Over 25 years working with Microsoft SQL Server, through to SQL Server 2019 in roles ranging from DBA\Developer to Data Warehouse Architect.• Passionate about deriving tangible value from data.• Dimensional Modelling – from design to delivery.• Stakeholder Management.• Building highly performant SSIS (with C#) ETL pipelines (at scale) ingesting data from a variety of sources –
Amtrust Financial (Car Care Plan)
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Senior\Lead Bi DeveloperAmtrust Financial (Car Care Plan) Apr 2021 - PresentLeeds, England, United KingdomDesigning and building a new DWH and associated Dimensional Models for an insurance firm specialising in vehicle warranty and related protection products.Responsible for the new ETL (SSIS) framework, pipelines, Dimensional Models and Cubes (including MDX) and presenting the SSAS cubes via PowerBI, SSRS and Excel (PowerPivot).Working with actuaries to design and build specialist revenue forecasting models.Leading and mentoring junior staff.
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Data Warehouse Designer\Modeller (Contract)Asda Feb 2019 - Apr 2019Leeds, United KingdomDesigning the Dimensional Model for George.com’s online business and the build instructions\designs for the ETL pipelines, to be built by Asda’s offshore development teams\partners. -
Business Intelligence Developer (Contract)Airelogic Nov 2018 - Dec 2018Leeds, United KingdomDesigning, building and deploying SSRS reports for Healthcare clients, and creating automated Development Environments using Powershell – VS2017, SSDT, SQL Server 2017 and Tortoise\SVN.
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Business Intelligence\Data Warehouse Specialist (Contract)Lowell Sep 2017 - Jun 2018LeedsDesigning and building a DW and its ETL pipelines for a Financial Services firm, using SQL Server and SSIS - retrieving data from a variety of systems: Progress OpenEdge, SQL Server & Telephony systems.Including the ETL pipelines for the incremental and initial loads - dealing with SCD2 dimensions and a full historical load whilst ensuring data quality.Designing and deploying SSAS cubes utilising Temporal Snapshot designs providing very high compression rates and surfacing data via Qlikview and SSRS. -
Business Intelligence\Data Warehouse Specialist (Contract)Nhs Digital Oct 2016 - Mar 2017LeedsDesigning and building a Data Mart for NHS England to allow the analysis of Mental Health referral data – a full Data Warehouse development lifecycle including user workshops and requirements gathering.This included the ETL (SSIS) pipeline\s, Dimensional Model\s (SQL Server 2014) and Cubes (SSAS 2014) including MDX and presenting the SSAS cubes via an OLAP browser.Also included the design and build of a proof of concept SSAS cube for NHS England's Cancer Waiting Times project to track milestones. -
Data Warehouse\Business Intelligence Consultant (Contract)Laterooms.Com Mar 2016 - Jun 2016Manchester, United KingdomStakeholder management and collaboration with other Product and Development teams to shape and contribute to the overall BI architecture and systemsExtending the coverage of the Data Warehouse (Dimensional Model). -
Data Warehouse Developer (Contract)Amey Aug 2015 - Dec 2015Preston, United KingdomWorking as part of a team to deliver Data Warehouse solutions for Amey’s Facilities management contracts.Full Data Warehouse lifecycle ranging from user workshops, integrating multiple sources from Microsoft Dynamics CRM to in-house applications into a Kimball Data Warehouse, via SSIS, building cubes and deploying reports via SSRS. -
Head Of DataAccesspay - Smarter, Cloud-Based Payment & Cash Management Solutions May 2015 - Aug 2015Manchester, United Kingdom -
Data Warehouse Architect\Sql Server PrincipalEmerald Group Publishing Limited Sep 2007 - Apr 2015BingleyDesign and implementation of Data Warehouse (including ETL sub-system design) involving the integration of diverse systems such as Microsoft CRM 4.0, Dynamics GP and proprietary web based CMS. Delivering BI solutions via SSRS and Business Objects XI.Providing SQL Server expertise\mentoring to DBA's and development\infrastructure teams with regard to advanced T-SQL, Database design, Indexing Strategies, Storage Design and Disaster Recovery\Business Continuity Planning. -
Sql Server SpecialistMarshalls Plc Mar 2006 - Aug 2007Halifax, United KingdomProjects ranged from implementation of MS Dynamics, and MOSS 2007 across multiple sites to Virtualisation technology within the SQL Server estate using VMWare and the associated storage strategy using EMC Symmetrix. This included High Availability catering for site failure and real time DR provisioning for the SQL Server stack. Also included operational responsibility such as the optimisation of T-SQL, providing design guidance to junior staff and Development teams, and performance tuning of production systems, including Indexing strategies and hardening. -
Sql Server\Data Warehouse LeadHomeloan Management Limited Jul 2003 - Mar 2006SkiptonTotal lifecycle responsibility and management of Data Warehouse and associated ETL processes, in the Financial Services Sector, working for one of the largest 3rd party mortgage processing companies, in the UK.Providing design and architectural input to development teams and cross functional project teams.The development of systems to manage automated reporting from Data warehouse\ODS.
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Sql Server ConsultantContractor May 2000 - Jun 2003Uk WideSQL Server contractor working in diverse sectors ranging from Energy Generation to Financial Services (credit card processing)
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Sql Server SpecialistBaan Feb 1999 - Apr 2000Uk WideSupport and implementations of Baan ERP and SQL Server, including migrations to SQL Server 7.0 -
Sql Server/Systems SpecialistSkipton Building Society Nov 1995 - Feb 1999SkiptonPart of a team responsible for the complete migration of financial systems from a proprietary Unisys system to a Microsoft based client\server solution, including the complete design of a 200+ site LAN\WAN enterprise, with sole responsibility for SQL Server systems.
Abid H. Education Details
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Mechanical Engineering -
Kimball UniversityDimensional Modelling - London -
Kimball UniversityEtl Subsystems - Stockholm
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Abid H. attended Aston University, Kimball University, Kimball University.
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