Developed data models for clients including:

. Stride Rite

. Arbella Insurance

. Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts

. Bank of Boston

. Boston Edison

Responsible for training, mentoring and supervising a team of 15 data

architects.

Consulting Product Manager, Bachman Information Systems, Boston, MA, 1987-

1992

Bachman Information Systems was founded by Charlie Bachman in 1986 to

develop and market a complete line of integrated data and database modeling

tools. IBM held an equity position in Bachman which was a prominent player

in the introduction and development of their Data Warehousing initiative.

It was a $30M organization that merged with Cadre to form Cayenne Software

in 1996. It was subsequently purchased by CA and merged with ERWin to

create the current generation of the tool set.

Joined Charlie Bachman when he left Cullinet to pursue the development of

more sophisticated data modeling techniques in a software tool that would

provide expert systems technology to improve and elevate the ultimate

design of databases to meet both business and technical requirements.

Developed product requirements for multiple releases of the Bachman Data

Analyst, DB2 DBA, and IDMS DBA.

Developed product requirements with Chris Gane and Trish Sarson, for an

integrated process modeling tool to complete the marriage of data and the

use of data to support business requirements specification.

Developed and led training sessions in Entity Relationship Data Modeling,

the Bachman Methodology, and tool mechanics for Bachman customers and IBM

consulting staff members.

Represented Bachman at industry shows, analyst presentations, and venture

capital fund raising rounds,

Provided consulting services to numerous clients in support of both data

and process modeling projects including:

. AT&T

. Citibank

. IBM

. Goldman Sachs

. Prudential

Database Administrator/Senior Consultant, Cullinet, Boston, MA, 1980-1987

Cullinet provided the opportunity to work with Charlie Bachman, creator of

the first commercially available corporate database management system, to

use his technique to create abstract, business oriented representations of

database structures, The Bachman Diagram.

Designed, developed and administered multiple database environments used as

the platform for Cullinet application suites including integrated financial

and manufacturing packages.

Provided data base design, performance, and tuning services to Cullinet

customers as a member of the consulting group.

Conducted training courses in database design at the Cullinet Education

Center.

Senior Systems Analyst/Database Administrator, LTV Steel, Pittsburgh, PA,

1977-1980

Developed requirements for an IMS-based integrated accounts payable,

accounts receivable and traffic control system. Authored user manuals and

training courses. Provided rollout support across the company including

onsite training and technical support at all locations.

Taxonomist/Database Administrator, Informatics, Washington, D.C., 1974-1977

Designed taxonomies and databases to support the analysis and retrieval of

documentation used in large-scale corporate litigation that involved

contact and product liability law in industries that include energy,

manufacturing, and construction.

Technology

Data Modeling Tools: ERWin, Rational, Visio, Embarcadero ER/Studio,

Rational Rose/Rational Architect

OLAP/Reporting Tools: Cognos, Essbase, BI/Suite, Business

Objects

ETL Tools: Genio, PRISM, Informatica, Cognos, Ab Initio

Databases and File Structures: SQL Server, DB2, Oracle,

Sybase, Teradata, Access, Informix, IDMS, IMS,

ADR, IDS, VSAM, ISAM

Methodologies: Inmon, Kimball, Bachman, JAD, RAD, UML,

SOA

Ontology/Taxonomy Development: RDF, OWL Unicorn Workbench

Office Suites and Tools: MS FrontPage, MS Office, MS

Project, MS Publisher, Adobe Photoshop Elements.

Adobe Framemaker, Adobe Captivate, Adobe RoboHelp

Industry Initiatives and Standards: W3C, ISO, ITIL, ACORD, BASEL II,

HIPAA, UML

Operating Systems and Middleware: Windows

95/98/2000/NT/XP; MVS, VM, DOS, UNIX, OS/2,

iPlanet, MS IIS, VM Ware, MQ Series

Programming Languages: SQL, COBOL, Assembler, HTML, JCL,

VB, C#

Hardware: IBM, HP, Sun, NCR, Teradata, Compaq

EDUCATION

University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA

B.A., Political Science

Brooklyn College; Brooklyn, NY

Certificate in Technical Writing - Candidate

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