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Incident Manager- IBM Cloud offerings: Cognos Analytics, Planning Analytics, and Controller.- Assembling and leading response teams to expedite BAU’s (Business as Usual).- Leading post incident activities such as Root Cause Analysis and Future Prevention.Project Execution LeaderOrchestrating the rollout of infrastructure initiatives and enhancing the.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Managing a “full stack” team developing the Cognos Analytics service for IBM Cloud Pak for Data.Scope includes backend kubernetes work, user interfaces, maintenance of build pipelines, testing, certification, and security compliance.We deliver on a monthly cadence and support our N and N-1 offerings.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Responsible for Functional and Performance/Scalability automated testing for IBM TM1/Planning Analytics.Ensured all new features had sufficient test automation coverage.Aligned team priorities to rapidly changing business objectives.Fostered a forward-thinking environment to ensure innovative test automation solutions.Kept up to date on the latest testing.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Prepared Quality Test Plans, conducted Performance Testing and verified sizing configurations of our initial Cloud Offering.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Ensured high quality releases of our software, with a focus on Installation, Configuration, and Performance

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Represented owners in execution of the following duties:- Prepared budgets and monitored cash flows.- Reviewed and approved contracts covering everything from general maintenance to emergency repairs.- Collaborated with Owners to ensure that voices are heard and priorities set accordingly.- Introduced Digital Transformation concepts to the Board.

Ottawa, Canada Area

People management duties of the team: hiring, career development and coaching, resource allocations, project planning, performance reviews, etc.Worked closely with the development team and the Product Manager to define functionality changes and ensure appropriate test coverage.Created data marts with internal project data (defects, project tasks, and test.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Oversaw the release of Cognos Query for Solaris.Led the Configuration and Performance Testing team.Performed Technical reviews of the installation and configuration documentation.Worked with development and product management on customer issues.Installed, created and maintained database servers.

Guildford, United Kingdom

Learned data warehousing and BI mart concepts.Prepared test plans based on functional specifications.Prepared scripts to test DecisionStream with all supported databases and operating systems.Participated in the hiring of a test team and instructed them on test practices

Prepared test plans to ensure that all database functionality was covered.Analyzed functionality, and logged enhancement requests.Assisted in recreating customer issues.Organized Y2K testing initiative.

Assisted in re-engineering a Medical Device tracking system using Cognos PowerHouse.Developed data conversion routines (from flat files to a relational model).Created and deployed a reporting system using Cognos Impromptu.-Tested all components of the new system.-Performed system support (DBA duties, modifications, enhancements).-Developed a change request.

I worked as a junior developer on a contract invoicing system using VAX Basic, RDB, and Cognos PowerHouse.