Duane E. Ressler

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Business Intelligence, ETL, and Data Expert

Innovative software engineer who is an expert in design, development and implementation of business intelligence, data analysis, and data visualization solutions. Experienced in accessing data and applying ETL methodologies to deliver enterprise class solutions.

Software development process • Requirements gathering and refinement • Problem analysis • Staff acquisition, retention, and development • Project planning, scheduling and management • Excellent writing, documentation, and communication skills • Problem solving, prioritization, and change management • Software patent and industry standard creation • Software product development and roll out • Software test automation • Performance analysis and testing • On time and on target product delivery

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Principal Data Consultant, Crossbit Solutions, Cary, NC, August 2010 to present

Implements enterprise class business intelligence, ETL, and financial reporting solutions using SAS Software and a broad range of database products on Windows and Unix systems.

Delivered project estimates, requirements analysis, data model design as well as direct product implementation and support.

Designed customer data marts using a variety of DBMS systems.

Completed all aspects of enterprise level implementation from design and delivery of end user reports using Excel to ETL from transactional systems to process automation to job scheduling.

Worked with director and C-level clients in multinational corporations, including Blue Cross Blue Shield, Canadian National Railways, Coca-Cola Refreshments and other companies in the insurance, banking, life style, communications, retail, and governmental agencies.

Ensured projects were delivered on schedule and on budget.

Managed customer expectations and needs.

Director, OLAP Solutions, SAS Institute, Cary, NC, 2007 to August 2010

Senior Software Manager, OLAP Solutions, SAS Institute, Cary, NC, 1999 to 2007

Business Solutions Group Manager, OLAP Solutions, SAS Institute, Cary, NC, 1997 to 1999

In a series of positions with increasing responsibility, took a business intelligence software product from inception to delivering over $20 million in annual revenue.

Held full responsibility for direction and management of a $20 million business unit.

Defined product direction, technical architecture, and development and support processes for a 15 person software development and field support organization.

Improved coordination and delivery efficiency of critical customer fixes for four product areas.

Initiated evolution of an R&D field enablement team to improve R&D responsiveness to field reported problems and the manageability of development and testing customer support workload.

Directly supervised 15 developers and coordinated 8 testers.

Participated in development of industry OLAP standards, including OLE DB for OLAP, JOLAP (JSR-69) and XML for Analysis.

Assumed responsibility for reporting product and worked to regain the confidence of the sales and support team by restoring product quality.

Lead development team through a major architecture change to produce our second generation OLAP product.

Initiated an agile development process to encourage close cooperation and teamwork among development, testing, and marketing and emphasize software readiness for “any time” delivery.

Coordinated international development team responsible for the development of hybrid OLAP offering to supplement primary development efforts.

Served as primary OLAP system architect and principal developer on OLAP server products.

Worked closely with marketing representatives to ensure that product was moving in the proper market direction.

Implemented a development process that served as a model for the division.

System Developer, Business Solutions Division, SAS Institute, Cary, NC, 1995 to 1997

Worked with CEO as the key member of the development team in new solutions based development team.

Led a team of three to develop OLAP storage and reporting components and a financial consolidation and reporting package.

Served as a key contributor to early development of company financial consolidation and reporting product at request of company CEO.

System Developer, Display Products Division, SAS Institute, Cary, NC, 1992 to 1995

Designed and developed the document management component of desktop publishing product.

Served as a key member of a team that developed the model components of a data reporting product.

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Technical Writer Specialist, Publications Division, SAS Institute, Cary, NC, 1992

Technical Writer, Publications Division, SAS Institute, Cary, NC, 1989 to 1992

Associate Information Developer, IBM Corporation, San Jose, CA, 1988 to 1989

Information Developer, IBM Corporation, San Jose, CA, 1987 to 1988

Technical Program Developer, Lake Michigan College, Benton Harbor, MI, 1987

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Scientific and Technical Communication, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, 1983 to 1986

Minors in computer science and chemical engineering

Magna Cum Laude

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Base SAS; SAS Financial Management; SAS Visual Analytics; SAS Business Intelligence; SAS OLAP Server; SAS Enterprise Guide; SAS Data Integration Studio; SAS/ACCESS; SAS Cost and Profitability Management; SAS Information Delivery Portal; SAS Management Console; SAS for Demand Driven Planning and Optimization; SAS installation, configuration, and administration.

C, C++, C#, Java, R, Pig, Python, MDX, Visual Basic, SQL.

MySQL, Oracle, Postgres, SQL Server.

WebLogic; Websphere, JBoss; Apache Tomcat.

Pentaho Solutions, Tableau.

Windows, Linux.

INTERESTS

Creative cooking, hiking the Appalachian Trail, remodeling old homes, raising backyard chickens

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