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12 Yr IT Professional - Data Warehousing, Business Objects, Six Sigma

Location:
United States
Posted:
March 28, 2010

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JASON E. FLOYD

***** ********* ****, ******

OHIO, 44117

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

216-***-****

SUMMARY

IT Professional with 12 years of experience an in-depth knowledge in the Business Intelligence and decision support analysis. A Six Sigma Green Belt with proven aptitude for outside-the-box analysis and process improvement.

EXPERIENCE

IT Project Lead/Sr. BI Developer February 2006 – March 2010

SIRVA, Inc., Independence, OH

Project Manager for business intelligence related company efforts. Led effort to create corporate dashboards tracking 30 distinct metrics daily for forecasting and decision support. Led Six Sigma effort to reduce daily ETL load time by 30% and improve reliability to 95%. Designed and built dimensional data models to accommodate company reporting requirements across multiple unique data sources. Scripted all ETL code for data warehouse transport. Extensive use of T-SQL, SSIS and Business Objects’ Data Integrator required. Liaison between IT-BI and business leaders. Led two upgrades of Business Objects R2 Enterprise software. Designed audit data marts to measure company use of all created Web Intelligence documents. Provided technical support for usability issues and critical site problems, as needed.

Technical Team Lead, PeopleSoft Financials April 2001 – February 2006

SIRVA, Inc., Mayfield Hts., OH

Led effort to unify two PeopleSoft installations across sites and database platforms. Sole technical support for PeopleSoft installation in three sites (Cleve., Minn., Den.). Created customized Crystal Reports to assist business in forecasting efforts. Extensive use of T-SQL and PL-SQL to analyze and customize database objects. Integral part of effort to configure server and perform complete ERP implementation as well as cutover from prior software. Integral part of effort to integrate transactional operations system into financials database. Obtained training on PeopleSoft Design and Implementation, PeopleSoft PeopleCode and PeopleSoft Integration Tools. Lead technician on all PeopleSoft upgrade efforts

IT Help Desk Analyst March 1998 – April 2001

SIRVA, Inc., Mayfield Hts., OH

Primary technical contact for critical and day-to-day support issues for numerous enterprise applications for Mortgage/Relocation company. Prepared technical training and process documentation for users exposed to new procedures. In-depth direct customer contact required

EDUCATION

Information Technology, A.A.B. November 1997 – December 1999

Bryant & Stratton, Cleveland, Ohio

Studies focused on software development life cycle, IT project management, technical planning, and business case analyses. Created working prototypes for numerous web site projects and desktop applications.

Skills

SAP/Business

Objects R2

SAP/BusObj Web Intelligence

Cognos 8 BI

Oracle/PeopleSoft Financials v7x

Oracle/PeopleSoft Financials v8x

MS SQL Server Management

MS Team Foundation Server

MS Office Suite

TSQL

PLSQL

XML/XSL

HTML/XHTML

PeopleCode

MSSQLSERVER

MySQL

Oracle

AIX/Linux/UNIX

Windows Vista/XP

Apache/Tomcat

Certifications

Six Sigma Green Belt

CORPORATE BIO

A graduate of Bryant & Stratton School of Business with an IT degree, Jason began his career with Cooperative Resource Services (precursor to SIRVA Relocation) as a User Support Analyst in 1998. Since then he has spent time in Software support as well as Application Development and Business Intelligence. Jason has more than 10 years of direct primary support and software development experience; spending 4 years as technical lead for PeopleSoft Financials, and the most recent 4 years as project lead and lead developer for SIRVA’s SAP/Business Objects support and integration team.

In his current position as IT Project Lead/BI Technical Lead, Jason is responsible for Business Intelligence processes and scripting the ETL that drives them. He also manages projects in the BI program area, leading the team’s initiatives and working closely with business and quality team to integrate data across multiple platforms – ultimately delivering better forecasting and analysis tools to corporate leaders.

As project lead, Jason has played a key role in several business improvement initiatives at SIRVA such as implementing dynamic business dashboards and creating software for Asset Securitization forecasting and tracking. Tapped for his technical knowledge and ability to energize as a team leader, Jason has been trained as a Six Sigma Green Belt and is currently in training for PMP certification.

Written Feb 2010

Recommendations

“Jason has excellent technical skills, and more importantly, superb customer communication skills. These traits served Jason well in an earlier role on our PeopleSoft team, and later when Jason moved into Project Management for Business Intelligence/Business Objects. Customer feedback on Jason's performance was always positive, and most importantly, Jason executed and delivered on his projects. Great customer service and good execution/delivery -- what more could one ask for?!” July 31, 2008

Eric Dirst , CIO , DeVry, Inc.

managed Jason indirectly at SIRVA, Inc.

“Jason is a very talented IT professional. If I am involved in a new project or need for IT assistance on current projects, Jason is always my first choice. He takes the time to understand the project and comes up with the best solution/approach. Jason is always available for questions and assistance to his team members as well as other associates throughout SIRVA. Jason is creative in his approach and always open to new ideas or opinions from his team. He is personable and always able to keep his team motivated. It has always been a pleasure to be on a team with Jason!” October 17, 2007

Mandy Gayton , Business Intelligence Consultant at Vizion Solutions

worked directly with Jason at SIRVA, Inc.

“I have worked with Jason on several projects over the last 2.5 years. He has always exhibited a strong technical knowledge, but is also very easy to work with. Now that he and I are on the same team, I am able to learn from his experience. I couldn't ask for a better team mate.” October 1, 2007

Ray Hamlin , Business Analyst , MSI Mobility

worked directly with Jason at SIRVA, Inc.



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