Mr. Khan is a business intelligence professional that has collectively 14+ years of experience that have resulted in over 200+ successful implementations. His deep understanding of the importance of enterprise-wide systems that deliver information have allowed him to advise his customers on sound solutions that add value while decreasing total cost of ownership.Prior to joining as a Solutions Architect for SemFin Group, Mr. Khan was the Technical Solution Architect for Deltek, Inc. He specialized in advising customers on the best practices of implementing business intelligence and financial planning solutions. Among other things, he presented solutions for server architecture and configuration, metadata modeling, security and proven development methods. He has also conducted several public and on-site Cognos training classes for Deltek, Inc. Mr. Khan’s product knowledge spans both business intelligence and financial planning solutions, including Cognos 8 Business Intelligence, Cognos Planning and Cognos TM1.Mr. Khan was the Services Director of Business Intelligence for Deltek, Inc. prior to his role as Technical Solution Architect. He was responsible for leading, managing and mentoring a team of implementation consultants and providing them with the adequate knowledge and expertise for successful implementations. In this role, he also cross-collaborated with multiple departments to develop and deliver consulting service packages and was an integral team member for Deltek’s business intelligence and financial planning application product road maps.Rick is a registered CPA in the state of Pennsylvania and also has an appreciation for accounting and financial planning practices. Mr. Khan’s broader industry experience includes: architecture and engineering, construction, aerospace and defense, government contracting, manufacturing, utilities, research & development and non-profit firms.

Solutions Architect (2008-2010): As a Solutions Architect, Rick o Provides guidance on Architectural Frameworko Defines hardware, software, and environmental components that are needed to build end-to-end solutions to help meet specific business needso Provides a framework for: Identifying the scope of a project Defining a roadmap for building a total solution Identifying building blocks which if not considered may increase project risko Assessing current infrastructure, tools and technologies to identify gapso Converts the requirements into an Architecture and Design that will become the Blueprint for the solution being createdo Make recommendations to resource management to staff the project with appropriately skilled consultants based on the both short and long term client objectives.o Incorporates best practices and proven methodologyo Provides strategic analysis and design to business problems across multiple productso Provides input to implementation planning and methodologyo Communicates guidance on infrastructure, best practices, deployment options and other strategic considerations to internal and external project teamso Coordinate with the Service Teams and deliver the solution outlined in the blueprintService Director (2001-2008): In his role, Rick was responsible for full life cycle DPM implementations, managing consultants, resolving client issues, and ensuring all DPM Consultants met proper implementation and training requirements. In his eleven years with Deltek, he had managed and implemented engagements with a 100% success rate. As a Service Director of the DPM group Rick ensured that deployment expectations were understood, met and exceeded and best practices implemented.