Business Intelligence/Data Warehouse

NITANT CHAKRANARAYAN

Houston, Texas

281-***-**** (Home) 713-***-**** (Cell)

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Accomplished Business Intelligence professional with hands-on experience in the architecture, design and deployment of Data Warehouses using industry standard methodologies, tools, and technologies.

Proven skills in the management and delivery of large projects with high performance global teams within budget, on time, and above customer expectations.

Skillful at applying technical knowledge to business objectives to provide strategic solutions that drive company vision towards a business intelligence strategy and architecture.

Excellent presentation and communication skills with technical, business, and executive audiences.

Areas of Expertise

• Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Data Management, Data Integration

• Enterprise Architecture, Design, Development, Deployment, Operations, Support

• Compliance, Governance, Quality Assurance, Testing, Change Management

• Global Team Management, Project Management, People Management, Leadership

TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES

HP-UX (UNIX) Oracle 10g Oracle Developer Oracle Designer

HP-Proliant SQL Server 2005 SQL, PL/SQL CA ERwin

HP-Neoview(DW) SAP ERP MS Analysis Services HP Service Center

Windows MS Project Informatica HP Quality Center

VAX/VMS Primavera Teamplay Sagent Business Objects

SUN/Solaris MS Sharepoint DataStage BRIO

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HEWLETT-PACKARD/COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP. Houston, TX 1996 - 2009

Manager/Architect, Global Business Intelligence (2005 – 2009)

Architected/managed the architecture, design, development and support of the Enterprise Data

Warehouse (EDW), the centralized reporting system for all world-wide users at HP.

- Developed the strategy and design on industry standard business intelligence architecture to

deliver accurate information to global users and enable the company to achieve its objectives.

- Deployed a successful development delivery model by reducing cost and enabling constrained

onshore resources with offshore resources ensuring on time delivery and quality.

- Drove compliance to corporate data standards with a consistent master data strategy and a

Sarbanes-Oxley compliant development process to adhere to legal reporting requirements.

- Delivered the first release of the EDW on the new HP Data Warehouse appliance platform Neoview,

enabling retirement of numerous legacy data marts, providing significant cost savings.

DW/BI Architect, Finance Data Warehouse (2001 - 2005)

Architected/managed data architects and administrators responsible for the architecture, design,

administration and support of the Finance Data Warehouse (FDW).

- Drove the strategy, infrastructure and architecture of the FDW on a robust Kimball dimensional

design methodology and industry standard DW tools and technology.

- Delivered the new HP-Compaq system in 90 days providing reporting to over 10,000 users and enable

the retirement of the legacy systems ahead of expectations.

- Deployed Finance Dashboard for Executive Reporting and Detailed Reporting to become the

centralized financial reporting system across HP and a model for other systems.

DW/BI Architect, Corporate Reporting Systems (1999 - 2001)

Architected the architecture, design, development and solution delivery of the Compaq Finance, Human Resources and Real Estate reporting systems

- Analyzed, designed and architected the hardware, software and database infrastructure to provide

a robust solution for all the reporting systems

- Collaborated with users and development teams to deploy solutions per customer expectations.

Oracle/SAP Administrator (1996 - 1999)

- Supported the Compaq SAP deployment with database analysis, design, and implementation for the

Sales/Distribution, Finance, Manufacturing, and Reporting modules.

- Performed SAP system monitoring (CCMS), ABAP/4 program performance tuning, Oracle database

tuning, database object reorganization, database sizing and capacity management.

CAP GEMINI SOGETI, Houston, TX 1994 - 1996

Senior Consultant, BellSouth, Atlanta, GA

- Performed the Logical and Physical Data Modeling of the Switch Capacity Management System using

Excelerator II and ERwin data modeling tools.

- Collaborated with users and development team to deploy solutions per customer expectations.

- Performed as the DBA for the System developed on Oracle using Visual Basic and C++ in a HP-UX and

Windows Client-Server Environment.

DATABASE CONSULTANTS/THINKSPARK, Houston, TX 1991 - 1994

Senior Consultant

Deployed end-to-end Oracle technology solutions for the following Fortune 500 clients:

Landmark Graphics Corp, Houston, TX

- Developed the License Management System and Customer Service Tracking System on Oracle using

Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports and PL/SQL in a HP-UX and Windows environment.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp, Houston, TX

- Assisted in designing and developing the State Agency Well System, Gas Balancing System, and

Marketing Data Maintenance Systems using Oracle in a VAX(VMS) environment.

McDonnell Douglas Space Systems, Houston, TX

- Assisted in design and development of the Project Control Mgmt System in Oracle V6, SQL*Forms,

SQL*ReportWriter, and PL/SQL in a VAX/VMS environment.

EDUCATION

M.S. Management Information Systems, University of Texas, Arlington, Texas

B.S. Computer Science, LeTourneau University, Longview, Texas

B.Sc. Mathematics, Pune University, Pune, India

TRAINING, PUBLICATIONS & AWARDS

Completed PMP Training, working to get PMP Certification.

Data Integration & ETL Architecture Training, The Data Warehouse Institute (TDWI).

Dimensional Modeling & Architecture Training, Ralph Kimball University.

The Finance Data Warehouse: An HP Success Story, HP TechCon 2004.

Developing visual-quality reports in Oracle Reports 2.0, Oracle World Conference, September 1994.

A Functionality-Oriented Criteria Set for Evaluating Information Resource Dictionary Systems,

Journal of Database Management, Summer 1994.

Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1986.

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