Responsible for technology and solutions innovation at DataOrbis. Focus is driving innovation through the business and striving to make processes and solutions more innovative and better.Also exploring new service lines and developing new products for the business. By building prototypes we can gauge the feasibility/viability of a proof of concept and we can then decide to build a final productionised product. Then it is about integrating that product or innovation back into the projects /… Show more Responsible for technology and solutions innovation at DataOrbis. Focus is driving innovation through the business and striving to make processes and solutions more innovative and better.Also exploring new service lines and developing new products for the business. By building prototypes we can gauge the feasibility/viability of a proof of concept and we can then decide to build a final productionised product. Then it is about integrating that product or innovation back into the projects / operations team.Involves a lot of research and development (R&D) around current industry trends as well as innovative technologies. I am focusing on data science and seeing how Azure, Hadoop and R could fit into our current environment. Show less

I headed up the BI and Platform solutions department at DataOrbis. This required a passion for BI/DW development and the creation of fit for purpose, performant and optimal solutions. Solutions design and architecture following standards and methodologies such as the Kimball BDLC ensured that this passion was satisfied with a best practice approach. Data visualisation is a strength of mine and I consulted to our in-house Tableau team as well as built out SSRS reporting requirements… Show more I headed up the BI and Platform solutions department at DataOrbis. This required a passion for BI/DW development and the creation of fit for purpose, performant and optimal solutions. Solutions design and architecture following standards and methodologies such as the Kimball BDLC ensured that this passion was satisfied with a best practice approach. Data visualisation is a strength of mine and I consulted to our in-house Tableau team as well as built out SSRS reporting requirements. Innovation formed an integral part of my role and I strove for efficiencies, automation and process standardisation. I investigated and implemented BIML to generate Microsoft BI ETL solutions driven by meta-data and expedite ETL development. I managed a team of BI developers where my responsibilities included line management, resourcing, project planning, project management and mentorship. This ensured delivery excellence of on time, quality projects and deliverables. Show less

Defined strategy, department roadmap and building out of the BI solutions competency at Saratoga. Formed strategic partnerships and created key relationships. I was responsible for business development, budgeting, recruitment and the financial aspect of running the BI solutions department. Line management and mentorship of senior, intermediate and junior consultants from a career and technical perspective were further responsibilities.I was involved in architecture, design… Show more Defined strategy, department roadmap and building out of the BI solutions competency at Saratoga. Formed strategic partnerships and created key relationships. I was responsible for business development, budgeting, recruitment and the financial aspect of running the BI solutions department. Line management and mentorship of senior, intermediate and junior consultants from a career and technical perspective were further responsibilities.I was involved in architecture, design, requirements gathering and building of BI solutions also. Show less

I was the manager of a junior/intermediate consultant team of BI developers, business analysts and testers at Saratoga. Principle mandate was to get the team up to speed and experienced in all facets of BI as well as delivering quality timeously. This was achieved through management, mentorship and getting the team onto strategic projects to gain the experience necessary. I developed BI solutions on a large scale re-architecture, dimensional modelling and data warehouse project. The… Show more I was the manager of a junior/intermediate consultant team of BI developers, business analysts and testers at Saratoga. Principle mandate was to get the team up to speed and experienced in all facets of BI as well as delivering quality timeously. This was achieved through management, mentorship and getting the team onto strategic projects to gain the experience necessary. I developed BI solutions on a large scale re-architecture, dimensional modelling and data warehouse project. The data warehousing projects we embarked on followed the Kimball methodology and BDLC implementing Scrum and Agile. The technology facilitating the loading of the EDW was a combination of SQL, C# and SSIS. This also involved the laying down of frameworks, standards and ensuring performant and fit for purpose solutions.I was principally engaged in the data exploitation side of BI (SSRS & SSAS) when I started at Saratoga. I surfaced the solutions I developed to SharePoint 2010 and SSRS report portal as part of a self-service BI strategy. This gave me exposure to using OLAP cubes as a data source in reporting tools and writing complex parameterised MDX. I was required to dig very deep into SSAS, by building and performance tuning enterprise size cube solutions. Optimisation of dimension hierarchies, partitioning strategies, aggregation design and cache warming formed an integral piece of this performance tuning. Show less

I managed three concurrent projects for a large overseas mobile message aggregator. I was responsible for accomplishing the project objectives and for driving and overseeing all the work inherent in the project from inception to completion and delivering on-time within budget. I applied and integrated project management processes of initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, reporting and closing. I developed processes and ensured that the processes themselves were as… Show more I managed three concurrent projects for a large overseas mobile message aggregator. I was responsible for accomplishing the project objectives and for driving and overseeing all the work inherent in the project from inception to completion and delivering on-time within budget. I applied and integrated project management processes of initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, reporting and closing. I developed processes and ensured that the processes themselves were as efficient as possible to realise the project. I used a variety of mechanisms including meetings, and documents to ensure continued forward progress and to identify potential problems as soon as possible. We implemented the Agile methodology of software development, to stay flexible and deliver functional code to the client frequently (Sprints/ Iterations). We also followed Scrum due to its synergy with Agile implementing daily scrums across the distributed project teams to ensure drive and focus on goals/delivery. This assisted in management of the off shore development team (20 resources) in India, dealing with cultural, communication and the challenges of a distributed team. The client facing elements to the position included regular reporting to project stakeholders including upper management and clients at regular pre-agreed times and in a predetermined manner. Working with the business analysis, design and development teams to ensure that what was being built matched the Client specifications. From an internal perspective I provided the catalyst to keep the software development process running and keeping the entire development team working with each other and moving forward. It was imperative that we delivered within the expected time frame by instilling a sense of urgency and striving for delivery excellence. Show less

Developed and managed SQL database systems while ensuring high levels of data integrity and accuracy. I coordinated the receiving and querying of data from various clients and building and maintaining relationships with key data sources. Assisted in the extraction, loading and manipulation of data and developing queries, reports and OLAP cubes using the Microsoft BI stack i.e. SSIS, SSAS and SSRS. The role required the ability to research and troubleshoot technical problems and provide… Show more Developed and managed SQL database systems while ensuring high levels of data integrity and accuracy. I coordinated the receiving and querying of data from various clients and building and maintaining relationships with key data sources. Assisted in the extraction, loading and manipulation of data and developing queries, reports and OLAP cubes using the Microsoft BI stack i.e. SSIS, SSAS and SSRS. The role required the ability to research and troubleshoot technical problems and provide support to monthly operations. Show less