Kevin Mathis Email & Phone Number

· Leads development and implementation of best practices for a Cognos environment.· Manages operational ITSM processing using Servicenow and enforces SLA adherence· Resolves escalated problem management and resolution tickets.· Coordinates with business and dev teams.· Serves as Subject Matter Expert and advising customers in the best reporting options and solutions.· Interfaces with project leads to identify desired outcomes and resolve reporting issues.· Technical leader for support and enhancement issues working with analytics/quantitative teams to aggregate results/reports.· Participates in Scrum ceremonies using Jira, daily scrum, sprint planning· Generates solutions based on feedback and applying learnings.

· Responsible for Framework Manager design, reporting, and dashboard development with Cognos 10 for the Air National Guard and Army National Guard.· Developed and led a custom multi-day training class for Cognos 10 Query Studio and Business Insight for the Air National Guard and Army National Guard.· Led mission critical data reporting and development, production and maintenance of business intelligence/decision support to aid the U.S. Air Force in efforts to identify and neutralize criminal, terrorist and intelligence threats.· Responsible for requirements gathering, planning, development and testing of new reports, data cubes for the US Air Force’s Office of Special Investigations (USAF OSI).· Conducted production server maintenance (for classified and unclassified systems), software upgrades, patches, security, configuration, etc.· Designed and implemented a data warehousing project to consolidate investigative data from various data sources into subject-oriented data marts for efficient reporting.· Provided Cognos training, briefings, and presentations to Detachment and Region Commanders, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) attendees.

· Independent consultant devising an implementation strategy to migrate 800+ existing Cognos Impromptu reports to Cognos ReportNet.· Managed install combinations using Cognos on Unix, MS 2000, BEA Weblogic, and Oracle; and troubleshooting system problems and installations strategies.· Wrote SQL and performance tuning views in Oracle 9.x.· Worked closely with the Enterprise database teams to ensure Oracle proxies needed to satisfy single sign on requirements and to troubleshoot user accesses and database query performance issues.· Customized solutions to meet the customer’s user interface requirements.· Developed proof-of-concept prototypes using the Cognos BI suite to illustrate data mart strategies using PowerPlay and Impromptu.

· Senior consultant for mission critical top secret government contract requiring TS/SCI Clearance with Full Scope Polygraph, supporting government personnel in development of data acquisition applications.· Team Lead tasked to design, configure and implement architecture of Cognos Business Intelligence systems on an Enterprise level in a Win 2000 environment.· Delivered operational and management reports, explorable analyses and ad hoc queries using client specified measures.· Worked with Cognos Visualizer in conjunction with Geoset Manager to create visual representations (maps) of complex data for analysis and trending.· Built and deployed manageable business intelligence applications utilizing the full suite of Cognos tools with common security, shared metadata, central administration, and XML-based Web Services.· Generated OLAP components in an effort to increase efficiency of multi-dimensional data analysis.· Developed explorable, drillable, calculated powercubes for client defined measures and dimensions.· Provided technical training to clients, providing both standardized and customized courses.