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Recent: Business Intelligence reporting and analytical team management (SAS v9, Cognos v8), data warehouse project development and management and data analysis utilizing leading edge BI technologies to create and distribute corporate web-based reporting tools and reports. Client Services Manager for BI dashboard development and deployment to Sr. Management. Previous: More than ten years of project management, software development, data analysis, and report automation experience. Software development / Business systems analyst (decision support, data warehousing, business strategy, and process improvement). Five years management and team lead experience. Excellent technical / interpersonal / communication skills. More than 10 years of prior experience in the Financial Services and Telecommunications industries.SkillsTeam / Project Management – Responsible for project team management, matrix project management, employee development, communication, coordination, risk analysis, negotiating, scheduling, budgeting, monitoring and reporting.Requirements/Analysis – User/Customer liaison between development (MIS/DBA’s) and business support teams. Responsibilities include: requirements gathering, data design, data quality, report definition and design, process reengineering, documentation, prioritization, testing, integration, implementation and support. Draft user test cases and conduct user acceptance testing.Software Development – Extensive development experience using SAS v8 and v9, Enterprise Guide, Cognos v8 (PowerPlay, ReportNet and Query Studio). Knowledge and experience in Peoplesoft v8, MicroStrategy v7, Brio, ERWin (physical and logical data modeling), Visio, Lotus Notes, PL/SQL, MS Office suite: Project, Access, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint. Experience working with Teradata, Oracle, Sybase, and MS SQL Server databases, SQL Navigator, SQL Plus, Query Analyzer. Experience working in Windows and UNIX OS.Specialties: Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Project Management, SAS and Cognos Development

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