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Environment: Business Objects XI R2, 3.1,Auditing, SDK, LDAP, Crystal Xcelsius , Oracle
10g,SQL Server 2000 & 2005, SSIS, Teradata,Web logic 10 and Windows 2003,SAP 4.7, ECC
6, Oracle 9i, Windows XP, Unix, Java
Confidential, Feb 2007 Nov 2008
Business Objects Admin&Developer
Installed and configured Business Objects XI R2 on both Windows.
Documented user requirements, translated Functional requirements into Technical
Requirements and develop implementation plan and schedule.
Installed and configured BOE XI R2 on Windows to test the functionality between XI
R1 and XI R2.
BOBJ SDK used for customization BOBJ reports access through portal.
Worked in STTP Production Support and maintained Business Objects environments.
Involved in Tuning and server configurations for different environments.
Applied Service Packs and Fix packs to stabilize Server environments.
Creating Derived tables at universe level to resolve report level complexity.
Developed universes to accommodate complex database design approaches.
Tuned and Enhanced Universes with SQL Queries for the Report Performance.
Streamlined SQL generation from Universes by implementing Aggregate Aware
functions and @ Variables.
Created highly formatted reports to visually represent data..
Created Deski & Webi Reports using all the BO functions like Drill Down, Prompts,
Dimensional and Measure variables to show accurate Results.
Created live reports in a drill down mode to facilitate usability and enhance user
interaction.
Developed Dashboards using Crystal-Xcelsius with data source as Live Office.
Developed and maintaining of two Projects with individual responsibilities.
Developed customized Webi reports as a source data for Live Office.
Collecting report & Visual requirements from users/business owner.
Enhanced the Performance of the Dashboards by manipulating and using complex
formulas on the Universe and Excel.
Troubleshooting and rectifying Universe, Webi & Live Office errors.
Worked in the Team closely with Functional Architect, DBA and Analysts to get a clear
understanding on the Application.
Developed Report Mock-up samples before User interaction to analyze the business
requirements.
Environment:Business Objects XI R2,Audit, Crystal Xcelsius 4.5, Live Office, Oracle
Database, PL/SQL, SQL scripting and Windows 2000 server
Confidential, Nov 2004 Jan 2007
Business Objects Developer
Responsibilities:
Installed and Configured Business Objects on Both Client and Server Installations.
Deployed Business Objects Universes and Reports in a Secure Environment from One
Server to Other Servers using Import Wizard.
Installed Business Objects XI R2 on Solaris with Tomcat and Apache.
Converted reports from 6.5.1 to XIR2 using the report conversion tool.
Automated ccm.sh UNIX scripts by using UNIX shell scripting.
Worked on the WEB.XML file on the application server to enhance auto user logout
from infoview with the parameter customization and then users are redirected to a custom
JSP page.
Changed the infoview page layout by adding new features like the company details
instead of the Business Objects logo by using the customization methods.
Created user defined @prompts and complex conditions at Universe level for better
performance.
Created Reports using all the BO functions like Drill Down, Prompts, Dimensional and
Measure variables to show accurate Results.
Generated Full client Reports from Different Data Providers in Business Objects using
Oracle Database.
Created Compound Analytics, Charts and Goals on the Dashboard Manager.
Created Universes for Customized Metrics and Goals to Create Metric Analytics and
Goal Analytics.
Scheduled Metrics and Analytics to refresh for a scheduled time.
Created Analytics on top of Metrics for the Performance Manager.
Opened tickets in the Tracker for Reporting purpose to track all the Report statuses
purpose.
Created Derived Tables in the Universe using views and stored procedures to meet
the Desktop Intelligence Reporting Requirements.
PM repository development and Metrics development.
Created Cascading Prompts on the Reports.
Implemented Filters, conditions in the Universe to the run the Reports quickly.
Created single sign-on for many reports using the URL functionality to access them
directly for upscale users.
Created Analytic Dashboards for upscale users on the Financial Actual Budget and
Target Budget.
Created Metrics, Metrics lists and used different analytics.
Written SQL queries have been used on the Universe and created as Derived Tables.
Wrote Complex SQL Queries for Data validation purpose.
Tuned and Enhanced Universes with SQL Queries for the Report Performance.
Created Views, Stored Procedures and validated data for the Performance.
Created hundreds of reports in thin client and full client using all the functionalities
Used the Export option for the Reports to schedule them in Broadcast Agent Server
and sent the scheduled reports via Email, Text and Excel formats.
Used the Broadcast Agent Server to Schedule and Monitor the Reports.
Prepared Documentation to understand how the reports will work and how to use the
functionality with step by step.
Prepared universe for Ad-hoc query functionality to educate users. Allowing them to
run queries to create some reports using objects in the universe.
Audit reporting system implementation on UAT and Production Environments.
UAT was one of the important processes that we had developed during this project.
Environment: Business Objects 6.5.1, XI R2, Oracle 10g, DB2, Sun Solaris and Web Logic.
Education:
Experience:
Confidential, USA (Associate Consultant) February - May 2012
Analyzed business processes of customers and implemented workflows to automate
processes and reduce costs and time
Worked on pilot projects, developed and presented proof-of-concept(s) after
analyzing customer requirements and processes
Confidential, Pune, India
Senior Architecture Engineer - Business Object September 2009 December 2010
Led weekly technical BO community calls to discuss high risk issues, new releases
and bug fixes
Coordinated with Business Objects developers to fix bugs and enhance product per
customers requirements
Responsible for onboarding new engineers in team. Trained new engineers in
customers business processes to ensure smooth and quick induction into team
Consolidated, validated and documented issues encountered with customers
processes and product installations. Published these documents as technical papers on
SAPs information portal
Continued with responsibilities of Business Objects administration, publishing,
scheduling and reporting
Confidential, April 2008 August 2009
Communicated with HPs customers in United States, provided technical support and
troubleshot software and hardware issues faced by desktop and laptop customers
Technical Skills
Data warehouse & Reporting: Business Objects Enterprise XI Release 2, BOE XI 3.0,
BOE XI3.1, Crystal Report Server, BO Edge
Databases: Oracle, SQL Server (2000/2005), MySQL
Programming Languages: Java, C, C++
Web Designing & Scripting: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Adobe Flash/Photoshop
Leadership and Honors
Application Lead, October 2008 December 2010: Led team of twelve engineers and
responsible for on boarding new engineers in team
KCS Coach, April 2008 December 2010: Led team to document best practices and
publish technical papers on SAPs portal
Received award for resolving maximum number of customer issues for three straight
quarters
Recieved award for maintaining 0% defect rate over two continuous quarters
Summary:
Over 8 years of experience in System Designing, Analysis, Application Development,
Maintenance, Implementation, Project Management, Database Administration, Data
Warehousing, Data Mining and Report Writing Solutions.
Strong Knowledge in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) such as
analyzing, developing, testing, Migrating, Administrating, security management and
production supporting on various platforms like Windows NT/2000/XP/98, UNIX.
Expertise in installing, configuring, deployment and maintenance of SAP Business
objects applications using Infoview, CMC, CCM, Desktop Intelligence, Web
Intelligence, Voyager, Crystal Reports, Designer, Universe Builder, Import
Wizard, Publishing Wizard, Translation Manager, Report Conversion Tool, Life
Cycle Manager, Query Builder, Live Office, QAAWS, Crystal SAP Integration tool
Kits, Planning, Data Quality, Metadata Manager, Web Admin tool.
Experienced in Manufacturing, Healthcare, Financial, Pharmaceuticals, Retail,
Logistics, and Insurance, Marketing and Commercial applications.
Potential in conceptualizing and communicating enterprise data architecture
frameworks for global enterprises for inter operation of data warehouses middleware, and
web applications.
Well versed with Business Objects Authentications and Authorizations,
Creating/Administrating Users & Groups, designated their Security Levels in CMC, assigned
Roles, & Access Levels on the Applications and folders.
Managed entire project lifecycle - requirements gathering through implementation
including: preparing the functional, scope, mapping documents and high level and
low level design specification documents, Dimensional Data Modeling (Logical and
Physical).
Expertise in deploying OLAP tools, Materialized Views, indexing and partitioning
techniques for highly responsive Decision Support Systems.
Expert in Designing Dimensional Modeling (Star Schemas, Snow flake schema)
and Operational Data store (ODS) in Data Warehouse design.
Hands on Programming skills in SQL, PL/SQL, Stored procedures, packages,
functions, triggers.Managed all upgrades, maintenance, and support of the Business
Objects System and Expertise in Migrating the Business objectsfrom
5.1.x/6.1a/6.1b/6.1.5/XI r2 to XI 3.1.
Good working experience in Business Objects, Supervisor, Designer, Broadcast Agent
(BCA), ZABO, Web Intelligence and Business Objects SDK.
Proficiency in data warehousing techniques for data cleansing, Slowly Changing
Dimension phenomenon.
Created reports including dynamic calculations involving Contexts, Queries,
Hierarchies, list of values (LOVS), local variables, Alerters, Ranking and multiple data
providers.
Diversified experience in implementation of Crystal Enterprise with multiple domains.
Having hands on experience in BI 4.0 on both SAP and Non SAP Systems.
Designed and Developed Crystal Reports using complex Views, functions and Stored
Procedures.
Experience in designing Business Views, Business Objects universes, complex Crystal
and BO reports both Full and Thin Client Reports.
Assigning tasks to technical team, managing timelines, resolving issues testing
solutions, training users, and maintaining communication with customers and
management.
Good Communication and Interpersonal skills. Technically sound, Result-Oriented
with strong Problem solving skills. Innovative & efficient. Capable of working as a Team
Member or Individually with minimum supervision.
Flexible and versatile to adapt to any new environment with a strong desire to keep
pace with latest technologies.
Education: Bachelors in Computer Science
Technical Skills:
Business Intelligence : Business Objects XI 3.1/XI R2/XI/6.5/6.1/6.0/5.1 (Supervisor,
Designer, Reporter, BO Auditor, Infoview, CMC, CCM, Desktop Intelligence, Web Intelligence,
Voyager, Crystal Reports, Designer, Universe Builder, Import Wizard, Publishing Wizard,
Translation Manager, Report Conversion Tool, Life Cycle Manager, Query Builder, Dashboard
builder, Set Analytics, Live Office, Widgets, SAP Integration KIT, Integration KIT for Microsoft
share point portal, SAP BW,SAP GUI, BEx Analyzer, Query As A Web services, Data
Federator.
Business Analysis : Functional Requirements Gathering, User Interviews, Business
Requirements Gathering, Process Flow Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams, Data Analysis,
Requirements Analysis, Design, Data Modeling, Data Architecture, Data Flow Diagrams.
Dimensional Data Modeling : Dimensional Data Modeling, Star Schema, Snowflake, FACT
and Dimensions Tables, Physical and Logical Data Modeling, ERWIN 4.5/4.0/3.5/3.2, Oracle
Designer, Visio and Sybase Power Designer.
RDBMS : Oracle 10g/9i/ 8i/ SQL Server 2000/2005, DB2, MS Access, Teradata V2R5.
ETL Tools : Informatica 5.1/6.1/7.1 (Power Mart/Power Center), Datastage 7.5/6.x.
Operating Systems : Windows NT/XP/2000/2003/2008, Unix Sun Solaris 8/9, IBM AIX and
HP.
GUI : Visual Basic 6.0. JSP, ASP, SQL Navigator, Toad.
Web Server : Apache Tomcat Web Server, Java Web Server 2.0, Web logic Server,
Websphere and IIS.
Work Experience:
Confidential, Burbank, CA Sep 2011 Present
Sr. Business Objects Developer/Administrator.
Responsibilities:
Gathered business requirements, interacted with business analysts and the End
Users.
Installed and configured BOE XI 3.1 Environment.
Implemented 3rd party security authentication (WINDOWS AD) in BO apart from
Enterprise Authentication.
Configured and enabled the SSO using the Windows AD Authentication.
Implemented Migration process for Business Objects XI R2 to XI 3.1 such as
readiness assessment and deployment plan, Migration and system Upgrades, Co-Existence
Planning, Deployment services and Education delivery.
Worked extensively with the Business Objects Designer in preparing Universes from
the warehouse database.
Created and maintained around Crystal reports and Web Intelligence reports.
Worked on Webi reports, Prompts and Report Layout and re-formatting.
Developed Complex Universes by linking different data sources.
Resolved loops and Traps problems in the universe, Created Hierarchies for providing
drill down options for the end-user and developed critical reports like drill down, Slice and
Dice, master/detail for analysis of parts benefits and headcount.
Installed Business Objects Enterprise and Published reports on Business Objects
Enterprise Server and got involved in Business Objects Enterprise Administration.
Worked extensively with (@select, @aggregate aware, @where and @prompt to
overcome the problems with database when integrating with Business Objects.
Reports are made user friendly by implementing user prompts, conditions and filters.
Developed Universe on top of Bex queries.
Created various reports with functionalities like Cross tab, Embedded Summary,
Calculate member of, Charts, Graphs, and sub reports.
Worked with several features like Query Stripping, Input Controls, Sub Query, Scope
of Analysis and Drill functionality.
Developed Complex Universes by linking different data sources.
Create Aliases and Contexts for resolving Loops and check the Integrity of
the Universe.
Fine-tuned universes and reports by creating aggregate tables and filters.
Developed the highly summarized dash boards using XCelsius and created the real
time dash boards using QAAWS and BI Widgets.
Worked with the Exova team for developing BO reports in IOS and ANDRIOD
Devices.
Configured BW Publisher service for Crystal reports migration.
Generated various Drill down reports and Alerts. Business Intelligence reports using
Web Intelligence module.
Worked extensively on distribution, maintenance, and optimization of universes for
Business Objects and Web Intelligence deployments.
Worked with the users for defining the report needs and helped designing queries
using Bex.
Created complex formulas to support various business functionalities using crystal
reports.
Extensively worked on transporting objects between BW system environments and
corresponding SAP R/3.
Worked on Real Time Info Cube and Data source object and also new and enhanced
administration and monitoring features.
Based on the Business Requirements granted rights on Public folders, Universe
folders and Universe connections.
Created the Test cases, Test Strategies and executed the Unit Testing and the UAT for
the Entire environment.
Environment: Business Objects XI R2 SP2,XIR 3.1 SP3, SAP GUI 7.1, SAP Integration kit,
SAP BW,Designer, Info View, Web Intelligence, SQL, PL/SQL, SQL server 2008, ORACLE
,Crystal Reports 2008, Live Office, Windows Server 2003 sp 2.
Confidential, Chicago, IL. Jan11 Sep11
Sr. Business Objects Developer/Administrator.
Description:
Grant Thornton is the Leading Auditing Firm. The project is to create a new environment
BOXI 3.1 and migrate from the BOXI r2 environment to BOXI 3.1 environment. To redesign
some of the universes and test the Applications, Reports, Processing Extensions and
Universes.
Responsibilities:
Analyzed, designed, developed and deployed a Global wide reporting solution using
Business Objects and Gathered business requirements, developed Functional Specification
Documents, Technical Specification Documents for Universes and reports.
Developed various reports on top of Bex and Functional Modules using Crystal
Reports.
Worked with the Bex Team and designed the Bex Queries.
Worked with the ABAP team in designing the Functional Modules and developed
reports on top of Functional modules and core SAP Tables.
Worked with MDX Queries, Info providers and Multi providers to create Crystal
Reports as per End user requirements.
Configured the Database configuration for the reports for a particular generic user ID
for publishing reports in Portal (If coming from two different Sources).
Scheduled and maintained the reports to various users across the world using Info
view and CMC.
Created Webi reports using Universes, stored procedure and Free hand SQL as Data
providers.
Created Business Views for the LOVs in some of the reports.
Created the Crystal report on two different data sources using sub reports also.
Created various Linked and Unlinked Sub Reports and managed the parameters
accordingly.
Used BI 7 Bex query designer and the Bex Analyzer for creating reports on top of
SAP.
Created Crystal reports on the Core SAP Tables and Staging Tables.
Worked with the Production System support team and handling of opened user
cases.
Custom configuration of BW, testing, and development of user and data validation
documents.
Using Data Warehousing Workbench developed BW Info Cubes, Multi providers, Data
Stores objects, Key Figures, and Transformations.
Generated various reports with the Features like Drill down, Alerts, Data Suppressing
and Change Highlighting.
Extensively worked on migration reports using Import Wizard and Life Cycle Manager
(LCM) and transporting objects between BW system environments using Transporters.
Created users, groups and categories and developed the Voyager work space for
multi-dimensional analysis.
Worked on troubleshooting of different database connectivity issues, user issues and
report performance issues and trained the End Users regarding the Tool and the reports.
Extensively involved in using of formulas fields, parameter fields, Group selection,
record selection, and Crystal syntax in Crystal reports.
Environment: SAP Business Objects XI r3.1, SAP Crystal Reports 2008, SAP GUI 7.1, SAP
Integration kit, SAP BW, DB2, Universe Builder, Business View Manager, XCelsius, Excel
2003 and Windows 2003.
Confidential, Hartford, CT. Mar10 Jan11
Sr. Business Objects Developer/Administrator.
Description:
Travelers Insurance is a leading Insurance company offering services like Auto Insurance,
Business Insurance for individuals and business groups. The overall vision is to create a
single Operational Data Store (ODS) with all revenue, expenses, and other financial data
that is required to support Financial Reporting. Integrated Profitability Reporting is also
being implemented with data sources from the ODS.
Responsibilities:
Analyzed, designed, developed and deployed a Global wide reporting solution using
Business Objects and Gathered business requirements, developed Functional Specification
Documents, Technical Specification Documents for Universes and reports.
Installed and configured CMS, Audit databases for BOE Environment.
Implemented 3rd party security authentication (LDAP) in BO apart from Enterprise
Authentication.
Identified the KPIs in the business to build the dashboards and Interacted with Risk
Managers and analysts for Universe and reporting requirements.
Successfully implemented BO version upgrades, Multi master clustering, NAS
(Network Area Storage) implementation, automated process for Web Intelligence personal
& inbox documents Audit report generation.
Migrated reports from Desktop Intelligence to Web Intelligence.
Used Data Federator to combine different data sources.
Implemented Migration process for Business Objects XI R2 to XI 3.1 such as
readiness assessment and deployment plan, Migration and system Upgrades, Co Existence
Planning, Deployment services and Education delivery.
Resolved loops and Traps problems in the universe, Created Hierarchies for providing
drill down options for the end-user and developed critical reports like drill down, Slice and
Dice, master/detail for analysis of parts benefits and headcount.
Created and maintained around Business Objects reports and Web Intelligence
reports.
Reports are made user friendly by implementing user prompts, conditions and filters.
Developed Universe on top of BEx queries.
Worked with MDX queries, Infocubes, Infoproviders, Infoobjects, multi providers to
create Crystal reports as per End user requirements.
Configured BW Publisher service for Crystal reports migration.
Created complex formulas to support various business functionalities using crystal
reports.
Developed the highly summarized dash boards using XCelsius and created the real
time dash boards using QAAWS and BI Widgets.
Created users, groups and categories and developed the Voyager work space for
multi-dimensional analysis.
Created the Repository structure to manage the security and deployment options
throughout the installation.
Involved in unit testing, system testing, Component testing and product testing and
training end-users on the final product.
Custom training for end users in Desktop Intelligence and Web Intelligence.
Environment: Business Objects XI R2 SP2,XIR 3.1 SP3, Designer, InfoView, Web
Intelligence, Data Stage 8.1,SAP BW,SAP GUI, SAP Integration Kit, BEx Analyzer, SQL,
PL/SQL, SQL server 2008,Oracle 10g, TOAD, Crystal Reports 2008, XCelsius 2008, Live
Office, UNIX, Windows Server 2003.
Confidential, Atlanta, GA. Aug08 Feb10
Sr. Business Objects Developer / Administrator.
Description:
Verizon Wireless is one of the leading providers of unprecedented mobility solutions to their
customers, as their services ranging from wireless communications services to IP broadband
services. The scope of the project is to design and build Universes for decision support and
then to generate reports for the analysis of personal phone usage data. The Application
provides customers with a means for tracking their call time in the billing cycle and their
liability. The generated reports provide users with their detailed customer information,
Billing information, Account details and Service usages.
Responsibilities:
Analysis of Client specifications and custom design applications.
Involved in the design of the data warehouse by using star schema.
Participated in business requirements analysis, report designing and modeling,
development of technical specifications, testing and Implementation.
Installed Business Objects Server components installation, applied fixes/service
packs and did tuning and monitoring the server performance in AIX.
Based on the Business Requirements granted rights on Public folders, Universe
folders and Universe connections.
Implemented Migration process for Business Objects 6.5.1 to XI r2, Crystal Report
9/10.0 to XI r2 such as readiness assessment and deployment plan, Migration and system
Upgrades, Co Existence Planning, Deployment services and Education delivery.
Installed Business Objects Enterprise and Published reports on Business Objects
Enterprise Server and got involved inBusiness Objects Enterprise Administration.
Experience migrating customers from the Crystal Reports 10 infrastructure to the
XiR2 infrastructure.
Assist with supporting one or more BI reporting infrastructures in support of
application development and infrastructure migration.
Created webi reports using the Universes, stored procedure and Free hand SQL as
Data providers.
Worked on webi reports, Prompts and Report Layout and re-formatting
Worked extensively with the Business Objects Designer in preparing Universes
from the warehouse database.
Designed various universes based on functional groups.
Defined Security Skeleton and extensively worked in implementing the security in
Business Objects Enterprise system.
Developed Complex Universes by linking different data sources.
Create Aliases and Contexts for resolving Loops and check the Integrity of
the Universe.
Fine tuned universes and reports by creating aggregate tables and filters.
Provided solutions for the most complex scenarios of linking objects.
Generated List of Values (LOVs) from lookup tables.
Worked extensively with (@select, @aggregate aware, @where and @prompt to
overcome the problems with database when integrating with Business Objects.
Experience in the development of reports for financial needs of the business using
Business Objects Reports.
Developed reports with Parameters, Sub-reports based on Stored
Procedures and Queries by using Business Objects reports.
Worked extensively with the major functionality of BO like Breaks, Alerter, Filters,
Sorts, Query Prompt and Drill filters.
Analyzed the reports using the Drill Through, Slice and Dice.
Custom hierarchies have been created for report level drilling information.
Designing Excel sheets using Live Office by creating reports on top of universe.
Experience in Scheduling the Reports using BOE.
Responsible for the distribution of the reports.
Published Reports in Business Objects Enterprise via Publishing Wizard.
Installed and configured Crystal Reports and Created and Maintained/administer
User groups in Crystal Enterprise.
Created interactive XCelsius dashboards and charts and graphs, metric analytics
with Xcelsius.
Good exposure in developing reports with data in data warehouse and data
marts.
Promoted (Migrated) the Business Objects Enterprise content like WebI, DeskI,
Crystal Reports, Business Views, Universes, Universe Connections with in the Life Cycle
Environments. From Development to UAT to Production.
Worked on troubleshooting of different database connectivity issues, user issues
and report performance issues.
Involved with the end users in UAT (User Acceptance Test).
Environment: Business Objects Enterprise XI R2, Crystal reports 2008, XCelsius, Oracle
10g, SQL SERVER 2005, T-SQL, UNIX and Windows Server 2003.
Confidential, Mettawa, Illinois. Mar07 Jul08
Sr. Business Objects Developer/Analyst.
Description:
HSBC bank is responsible for banking, lending and investment services to individual
consumers and small businesses, with up to $10 million in annual sales This Project is a
Data Warehouse built for various HSBC branches in USA. The project involved extracting,
transformation and loading of business data related profile of customers, business
information, Credit analysis, wealth management and Bank Credit policies and secured stock
information from different regions for business analysis on quarterly and monthly basis.
Responsibilities:
Gathered business requirements, interacted with business analysts and users of
legacy systems.
Installed and administrated Business Intelligence Servers.
Extensively used Import Wizard, publishing wizard for Migration of Business
Views and reports to PROD, SYS and DEV environments from Crystal 8.5/9/10 to XI
version to their respective domains.
Implemented Migration process for Crystal Report 8 to XI r2 such as readiness
assessment and deployment plan, Migration and system Upgrades, Co Existence Planning,
Deployment services and Education delivery.
Building the Meta data layer by using the Business Objects Designer.
Created the Business Objects metadata repository and also assisted in administering
a ZABO deployment of Business Objects.
Created corporate universes and linked them to regional universes and then to the
states. These universes contained the objects about gaining revenue from individuals.
Complex aggregate functions were included within the Universe to calculate the ratio of
revenue generated by regions.
Solved loops in universe using contexts, aliases, cardinality, built in functions, alerts,
scope of analysis, hierarchy, filters and created user objects.
Generated reports for fixed income and bond investing.
Created global Fixed Income research reports on High Grade, High Yield, Emerging
Markets and Strategy.
Created reports to calculate the profit/loss margin by year/quarter/month and sub
reports were generated graphically (Bar charts, Pie charts, etc) to clearly explain the
parameters responsible for profit/loss by year/quarter/monthly.
Generated reports for Credit research, General Ledger, HR and budgeting systems.
Created & tested the universe for other reports using Business Objects functionality
like Queries, Slice and Dice, Drill down, Functions, Formulae etc.
Used the components Set based analysis, Predictive analysis, Statistical process
control, Time series analysis, Dashboard manager.
Dealing with dimensional modeling, OLAP with data modelers and ETL process.
Created dashboard, score board for metrics.
Imparted training to business users.
Environment: Business Objects XI, Web Intelligence (Reporter, Explorer, Infoview),
Business Objects SDK, Web Intelligence, Broadcast Agent Publisher, Erwin 4.1.2,
Informatica Power Center 5.1, Oracle 9i, PL/SQL.
Confidential, Columbus, OHIO. Apr05 Feb07
Business Objects Developer/Analyst.
Description:
Honda Of America Mfg is a major American motor manufacturer. The Project is designed to
provide Enterprise query, reporting, and online analytical processing (OLAP) solution for the
World Wide Web implemented using Business Objects.
Responsibilities:
Interacted with Business Users to know their requirements in developing and
modifying Universes and Reports accordingly.
Involved in translating these requirements into system solutions and developed
implementation plan and schedule.
Designed and Built the Universes, Classes and Objects.
Specified the Joins, checked the cardinalities.
Defined Cardinality based on the Business Requirements.
Fine tuned the joins avoiding outer joins and implementing shortcut joins.
Improved the performance by resolving loops using Aliases or Contexts.
Exported the universes to the Repository to share the resources among the users.
Created different types of reports such as Master/Detail, Cross Tab and Charts.
Applied slice-and-dice and drill-up and drill-down techniques in master detail
reports for multi-dimensional analysisof retrieved data.
Good experience in working with Ranks, Alerts, Filters, Prompts on reports.
Extensively worked with multiple data providers and linking these data providers
based on the requirements.
Worked on Application Foundation and Dashboard Manager along with creating
Matrix.
Created reports on the web using Business Objects Web Intelligence.
Extensively worked on Broadcast Agent server and customized scheduling and
publishing reports.
Published and Retrieved documents in Corporate document repository.
Set up groups and users for Business Objects deployment. Managed user and user
group profiles using Supervisor.
Involved in migration from Business Objects 6.x to Business Objects XIR2.
Performing the unit testing of the universes after the development.
Environment: Business Objects XI (Designer, Reporter, Supervisor), Dashboard /
Performance Manager, Web Intelligence 6.0, InfoView, ZABO, Oracle 9i and Windows 2000.
Confidential, MN. Feb04 Mar05
Business Objects Developer.
Description:
Prime Therapeutics is a pharmacy benefits Solutions Company dedicated to providing
innovative, clinically based, cost-effective pharmacy solutions for its clients and their
members. The Project was to develop the reporting needs pertaining to Medicare Part-D and
automate the reporting using Business Objects with respect to CMS regulations (Center for
Medicare and Medicaid Services).
Responsibilities:
Created and maintained around Business Objects reports and Web Intelligence
reports.
Built Cross-Tab reports.
Added/created complex objects to the universe to enhance the report functionality.
Built Custom Hierarchies in universe to facilitate drill down in the reports.
Analyzed the reports using Slice and Dice, and Drill Down.
Created graphical representation for existing reports.
Performed data validation by creating ad hoc reports.
Created different types of reports, like Master/Detail, Cross Tab and Charts (for
trend analysis).
Created complex reports with multiple data providers/different universes and
databases (Oracle, SQL server, DB2).
Documented the deviations from the original specifications.
Interacted with Project Manager and Business Analyst to understand the
requirements and modifying universe, report specifications
Enhanced the reports by providing event-handling features.
Optimized the usage of user objects, conditions and universe level filters.
Extensively used multiple data providers for building reports
Tested objects in the universe, to ensure the correct mapping of the objects.
Performed Check Integrity in universe.
Tested the universe structure to ensure the tables are properly updated along with
the database.
Environment: Business Objects 6.5, Web Intelligence (Reporter, Explorer, Info View),
Business Objects SDK, Broadcast Agent Publisher, Erwin 4.1.2 Informatica Power Center
5.1, Oracle 8/9i, BO Designer6.1b, Windows XP.
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Professional summary:
7+ years of application development experience; strong "hands-on" experience
with Business Objects XI, Web Intelligence Crystal XI and Xcelsius in a large
environments Experience in designing, building and maintaining Universes.
Worked on multiple migrations (6.X to XIR2 platform) as well as upgrade (XIR2 to
XI 3.1) projects.
Business Intelligence , design, development and deployment using SAP Business
Objects from version 5 to current XI 3.1,XI 3.2.XI 3.4.
Experience in designing, building and maintaining Universes; resolving issues
like loops & traps, designing complex objects using @prompt, @aggregate aware
functions.
Web Intelligence XIR2/XI3.1 report development Specialist
Experience with data analysis, mapping source and target systems for data migration
efforts and resolving issues relating to data migration and data creation.
Knowledge of implementing Cascading Prompts, custom Hierarchies and filters
as well as Broad Knowledge inresolving loops(using aliases, short cut joins, and
contexts) and traps(Chasm and Fan traps) while designing universes.
Proven abilities in creating complex reports by linking data from multiple data
providers, using free hand SQL, stored procedures and functionalities like Combined
Queries.
Extensively used Business Objects reporting functionalities such as Master Detailed,
Slice and Dice, Drilling methodology, Filters, Ranking, Sections, Graphs and Breaks.
Always eager to learn new technologies and tools quickly.
An enthusiastic and project-oriented team player with solid communication and
leadership skills and the ability to develop creative solutions for challenging client needs
Technical Skills:
Reporting Tools: Business Objects 5.1+/XIR2 /XI 3.1, Designer, Desktop Intelligence /
Web
Intelligence, InfoView, Import Wizard, CMC, Crystal Report, Xcelsius 2008.
Operating Systems: Windows XP/2000/2003/NT, Server, Vista, UNIX.
Databases: Oracle 8/9/10,11, MS SQL Server 2000/2005, Sybase, Teradata, MS Access
Programming Languages: SQL, PL/SQL, HTML
Education:
Bachelor of Computer Science and Information System.
SAP BusinessObjects Certified Professional.
Experience:
Confidential
Tampa, FL
Business Objects Consultant
January 2011 Present
Publish universes to the repository and made them available to the appropriate user
groups.
Published reports and schedule them to different user groups.
Created and modified the existing Universes by adding new classes/objects,
prompts, hierarchies based on the business requirement.
Used the Aggregate Awareness feature of Business Objects for the Optimization
and Performance tuning of Universes.
Developed and maintained standard and ad hoc reports based on business and
technical requirements.
Gathered requirements from users to plan full system deployment including cluster
design and software analysis.
Designed, developed, tested and successfully delivered 18 reports previously
developed in Actuate e.Report Designer Professional to SAP BO XI 3.1 Web Intelligence
documents
Worked on migrating existing reporting applications from XIR1 to XIR2 and also
migrating universes from test to production environment.
Used Designer to build universes and detected problems such as traps and loops in
universes and resolved problems likealiases, contexts.
Provided Dynamic dates solution to end users for month to date report, year to date
report, prior six years report, and prior six weeks reports.
Developed custom hierarchies to support drill down reports and created derived
tables for better performance of the universe.
In Central Management Console, created folders, users, groups, granted permissions
and handling versatile business security according to company requirements and worked
extensively on Servers and Server Groups.
Trained end users in developing ad hoc reports through Web Intelligence.
Work on migrating existing reporting applications from XIR2 to XIR3.1..
Environment:
BusinessObjects XIR2 (Reporter, Designer), BusinessObjects XI 3.1, MS Excel, Window XP
InfoView,CMC, CCM, Web Intelligence , Xcelsius2008, MS Server 2005, Teradata.
Confidential
Minneapolis, MN
Business Objects Developer
February 2010 January 2011
Designed and developed executive dashboards using Crystal Xcelsius using LiveOffice
as connectivity tier with Web Intelligence reports as the source.
Updated existing universes in XIR2 with additional objects according to user
requirements.
Monitored, tracked reports progress against project plan.
Assessed and analyzed mid to complex level SQL from existing Actuate reports to
evaluate the necessary report parameters, columns, prompts and filters for
successful report conversioAddressed system-specific issues, and evaluated alternate
approaches and new additional requirements
Created Aliases and Contexts for resolving Loops and checked the Integrity of the
Universe.
Consolidated canned reports from different data sources that included Excel, Oracle
and Access.
Involved in documenting alternate approaches for data consolidation for different
business units.
Created Aliases and Contexts for resolving Loops and checked the Integrity of the
Universe.
Performed UAT of Web Intelligence reports in development
Environment:
Oracle 10g, BusinessObjects XIR2 in production and Business Objects XI 3.0 in
development, InfoView, Window XP.
Confidential
New York, NY
BusinessObjects Developer
February 2009 February 2010
Created, modified and enhanced Universes using BusinessObjects Designer for every
user requirements including specific dimensions and measures.
Always checked cardinalities and integrity of the Universe and corrected any logical
or SQL problems.
Created Universes for various functional areas of high level reports group.
Created Contexts and Aliases to resolve chasm and fan traps in Universes.
Customized LOVs in Universes for quicker performance of reports.
Created Joins, Contexts, and Aliases for resolving Loops and Universe Tuning and
checked the Integrity of the Universes.
Used SQL against the database to check data retrieved.
Created the joins strategies while designing the universes.
Changed the universe parameter settings to optimize the performance of universe.
Created different universes which contains the information about the customer
like,cust_name,address,ph_no,plan_used,mins_used,mins_remaining,rollover mins.
Created derived tables to avoid loops and traps of universes and worked on breaks,
ranks, alerter and drill filters.
Designed and developed executive dashboards using Crystal Xcelsius using LiveOffice
as connectivity tier with Web Intelligence reports as the source.
Updated existing universes in XIR2 with additional objects according to user
requirements.
Monitored, tracked reports progress against project plan.
Worked with business users to identify additional report requirements and document
client requirements.
Created universes and reports in Business Objects XIR2 and XIR3.
Created multi master detail reports in Business Objects and adhoc reports in thin
client Infoview.
Environment:
BusinessObjects XIR2/XIR3 (Reporter, Designer, Supervisor), Infoview, MS Excel, Windows
2000 Professional, UNIX, Web Intelligence XIR2, Oracle 10, SQL Server for CMC.
Confidential
Jacksonville, Florida
BusinessObjects Consultant
January 2007 - January 2009
Managed three different projects for a wide range of users developed project plans,
deliverables and guidelines.
Designed and created BusinessObjects Universes, Classes and Objects for
management systems and worked on gathering requirements from Business users.
Worked on gathering business requirements interacting with the business analyst
team.
Worked on Updating existing universes in 6.5 to XIR2 with additional end user
requirements.
Managed migration of objects from development to test to production using import
wizard.
Performed Documentation, report development; actual vs. forecast vs. budget
reporting.
Created different reports containing charts showing revenue and operating income by
different divisions, market share of newspaper by circulation.
Created complicated reports including sub-reports, graphical reports, formula base
and well-formatted reports according user requirements.
Implemented Security Features of Business Objects like row level, object level and
report level to make the data secure.
Provided knowledge transfer for cross-functional team in India when the project was
outsourced.
Developed and deployed complex canned reports.
Created templates for standardizing the structure of corporate documents.
Environment:
Oracle 10g, BusinessObjects XIR2 in production and Business Objects XI 3.0 in
development, InfoView, Window XP.
Confidential
Uniondale, NY
BusinessObjects Administrator / Developer
March 2006- December 2006
Created WEBI/DESKI reports involving complex queries, sub queries, Unions and
Intersection.
Used Designer Module to design universes, joining the tables, creating prompts and
queries and applied contexts and aliases to remove loops.
Sole BusinessObjects expert for the entire corporation of 100+ users. Involved all
faces of BusinessObjects; administration, design, development and deployment.
Utilized BO for reporting and analysis of data.
Assessed and analyzed mid to complex level SQL from existing Actuate reports to
evaluate the necessary report parameters, columns, prompts and filters for
successful report conversion
Addressed system-specific issues, and evaluated alternate approaches and new
additional requirements
Created Aliases and Contexts for resolving Loops and checked the Integrity of the
Universe.
Performed UAT of Web Intelligence reports in development
Trained Power Users/Managers to create reports in WebI
Environment:
MS PowerPoint, MS Access, SQL, Business Objects XIR2, Info View, Web Intelligence 6.1.3,
MS SQL Server2008, UNIX , Teradata.
Confidential
Bethpage, NY
BusinessObjects Developer & Administrator
April 2005- February 2006
Part of team tasked with migrating existing reporting applications from 6.5 to XIR1
and XIR2.
To enhance the report performance worked with @functions (@aggregate_aware,
@select, @prompt, @where.
Coordinated with developers and business users in formulating report requirements.
Involved in creating User Training Manual for training end users in reporting
functionality and performed end user training through online and in-class sessions
Involved in design/approach, project team calls and meetings
Addressed system-specific issues, and evaluated alternate approaches and new
additional requirements
Created universes and reports in BusinessObjects 6.5
Reviewed data mapping of BusinessObjects Universes from BO 6.5 to XIR2
Created multi master detail reports in Business Objects and ad-hoc reports in thin
client Infoview
Designed and developed Web Intelligence interface according to the Client
requirements
Revamped an entire suite of 15 hyperlinked Web Intelligence reports into a set of 4
reports using BusinessObjects innate cube and object drill down functionality to replace
hyper linking
Conducted reporting sessions and presentations for business users
Updated existing universes in XIR2 with additional objects according to user
requirements
Developed high end interactive Web Intelligence reports from scratch
with cascading prompts, drillable hierarchy levels, custom date time prompts, report
level variables and filters and multiple openDocument hyperlinks
Consolidated canned reports from different data sources that included Excel, Oracle
and Access.
Involved in documenting alternate approaches for data consolidation for different
business units.
Environment:
MS Project, MS Access, MS Excel, Windows XP, UNIX, Web Intelligence 6.1.3, Oracle 9i,
Teradata, Share Point, MS PowerPoint, SQL, Business Objects XIR2, InfoView.
Confidential
New York, NY
Sr. Business Intelligence Consultant
December 2004 - March 2005
Involved in gathering project level requirements, design/approach, calls and
meetings.
Major efforts involved migrating from existing 6.5 system to XIR2; trained users and
prepared documentation.
Performed requirements gathering for new reports to be created using Web
Intelligence.
Addressed system-specific issues, and evaluated alternate approaches and new
additional requirements.
Created Aliases and Contexts for resolving Loops and checked the Universe Integrity.
Performed data mapping of Business Objects Universes in XIR1 and XIR2.
Developed and deployed Complex reports in full client and thin client.
Responsible for design, development and administration of Universe structure.
Added 60+ aggregate tables in the Universe along with setting up contexts, object
incompatibilities and created two dozen measure objects
with@Aggreagate_Aware functionality
Converted all Desktop Intelligence reports to Web Intelligence and resolve issues,
where this conversion caused errors, reports were recreated using Web Intelligence.
Developed reporting requirement specification document from legacy Mainframes.
Performed UAT of Web Intelligence reports in development.
Performed analysis on accounting related activities that included disbursements,
receipts, fair value accounting, government claims and loans.
Environment:
MS Project, MS Access, MS Excel, Windows 2000 Professional, UNIX, Web Intelligence 6.1.3,
PowerBuilder, Share Point, MS PowerPoint, SQL Server 2000.
References: Available on request
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Summary:
Over 6 years of professional experience in Design, Development and Implementation
of Business Objects Suite (XI3.1/XIR2/6.x/5.x), Life Cycle Manager.
Involved in full life cycle of the Business Objects BI Solution.
Administered and Supervised the Business Objects environment using CMC.
Strong experience in designing and building Universes from scratch.
Designed and Developed complex Desktop and Web Intelligence reports in
Business Objects.
Proficient in Migration, Installation, Administration and Upgrading versions of
Business Objects on both Windows and UNIX environments.
Extensive experience in dealing with various data sources like Oracle 10g/9i/8i,
DB2, Teradata, SQL Server, MS Access.
Expert in database development skills using SQL, PL/SQL, Stored Procedures,
Functions and Triggers.
Proficient in Performance tuning of Database, BO reports, ETL mappings in
Production environment.
Ability to comprehend complex technical and logical concepts and adapt quickly to
changes.
Excellent communication skills, analytical skills, documentation skills and team
problem solving skill in high speed, quality conscious, multitasked environment.
Technical Skills:
Software/Tools/Languages:
Business Intelligence Products: Business Objects (XI 3.1/R2/6.5/5.x) Designer, Desktop
Intelligence, Web Rich Client, CMC, Supervisor, Web
Intelligence2.X/6.X.
ETL Tools: Data Integrator, SAP BW, Informatica 7.x, Data Stage.
Data Modeling/Tools: Erwin, MS Visio Case Studio.
Databases: Oracle 10g/9i/8i, Teradata, SQL Server 2005/00, MS Access, Flat Files, DB2,
Sybase 12.5.7, Mainframe.
Programming Languages: SQL, PL/SQL, Java, C, C++, HTML, and XML
Operating Systems: Windows XP/NT 4.0, Windows 95/98, Windows 2000Serve, UNIX, HP
UX, SUN Solaris.
Professional Experience:
Confidential, LA June 2010 Present
Business Objects Developer
Qwest Communications is a global leader in Broadband Internet based communication; with
one of the largest, most technologically advance networks in the world. The companys data
come from different operational source and stored in a data mart and then data is
transformed and loaded into a centralized data warehouse for various strategic business
reports.
Responsibilities:
Working on several different Projects with Different Databases.
Developed and Designed Universes, Created classes and Sub-Classes, Objects,
Conditions, Join, Alias, Contexts using the Designer.
Created Aliases and Contexts for solving the Join Problems in Business Objects.
Developed Ad-Hoc Universe where in the users will build their reports.
Developing new universe with minimal requirements.
Test/Debug Business Objects Universe, enhancements/modifications in Designer to
include new objects, updated tables, and joins.
Created Reports using Multiple Data Providers, Free Hand SQL, Flat files and Stored
Procedure Data Providers.
Developed various canned reports using Business Objects Universes as the main
Data Provider.
Developed reports with complex Calculations, Variables, Breaks, Sorting, Drill down
and Alerts.
Helping the users in creating new reports.
Tested the report manually and involved in trouble shooting.
Participated in User Acceptance Testing for the reports and fixing bugs. Involved in
Testing the developed Universes and Reports for final deployment.
Managed the Users, Security and scheduling of reports using BCA
Coordinated with Business Objects Deployment team and documented the entire
project.
Environment: Business Objects XI 3.1, Oracle 9i, Toad 8.6.1, Teradata SQL Assistant 7.1,
Windows XP, Win 2003/2000 Server.
Confidential, GA Mar 2009 Apr 2010
Business Objects Developer
The Sales Compensation System collects information about the Sales Department. It
provides information about the sales persons details like their sales regions and
organizations, quotas and compensation details. Compensation will be calculated on quota
basis. Most of the data is in the hierarchical format. The data comes through various Data
Marts. The Business Users use the Business Objects Reporting tool.
Responsibilities:
Installed and configured Business Objects XI (R2) Business Intelligence module for
migration from 5.1.5 to XI R2.
Upgraded BO version from 5.1.5 to XI R2.
Migrated Universes & Reports from BO 5.1.5 to BO XI R2 Environment using Import
Wizard.
Analyze and document the existing 5.1.5 reports and Universes.
Prepare the Checklist/Test Plans for testing the migrated Universes, reports.
Troubleshoot the Issues and Problems encountered during the migration of reports &
universes from Business Objects 5.1.5 to Business Objects XI R2.
Work on the Designer, to test the universes on BO 5.1.5 and BOXI R2.
Test the Desktop Intelligence reports on BO 5.1.5 and BO XI R2.
Validate theUniverse and reports by comparing the Sqls.
Managed the Users and Security using the CMC.
Configured Development, Test and Production environments and synchronize user
accounts on all three environments.
Maintain the three server boxes, dev, test & Production for the migration activities.
Migrated and Promoted reports from Training to Development and from development
to QA and from QA to Production.
Interact with the users to gather requirements and work with them to ensure that
the reports work well after the migration.
Scheduled and tested the reports using CMC.
Document the installation process.
Train and educate end users about the features of Business Objects and generation
of reports.
Environment: Business Objects 5.1.5/XI R2, Web Intelligence XI R2,Oracle 9i,SQL Plus,
Windows XP, Win 2003/2000 Server, Unix, Clear Case.
Confidential, MN Mar 2008 - Feb 2009
Business Objects Analyst
The phase I system involves in analyzing and gathering of user requirement, discovery and
identification of user requirements, establishing business rules in order to build enterprise
Data warehouse to improve overall quality and productivity of existing processes and
deploying reliable and accurate information that identifies the source in ftp staging area and
creating mapplets, mappings and sessions through Informatica Power Center ETL tool in
order to create and populate the target database schema.
Responsibilities:
Designed and implemented Star-Schema in creation of data warehouse.
Created complex mappings using SAP BW.
Written Stored Procedures for data transformation and normalization.
Tuned the transformations and sessions to perform better.
Documented the complete SAP BW repository objects like mappings and
transformations.
Involved in full life cycle and automation of whole reporting application.
Installed and configured Business Objects and Web Intelligence.
Interacted with users to collect the user requirement.
Created functions using oracle PL/SQL.
Minimized the Skew factor in Teradata.
Created stored procedures, cursors and several queries in Oracle.
Designed and created the Universe as per client requirement.
Created Crystal, WEBI and Desk I reports as per the requirements.
Tested the reports in Web Intelligence.
Conducted user training for Richfood Employees for their future use.
Environment: SAP BW, Business Objects XI R3, SQL Server6.5, Oracle 8.0, Teradata, MS
Access, MS Excel, PL/SQL.
Confidential, CT Jan 2007 to Feb 2008
Business Objects Developer
Westvaco is a Major Manufacturer of papers and specialty chemicals and also the largest
producers of envelopes in the world. The system involves in building Data warehouse to
improve overall quality and productivity of existing processes and deploying reliable and
accurate information. This information is delivered in various data marts like production,
sales and that are used to formulate analytical information and generating reports.
Responsibilities:
Installed and configured Business Objects XI (R2), Upgraded and migrated BO
version (6.5.1/XI R2).
Migrated reports from business objects 6.5 to business objects XI
Migrated corporate documents and the Universes using the Import Wizard.
Validate theUniverse and reports by comparing the Sqls.
Resolved the issues on the universes and reports after the migration.
Created reports using free-hand SQL, Stored Procedure, PL/SQL, Universe
Configured Development and Test environments and synchronize user accounts with
LDAP server on all three environments.
Created SQL for Ad-hoc reporting.
Configured Publisher with BCA and to test the implementation on Development and
Test environments and map the same to the existing production environment.
Responsible for system architecture, to maintain 3 server boxes. (Production, Test
and Development environments)
Document the installation process and co-ordinate with product support to resolve
certain product related bugs.
Partner with team members to gather requirements to formulate business
specifications and assist the technical team in analyzing and translating business
requirements to ensure accurate interpretation and application architecture.
Environment: Business Objects 6.5/XI R2,Informatica 7.0, Web Intelligence 6.X, BCA 6.5,
Publisher 6.5, Auditor 6.5,Oracle 9i, Windows XP, Win 2003/2000 Server, Unix, LDAP, Test
Director.
Bachelors of Science
Summary
Motivated and creative business process improvement specialist and Agile Project Manager
with a strong background implementing and maintaining SQL Server databases using T-SQL,
SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio, SQL
Server native tools, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS in multiple server environments.
Technologies
Systems:ASP.NET,Windows Server 2003/2008, XP/Vista/7, Linux, MS Project, MS Visio, MS
Virtual PC, MS Virtual Server, Visual Studio 2005/2008, MS Office Suite, ERP, CRM
Databases:Access, Denali, MDX, OLAP, OLTP, SQL Server 2005/2008R2, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS
Languages:C#, JavaScript, HTML, SQL, T-SQL, XML
Experience
Confidential,05/2012 Present
Dallas, TX
BI Developer - SSRS Specialist
Designed ETL packages to transfer files into SQL Databases and designed reports to
present the Data to end-users.
Designed, created and maintained OLAP Cubes used for reporting by adding
dimensions and measures as needed.
Performed troubleshoot on BI tools, systems, and software; performance-tune these
applications as necessary.
Produced ETL design guidelines to ensure a manageable ETL infrastructure for the BI
system.
Conducted job duties and responsibilities according to the organizations business
systems development methodology and/or its Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
methodology.
Designed and delivered end-user training and training materials; provide technical
support as necessary.
Led the integration efforts for merging BI platforms with enterprise systems and
applications.
Designed, code, test, and documented all new or modified BI systems, applications,
and programs.
Developed the semantic layer, metadata, reports, and report definitions.
Assisted in the design of databases and data warehouses to ensure interoperability
with BI solutions.
Conducted research and make recommendations on BI products, services, and
standards in support of procurement and development efforts.
Evaluated and selected database/data warehouse components, including hardware,
relational database management systems, ETL software, metadata management tools, and
database design solutions.
Analyzed user requirements and, based on findings, design functional specifications
for BI front-end applications.
Confidential,2/2011 11/2011
Jacksonville, FL
SQL Server 2008 R2 Business Intelligence Developer
Contributed to team effort of designing numerous simple to complex T-SQL
statements, stored procedures with parameters to query Sales Force database according to
business requirements.
Evaluated table relationships to determine the most efficient query designs to return
requested results.
Designed impressive SSRS reporting solutions according to user specifications to
bring meaning to the data and solve complex business requirements using maps, spark
lines, data bars, drill downs, sub reports, indicators, and gauges.
Leveraged SSIS Extraction, Transformation and Loading tools with Flat Files, XML,
Excel, ODBC, DB2, SQL, Oracle sources and Databases
Created SSAS Cubes from Data Warehouse sources; utilized statistical analysis
methods and MDX calculations to generate data needed for End-users and for use in
Reporting Services.
Configured Reporting Services Configuration Manager and Report Manager and
deployed reports for End-User access
Created new databases, database backups/restores, and migrated existing tables
into the newly created databases using Restore Database T-SQL syntax.
Confidential,12/2010 5/2011 Milwaukee, WI
Technical Project Consultant
Created a SQL Server Database for tracking and managing of system errors before
and during Application roll-outs, which led to increase in up time and productivity for the
entire AT&T UVERSE division; Ran SSIS packages to generate strategic customer data
Designed technical training materials for the IPTV technicians and customers to
resolve connectivity problem on a first call basis
Controlled the quality of service and amount of rework performed; managed agents
to stay on tasks at hand
Provided leadership to technical product support agents on how to meet and exceed
client expectations
Coordinated and lead all daily team meetings and brainstorming sessions; provided
leadership in report creation
Exceeded customer service expectations 20 months in a row; Finished 2008 with
112% of plan estimates, and sold 2600 AT&T services in the first 3 quarters of 2009
through direct sales and upgrades
Increased AT&Ts growth by securing new partners, consulting engagements and by
delivering new projects
Added to AT&T's organizational process assets and increased revenue by 20% by
developing ideas that led to integration with Apple's iPhone.
Confidential,12/2004 8/2008
Milwaukee, WI
Mortgage Orientation Analyst (Part Time)
Made sales calls to current clients and potential first time home buyers.
Prepared paper work for income and credit checks.
Made appointments for title searches and final closings.
Gave community discourses about importance of home ownership.
Confidential,12/2007 - 10/2008
Milwaukee, WI
Computer Trainer
Coordinated and tutored Mathematics and technical writing to high school students.
Provided computer training to students
Was in charge of special needs class for students falling behind in Mathematics and
Science; Led the research for better ways of improving test scores
Collaborated with management and students daily to measure and improve test
scores for the students; Performed analysis and recommended necessary system upgrade
for the classrooms.
Confidential,3/2003 - 12/2007
Milwaukee, WI
Project Manager
Assumed responsibility by assisting customers with long distance and T1 fast internet
accounts, reduced reworks, increased customer base, increased profit margins, and Led
team meetings.
Provided daily support to Canadian clients and Entered customer information into
CRM software.
Worked with business owners and executive-level decision makers using multi-
contact selling approach.
Added more than 300 clients to MCIs client base by providing multinational support
in English and French
Generated 30% of business through client referrals compared to the company
standard of 10%; Recognized leader in the office and frequently called upon to provide
trainings on technical products.
Educations, Training & Certifications
Education:
Master of Science in Business Administration
Emphasis in Global Business Policy and Strategy
Master Certificate in Project Management
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Emphasis in Strategic Management of Information Technology
IT Network Specialist-Associate in Applied Science
Received Certification -AT&T: Internet Data Center Knowledge Test (IDCKT)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Project Management Institute (PMI) Member
North Texas SQL Server User Group
Summary:
Business Object Developer with over 8 years of experience in implementing Full
Cycle data warehousing from requirement gathering, designing, scheduling,
developing and implementation using Business Object suite, and demonstrated
abilities to analyze problems, respond to changing needs and forge strong working
relationships with the peers.
Over 4 years of extensive experience as Crystal Xcelsius Developer in creating
highly interactive, user-friendlyDashboards and Scorecards.
Strong Knowledge in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) such
as developing, testing, Migrating, Administrating, security management and production
supporting on various platforms like UNIX and Windows NT/2000/XP/98.
Strong Advanced reporting skills in different industries including Education,
Insurance, Banking, Healthcare and Automobile.
Expertise in Designing/Developing the BO Universes, Ad-hoc/Canned Reports,
Complex Reports using predefined conditions as well as Business Objects Full Client &
Thin Client reports.
Mastery in Import Wizard and Report Conversion Tool for migrating the
Universes and Reports between different environments like Development, QA and
Production.
Extensively involved in Migrating the Universes and Reports from BO6.5 to
BOXIR2/3.1.
Immense experience in setting up Aggregate Awareness to enhance the performance
of SQL transactions.
Good Knowledge of Data Modeling using Entity-Relationship Model, Dimensional Data
Modeling using Star schema andsnow flake schema.
Experience in creating several reports with Business Objects functionalities like
Breaks, Alerts, Filters, Sorts, Query Prompts and Drill filters.
Highly efficient in creating dashboards using dashboard manager and Crystal
Xcelsius 2008 using Query as a Web Service (QAAWS) and Live Office.
Strong Working Experience in HP Project and Portfolio Tracking Tool (PPM).
Extensive experience in Scrum and Sprint environments.
Knowledge of Informatica tool to design the source definition, target definition and
transformations to build mappings.
Ability to adapt to fast changing skills and work, able to work in-groups as well as
independently with minimal supervision.
Excellent Technical, Communication and Interpersonal Skills and Quick
learner.
Technical Skills:
Languages : SQL, PL/SQL, C, C++
Databases : Oracle 8.x/9.x/10.x, MS SQL Server 2000, MS Access
Operating Systems : Windows (98/NT/XP), UNIX (Sun Solaris, AIX), LINUX, MS DOS
Reporting Tools : Business Objects 6.x/ Xi R2/ R3/R3.1, Universe Designer, Desktop
Intelligence, Web Intelligence, Infoview, CMC, Crystal Enterprise 8.5/9.0, Crystal
Xcelsius2008, 4.5.
Other Tools : Toad, SQL * plus, SQL Loader, HP PPM
Web Designing : HTML/ DHTML, Ms Office, Adobe Photoshop
Educational Qualification:
Bachelors of Technology in Computer Science
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, Redmond, WA Oct 11-Till Date
Sr. Business Objects Developer (Crystal Xcelsius)
NTD Projects Performance
The team here at the AT&T headquarters, keeps track of all the projects and performances
of all the Project Managers throughout the country. The team uses the HP Project and
Portfolio Tracking tool to manage the requests from different business users. The aim of this
project is to develop reports and Dashboard that deal with Week over Week, Month over
Month comparisons of Network and Project Health/status for all the Technology types, viz.
Wireline, Mobility, Non-mobility, U-verse etc and with the performance of PMs, project cycle
time. This Project mainly deals with Milestones (Decision Gates) in the Project Life Cycle.
And shows how close the Actual milestone dates are with respect to the Forecast dates.
Responsibilities:
Gathered the requirements from Business Users to build the reports and Dashboard
by interacting with the various users regularly to identify the KPIs.
Maintained the existing reports and scheduled them as per the demand of the
Business users.
Worked on the HP Project and Portfolio Tracking Tool (PPM) and HP Project
Management and Tracking Tool (PMATT) to deal with the requests (PSRs) of various
business users and made those changes required on the reports. Also dealt with all the
report related issues requested on PMATT.
Moved existing reports, Data-Providers/Queries from old Universe to new universe.
Developed DESKI and WEBI reports which shows the different Milestone Dates and
Average Number of Days for multiple Projects for Month-over-Month Comparisons.
Identified the Outliers and removed those from the report to maintain consistency in
the average number of days throughout the Year.
Used Macros to enlist all the reports, their Data-Providers/Queries, universes used,
Object Names and Class Names and documented them for reference.
Integrated Crystal Xcelsius 2008 with Business Objects Universe using QAAWS.
Developed highly Interactive Dashboard called NTD Project Cycle Time completely
based on dynamic user input.
Wrote multiple new formulae at the universe level and query level to meet the
changing requirements.
Created users and groups and Implemented the security at row level and user level.
Tested the reports and validating them by comparing with the results on the PMATT.
Refreshed the Monthly Metrics and scheduled the reports to be refreshed on
daily/weekly basis and send those refreshed instances to the users through the scheduled
emails.
Environment: Business Objects (BOBJ) XI R3.1 Enterprise, XCELSIUS 2008,
QAAWS, Live Office, WEBI, DESKI, HP PPM, PMATT, Oracle 10g, Microsoft Visio,
Access 2000, Windows XP
Confidential, Frankfort, KY Oct 10 - Oct 11
Sr. Business Objects Developer (Crystal Xcelsius)
Strategic Agenda & Planning
The Council develops a strategic plan for Kentucky's postsecondary system which includes
campus action plans for each public postsecondary institution and the Association of
Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities. The Council produces and submitsannual
accountability reports to the Governor and the Kentucky General Assembly on the
postsecondary and adult education system's progress toward meeting the goals of House
Bill 1. The process will involve an assessment of the current strengths and challenges faced
by the system, an analysis of the effectiveness of the public agenda, and the development
of statewide and institution goals, implementation strategies, and performance metrics for
the education and economic objectives articulated.
Responsibilities:
Involved in the requirements gathering and Business logics from Business
Users and prepared Business Requirements Document (BRD) and technical documents.
Worked with the design team to create new report designs as per changing user
requirements.
Modified existing reports to meet user requirements.
Exclusively Used QAAWS, Live Office, XML mappings as per the Dash board
requirements.
Did QAAWS Sizing on the servers to perform the Queries run fast and display the
dash boards.
Created multiple Flash variables in Xcelsius and used them to pass data from one
dashboard to other.
Involved in designing Aggregate Universe for all the Dashboards.
Linked different WebI Reports from dashboard to Infoview.
Developed Dashboard for upper level management using Crystal Xcelsius.
Developed various Charts and Graphs like Bar Chart, Pie Charts, and Line
graphs scatteredchart.
Used Web Intelligence for web based query and reporting.
Developed Reports with parameters based on data using Crystal Reports XI.
Exported reports into various formats like PDF, HTML, and EXCEL by using WebI
Reports.
Generating reports on the performance of different partners considering different
factors involved.
The reports are generated on ad-hoc basis and also periodically on monthly,
quarterly and annual basis.
Publishing and Scheduling WEBI Reports in Infoview environment using BOE.
Environment: Business Objects (BOBJ) XI R3.1 Enterprise, XCELSIUS 2008,
QAAWS, Live Office, WEBI, DESKI,Oracle 10g, Microsoft Visio, Access 2000,
Windows XP
Confidential, Lincolnshire IL, May09-Oct10
Sr. Business Objects Developer (Crystal Xcelsius)
Retail Analytics
Walgreens provides mail service pharmacy, Retail drugstore and specialty pharmacy and
home care services. Retail Analytics application defines Store wide sales information to
higher level executives (Retail Mangers and VP levels) in Walgreens. Application is used by
Business users to check the Pharmacy and retail sales information on a day to day basis.
Retail Analytics also provides insight information about sales and drugstore information to
managers and provide in time Dashboards for higher level executives. Application is a
package of both Dashboards and WEBI reports.
Responsibilities:
Worked with the design team to create new report designs as per changing user
requirements.
Created dashboards using Xcelsius 2008 to leverage interactive, reliable reporting
and visually stunning, accurate dashboards.
Integrated Query as a Web Service (QAAWS) and Xcelsius 2008 to convert the static
presentations into dynamic and live visualizations.
Created classes & Objects in designing the Universes, Importing/Exporting the
Universe from/to repository to make it accessible to end users.
Linked universes using kernel, and master approaches to share the common
components.
Organized data in the reports by using Filters, Sorting, Ranking and highlighted data
with Alerter. Extensively used Supervisor Module for Managing user groups and users.
Involved in the requirements gathering and Business logics from Business
Users and prepared Business Requirements Document (BRD) and technical documents.
Modified existing reports to meet user requirements.
Exclusively Used QAAWS, Live Office, XML mappings as per the Dashboard
requirements.
Provided End-User training on Xcelsius Dashboards & Webi reports.
Created multiple Flash variables in Xcelsius and used them to pass data from one
dashboard to other.
Did QAAWS Sizing on the servers to perform the Queries run fast and display the
dashboards.
Involved in designing multiple universes for reporting and dashboarding needs.
Linked different WebI Reports from dashboard to Infoview.
Developed Dashboard reports for each region for upper level management
using Crystal Xcelsius and published them on Infoview.
Generating reports on the performance of different partners considering different
factors involved.
The reports are generated on ad-hoc basis and also periodically on monthly,
quarterly and annual basis.
Publishing and Scheduling WEBI Reports in Infoview environment using BOE
Scheduler in CMC.
Environment: Business Objects (BOBJ) XI R3.1 Enterprise, XCELSIUS 2008,
QAAWS, Live Office, WEBI, DESKI,Oracle 10g, Microsoft Visio, Access 2000,
Windows XP
Confidential, Bloomington, IL Apr 08-May 09
Sr.Business Objects Developer
ICRS (Insurance Credit Response System)
State Farm Insurance is one of the oldest Insurance farms in the United States. The
company uses Business Objects to power its Business Intelligence need through the
extensive intranet setup. This system was built with an objective to help top-level
management in decision making. I was involved in design, development and managing
Business Intelligence (BI) solutions using Business Objects.
Responsibilities:
Liaison with Business users to finalize the requirements and charting the business
processes in to build the reporting application using Business Objects suite.
Involved in creation of Universes, Classes, Objects and Hierarchies for multi
dimensional analysis of database usingBusiness Objects XI 3.0 for technical and sales
departments.
Worked extensively on modules CMC, Designer, Web Intelligence and Info view.
Used @functions to create predefined conditions and prompts to filter the data and
dynamic user selection.
Prepared complex ad-hoc reports and canned reports using user defined functions
and condition objects.
Worked with the business users from different lanes to gather Systems requirements
and data requirements.
Study and understanding the Business Scenarios of the existing systems,
understanding the data and validating the data by applying the current business rules.
Involved in designing Credit Summary dash boards for higher level executives in
State Farm using Crystal Xcelsius 2008/4.5.
Used Crystal repository for reusability of formulas.
Responsible for Designing reports and present Mock-ups to the users.
Created test cases based on requirements and mapping for ETL and Reports.
Developed several reports with consistent drill-down functionality including Drilldown
Reports, Summary Reports and Master Detail Reports.
Developed Custom Functions, Manual Running Totals, and Complex Formulae for
Reports.
Created variables and defined formula to capture user responses to a prompt and to
display document information for WebI reports.
Trained the users in viewing/scheduling the reports using the Info view.
Environment: Business Objects (BOBJ) XI R2 Enterprise, XCELSIUS 4.5 / 2008,
QAAWS,
WEBI, DESKI, Oracle 10g, Windows XP.
Confidential, Milwaukee, WI Aug06 Mar 08
Business objects Developer
This project gives the Contract Information of Products sold by GE. Custom reporting
package for Sales information about GE products across different regions. Customized the
existing universe and built new objects for custom reports.
Responsibilities:
Understanding business requirements and preparing System Requirement
Specifications.
Involved in writing validation documents as per system requirements.
Involved in writing validation docs as per Pharma industry Standard.
Involved in Designing Sales reports, Submission reports, listing reports.
Created extended universes for Report writer universe and customized the universe
as per business needs for drug safety.
Involved in Migrating reports from Custom based Java application to CCM
Environment using SDK.
Involved in writing unit test cases for Data validation.
Involved in writing report requirements for CCM Application as per GE Standards.
Used Webi as the interface to build the Drug Safety reports.
Involved in Migrating reports from different environments (QA, Dev, and PROD).
Involved in design of Technical Architecture, Data modeling and preparing ETL
specifications.
Involved in requirement gathering from Business users, Responsible for
understanding end user requirement and convert into functional requirement and involved
in Designing reports using Business Objects XI/R2 WEBI.
Created user Prompts, Conditions and Filters for various reports to specify the
reporting parameters as per the business rules and the requirements of the end users.
Environment: Business Objects (BOBJ) 6.5/R2, WEBI, DESKI, Oracle 8i , Microsoft
Visio, Access 2000, Visual Source Safe 6.0, Clear quest, Windows XP.
Confidential, Santa Rosa, California Apr05 Aug06
Business Objects developer Oscar Reporting - Global Supply Chain
Involved in Designing and developing a tool for the Endovascular Planning process that will
collect data from multiple global sources and organize it in a manner that will enable the
Global Supply Chain to prepare S&OP documentation, standard reports for tracking day to
day business operations, and dynamic queries to assist in making business decisions. Data
generated by the application could be used to update product mix in QAD, as well as
providing reporting for Marketing, Manufacturing, and R&D.
Responsibilities:
Involved in Designing Pipeline reports, Build Plan reports, Demand Plan reports and
Inventory Reports.
Involved in the collecting requirements, Interacted with prospective clients to gather
their analytical requirements, which are very important to customer.
Responsible for understanding end user requirement and convert into functional
requirement and involved in preparing project plan.
Designed, developed, maintained and tested universes for supporting ad hoc
queries and canned reportsaccording to the business requirements.
Involved in migrating Business Objects 6.1 version to 6.5
Designed hierarchies in universe for various reports and created user objects with
calculations in universe
Responsible for the Designing classes and objects by using the Business Object
Designer
Scheduled and monitored reports using Broadcast Agent (BCA).
Created the reports using Business Objects functionalitys like Queries, Slice and
Dice, Drill Down, Cross Tab, Master Detail and Formulaes etc.
Organized data in the report Inserting Filters, Sorting, Ranking and highlighting
data.
Created reports in table, cross table, 2-D, 3-D Column, Line, Area and Pie
charts.
Developed Reports with Analytics Alerts.
Used various data sources namely Oracle 9i/8i,Sqlserver
Worked extensively with SQL*Plus, TOAD for writing user defined queries, stored
procedures, views, tables, Indexes and constraints
Environment: Business Objects (BOBJ) 5.1/6.5, Oracle 9i, TOAD, Microsoft Visio,
Access 2000, MS SqlServer 2000, SQL Server Management Studio, TSQL, Visual
Source Safe 6.0, Windows XP.
Confidential, India Mar 04-Mar 05
Business Objects Developer
Responsibilities:
Worked very closely with upper management to get detailed information on what
information they require in each report.
Created Universes, Reports, and Linked with existing Universe,
Resolved Loops and Traps.
Created Daily, Weekly, Biweekly and Monthly drill down reports using Business
Objects.
Trained business users to use Web Intelligence to create ad-hoc reports as well as
view existing published reports.
Scheduled reports using Broadcast Agent for refreshing.
Tested the project on Business Objects 5.1 to make sure that it still functioned
correctly.
Environment: Business Objects (BOBJ) 5.1.2, Web Intelligence 2.6, Windows
2000, SQL, Oracle 8.i, BCA.