Bi developer gary thompson
- 1. Gary A Thompson Albuquerque, NM 87109 (360) 241-3703 [email protected] SUMMARY Highly motivated Business Intelligence Professional using SQL Server 2005/2008/2009R2 and Microsoft Technologies. Experience manipulating various data sources to support Senior Management decisions. Demonstrated leadership abilities and team work skills as well as the ability to accomplish tasks under minimal direction and supervision. TECHNICAL SKILLS Microsoft Technologies: SQL Server 2005/2008/2008R2 Integration Services, SQL Server 2005/2008/2008R2 Analysis Services, SQL Server 2005/2008/2008R2 Reporting Services, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft Performance Point Server, Team Foundation Server 2010, Microsoft Visio. Databases: MS SQL Server 2005, MS SQL Server 2008 Software: SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS), SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Query Languages: T-SQL, MDX PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE STAR Technologies – SouthwestRe 4/12 – Present Business Intelligence Developer II • Migrated more than 75 reports from Crystal Reports to SQL Server Reporting Services 2008R2 to match existing format and functionality. • Integrated dynamic images in report headers to display company logos. • Developed new reports that include tablix data, matrices, charts, and document maps for navigation. • Worked with business users to define report requirements that met their needs. • Designed reports to work within a custom reporting interface. • Interpreted dynamic SQL queries for reports to ensure accuracy of results. • Designed a Data Warehouse structure using the Kimball methodology and a star schema. • Created table structures, and developed ETL packages using SQL Server Integration Services 2008R2 to populate the tables. • Worked independently on reports and data warehouse initiatives. Sabio Systems Client – SouthwestRe 10/11 – 4/12 Business Intelligence Developer II • Migrated more than 45 reports from Crystal Reports to SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 to match existing format and functionality.
- 2. • Developed new reports that include tablix data, charts, and document maps for navigation. • Worked with business users to define report requirements that met their needs. • Designed reports to work within a custom reporting interface. • Interpreted dynamic SQL queries for reports to ensure accuracy of results. • Worked independently on reports and data warehouse initiatives. Upp Technology Client – Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Nebraska 06/10 – 06/11 Business Intelligence Developer/ Business Intelligence Analyst • Developed and modified existing reports, using SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008. Modified stored procedures and RDL’s. Created new reports using SSRS 2005 and SSRS 2008. Reports used a combination of Stored Procedures and embedded queries to extract data from OLTP tables. Utilized functions and triggers. • Worked with business users to gather reporting requirements and created requirement documents for migration project. • Developed OLAP cube process for reporting report execution statistics based on SQL Server Execution Log tracking data. Developed Cube for tracking change control statistics. Developed dimensional hierarchies, KPIs, and calculated measures to contribute to ease of use. Deployed to user via ProClarity and Excel Pivot Tables. • Developed T-SQL queries for data extraction and reporting purposes. • Utilized Team Foundation Services for versioning and librarian functions. • Worked as part of a reporting team and a data warehouse team to accomplish project goals. • Obtained user requirements and documented them for development. Multnomah University 12/09 – 05/10 Business Intelligence Developer • Worked with users to develop intelligent design of processes. • Designed a data warehouse to act as a staging area for OLAP cube development. Built tables using SQL Server Integration Services 2008. • Created cubes for the dimension and fact tables needed for current and future reporting. Created cubes in SQL Server Analysis Services 2008. • Developed reporting templates for various reports in SQL Server Reporting Services 2008. • Assisted other team members with Microsoft technologies, training SQL Server tools to project team. SetFocus, LLC. 09/09 – 11/09 Business Intelligence Master’s Program • Implemented a Labor Analysis Business Intelligence solution for a fictitious national construction company. • Existing data from diverse data sources were consolidated into a uniform SQL Server 2005 database. ETL capabilities of SQL Server Integration Services were used to define imports of the data, build scheduling packages, to define integration flow, log data error exceptions and orphaned data and to define Database Maintenance Plans and send emails. • Created a number of cubes, dimensions and business critical KPIs using SQL Server Analysis Services representing aggregations in several different ways - hierarchically and using custom groupings that the company will use to analyze performance. Created several MDX queries according to business requirements.
- 3. • Developed several detail and summary reports including line and pie charts, trend analysis reports and sub-reports according to business requirements using SQL Server Reporting Services. • Implemented business intelligence dashboards using MOSS 2007 Report Center and Excel Services producing different summary results based on user view and role membership. • Created score cards with executive summary dashboards using MS Office Performance Point Server 2007 Dashboard Designer that display performance monitoring measures for sales, sales trends, and book return rates for a fictitious book publisher deriving data from a SQL Server 2005 OLAP data source and deployed them to SharePoint sites . The dashboards also contain drill-down capabilities to view book sales by book category and customer, through summary reports and sales trend charts. • Created score cards with advanced set of dashboards using MS Office Performance Point Server 2007 Dashboard Designer that feature executive summary measures for revenue, overhead costs, material purchases, labor and profitability trends for a fictitious construction company extracting data from a SQL Server 2005 OLAP data source and deployed them to SharePoint sites. The dashboards also contain pages to view performance by employee, by region, and by quarter enabling end-users to make filter selections. • Key product areas utilized also include data modeling, SSRS report subscriptions and data driven subscriptions, SSAS analysis services processing tasks, cube processing options and roles Tek Systems Client – Clark County Washington 12/07 - 6/08 Programmer Analyst • Developed applications to extract data from an HP3000, transformed the data, and prepared it for a load to SQL Server. • Data was transformed from summary level to detail level. • Reverse engineered process from existing load programs in COBOL. Validated accuracy of results. Data constituted over $40,000,000 in property taxes and was accurate within $30. Regence Blue Cross / Blue Shield of Oregon 11/00 - 12/07 Developer II • Project Lead and Technical Lead for Medicare processes involving medical and pharmacy claims data. Developed submission processes, documented processes, tested and validated data on complete system rebuild. • Designed, developed, and maintained ORACLE schema for Medicare data using SQL and DataStage. • Maintained legacy systems on HP3000 and IBM Mainframe platforms using COBOL and UNIX. HealthNet Oregon 10/99 – 6/00 Programmer Analyst • Migrated jobs and programs from IBM Mainframe to HP3000 COBOL. • Designed, analyzed, developed, tested, produced, and documented processes.
- 4. Computer Task Group Client – Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Oregon 6/97 – 10/99 Programmer Analyst • Project Lead for three pieces of Y2K remediation. Technical Lead on four projects involving COBOL on HP3000, clipper, inventory analysis, and program absolution analysis. • Developed, tested and documented processes on IBM Mainframe and HP3000 regarding changes made for Y2K. EDUCATION Rockmont College, Lakewood, CO B.A. Music Theory and Composition Loretto Heights College Denver, CO Undergraduate work with an emphasis on business University of Denver Denver, CO Graduate work, Computer Information Systems. COBOL, C. Portland Community College Portland, OR Undergraduate work, emphasis on specific programming related subjects and languages including: Visual Basic, Visual Basic Intermediate, Visual Basic Advanced, UNIX, Data Modeling Concepts and Relational Database Structures. IBM Portland, OR DATASTAGE Training ITSNW Portland, OR Specific coursework focused on: ORACLE (SQL/PL-SQL), ORACLE (8i PL/SQL), ORACLE (8i SQL), ORACLE 6/6i Reports, ORACLE Developer Form Builder