Global Consultant/Project Manager/North American Solution Arctitect
Resume:
Brad A. Dagger
Laguna Hills, CA *****
EDUCATION: Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA
Degree: Bachelor of Business, December 1996
Major: MANAGEMENT SCIENCE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
SKILLS: Programming Languages: SQL, PL/SQL, ASP, Visual Basic, Java, C++, HTML, Cobol
Operating Systems: VMware ESX, Windows 95/98/NT/00/XP/2003/2007/2008 R2 x64/2012, Unix, Dos, IBM Mainframe
Databases: Oracle 11g, DB2 9.7, MS SQL Server 7.0/2000/2005/2008/2012
Software: Business Objects Enterprise 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, XI R2, XI R3, BI 4.0, BI 4.1 SP6, Xcelsius/Dashboard Design, BI Launch Pad, Information Design Tool, Universe Design Tool, Web Intelligence, Web Intelligence Rich Client, Analysis Edition for OLAP, BO and WEBI SDK, Application Foundation 6.x - XI R3, Unified Web Services, Tableau 9.0.1 Server and Desktop, InfoSol InfoBurst, Eyes 360 and 360 View, MS IIS 7.0, SiteScope, Terminal Server Client, Info Reports 3.3.8, Essbase, Access, Oracle SQL Plus 10i, PL SQL Developer, SQL Navigator, Toad, Flash, Front Page, Adobe Illustrator, MS Image Composer, Vantive, Lotus Office Suite, Microsoft Office 2003/2007 Professional/Office 365
EXPERIENCE:
05/06 - Present BI CONSULTANT/NORTH AMERICA BI DOMAIN ARCHITECT/MANAGER
American Honda Corporation, 100 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA 90509
Estimated, budgeted, managed onsite team (10) and offshore team (5), planned, architected, installed, configured, and tested a Business Objects Enterprise XI R3 SP7 migration to Business Objects Enterprise BI 4.1 SP6 on Windows 2008 R2 x64 VM on development and production environments for 20,000 users containing 86 project applications and 40,000 Web Intelligence reports, 10,000 Crystal Reports, 50 Dashboards, and 1,000 universes.
Trained local and international business end users and IT department employees on BI 4.1 SP5 BI Launch Pad, Information Design Tool, Web Intelligence, Web Intelligence Rich Client, Analysis Edition for OLAP, and Dashboard Design.
Estimated, budgeted, managed onsite team and offshore team, planned, architected, installed, configured, and tested a Business Objects Enterprise XI R3 SP2 migration to Business Objects Enterprise BI 4.0 SP2 on Windows 2008 R2 x64 VM on development and production environments for 200 users containing 20 universes and 1,500 Web Intelligence reports. Recently upgraded environments to BI 4.1 SP6.
Estimated, budgeted, managed onsite team and offshore team, planned, architected, installed, configured, and tested a Business Objects Enterprise XI R3 SP2 migration to Business Objects Enterprise BI 4.1 SP2 on Windows 2008 R2 x64 VM on development and production environments for 3000 users containing 30 project applications and 20,000 Web Intelligence reports, 4,000 Crystal Reports, 5 Dashboards, and 500 universes. Recently upgraded environments to BI 4.1 SP6.
Estimated, budgeted, planned, architected, installed, configured, and tested a BI 4.1 SP2 Information Steward and Data Services environment on Windows 2008 R2 x64 VM on development and production environments for 50 users.
Installed and Deployed Tableau 8.2.1 Server and Desktop that contained 4 visualizations for a proof of concept project. Planned and coordinated the upgrade to Tableau 9.0.1
Managed, planned, installed, configured, and tested InfoSol InfoBurst Enterprise with 500 scheduled reports.
Managed, planned, installed, configured, and tested Eyes 360 and 360 View.
Converted 150 Desktop Intelligence reports to Web Intelligence reports.
Developed 40 system audit reports that analyze user and report utilization.
Managed, planned, installed, configured, and tested a Business Objects 5.1.7 migration to Business Objects Enterprise XI R3 SP2 on Microsoft 2003 Servers development, QA, and production environments for 3,000 users.
Managed SDK development groups to convert existing web application from Business Objects 5.1.7 to Business Objects XI R3 SP2.
Migrated and tested 600 reports from Business Objects 5.1.7 to Business Objects Enterprise XI R3 SP2.
Managed, planned, installed, configured, and tested a migration from Business Objects 6.5.1 with Performance Manager Dashboards to Business Objects Enterprise XI R2 SP2 on Microsoft 2003 Servers development, QA, and production environments for 150 executive users.
Created architectural diagrams for new and existing Business Objects environments.
Created auditing reports for managing system and report utilization.
Documented and implemented Business Objects universe and report standards, user security models, system processes, and best practice procedures.
Trained business end users and IT department employees on the new XI Infoview portal.
02/06 - 05/06 BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE CONSULTANT
Triad Financial Corporate, 7711 Center Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Created, tested, and migrated to production a finance universe with 30 tables and 736 objects with user friendly descriptions.
Converted 30 Crystal Reports into Business Objects reports that access data using a universe thus eliminating 40 stored procedures.
Advised management on Business Objects best practices.
Analyzed, designed, implemented and documented end user report and universe requirements.
08/04 - 02/06 BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE CONSULTANT/ARCHITECT
Los Angeles Times, 202 West 1st Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Planned, installed, configured, and tested Business Objects Enterprise 6.1b on Microsoft 2000 Servers and Client PCs.
Tested, updated, and migrated 50 Business Objects reports from a development environment to a production environment.
Documented and implemented the Business Objects system architecture and a user security model.
Trained business end users and IT department employees on Infoview, Business Objects, and Designer applications.
04/02 - 04/04 BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE CONSULTANT/ARCHITECT
Ameriquest Mortgage Company, 1100 Town & Country Road, Orange, CA 92868
Analyzed, designed, developed, tested, implemented, and maintained a large scale reporting solution.
Server sized and capacity planned for 3000 – 5000 Business Objects users.
Developed a performance initiative that reduces query times by 50%.
Documented system, universes, and report designs.
Acted as a liaison for quality software created by a foreign consulting company.
Installed and configured Business Objects Enterprise 6.1a and Application Foundation 6.1 in development, certification, and production environments.
02/02 – 04/02 BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE CONSULTANT
Sony Studios, 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
Validated and emailed a daily audit report.
Researched, communicated, and resolved several data discrepancies.
Created new reports and enhanced several existing reports with user-friendly report descriptions.
Worked with end users to resolve reporting errors and issues.
Attended weekly change control meetings.
11/99 – 11/01 BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE CONSULTANT/ARCHITECT
Fox Studios, 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Century City, CA 91006
Responsible for the overall Business Objects Tool Suite which includes installation, universe and report creation, system documentation, user training and issue resolution for 100-150 users in the International Home Entertainment division.
Optimized and tuned the Business Objects system for peak performance.
Developed approximately 125 reports for online access using Webintelligence and MS IIS.
Integrated FOX’s HEI portal with Webintelligence using ASP for user-friendly navigation.
03/99 – 11/99 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
House of Y Productions Corp, 2040 Loma Vista Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91104
Created House of Y Productions Corporation entity to own subsidiary Internet businesses that would create a brand through clothing sales and mass marketing.
Developed a corporate culture with energetic, talented individuals to create a fun work environment in order to stimulate innovative ideas.
Wrote a business plan, recruited and managed 15 employees, developed various project plans for each department and set up e-commerce.
Designed, developed and implemented a web site for the Y Generation.
10/98 - 06/99 DECISION SUPPORT SENIOR ANALYST
Kaiser Permanente, 99 South Oakland Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101
Responsible for the design, development, implementation and maintenance of multi-dimensional databases.
Created a national prescription data repository with a set of reporting tools to enable the organization to realize financial benefits and best practices.
Developed a Visual Basic program that enables users to change their passwords on multiple servers interacting with two applications.
Built a Business Objects universe used to query against an Oracle clinical data warehouse with over 500 tables.
11/97 - 10/98 DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS ANALYST
Kaiser Permanente, 393 East Walnut Street, Pasadena, CA 91188
Responsible for the design, development, implementation and maintenance of user friendly decision support systems.
Provided technical consulting to clients for financial, statistical, and clinical reports.
Provided documentation and training on system operation, navigation, and installation procedures to clients and consultants.
Administered security access for 200-300 users.
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