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Anthony G. Harder

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Career Objectives:

ETL and EAI architecture of data movement into and out of data warehouses and the infrastructure and process integration necessary to support such activities across a multi-faceted enterprise. This presents data movement as a service to the enterprise.

Values Provided:

Self-starter with outstanding communication skills; enterprise application integration (EAI); extract-transform-load (ETL); MQ Series, hub and spoke architecture, integration broker; leverage data warehouse, database, system, and network skills; experience with large, system manufacturers and distributed system operations, including heterogeneous connectivity; integrated approach to PCs, midranges, and mainframes; build and lead teams responsible for constructing complex, iterative infrastructure solutions; large strategic development projects; multi-disciplinary teams; strong mentor; structured approach to full life-cycle projects, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) audit compliance, multiple skills in service-oriented-architecture (SOA).

Overview:

Am a Senior Application Consultant with increasingly responsible roles, including the last 10 years involvement in enterprise application integration (EAI) and extract transform load (ETL). Have extensive experience in the computer industry, including employment with large systems manufacturers and consulting companies. Expertise lies in the areas of integration of data, systems, and networks. Specifically, have extensive experience using MQ Series and Ascential (IBM Websphere Information Integration) in hub-and-spoke architectures to facilitate extract-transform-load (ETL) and enterprise application integration (EAI) functionality with various transformation engines and integration brokers.

Current projects include 24×7 data warehouse, Ascential ETL, Siebel employee load, data correction utilities, test data privacy, production access restriction, upgrades, support. Interface with vendors and internal architecture to provide robust solutions.

Previous projects include integration of two Fortune 100 company's data. Tool selection, architecture, design, and implementation. Data warehouse integration into a SAP-centric environment. Standards, procedures, change management, and quality assurance. ETL using Ascential (IBM Websphere Information Integration) and custom software. Oracle and SAP BW data warehouses. Chaired Center of Excellence (CoE) providing standards, best practices, knowledge sharing, and enterprise-wise solutions. Structured and documented activities for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) audit compliance.

Other projects included identity management (IM) including provisioning from an LDAP repository, research on PKI security solutions, self-service security, common data extracts, portals, MQSeries, Tivoli Access Manager (TAM), and enterprise system management (ESM) including alerts. Additional experience in CRM, ERP and timekeeping solutions. Experience with Oracle, SAP, DB2, DB400, UDB, Sybase, Siebel, and custom written databases.

Architecture experiences have considerable depth. Have developed database system code, application programming interfaces, middleware, and high-level application user interfaces. Have programmed systems software (communications) for large vendors. Another area of expertise is communications configuration, coding, and support.

Additionally, computing abilities have great breadth. System and communications skills complement data architecture talents. Deal with developers as easily as senior management. Mentor peers, team, and organization. Combine large disparate components to create integrated, value focused, solutions. Understand the relationships between data, systems, and networks. Leverage technical excellence to provide quality business solutions.

Throughout career, have been involved in all phases of software development and system management. Have experience in project management, architecture, operations analysis, requirements gathering, design, development, testing, change management, package selection and implementation, support, and documentation.

Professional Phases:

ETL / EAI Architecture -- Data movement across the enterprise, including into and out of enterprise data warehouses; leverage pre¬vious phases in mid-range systems and networks and systems; provide in¬frastructure, and process integra¬tion to project teams; define and implement standards and best prac¬tices; asynchronous messag¬ing for P2P and B2B dis¬tributed AS2 solutions; activities and influ¬ence span platforms, projects and technolo¬gies across the business; integrate disparate applications on heterogeneous platforms; chair of Ascential Center of Excellence (CoE); identity management (IM) with provisioning; use distributed systems and object-oriented techniques; mentor and in¬structor; utilize project leadership and technical knowledge to resolve pressing computing concerns; internal consultant; analyze needs and provide value focused solutions; solid relation¬ships with customers, vendors, and partners; great depth and breadth of technical expertise.

Mid-range Systems -- Mid-range systems solutions implementations, particularly IBM AS/400 and HP-UX; leveraged skills and knowledge of networks and systems; system migrations and relocations; internal and external consult¬ant; large project implementation and support; team and project leadership; analyzed procedures and method¬ologies; pro¬vided systems, LAN, WAN, data, integration, migration, and architectural solutions.

Networks and Systems -- Acquired understanding of communication protocols and net¬work management; customer support; microcode and non-microcode programming; cus¬tom projects; testing and quality assurance; network de¬sign and configuration; network alerts and messages; system and network performance tuning and mod¬eling; heterogene¬ous connectivity; machine and system level programming; machine interface and APIs.

Professional Experiences:

A Large Company

Twin Cities, MN

ETL application consultant supporting multiple environments in a 24×7 available data warehouse. Data transport for legacy, transactional systems into enterprise data ware¬houses. Work with architects, developers and project management providing data movement as an enterprise service. Design, infrastructure, automation, process improvement. Ascential ad¬ministration for large, multi-team data movement endeavors. Projects include test data privacy, production access restriction, employee load to Siebel, product and project and system upgrades, production support. Platforms: AIX (pSeriens), System 390 (zSeries), and Windows.

Tyson Foods

Integration Architect

Springdale, AR

Large integration effort to merge two Fortune 100 company's data and processing envi¬ronments. Simultaneous ERP and data warehouse implementation. Data warehouse and architecture focusing on process improvement, software engineering, product evaluation, and mentor. Custom software for warehouse, transport, and transportation between leg¬acy systems, SAP, and warehouse, including data conversion. Product steward for entire Ascential (IBM Web¬sphere Information Integration) suite. Leader of the Center of Excellence (COE), focus¬ing on product documentation, implementation techniques, development strategies, and underlying software engineering process improvements. Provide infrastructure for use of Ascential MetaStage to build a metadata repository. Platforms: AIX (pSeries), System 390 (zSeries), VAX, and Windows.

Fleming Companies

Principal Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) Architect

Oklahoma City, OK

As the senior architect with this grocery wholesale distributor, was a technical project lead for enterprise-wide solutions. Projects included business-to-business EDI over the internet using AS/2, identity management including provisioning enabling self-service security, common data extract and transformation using hub and spoke architecture, full software development life cycle leveraging reuse and reliability. Specific use of MQ Series, Mercator, MQSI, SAP, DB2, and custom written software. Special concentration on enterprise cost savings and reduced time to implementation. Platforms: System 390 (zSeries), AIX (pSeries), AS/400 (iSeries), and Windows/NT.

Conseco Finance

Senior Staff, Data Movement Architect

St. Paul, MN

As a Data Movement Architect with this consumer finance company, was a technology services Senior Staff member. Worked in the system architecture group. Designed physical and logical databases and data movement strategy for a large data warehousing initiative. Built hardware and software technical infrastructure including programming interfaces, system analysis, and standards and definitions. Used distributed system tech¬niques and object-oriented technologies. Exploited parallel and distributed processing. Used logical and physical data models to implement Websphere and MQSeries message queuing. This middleware enabled the enterprises application integration (EAI) using data exchange methods. To accomplish these tasks, leveraged database, system, and net¬work experiences. Platforms: System 390 (zSeries), AS/400 (iSeries), AIX (pSeries), HP/9000, and NT.

New Resources Corporation (NRC)

Senior Consultant

Rolling Meadows, IL

Worked on many assignments as a Senior Consultant. Leveraged project leadership skills and technical knowledge to resolve clients pressing computing concerns. Wrote letters of understanding (LOUs) garnering additional engagements. Analyzed customers procedures and methodologies advising them on ways to improve. Worked with data, systems, PCs, LANs, and WANs delivering value focus to clients. Utilized skills in pro¬ject leadership, data architecture, network design, system analysis, platform integration, heterogeneous connectivity, operations analysis, and database analysis.

Boise Cascade Office Products

Itasca, IL

As a Senior Database Analyst during this NRC consulting assignment, examined a large, vendor-built database. From the files and programs source code, created a detailed entity relationship diagram (ERD). Used a data modeling tool, ERwin, to reverse engineer the ERD. Determined relationships ERwin did not create using Hawkeye and source code analysis. In addition, led the Quality Assurance groups efforts to improve their test databases, including test and development methodology improvements and software tool evaluation. Worked closely with the clients database analysts using SQL, queries, and query management.

Fujisawa U.S.A.

Deerfield, IL

As a NRC consultant, installed Client Access and ImagePlus on NT workstations for this pharmaceutical company. Configured and tested standalone and scanning workstations and printers. Worked closely with IBM support to resolve issues. Documented procedures so the customers staff could continue this work.

H.B. Fuller

St. Paul, MN

During this NRC engagement, was a Senior Operations Analyst for this chemical company. Designed and implemented a tape management database and improved the customers laser printing, microfiche, and disaster recovery procedures. Provided detailed analysis and documentation of key operations procedures. Offered improvements and solutions to existing problems. Led the entire operations team, involving them for their training and acceptance.

Mechanical Distributor Consortium

Migrated a partner companys system as a NRC consultant. Moved data, applications, and user profiles. Configured sessions to a remote mainframe over a frame-relay network. Also configured PC communication to the upgraded system using TCP/IP. Taught the clients staff how to use and configure this. Also configured local and remote TCP/IP printers using the double queuing technique. For other partners, upgraded their operating systems, applied cumulative fix packages, and performed system tuning.

Powerforce

Chicago, IL

As a NCR consultant, upgraded this marketing firms operating system two releases. Delinked the upgrade steps after determining the original operating system had a corrupt index. Each upgrade proceeded smoothly. Completed this task ahead of schedule.

Perseco

Oakbrook, IL

Worked on communications configurations for this restaurant supplies distributor as a NRC consultant. Documented system procedures and changes. Wrote utilities to aid system and data management. Examined system performance noting problem areas and making improvements. Also worked with the clients LAN group to configure and add workstations and printers.

Faneuil Research

Chicago, IL

This NRC consulting assignment was with a market research firm. Configured and tested communications connections with the clients customer. Dealt with clients customers system programmers to resolve configuration mismatches between the clients and the clients customers systems. Worked with mainframe and midrange technical support to resolve issues.

Budget Rent a Car

Senior Systems Programmer

Lisle, IL

Worked as a Senior Systems Programmer for this major car rental company. Evaluated and analyzed hardware and software solutions for system and network problems and business needs. Led several major projects through full life-cycle. Performed system migration. Led a team evaluating hardware and software for time and attendance packages. Designed, coded, configured, installed, and documented the data communications and queuing portion of a credit card authorization rewrite.

American General Finance (AGF)

Project Lead

Evansville, IN

As a Project Lead, led a consumer finance company undertaking a massive migration to a 1,300 distributed system network. Responsibilities included application object distribution, system and network maintenance, and dealing with multiple hardware and software vendors. Mentored other group members in improving their design, code, and documentation. Performed system and network tuning.

International Business Machines (IBM)

Senior Associate Programmer

Rochester, MN

As a Communications Programmer, coded microcode and nonmicrocode communications products. Provided customer support and wrote code for four operating system releases. Area of expertise was data communications and networking, working extensively in handling communications user messages and network alerts.

Unisys

Systems Programmer

Eagan, MN

Worked as a Systems Programmer for communications processors. Developed a new release of Defense Data Network (DDN) with team. DDN was a forerunner of todays internet. Also worked on the network performance and evaluation team. Configured new networks and tuned existing networks. Optimized communication line cost and performance, evaluated CPU and line use, memory and mass storage requirements, response times, and phone tariffs. Leveraged communication protocol and programming experience.

NCR Comten

Systems Analyst

Roseville, MN

As a Systems Analyst, communicated with customers and technical developers. Defined customers telecommunications networking problems, and acquired an understanding of communications protocols and network management software. Key problem solver and technical support liaison between customers and developers. Learned the basics of heterogeneous connectivity through first-hand experience.

Independent Computer Consultant

Self Employed

Advise clients on hardware and software purchases. Design, code, and test customer projects based on special requirements. Perform statistical analysis. Provide documentation and custom training.

Technical Skills:

Hardware Platforms: IBM, HP, Sun, PCs (many), DEC, Unisys, NCR.

Operating Systems: IBM OS/400, UNIX, NCP, Unisys DCP OS, NCR Comten FEP OS, MS Windows and NT, MVS.

Communications Tools: MQSeries, Alerts, Netview, Pass-thru.

Data Methodologies: Logical Data Structure (LDS), Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD), Distributed Databases, Relational Databases.

Databases: DB2, UDB, DB400, Oracle, Sybase, Informix, Siebel, Access.

Database Tools: ERwin, Hawkeye, Oracle, DB2, PL/SQL, SAP.

Data Transformation Tools: Ascential (IBM Websphere Information Integration including DataStage, QualityStage, ProfileStage, AuditStage, MetaStage), MQSeries Integrator (MQSI), Mercator, Vitria, Informatica, Constellar, Prism, Custom Software (both ETL and EAI).

Change Management: Aldon CMS, Subversion, CCC/Harvest, SoftLanding TurnOver, Implementer, Concurrency Control.

Internet: Defense Data Network (DDN), Telnet, FTP, SMTP.

Education:

(http://www.cs.umn.edu/people/alumni.php?id=127)

Master of Science

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Majored in computer science and minored in electrical engineering. Research emphasis on systems, networks, distributed databases, concurrency control, communications, queuing theory, and biomedical engineering.

Masters Project: Database error recovery mechanisms in an object distribution application.

Bachelor of Arts

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Double-majored in mathematics and computer science. Emphasis on calculus, linear algebra, numerical analysis, algorithm analysis, programming languages, probability, and combinatorics.

Other Accomplishments:

Corporate contributions bonus recipient,

Analyst of the Month award winner,

Consulting utilization bonus recipient,

Technology Task Force chairman,

Center of Excellence chairman,

Architecture Interface Board member,

Technology Steering Committee member,

Minnesota extemporaneous speaking champion,

Present project designs and alternatives,

Conduct technical interviews,

Conduct code reviews,

University of Arkansas guest lecturer (http://itrc.uark.edu/news/display.asp?target=06Q4&show=ExecsInClass),

University of Minnesota teaching assistant,

Mathematics tutor,

Academic scholarship recipient,

Deans List,

Peer and team mentor,

Parliamentarian,

Read, write, and speak German.

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