28twelve consulting is my own professional services company, where I help customers discover the meaning of their data. We focus primarily on analytics and business intelligence, specializing in Microsoft technologies.We use the following tools & technologies: Microsoft SQL Server & Azure SQL DatabaseIntegration Services (SSIS) & Azure Data Factory (ADF)Analysis Services (Tabular) & Azure Analysis ServicesPower BI & Power BI Report Server

As the Practice Architect for the Business Intelligence and SQL Server Practice, I owned every project from a technical perspective. My duties and responsibilities included the following:Architect, plan & develop solutionsEnsure the quality of our technical deliverablesAssist team members and provide technical guidance/mentoringConduct discovery calls/sessions with clients to assess project scope & effortProvide technical sections for statement of work… Show more As the Practice Architect for the Business Intelligence and SQL Server Practice, I owned every project from a technical perspective. My duties and responsibilities included the following:Architect, plan & develop solutionsEnsure the quality of our technical deliverablesAssist team members and provide technical guidance/mentoringConduct discovery calls/sessions with clients to assess project scope & effortProvide technical sections for statement of work documentsAssist the sales team with pre-salesPlease refer to the "Projects" section for more details of the projects I were involved in. Show less

Senior BI consultant focusing on the entire spectrum of Microsoft BI solutions and all surrounding aspects. My role and responsibilities include the following:• Assist Sales and Account Executives with pre-sales.• Facilitate technical discovery exercises and deliver technical solutions.• Perform health assessments on Microsoft BI environments.• Act as technical advisor to clients.• Provide technical training.• Support and assist management in all activities related to… Show more Senior BI consultant focusing on the entire spectrum of Microsoft BI solutions and all surrounding aspects. My role and responsibilities include the following:• Assist Sales and Account Executives with pre-sales.• Facilitate technical discovery exercises and deliver technical solutions.• Perform health assessments on Microsoft BI environments.• Act as technical advisor to clients.• Provide technical training.• Support and assist management in all activities related to growing and building the team.Please refer to the "Projects" section for more details of the projects I were involved in. Show less

I specialized in the design, development, delivery and optimization of Microsoft BI solutions.Please refer to the "Projects" section for more details of the projects I were involved in.

Medikredit process medical aid claims on behalf of most medical insurance companies in South Africa.An existing data warehouse gathers and aggregates information from various sources to provide funders as well as the medical industry with analytical reports.The data warehouse of over 1 Terabyte utilizes MS SQL Server as backend and Cognos 8 as front end.I worked directly with the MS SQL Server backend and my duties and responsibilities included: • All DBA functions… Show more Medikredit process medical aid claims on behalf of most medical insurance companies in South Africa.An existing data warehouse gathers and aggregates information from various sources to provide funders as well as the medical industry with analytical reports.The data warehouse of over 1 Terabyte utilizes MS SQL Server as backend and Cognos 8 as front end.I worked directly with the MS SQL Server backend and my duties and responsibilities included: • All DBA functions (excluding hardware maintenance) • Capacity planning & monitoring • Performance tracking & improvement • Enhancements • Development • Maintenance • Automation • Error resolution • Testing • Implementations • Source & version control • New projects • Advisor for junior team members During my time at Medikredit, we accomplished the following: • Automated all data warehouse processes ○ Daily ETL processes ○ Data validation ○ Monthly ETL processes and aggregations ○ Cognos cube builds/updates ○ Report generation ○ Database maintenance and backups • Reduced daily ETL load times significantly • Implemented a backup strategy to reduce backup times • Implemented source control and development guidelines • Developed bespoke reporting solutions for pharmaceutical clients • Consolidated the two existing data warehouses into one Show less

Synergy Computing is a BI consulting firm, providing various clients with business intelligence solutions based on the Microsoft and/or Cognos suite of products.My responsibilities mainly included ETL development with MS SQL Server, utilizing MS DTS/SSIS and stored procedures. I was involved in pre-sales and provided technical support on various client sites.I was also involved in the pre-sales, installation and technical support for a web analytics tool.Involved in… Show more Synergy Computing is a BI consulting firm, providing various clients with business intelligence solutions based on the Microsoft and/or Cognos suite of products.My responsibilities mainly included ETL development with MS SQL Server, utilizing MS DTS/SSIS and stored procedures. I was involved in pre-sales and provided technical support on various client sites.I was also involved in the pre-sales, installation and technical support for a web analytics tool.Involved in projects for the following clients: • Nandos • Anglo Coal • Colomer SA • Lafarge • Ferreiras Show less

Oakwell Solutions is a Microsoft Gold partner who specializes in Mobility, Integration and Workflow.I was a software developer and also acted as technical account manager later on, spending an extended period of time on a data warehousing project with a MS SQL Server backend and a custom built web front-end.The following technologies were mainly utilized during my employ at Oakwell: • ASP • ASP.NET • HTML • DHTML • VB Script • SQL (MS SQL… Show more Oakwell Solutions is a Microsoft Gold partner who specializes in Mobility, Integration and Workflow.I was a software developer and also acted as technical account manager later on, spending an extended period of time on a data warehousing project with a MS SQL Server backend and a custom built web front-end.The following technologies were mainly utilized during my employ at Oakwell: • ASP • ASP.NET • HTML • DHTML • VB Script • SQL (MS SQL Server)I was also exposed to Business Objects, and attended training on universe development and dimensional modelling.Please refer to the "Projects" section for more details of the projects I were involved in. Show less