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Troy, Michigan

Aptiv (formerly Delphi Automotive), Troy, MI Business Intelligence Solution Architect for the Aptiv BI Center of Excellence responsible for the strategy, implementation, and administration of the SAP Business Objects (BI4) platform.• Designed and implemented an interim security strategy to support BI content development, testing, and production content consumption on the existing single server deployment. • Proposed and implemented a best-practices 3-tier BI4 platform deployment as a superior enterprise solution leveraging more reliable and repeatable content management strategies.• Managed (Agile practical application) and executed a 3-tier operationalization project to incorporate all existing single tier BI4 applications in the new 3-tier architecture deployment.• Managed (Agile practical application) and trained offshore resources through scrum and extensive knowledge sharing to facilitate hand-off of BI4 platform administrative responsibilities to production support team.• Provided comprehensive artifacts and documentation regarding architecture, security, Mobile BI support, and content management on the SAP BI4 Platform deployment.• Conducted an extensive Proof of Concept to support SAP BI4 content development using a big data (Hadoop / Hive) data source for visibility to plant floor processing performance.• Participated in the initial evaluation and analysis of the SAP Cloud Analytics solution.• Created a dimensional model in support of the Spend Analytics project/initiative to support Teradata EDW data validation.• Conducted broad evaluation of the Lumira and Tableau Data Visualization tools as candidates for the creation of Dashboards.

Troy, Michigan

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Auburn Hills, MI Business Process Manager (BPM) for the FCA Business Intelligence Center of Excellence• Managed Supply Chain Management (SCM) related and Finance application changes and routine break fixes.• Liaison to Business Customer to elicit requirements for new development ad enhancements.• Coordination of change approval through the Change Approval Board (CAB).• Release Management for approved changes / enhancements / fixes.• Support for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and coordination for business customer approval and sign off.

Troy, Mi

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Auburn Hills, MISenior Lead and Subject Matter Expert for the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Performance Institute (FCAPI) Business Intelligence team responsible for development, enhancement, administration, and support of the Business Intelligence Solution for the FCAPI.• Developed a comprehensive library of Business Objects reports essential to the Sales, Service & Parts, and Technical Training areas within FCAPI.• Designed, developed, and enhanced multiple Universes to support Web Intelligence report development in the Business Objects XI 3.1 environment. • Performed comprehensive business requirements gathering and specifications creation to facilitate the development and implementation of the FCAPI reporting applications. • Conceptualized, designed, and implemented a solution to replace 400+ individual Business Objects reports with 3 dynamic report templates.• Collaborated to design and implement current Data Mart to store comprehensive training data imported from the FCAPI’s Learning Management System to support both complex reporting requirements and data analytics.• Functioned as interim Project Manager, handled requirements associated with internal IT (WPO, PMO, SeRV (Service Request Database), etc.) as well Business Objects XI 3.1 administration. • Conducted Business Objects training for FCAPI personnel as well as associates in the field. Trained, developed, and mentored several BI team resources.• Enhanced and improved infrastructure to provide visibility to LearnShare billing data as well as visibility to survey and test data from the external Question Mark Perception application.

Troy, Mi

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Auburn Hills, MIBusiness intelligence Analyst and Developer for the Chrysler Academy Business Intelligence team responsible for development, enhancement, administration, and support of the temporary Business Intelligence Solution for the Chrysler Academy.• Developed a temporary reporting solution with a Java UI/Front-end and a data source consisting of a combination of flat file feeds and DB2 tables.• Assisted with the design and development of the Data Mart for the new BI solution while supporting the temporary solution.

Holly, Mi

• Managed contract and procurement of labor resources and materials necessary to complete residential home projects.• Responsible for project planning and design prints.• Managed Quality Inspection of work performed.• Negotiated fixed bids per individual job. • Responsible for communication with development superintendents.

Troy, Mi

Responsible for maintaining and enhancing the company's Informix 4gl/UNIX-based Warehouse Management System (WMS), as well as providing the critical 24/7 on-call support to the distribution centers (DCs) across the United States.• Streamlined and stabilized volatile distribution center physical inventory process resulting in a significant reduction in distribution center downtime.• Led several distribution center physical inventory processes, which required comprehensive training of team resources in order to support the effort at each distribution center.• Implemented several changes in support of improved item integrity, which included improvements to the product purge to eliminate receiving errors.• Designed and coded Informix 4gl programs to aid in the data migration process from the AS400 system to the WMS UNIX System.• Performed analysis of container cubing problems leading to the design and implementation of a solution that greatly reduced transportation costs.• Executed all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC), from translating client requests into business requirements to writing specifications for code changes.