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Santhosh Kumar
Email: abnsag@r.postjobfree.com
Education Master of Science in Information Systems
Texas A & M International University, Laredo, Texas
Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communication Engineering
Jawaharlal Technological University, Hyderabad, India
Technical Skills
ETL Tools Informatica Power Center 8.1.1/7.x, Informatica Designer, Workflow Manager,
Workflow Monitor
Data Modeling Tools Erwin 4.x/3.x, MS Visio
Reporting Tools Cognos 8, Cognos Reportnet 1.1, Cognos Impromptu 7.1, Business Objects XI R2
Databases Oracle 10g/9i, SQL Server, Ms-Access
SQL Loading Tool SQL *Loader (oracle)
Languages SQL, PL/SQL, ASP.Net, C#, VB.Net, C, C++, HTML, VHDL
Web Technologies Java Script, HTML
Operating Systems Windows 7/Vista, XP, 2000, 98, Ms-Dos, UNIX
Others MS-Office, Dream weaver, Fire works, TOAD
Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Texas A & M International University, Laredo Sep 2007 – Dec 2007
Taught UNIV 1101 for Undergraduate students focused on exploring library website and resources
Graduate Assistant, Texas A & M University, Corpus Christi Apr 2007 – Aug 2007
Developed and enhanced Library web site using Dream weaver, Fireworks, Java script and HTML.
(http://rattler.tamucc.edu)
Provided technical assistance for library systems
Addressed & resolved patron concerns regarding systems, online access, remote access, hardware
and software queries
Projects
CTS, North Carolina Sep 2008 – Dec 2008
Role: Cognos Developer
Description: CTS is an IT consulting and software development services in diverse areas. The project was
aimed at making a data-warehousing system out of life insurance customers having different health
insurance policies and generating the reports according to the business requirements using the Cognos
Responsibilities:
Involved in gathering and analyzing Business requirements.
Performed Metadata Modeling using the Cognos 8 Framework Manager and published
the packages
Involved in creation of advanced reports using Report Studio
Developed list reports, cross tab reports, chart reports, reports with multiple prompts, cascading
prompts and Filters
Created complex reports such as dashboard reports, master detail reports, drill through reports.
Creating multi-lingual reports and bursting reports in Report Studio
Generated multidimensional Cube in Power Play Transformer
Worked on Power Play cube partitioning to improve performance
Integrated Cognos Power Play cubes and Reports with Cognos Connection
Used Cognos Connection for organizing, security, scheduling and distributing reports.
Trained users on navigation and creating simple reports in query studio
Environment: Cognos 8(Report Studio, Query Studio, Analysis Studio, Cognos Connection) Framework
Manager, Oracle10g, Microsoft Access, Cognos Scheduler, Windows XP.
Texas A & M International University, Laredo, US Jan 2008 – Apr 2008
Project Name: Data Modeling & Report Generation
Description: The objective of this project is to analyze the data from the given data source (User dataset,
Movies data set, Ratings data set) to generate reports based on user requirements. Goal was to create a
centralized reporting capability for users to perform different kinds of reports on different perspectives. It
is designed to provide accurate information for users.
Responsibilities:
Involved in the entire project life cycle from Evaluation, Design, Development and deployment of
end-user reports.
Developed Framework Manager Models to import the data from data sources, specified the
overall relational data architecture (metadata) and generated packages of various subject areas,
to be published onto a Cognos Connection.
Used Report Studio and Query Studio to develop various types of reports like list reports of user
information, cross-tab reports, and charts/graphs to track the sales performance of geographical
regions over various periods of time, master-detail, and drill-through reports.
Included Table of Contents and Bookmarks in the reports to make it user friendly and enhance the
accessibility of contents. Created Prompts, Calculations, Conditions, Filters and other Metadata
objects using framework manager.
Developed prompt pages and cascaded input prompts to filter reports on user specified criteria.
Involved in testing, debugging and documentation
Environment: Cognos 8, Framework Manager, Oracle 9i, Windows XP.
Texas A & M International University, Laredo, US Sep 2007- Dec 2007
Project Name: Order Management System
Description: The goal of this project is to develop order management software for a small grocery store.
It stores all the orders placed by the customer in SQL Server database. Manager and Employer have
different login privileges. Manager login has ability to add or delete an employee details. It retrieves the
data upon Query by employer.
Responsibilities:
Front End:
The login form consists of the username and password field where the employer can sign into his
own page.
Every employer has his own page customized according to the login. He can take the orders of the
customers, can view the placed orders of a customer, add new customers to the system, can view
all products available, add the newly arrived products and had ability to update the product
details. He can also edit the placed order.
If the customer has to place an order, the customer number is taken which is unique and all the
products (listed as drop down box) he needed are noted down. Each order is given a unique order
number. The date when the order was taken and when is it to be delivered is also taken
The order once placed can be modified by having the customer number.
Backend:
Created a normalized ER database to store Employees, Customers, Products and Order details
information
Created Stored Procedures and user defined functions.
Environment: VB.Net, SQL Server2000, Windows XP, Visual Studio 2003, HTML.
iLogic Technologies, Hyderabad Sep 2006 - Dec 2006
Role: Cognos Developer
Data was stored in Excel files and users had their own way to do the calculations, which lead to different
results and hence invite some error. Cognos was the reporting solution for this. Created cubes from the
Excel files and reports were built in Impromptu and distributed among the organization.
Responsibilities:
Created user classes, catalog prompts conditions, filters and calculations
Optimized the catalog by using database interaction, client/server balancing, database functions,
table weighting and governors settings
Set up drill through to Cognos Impromptu Report
Created a number of multi drillable, cross tab and sub reports
Used Cognos Scheduler to scheduler to schedule various reports
Created the model definition
Used the incremental update strategy for the cube
Performance tuning of power cubes to reduce the calculation time and partitioned cubes
Environment: Cognos Impromptu Administrator, Cognos Transformer, Cognos Scheduler, SQL and
Windows NT
iLogic Technologies, Hyderabad, INDIA May 2006 – Aug 2006
Role: Informatica Developer
Description: This application is for planning, maintaining and performance evaluation of employee’s
activities. The System keeps track of total man-hours spent at different levels, allows estimating overall
cost of project and individual contribution for a given period. The System allows the employees to report
their time and keep track of their allocated tasks, available/utilized hours. The managerial staff can use the
system to allocate resources to projects and can generate Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly Reports.
Responsibilities:
Involved in customer relationship, facilitation, organization, and problem solving skills.
Developed Type 1 and Type 2 mappings in Informatica
Designed and developed various mappings in mapping designer and sessions and workflows in
workflow manager to extract data from Oracle and flat files
Created and Modified ETL mappings
Developed and documented the full ETL process
Executed the SQL queries by using Toad exclusively.
Worked on code review and unit testing of the mappings
Used workflow monitor to tasks and performance
Prepared Test plans and Test review documents.
Environment: Informatica Power Center 7.1, Oracle, Window 2000 Server, TOAD.
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Hyderabad, India Jan 2006 – April 2006
Role: Developer
Description: Authentication of employees by using ID and PASSWORD include both Software and
Hardware. The software code is programmed by using the simulator tool “KEIL UV2” and burnt in to the
AT89c51 microcontroller IC. For the purpose of burning the code into the chip we have designed the
EEPROM Burner .In the next method we have used the concept of Digital image and signal processing .The
software code is written in MATLAB and Code Composer Studio (CCS) Environment.
Responsibilities:
Designed EEPROM burner for the purpose of burning the code into the chip
Written code in Matlab.
Environment: Matlab, Code Composer Studio, Windows XP
Leadership Skills
Served as a President for ISAT (Indian Students Association at TAMIU)
Organized Software Freedom Day, a national level technical seminar on open source and free
software
Organized Seminars to form GNU LINUX user group
Personal Traits
Strong Quantitative and Analytical Skills
Strong Communication and Organizational Skills
Ability to function in a fast paced environment
Ability to work in team as well as independently
Fluent in English, Hindi and Telugu