Candidate Cover Sheet - Microsoft Dynamics AX Senior Business Intelligence & DM Functional Solutions Architect #210855

This candidate is a relentless IT leader who takes on tough assignments and delivers superior solutions under tight deadlines. He has a proven 12+ years of experience using Microsoft technologies to build enterprise-class decision support systems for 2000+ users across major functional areas– finance, sales, marketing, supply chain, etc. This candidate is equally comfortable converting legacy reporting systems or taking fledgling BI initiatives from inception to maturity. His core competencies include:

• Strategic Planning
• Requirements Gathering
• Data Warehousing
• OLAP Modeling
• ALL
• Visualizations/Dashboards
• Team Building
• Project Management
• Training
• Financial Reporting
• Statistical Analysis

In a previous role, this candidate Executed Business Intelligence and Data Analytics projects for mid-size to Fortune 100 clients. Projects ranged from building departmental dashboards in tableau to defining enterprise-wide metrics and KPIs. He was the Lead research project on unstructured data, text mining and sentiment analysis. He started as an independent contractor and became an FTE after demonstrating value. He designed, developed and supported database-driven software as part of the firm's Database and Performance Services Team. Created a dynamic data migration utility for the Firm Claims Manager 3.1 product that resulted in a 70% reduction in development time for future migrations between versions. He Earned OCP (Oracle Certified Professional) Certification for Oracle8i Database Administration. 

Additionally, this candidate implemented a Tableau/SQL Server BI platform for GPC's loss prevention department, providing shrink analysis and continuous monitoring. Projected to save millions annually. He Performed analytics for a client on multi-year 401K benefit payments resulting in the identification of $3M in unpaid obligations. The client executed a dare mediation plan that reduced legal liability by 50%, saving $1.5M.

In a recent role, this candidate works on the architectural decisions affecting the SQL Server data warehousing environment for sales, purchasing and inventory data. Implement Micro Strategy semantic layer changes and provide aesthetic guidance on end-user visualizations (reports, dashboards, etc.)

This candidate has key technology skills which includes:

• Entire Microsoft BIstack
• Dynamics AX 2012
• Management Reporter 2012
• Tableau
• MicroStrategy
• Qlikview
• SAS Enterprise Guide
• SQLServer 2012
• SharePoint 2010
• SSRS
• SSIS
• SSAS (Cubes & Tabular Models)
• Oracle9i