Project Manager Data
Resume:
SARAH TAGHAVI
Sr. Consultant in Enterprise Information and
Enterprise Solution Architecture
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE :
Solid understanding and experience in the the design and establishment of
Enterprise Information Architectures, Master Data Management (MDM),
Enterprise Data Models, BI infrastructure (corporate data warehouse model), ‘to-
be’ data models OLTP and Analytical applications, Establishing corporate-wide
metadata mapping standards and guidelines ; Identifying and uncoupling
business process logic from data in existing complex distributed transactions ;
management of multiple data integration projects; establishing integration
standards via SOA ‘s canonical model to conform to Data Governance
procedures ; Mentoring and teaching seminars on EIA ; (Gartner EA, NIEM’s
XML Schema, UML and component based modeling- *working knowledge )
WHITE PAPERS:
“When SOA runs into MDM, you are on the right track!”
“How reliable is the data in your data warehouse?”
“The advantages of having a multi-dimensional database in data
warehousing solutions.”
“Data Governance –a rewarding corporate effort ”
“Business Processes in Service Oriented Architecture”
(Published by Oracle.com- expert advice, IT-online local TV channel, VISIBLE
Corp; BIEC.co and VLDB Forums)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Business Information Engineering Corporation (BIEC)– Principal,
Consultant on BIEC contracts:
2011-Present Sr. consultant, EIA VL Contract Laboratory INC. Data
warehouse lead on EDM extension middleware app (designed a highly adaptive
enterprise data model and metadata repository); Responsible for overseeing
technical solutions alternatives and final implementation in a parallel proto-type
platform to find and automatically correct the data integrity problems of existing
databases or any data source; increased data quality and consistency across
online database systems by developing and adhering to a subset based EA
framework developed by my company; Developed dynamic online Master Data
links within the source systems( virtual MDM repository) using proprietary Agile
software development framework; EIA ‘how to’ for training seminars and
practical ‘how to’ guides on Enterprise Information Architecture and business use
of SOA based MDM platforms (customizing for pharmaceutical companies as a
vendor solution package)
4/2012-12/2012 Federal Contract IBM, Sr. Enterprise Architect ; defined
metadata management strategy by building in the foundation for formal data
governance ( under EIA framework).Data requirements and analysis; defining
Customer Care architectural standards, redesign of existing CRM Data
Definitions and data models. Delivered customized and integrated CRM data
models.
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3/2010-7/2011 Business Intelligence(BI) Federal Contract NetStar- Project
lead -Analysis of existing data sources and data marts to improve BI
functionalities; Promoting DMBOK practices as the technical lead on Tri-Health
Care System’s data mart design and MDM staging ‘to-be’ proposal; teaching and
providing design guidelines on various data warehousing efforts such as
inclusion of organizational business requirements into ERD to maintain
application independence; Provided plans to fit within EIA framework which shifts
to a vertical approach to LOB data integration.
3/2006-8/2009 Sr. EIA Architect and Project Manager-Responsible for
enterprise-wide data governance, MDM design and overseeing massive data
cleansing efforts –Led a team of 12 DBAs and engineers involved in coding and
extensive re-modeling including detailed
manual checks of data volumes; set formal procedures for SME interactions and
corporate-wide access of business data through UML notations and diagrams.
Winstar Telecommunications Inc., Project Manager (enterprise master data
management and integration of existing databases 4/1999-10/2005)
Hired and managed a team of 14 data architects and BAs to work on the
development of Winstar’s enterprise-wide data and process ‘to be’ models;
defined and documented the requirements of candidate models (EDI,MDM of
today); delivered specification and design of the (2000+ entity) corporate ER
Diagram; successful modification of organizational (Order,CS,provision,billing)
logical data and process models leading to significant improvements in data
quality. Seminar instructor on modeling and normalization;The development tasks
were as follows; parallel db setup and meetings with various corporate staff and
documentation of the enterprise model-and DDL in Designer2K; For the first time
corporate data definitions were mapped and made shareable across all
development platforms (Oracle 9g, SQL server, excel,flat files). Selected the
vendor and tools for my 3 projects.
Microlink Inc., Mentor/EIA / (Walter Reed Army Medical Center-1/2004-
8/2004)
Developed requirements analysis documentation and questionnaires by
evaluation of existing reports, SME interviews and recent I/O patterns; point of
contact for the preliminary ‘to-be’ data model of national breast cancer database
to physicians and staff; Defined data dictionary and assigned tasks to the
database development teams;
Franklin Acceptance Corporation.(later merged into Wells Fargo 2/2000-
11/2002)
Sr. EIA consultant to the MIS department on the establishment
of the Enterprise Architecture framework; Analysis of applications,
data models, backup and recovery plans, platforms and tools; Oracle DBA
responsible for performance and tuning of an SMP (load
balancing) HP-ux Unix OS running 3 Oracle instances(high volume
distributed transactions) replicated via Oracle multi-master
symmetric replication method. EIA framework later purchased by Wells Fargo
Bank.
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VISA - Sr. Data warehouse Consultant(3/1999-12/1999)
Financial data warehouse architect- defined project and guidelines;
examination of existing legacy and processes and databases(3000+ entities) to
determine content and granularity level required to accommodate the diverse and
complex financial rules and requirements across secure external user views;
designed the first loan administration dimensional data model (STAR schema)
central to other subject areas; used ER-WIN data mart component to serve as
the central meta BI data repository; defined the staging area setup and the
mapping structures
Winstar Telecommunications inc (1/1997-12/1999).
Project Manager- Full life cycle development of the enterprise-wide data model
and EDM repository(similar to MDM of today); Defining, setting and
documenting specific standards and procedures for information strategy and
integrated planning of the organizational valuable business data;
Consolidating the existing disparate business area databases and other data
sources into a detailed conceptual model by resolving previous data anomalies
and lack of logical independence; developed a three tier client server architecture
to be implemented by my development DBA team ; The
information architecture supported a distributed transaction processing
environment (multiple ORACLE RDBMS nodes) with a single business rules
validation layer.
ORACLE Corporation (Data Warehouse group- Sr. DBA 3/1996-12/1996)
In charge of design of DOE data warehouse system; Analysis and understanding
of clients’ analytical/BI and application systems issues and shaping of decision
making systems; Performance and tuning, specializing in VLDB; Provided project
time and cost estimation- detailed planning and direction; Completed 2 advanced
Oracle DBA, 2 data warehouse (OLAP tools), Parallel Query operation, Server
optimizer methods and Enterprise
Manager courses.
PSC Inc. (Sr. Informix DBA-1/1995-3/1996)
Data Architect/DBA specifying the physical organization, table layouts and tuning
parameters to optimize the performance of distributed database systems (C/S
architecture -multiple Informix 7.1 engines on Windows NT
3.51 servers); Implemented data replication for query load balancing and remote
site backup for an automated secure entry system; Developed standards on the
maintenance and update of the highly integrated data processing environment;
Implemented online Informix DBA query tool.
US Order and VISA (2/1996-12/1998)
Project manager responsible for the US order billing applications and
database system; defined the external user views, logical and physical
level specifications and implementation of RDBMS;
Resolved requirements conflicts and performed data modeling to
precisely represent the structures and entity relationships of the
organizational model; Installed and configured the database server
Informix Online 7.1 engine on SPARC running SunOS 2.4;
Developed application interface routines (ESQL/C 7.1 and shell
scripts) and coordinated the code development on the front end;
Studied the reporting needs of the billing department to implement a
subject matter (data mart) to address the main decision support( BI)
requirements and to define the meta data repository for future expanded
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data warehouse efforts; Supervision and training of development team.
Technology, Management and Analysis(6/1997-8/1997)
Conducted training seminars (3 weeks) to software developers and
DBAs on the architecture and administration of relational database
management systems, focusing on Informix Online (6.0 and 7. 1)
database servers.
MICROTEMPS INC., Consulting Contracts:
BANCTEC (2/1996-7/1996)
DBA / Architect- providing services on the design and development of
database management systems in client/server environments; Database
administrator responsible for installation, performance study,
trouble shooting and monitoring of multiple database servers (Informix- Online
7.1 0 on Unix HP-UX 1 0.01); Created stored procedures to control access and
improve query performance; Built EIS (a data mart) architectural framework;
TRW (3/1995-12/1995)
DBA- installation and optimization of three Informix Online servers
and I-Star client/server connectivity software's on Solaris 2.3 systems;
Incorporated true distributed database environment into the design
(API routines employing dynamic SQL) allowing for joining and
updating information in several remote on-line database servers
simultaneously; Performing requirements analysis, logical and physical
data modeling, E-R diagramming and implementation of the Oregon
State Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program automated
system; To serve as a shell for the future development. Created comprehensive
remote site replication procedures ensuring
accurate and efficient data replication controlled by the network process.
EDUCATION: M.S. Computer Science- West Chester University, PA
(Thesis presentations in Relational Data Modeling and RDBMS)
B.S. Computer Science and Mathematics -University of Hartford, CT
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