Eric Bless Resume D20090501

ERIC J. BLESS

****.*****@*****.***

http://www.linkedin.com/in/ericbless

SUMMARY

Accomplished Data Architect, Team Leader, Project Leader, and Systems Developer who leverages strong problem-solving, research, follow-through, teamwork, and flexibility skills. Work closely with business units and development groups to ensure consistent results and deliver solutions internal and external customers require and expect. Extensive experience in the Transportation/Logistics industry with a recognized world leader in applied technology, with additional experience in state government.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ER/Studio (v7.5.1, v7.6.1)

PowerDesigner (v11, v15)

ERwin (v3.5.2)

MS Windows

MS Office

MS Outlook

Lotus Notes

Oracle EBS

COBOL II, VS/COBOL

IMS DB/DC

IBM Mainframe

Quikjob/QuikIMS

XPEDITER

FILE-AID

IMSXPERT

VSAM

TSO/ISPF

Panvalet

SSI tables (in memory data store)

Knowledgeware/ADW

JCL

CAREER EXPERIENCE

FEDEX SERVICES CORPORATION, Memphis, TN

1982 – 2009

DBA Principal, Data Architect/Logical Data Modeler

1999 - 2009

Provided leadership at the enterprise level for the analysis of business data requirements. Served as expert level resource for enterprise data standards. Lead liaison between business customers and support groups. Provided consultation across multiple major projects and development initiatives. Coached and mentored less senior staff. Participated in interviewing candidates for open positions.

* Delivered Logical Data Model (LDM) work products “100% on time” while team headcount was reduced by 70%, resulting in numerous successful database implementations and Proofs of Concept. Work products included Entity/Relationship diagrams & associated metadata, mapping of data model objects to business requirements, Source to Target mapping, and first-cut Physical Data Model (PDM) including standardized names.

* Participated as a senior member of the Enterprise Data Standards team in the design and implementation of web-based Enterprise Data Dictionary to publish business metadata on corporate intranet, including wiki area for user feedback, data classification (security level), and identification of Master System Of Record to facilitate Master Data Management (MDM) efforts.

* Developed enterprise standards for Address and Location-Based data objects.

* Served 4 years as Distributed Revenue System LDM Team Lead, which included developing impact assessment & work effort estimates, determining project assignments, coordinating with users & PDM team, and providing project LDM status & feedback for team member performance reviews to management.

* Designated point person for Data Modeling & Modeling tools, which included being the primary contact for modeling tool software vendors for support and troubleshooting.

* Participated in the development of Enterprise LDM (16 subject areas, 797 entities, 2322 attributes), resulting in 71% entity reuse (FY07, Goal: 50%). Concentration on Geographic, Personnel, and Revenue subject areas, including high level & detailed representations of each.

* Served as LDM repository administrator and developed LDM repository update process.

* Collaborated as part of several departmental Center Of Excellence initiatives which developed common processes for Data Modelers & Design DBAs within the corporate Global Development Process, worked to enhance Data Quality, and develop the enterprise Data Strategy.

o Included deliverable was a Naming Standards script, executed against all new DDL, resulting in compliance of 99.7% (FY07) and 95.02% (FY08, Goal: 85%).

* Contributed to the development of the Data Architecture Council, which established the enterprise data governance structure.

* Developed data governance processes for corporate Global Development Process.

* Volunteered to write Business Requirements documents in the assistance of other resource constrained teams while meeting milestones for normal work duties.

IT Consultant, (Datronics, National Computer Services), Memphis, TN

1982-1999

Performed tasks in the analysis, design, and development of corporate Training, Personnel, and domestic Revenue/Billing (Edits, Rating, Invoicing, and Accounts Receivable) systems. Conducted technical interviews of candidates for contract positions, including those of offshore candidates.

* Served 5+ years as US Domestic Rating development Team Lead, participating in all phases of SDLC, including developing impact assessment & work effort estimates, participating in business requirements development for corporate initiatives led by Marketing, Sales, and Customer Service, coordinating development team activities, performing systems analysis, design & software development tasks, communicating with user testing groups, implementation, production support, and providing project status to management.

* Awarded “Bravo Zulu” by user groups on numerous occasions for successful project implementations.

* Consulted as a subject matter expert during the development of Distributed Revenue System.

* Major contributor to two major re-designs of Revenue/Billing system, developing design documents and software specifications using Knowledgeware/ADW CASE tool.

* Automated test execution for Domestic Revenue systems by developing a customized application.

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AID, Springfield, IL

1980-1982

Programmer III

Performed system development tasks related to the implementation of the state’s Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS).

* Selected for and completed Programmer Trainee curriculum, progressing to Programmer III, a senior-level developer position.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield, IL

1980 – 1981

Electronic Data Processing curriculum

* Systems Analysis, presented by James Robertson

* Conceptual/Logical/Physical Data Modeling, presented by William Smith

* Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (Covey)

* Team Applied Interpersonal Skills

* Numerous other in-house courses including Sales-developed business training and technical training (COBOL, IMS DB/DC, SQL, Unix Fundamentals, HTML, OO/UML Modeling, Relational/Dimensional database concepts)

* Attended:

o Debtech Metadata & Data Modeling summit, 2006

o Managing Enterprise Architecture (Zachman) seminar, 2005

o DAMA/Wilshire Meta-data conference, 2004

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