Michael A. Taft, Mba Email & Phone Number

Battle Creek, Michigan, United States

Business Intelligence Report Developer

Greater New York City Area

Worked as a Data Strategy Analyst and Tableau Developer to build dashboards and reports for Headcount, Finance, and Inventory Pricing. Collaborated remotely using Zoom, Slack, and Google Sheets. Adapted to function as a Business Analyst gathering requirements and business rules for converting a highly manual inventory and pricing process to an automated.

San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area

Worked as a Business Intelligence Business Analyst and Tableau Developer to create value added deliverables and actionable intelligence for Business Intelligence (BI) 3.0 initiatives. Held and attended meetings with WebEx and GoToMeeting. Connected to multiple environments and used various browsers to test developed applications and made recommendations.

Various

Worked as a Business Analyst creating value added deliverables including Presentations, Communications, Process Flows, RACIs, Data Governance and Cost Tables for BI 3.0 initiatives. Interviewed client management to determine both functional and technical requirements. Created multiple Use Cases and Proofs of Concept and presented demonstrations to.

Kentucky

Provided Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) documentation for existing and new projects to comply with reporting and business continuity requirements.Worked with a Business Intelligence application, a Data Warehouse, and an ETL process.Learned installation and security processes for the Analytical Services Program.Added users and roles to the OBIEE.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Modify reports to meet customer needs using Oracle Business Intelligence.Learn the layout of the four business units owned by ResCare to support all of them.Gather requirements from the various business units to implement them in project work.

Fort Knox, KY

Obtained CompTIA Security+ and Secret security clearance for job.Supported large personnel database using Oracle 11g on HP IA64 server.Coded in SQL, iSQL*Plus and PL/SQL as well as Korn shell scripts to deliver data.Created documentation for system interface, process flows, and operational issue tracking.Worked directly with customers to provide data using.

Provided administration and support for five different databases, including Clarity, Price Structures, Sales Planning, Marketing Statistics, and Cost of Sales.Performance tuned databases to reduce load and roll-up times.Exported and imported databases to reduce the amount of space required.Maintained OLAP databases using Oracle Express Administrator.

Provided daily support of OFA database, including running monthly data loads, distributing objects, creating custom measures, custom reports, and solves, and writing custom SPL code.Optimized the OFA application to improve performance and remove unused dimension values.Performed DBA activities on user accounts and access rights on a Windows XP.

Provided daily support of OFA database, including scheduling in the Task Processor, distribution of objects, creation of custom measures and reports, and writing custom code.Worked with a team to optimize the OFA application to meet space and time constraints.Maintained user accounts and access rights on a Sun Solaris UNIX platform.Created documentation of.

Conducted requirement gathering to determine scope of functionality and GUI layout.Developed financial applications for business analysis using Oracle Express Objects.Maintained OLAP database using Oracle Express Administrator running from Oracle Express Server on a UNIX platform and Personal Express running on Windows PC.Coded custom functionality into.

Worked with a consulting team to develop an Oracle Sales Analyzer database.Interviewed main users of proposed system to gather requirements for development.Designed database architecture using Relational Access Administrator to extract information directly from an Oracle 8i database.Coded custom measures for financial analysis, including some complex.

Provided 24/7 DBA support for a total of three financial databases.Fine tuned database by changing dense dimension order, creating new conjoints, reducing segmentation by design, and streamlining the multiple hierarchies.Loaded data from flat files on a UNIX server using UNIX shell scripts for Oracle Express Server.Performed programming support for an.

Mba, Finance, 3.9

Activities and Societies: Sigma Beta Delta Business Honor SocietySumma Cum Laude

Bachelor Of Science, Information Technology, 3.55

Activities and Societies: All classes through University of Phoenix were onlineGraduated Magna Cum Laude with a 3.55 GPA while working.

Associates Degree, General Studies (Concentration Pre-Engineering)

Activities and Societies: Member of Phi Theta Kappa honor societyGraduated Magna Cum Laude