Summary
Accomplished IT professional, MBA with successful track record in designing
and deploying end-to-end enterprise solutions, business and IT requirements
gathering and business process management. Architecting end-to-end data
analytics and business intelligence solution implementation along with
working experience in enterprise architecture, proof of concept, gap
analysis, system capacity planning, applications/system DR assessment and
planning. Dedicated individual and team player with a unique blend of
expertise in functional, technical, infrastructure planning and setup,
integration and project management. Specific expertise in:
Strategic IT Planning Enterprise Solution Architecture
Business Intelligence Certified Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Data Warehouse Certified
Enterprise Architecture - TOGAF Project Management
Architecture Data Design & Modeling
Education
M.B.A - Strategic Management, Davenport University, Grand Rapids, Michigan
B.S. - Electronics Engineering, ITT Technical College, Denver, Colorado
Certifications: Training:
DW 2.0 Data Warehouse Architect TOGAF - Enterprise Architecture
Certified - Oracle OBIEE, Essbase, HFM
Bill Inman IT Planning and Problem Solving
Business Intelligence Certified ETL - Informatica PowerCenter
Professional
IT Project Management - Colorado State
University, Denver, Colorado
Technology
OS - Unix, Windows; Databases - Netezza, Oracle 11g and SQL database Server
BI Tools - OBIEE, HFM, Hyperion Essbase, Cognos, Tableau
Design Tool - Erwin data modeling, Enterprise Architect
ETL Tools - Informatica, Data Stage, AB Intio
Professional Experience
Optimum Data Analytics, Inc. (GE/Talers)
May 2013 - Present
Sr. Solutions IT Architect
Producing architecture designs for borad range of programs and leading
solution development and execution. Provides professional services as an
independent consultant for an organization that provides airlines carriers
around the world with services focused on improving operations by
leveraging aircraft performance data and performing predictive analytics to
reduce operational losses.
. Working effectively across organization boundaries and cross functional
teams to align project goals and providing solutions to deliver
analytical programs for the organization. Created solution architecture
and plans the development effort.
. Led Proof of Concept for different technology tools, provided
recommendation and project execution plan and cost. Developed reusable
assets such as solution architecture, both physical and logical.
. Provides strategic thinking and products technology solution roadmap
enhancements and establishing end-to-end multi-tenancy technology
solution and recommendation while working with GE Software Center of
Excellence.
. Leading Analytical project architecture design effort to standing-up
front-end business intelligence and back-end DW architecture design and
facilitating information architecture technology roadmap with the
organization CTO.
Invensys - Plano, Texas
Nov 2010 - May 2013
Senior Principal IT Architect
Participated in information-gathering sessions to determine and assess
project requirements, identify best-fit architecture and technology
solutions that are in line with architectural standards, business needs in
finance and business intelligence domains.
. Conducted Gap Fit Assessments and Business Process Reviews. Created,
reviewed and evaluated design requirements documentation and proof of
concept (POC) as they pertain to a client engagement
. Implemented technology roadmap, standards and processes for a DW/BI
enterprise reporting solution aggregating multiple divisional ERP
applications data for BI reporting. Generated corporate data models, data
dictionary and subject area BI reporting models for KIPs, dashboards and
metrics
. Defined security architecture, and applied enterprise standards, policies
and reference architectures to all solutions including disaster recovery
(DR), disaster simulation exercises, business continuity and fail over
processes
. Provided technical leadership and hands on design leading
solution/vendors evaluation and worked with 3rd party vendors to define
and deliver applications
. Supported vendor management concepts including SLA's, SOW, change
management, problem management and evaluated commercial-of-the-shelf
packaged solutions for BI and Finance
. Generated corporate data model, data dictionary and subject area
reporting models. And reviewed BW/BI vendor products (Oracle, SAP) for
functionality and compatibility in existing technical landscape
. Reviewed BW/BI vendor products (Oracle, SAP) for functionality and
compatibility in existing technical landscape. Supported vendor
management concepts including SLA's, SOW, change management and problem
management
. Managed HFM V11 environments design, configuration, disaster recovery
(DR), capacity planning, support and maintenance of 500+ users in a
global environment
Aleris International, Inc., Irving, Texas Apr 2005 - Sept 2009
Architect - Business Intelligence/Data Warehouse
Led end-to-end hands-on design and implementation of Aleris first Business
Intelligence (BI) and Data Warehousing (DW) project that resulted in
capturing Line Of Business (LOB) customer profitability by item in order to
increase revenue margins and drive down production cost.
. Captured business BI requirements and designed OBIEE BI dashboards,
reports, metrics, DW ERwin logical/physical data models, data marts
dimensional modeling (star/snowflake), slowly changing dimensions, ETL
Staging, Informatica mappings to outsource data from different
manufacturing systems, performance tuning, created DDLs, front-end
reports and conducted training
. Developed Hyperion Essbase cubes for finance BI reports and front-end
OBIEE enterprise reports, dashboards, architected back-end data
warehouse, ETL and data integration processes
. Collaborated with the business leaders and IT in developing shared vision
and roadmap for the Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse initiative
across the organization
. Managed the Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence production environment
which included vendors management, tools selections, capacity planning,
disaster recovery, and licensing control
. Devised and implemented a Business Intelligence technology roadmap for a
global organization, set-up BI environment utilizing Oracle OBIEE BI tool
on the front-end and Oracle 11g, and Informatica ETL tool on the back-end
. Facilitated JAD sessions, and provided data architecture and project
design reviews and technical direction for Analytical reporting, KPI,
dashboards, scorecard metrics, and ad hocs needs.
. Met with business leaders and assisted in designing custom end-user
training sessions to increase BI analytical visibility across the
organization and assisted in building BI standards for documentation
. Implemented company wide data standards and data dictionary to unify data
management across the organization
. Supported and maintained OBIEE and Oracle DW production environment for
100+ BI user community. Managed environment capacity planning, support
and disaster recovery expectation
Advanced Tech Solutions, Inc., Dallas, Texas Jan 2003 - Apr 2005
Lead -- Business Intelligence/Data Warehouse
Coordinated and participated in the consumer lending DW design for Capital
One to ensure the overall data warehouse architecture meets management
analytical needs
. Participated with business owners/partners to ensure initiatives were
implemented to promote EDW across the enterprise rather than departmental
. Analyzed business processes and identified functional and technical
system requirements and communicated project scope, deliverables, budget
and development needs to an off-shore team
. Implemented a full cycle DW project to meet the organization strategic
business initiative adhering to Ralph Kimball methodology and managed a
staff of seven employees
. Evaluated current technical architecture and backend design and worked
with off shore development team to resolve technical issues
. Coordinated with teams DW design review to ensure reliability,
performance, scalability, fail-over and backup and recovery
. Led technical architecture reviews in evaluating DW technologies, wrote
high level design documents and presented recommendation based on
business needs
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Inc., Austin, Texas Dec 2000 - Jan 2003
Data Warehouse Architect/Project Manager
Designed and implemented AMD first DW which captured manufacturing
processing lines granular data such as the electrical characteristics of
wafers during manufacturing processing in order to enhance future chip
design.
. Outlined the DW project life cycle implementation phases from inception
to delivery which included business need assessment, data source
definition, data source analysis, physical design, technical
architecture, data staging and loading, and end user acceptance testing
. Managed Data Warehousing project which included risk assessment, roadmap
planning, developing project time lines, budgeting, researching material,
writing specifications, locating suppliers, team management, analyzing
customer needs, and requirement gathering
. Participated in custom software package commercialization effort for the
semiconductor market segment. Researched and analyzed competitors' market
segment
Bosch Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan Jul 1997 - Aug 2000
Manager, Information Systems
Managed Oracle manufacturing databases, network infrastructure operation
(LAN & WAN), helpdesk operation and a staff of seven employees.
. Coordinated global deployment initiatives with Bosch global IT team in
deploying IT infrastructure changes company wide and assisted in defining
and implementing IT procedures and guidelines
. Managed vendor's selection and installation of EMC Storage Area Network
(SAN) company wide
. Led the design and upgrade of company wide network infrastructure Fiber
Optic backbone and the upgrade of data center Cisco network switches
Previous Employment History
53 Bank, Grand Rapids, Michigan - Systems Engineer Mar 1995 - Jul 1997
JD Edwards, Inc., Denver, Colorado - Systems Analyst Apr 1994 - Mar 1995