Christopher Denney Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Extensive experience leading data and systems analysis and business intelligence for large complex organizations and systems, specializing in custom ETL and interfaces. Broad background in development of multi-dimensional warehousing and implementation of BI modules.

St. Paul, Mn, Us

Managed the automation and streamlining of business workflow processes for an organization with 1,500+ users, processing 150K units of blood per year for hospitals. Responsibility for designing, building and maintaining conceptual and physical data warehouse models, upgrading and integrating new systems with old and creating and managing sophisticated custom ETL jobs and schedules.• Reduced software licensing costs, narrowed KPI analysis, and streamlined entire operation’s system with installation, support, and ETL for the new Blood Establishment Computer System (BECS) to create one set of Standard Operating Procedures. Role included extracting all the data from both computer systems and transforming it to fit into the new system, then executing it, retiring the old system• Secondary projects include support interfaces and automation of dataflow for old BECS• Established laboratory test equipment interfaces to LIS• Developed interim database and interfaces to Hospital Ordering system for both old systems• Delivered reporting solutions for various systems in-house to save time and money over vendor solutions, allowing a more agile fit to individual division requirements • Installed and maintained backup scripts for all of the Oracle databases, eliminating the need to pay a vendor for this service

Oklahoma City, Ok, Us

Directed high-profile projects supporting various business initiatives related to data ETL development, application development, system analysis, design and production support. Worked closely with end users to gather requirements and match with available resources; analyzed requirements and developed implementation plans with project managers.• Performed analysis and documentation for issues and errors as well as suggesting corrective actions• Provided user and database support for all operational blood bank systems and support systems • Updated and optimized SQL queries and moved old reports to new reporting systems • Developed scripts and programs by working closely with end users to determine needs and support automation activities/intercommunication between systems• Developed data warehouse/mart strategies to reduce the load on OLTP system and allow better throughput on business reporting summaries• Integrated data from acquired blood center(s) with existing blood bank data on reduced lead time project• Reduced need for vendor support hours, transferring the support to in-house responsibilities

Provided database administration services for one of the world’s foremost suppliers of information management systems for blood centers and hospital transfusion centers, troubleshooting and support for technical issues related to the company’s software policies. • Performed migration of organization’s data from previous software systems to new • Assisted at least 12 major US hospitals annually with installation and software setup, creating Oracle databases and installing other, third-party software as required by customer’s technical needs• Developed scripts and programs to support job activities and intercommunication between products

Denver, Co, Us

Provided desktop and applications support for entire main system one of the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit transfusion medicine organizations with a network of nearly a dozen community blood centers.• Responsible for printer and label printer communications/support for Unix and VMS systems• Provided support for serial communications and interfaces with laboratory test equipment• Developed and deployed scripts and programs as required in support of user and management requirements for automation activities, reducing staff time needed for repetitious activities.• Interacted closely with users, at all level, to produce needed reports• Provided detailed information on what reportable data there was, allowing users to more accurately gauge their own reporting needs• Part of a team that developed the process for a major donor data migration from a legacy/in-house system to a commercial system, allowing migration to a new system for employer and blood centers in two other states• Trained extensively on the new system, significantly reducing company costs and providing technical services that would have otherwise been chargeable by the vendor