Engineer Software

Professional Profile

Decisive, action-oriented and result-focused professional with extensive

experience in the field of Data Architecture and Data Management.

Experience in data design and modeling of operational data bases and data

warehouses.

Accomplishments include:

. Designed a comprehensive Corporate Logical Model for XML

implementation for Sales Transactions HUB.

. Designed and developed various databases, data warehouses and data

marts for Telecommunications and Retail Industries.

. Proposed, developed, and maintained several Metadata Repositories for

various Data Warehouses.

Software Knowledge and Exposure

. Databases -Teradata, Oracle, DB2, MS SQL Server, Redbrick, MS Access

. Business Applications - Erwin, Embarcadero, Meta Integration, Rational

Rose, ClearQuest, ClearCase, MS Office, Adobe Acrobat, Lotus Notes,

Microsoft Visio, MS Project Management

. Programming - SQL, XML, .NET, C#, ColdFusion, FLASH, J2EE

Professional Background

KOHL'S Department Stores

10/2008 - present

Data Architect

Perform database design, data model development, data requirements

analysis, business needs interpretation, data architecture, provide

administration standards enforcement, and data modeling for various KOHL'S

IS Systems.

. Designed a comprehensive Corporate Logical Model that is used by the

Store Transaction Hub project team to create the Enterprise Sales

Message in form of XML Schema definition (XSD).

. Assisting in the data warehouse re-platform evaluation and variable

database applications.

. Document and provide data stewardship guidance; document standards for

business names and definitions.

. Perform Peer-data modeler review for various deployments.

. Interacting with Project Management and third party software to

facilitate the data requirements gathering and analysis.

. Identify problems at the data modeling design level and recommend

solutions to problems.

. Communicate and enforce data architecture/administration standards.

. Interact with IS in the correct use of data modeling technology.

. Interact with DBA's to ensure that the database designs are accurate

and performance issues are met.

. Maintain current data models and develop highly efficient database

designs.

. Create clear presentations to introduce IS on the proposed data

modeling design

. Communicate with development teams to ensure smooth implementation of

the database design.

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

2/2008 - 6/2008

Business Analyst

Worked on development and support team for the electronic Research

Administration (eRA). The eRA system provides information technology

solutions and support for the full life cycle of grants administration for

the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Operating Divisions of the

Department of Health and Human Services and other federal agencies. This

system is being upgraded to J2EE. Specific job responsibilities include:

. Performing business case assessment; conducting requirements gathering

sessions with stakeholders; documenting the scope of future systems,

defining use cases and supplementary specifications.

. Taking part in the development of an enterprise grant application

system and conversion of the NIH grants paper application process to a

web-based enterprise system.

. Analyzing, defining, and documenting user and system requirements and

features that include the use of a multi-server architecture and

various new interfaces with existing applications.

. Documenting current processes to analyze and propose requirements for

a new Web Service process.

Verizon Communications

1997 - 2007

Data Warehouse Architect

1999 - 2007

Participated in the: capture of data requirements, data flow diagrams, data

mapping, and modeling various transactional databases, data warehouses, and

data marts.

Managed a metadata repository project for the Enterprise Data Warehouse

department: supervised the work of purchased services; matrix five project

teams' application developers. Key activities entailed design and

development of the website, collaborating with staff and internal customers

during the project cycle, and ensuring that the project milestones and

delivery dates were met.

. Defined a metadata repository solution and provided an estimate of the

solution costs valued at approximately $1,000,000.

. Evaluated third-party business solutions software for the support of

metadata repositories and provided ongoing hardware, software and cost

analysis.

. Acted as a key player in development and continuous support of the

data warehouse, and metadata repository for new project phases:

utilized modeling, business analysis, and developer's skills.

Performed XML file transfer process.

Participated in data warehouse consolidation following merger of Chesapeake

and Potomac (C&P) and New York and New England (NYNEX) telecommunication

industries using modeling techniques. Proposed and developed metadata

repository; developed a web application, researched, assessed and

recommended techniques in providing metadata and enforcing standards.

. Using ColdFusion, developed a global metadata repository on INTRANET

that reduced the time to make changes to an existing warehouse as well

as shortened timeframes for the design and implementation of

consolidated warehouses.

. Implemented standard business naming, entity definitions, attribute

definitions and business rule specifications.

Database Modeler 1998

- 1999

Played a key role in the design and development of data warehouse modeling,

analysis and data stewardship; captured requirements and associated

business rules in the data warehouse models/marts; ensured that the data

was captured, defined and understood by various cross-functional teams.

. Served as the resident expert on data modeling techniques and industry

best practices.

. Supported the Marketing System Warehouse by developing logical and

physical database designs for the data warehouses and data marts.

. Worked with DBAs to develop a high-performance physical design to take

advantage of denormalization techniques to improve performance and

meet specific client requirements.

Software Engineer

1997 - 1998

Supported the full development life cycle of a new Customer Care Billing

system; was responsible for design, delivery and integration of Smalltalk

programs for billing customers.

HBOC's AMISYS SYSTEMS, 1995 -

1997

Software Engineer

Provided design, development, and maintenance of the AMISYS system

application software for Medical Managed Care System.

GANNETT OFFSET, Springfield, VA - Software Engineer

1993 - 1995

Software Engineer

Developed algorithms, evaluated performance and tuning of existing COBOL

batch programming modules using EASYTRIEVE +, COBOL, JCL, and GROUP1

Software for TELEMATCH Division.

Other Employment

TAGANSKY TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, Moscow, Russia 1982

- 1990

Team Leader for the Telephone District Group within the Engineering

1988 - 1990

Department

Directed staff and provided daily support for the Telephone Communication

Center:

. Facilitated problem detection and resolution among several divisions

of the organization.

. Responsible for daily operations, troubleshooting and counseling staff

regarding various system issues.

Electronics Engineer 1982 -

1988

Responsible for the maintenance of telecommunications electronic systems,

including trouble shooting of telephone switching equipment.

Education

MS, Electronics Communications Engineering. Moscow, Russia

AA, Computer Science. Coleman College, San Diego, CA

Awards

Nominee of the Verizon Excellence Award.

Recipient of the Amisys Outstanding Performance Award.

Recipient of the Tagansky Company Exceptional Employee Award.

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