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Nicoleen Dillard

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Last update: 06.09.2022

Business Intelligence / Cognos Analytics Consultant / Cognos Analytics Instructor, Purchasing Agent

Graduation: BS Business Administration
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: English (Native or Bilingual)

Attachments

ND Resume.docx

Skills

Intelligence Analysis, IBM Certified, IBM, Cognos, Analytics, visualization, trusted platform, Cognos Analytics, UTM, Cognos BI, project estimation, database, crosstab, Query Optimization, Cognos 10 Suite (Report Studio, Analysis Studio, Cognos Connection, Event Studio, Query Studio, Microsoft Office, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, SQL Server Management Studio, SalesForce

Project history

01/2008 - 01/2018
Business Intelligence / Cognos Analytics Consultant / Cognos Analytics Instructor
Ultimate Software

* Administer On-Site and Remote one-on-one UltiPro BI Workshops, Mentoring and Knowledge
Transfer covering Reporting, Event Studio and Security Administration using IBM Cognos
Analytics
* Topics
* Single Query Reports, Multiple Page Reports, Multiple Queries using Joins and Unions
* Master-detail Relationships
* Crosstab Reports, List Reports
* Filters and Prompts
* Calculations, custom expressions, functions and aggregations
* Form/Letter Reports
* Visualization and Charts
* Dashboards
* Point in Time
* Pay history, Period Control versus Pay Date
* Status history
* Job history
* Audit
* Report Deployment to include Schedule Reports, Jobs, Event Notification, Bursting
Reports and Emails
* Reviewing of all delivered content and documentations
* Security Administration, Folder and Report Security
* Design reports, events, dashboards leveraging UltiPro Business Intelligence. Reporting on
Employee Earnings, Deductions, Taxes, Detail Payroll Register, Summary Payroll Register,
General Ledger, Allocations, FORM letters, UTM, REC10/14, Audit, Job history, Taxes, etc.
* Analytics Assessments projects - partnering with our customers to improve their overall
experience with Business Intelligence/Reporting through UltiPro.
* Initiated meetings daily with Customers to understand and determine their UltiPro Cognos BI
reporting needs by leading Analysis call engagements, project estimation, setting
expectations, and detailing Report Specifications.

01/2007 - 01/2008
Purchasing Agent II
Broward County Commission

* Planned, organized, and managed a procurement program to accomplish the placement of highly
difficult, complex, and unique types of contracts.
* Directed the full range of contract administration actions to include issuance of
modifications, incorporation of changes, and exercise of options, investigation and resolution
of contractor.
* Communicated clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing in the preparation to present
bids to the Broward County Commissioners.

01/2004 - 01/2007
Procurement Analyst
Ryder System, Inc

* Prepared proposals participated in contract negotiations, contract administration, and handled
customer interaction to provide proper contract acquisition and fulfillment services.
* Ensured compliance with insurance and bonding requirements.
* Conducted pre-proposal conference(s)to arrive at a clear understanding of what is required
under the proposed contract
* Meets financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling
expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.

01/1997 - 01/2004
Buyer / Planner
Overland Storage, Inc.

* Cognos Report Administrator worked on the Cognos and BaaN implementation team who administer
reports, security and maintain the database
* Develops List, crosstab, drill through, master-detail, chart and complex reports which
involved Multiple Prompts, multi-query, Cubes in Report Studio, Burst Reports against
database.
* Involved in Query Optimization, Creating Query Prompts, Developing Prompt pages and
Conditional variables.
* Creates custom reports in Report Studio, Bursting reports to different user groups.
* Involved in the Testing of the reports

01/1991 - 12/1995
Office Supervisor, Platoon Leader
United States Marine Corps


Local Availability

Only available in these countries: USA
Flexible
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