The data collection procedure was
determined by Dan Lubart of Iobyte
Solutions, Bowker Market Research VP Kelly Gallagher, Mike Shatzkin of the Idea
Logical Company, Writers» House president Simon Lipskar, and Book Industry Study Group executive director Len Vlahos.
Professional Experience Client — XL Insurance (Hartford, CT) 6/2008 — Present Role — Business Intelligence
Solutions Consultant — Insurance Data Warehouse • Participate in information - gathering sessions to determine and assess project requirements, identifying best - fit architecture solutions in line with enterprise data warehouse architectural standards • Work closely with the data modeler and the DBA in the design of the logical and physical data model • Create and maintain models for Cognos, performing extensive STAR Schema modeling to enable reporting decentralization and allow for user - driven ad - hoc reporting as well as drawing upon SSRS and OBIEE reporting solutions • Strategize with the ETL team to identify the best case design strategy for ETL - related activities including ETL design patterns determination, load strategies, load timing and frequency, and data retrieval expectations determination • Participate in providing Rough order of Magnitudes (ROM) estimates in and out of release projects, estimating resource requirements and managing within determined time constraints • Assist in the development of security tools in Cognos 8 using LDAP and Active directory while holding responsibility for maintaining run books and project documentation in S
Solutions Consultant — Insurance Data Warehouse • Participate in information - gathering sessions to
determine and assess project requirements, identifying best - fit architecture
solutions in line with enterprise data warehouse architectural standards • Work closely with the data modeler and the DBA in the design of the logical and physical data model • Create and maintain models for Cognos, performing extensive STAR Schema modeling to enable reporting decentralization and allow for user - driven ad - hoc reporting as well as drawing upon SSRS and OBIEE reporting solutions • Strategize with the ETL team to identify the best case design strategy for ETL - related activities including ETL design patterns determination, load strategies, load timing and frequency, and data retrieval expectations determination • Participate in providing Rough order of Magnitudes (ROM) estimates in and out of release projects, estimating resource requirements and managing within determined time constraints • Assist in the development of security tools in Cognos 8 using LDAP and Active directory while holding responsibility for maintaining run books and project documentation in S
solutions in line with enterprise data warehouse architectural standards • Work closely with the data modeler and the DBA in the design of the
logical and physical data model • Create and maintain models for Cognos, performing extensive STAR Schema modeling to enable reporting decentralization and allow for user - driven ad - hoc reporting as well as drawing upon SSRS and OBIEE reporting
solutions • Strategize with the ETL team to identify the best case design strategy for ETL - related activities including ETL design patterns determination, load strategies, load timing and frequency, and data retrieval expectations determination • Participate in providing Rough order of Magnitudes (ROM) estimates in and out of release projects, estimating resource requirements and managing within determined time constraints • Assist in the development of security tools in Cognos 8 using LDAP and Active directory while holding responsibility for maintaining run books and project documentation in S
solutions • Strategize with the ETL team to identify the best case design strategy for ETL - related activities including ETL design patterns determination, load strategies, load timing and frequency, and data retrieval expectations determination • Participate in providing Rough order of Magnitudes (ROM) estimates in and out of release projects, estimating resource requirements and managing within
determined time constraints • Assist in the development of security tools in Cognos 8 using LDAP and Active directory while holding responsibility for maintaining run books and project documentation in Sharepoint