Specialist Cognos8 Business Intelligence developer, business analyst and project manager

A seasoned and dedicated professional with over 12 years of experience in business intelligence, data warehousing, data modelling, business processes and structures. With excellent client facing skills learnt from many years in the commercial environment, I am able to communicate effectively at all levels of business, facilitating in depth requirements gathering, specification of corporate requirements and full lifecycle delivery of systems that surpass the original needs.

Business Intelligence
Cognos Series8: 18 months
Cognos ReportNet & Framework Manager: 2 years
Cognos PowerPlay Web (PPES): 6 years
Cognos PowerPlay client: 10 years
Cognos Impromptu: 10 years
Cognos Impromptu Web Reports: 2 years
Cognos Scripting (intermediate): 5 years
Cognos Decision Stream: 3 months
Cognos Access Manager & SunOne iPlanet (s7 LDAP) : 3 years

Planning
Cognos Contributor: 9 months (support and maintenance only)
Cognos Analyst: 9 months (support and maintenance only)
Cognos Analyst Manager: 9 months (support and maintenance only)

Databases
Oracle: 7 years including use of PL/SQL, SQL & SQL Loader (v7 to v10g)
MS SQL Server: 2 years including some use of DTS
Data Warehouse Architecture & Data Modeling
Logical/Physical schema design & implementation (Kimball methodology): 5 years
Full lifecycle management and build of numerous data marts and data warehouses (5 years)

Business Analysis
Requirements gathering and technical specification documentation: 8 years
System documentation: 8 years
Project management methodology (Michelin): 4 years
Test planning: 4 years
Training planning, documentation and delivery: 6 years

phil.thompson@digitalviper.co.uk
http://www.digitalviper.co.uk