30 years IT experience, 14 years as a consultantBusiness intelligence backgroundDesigned and implemented new BI systems including requirements gathering, database modeling, ETL, testing strategies, and visualization of data warehouses.Extensive ETL experience using Informatica, DataStage, GoAnywhere, Python, Java, and SQL Server tools.Used BI presentation and statistical analysis software including Tableau, Cognos, Oracle BI, Business Objects, Crystal Reports, SPSS, and MS Access and Excel.Helped establish best practices and standards for ETL job design, documentation, sourcing strategies, development, testing, and job scheduling.Worked BI projects in the fields of health care, pharmaceutical research, munitions manufacture, telecommunications, pork production, and marketing research.Java backgroundDesigned and coded robust applications using Java, Java frameworks (Spring, Hibernate, AspectJ, MVC's, etc.), JSP, HTML, JavaScript, XML/JSON, JDBC, Java-based IDE's, Apache Ant, shell scripting, VB.NET, ASP, and a variety of third party tools. Involved in all phases of designing, developing, building, deploying, and maintaining applications.Experienced in deploying and running Java applications using Websphere, Apache Tomcat and JBoss running on Wintel, Unix and Linux servers.Installed software versioning tools Git, CVS and Subversion for Java environments and have integrated these tools with Eclipse and other IDE's, helping to establish version control best practices.Ported large-scale Java applications from UNIX to Linux. Also modified Java applications to move from proprietary to GNU tools (e.g. VisiBroker to JacORB).Ported legacy Java build processes from UNIX Make to Apache Ant, clearing the way to build/debug in multiple environments including on PC's in Eclipse/IBM-RAD or other IDE's.General backgroundExcel in communication; effective engaging all levels of an organization from the most technical developers to the most non-technical senior managers.Project manager successes on 6 and 7 figure projects utilizing multinational teams.Extensive relational database experience developing robust SQL/PL-SQL solutions in most major database environments including Oracle, DB2/UDB, SQL Server, Sybase, Informix, MySQL, Apache Derby, MS Access and UniVerse/Pick as well as mastering DB clients such as Toad, Oracle's SQL Developer and MS SQL Server Management Studio.Worked with MQ, JMS, CORBA and other middleware technologies.Worked with Oracle Coherence and NoSQL DB's.Set up and maintained virtual servers and other machines using VMware.
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