• Extensive consulting experience, which includes 25+ years of IT work for large firms, such as Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), Analysts International Corporation (AiC), Whitman-Hart (MarchFirst), GE and others in various leading roles. • In recent years, have worked on a number of local projects as a freelance Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence Consultant.• Education includes a B.S. in Computer Information Sciences at Ohio State University. • Delivered solutions to major clients such as Kraft General Foods, City of Cleveland, Nestlé, General Electric, Columbia Gas, PharMor, Lillian Vernon, Dominion East Ohio, Avery Dennison, FirstEnergy, Axentis, and the J.M.Smucker Co.Solutions & Services Provided:• Data Warehousing (DW) solutions and know-how (strategy, methodology, full system development lifecycle, project management, etc.)• Knowledge and practical experience with all three major DW methodologies, understanding their pros and cons. Prefer the Kimball methodology but have a track record of very successful implementations utilizing all the major methodologies for EDW solutions, as well as smaller scale ODS and DM systems.• Hands-on technical development expertise in DW, encompassing major BI and ETL tools in a wide range of supported platforms and technologies: Oracle, SQL Server, Cognos, BusinessObjects, Hyperion (Brio), Informatica, DTS, T-SQL, PL SQL, SAP-BW, Seibel, etc.Specialties: • Full systems development lifecycle• Data Warehousing, ETL, BI (Architecture, Design, Development, Standards)• Data Modeling (ER and Dimensional)• Project/Team Leadership• DW Methodology: Ralph Kimball's Data Warehouse Bus Architecture• RDBMS: Oracle, SQL Server / Analysis Services• ETL: Informatica, MS DTS• BI: Hyperion Intelligence (Brio), Cognos, Business Objects• SQL Programming: PL SQL, Transact SQL