Expert Data Analyst with Extensive Experience in ETL, Data Warehousing, and BI Reporting
1. ANANT P. SHEKDAR
Email:anantshekdar@yahoo.com
Cell: +1 248 821 4901
Experience Summary
• 7+ years of IT industry experience encompassing a wide range of skill set in ETL, Data warehousing
and reporting technologies. Have worked across multiple domains - Manufacturing, Automobile,
Finance.
• Extensive consulting & delivery experience in the implementation and management of large, complex
EDW and Data Marts projects.
• Extensive work experience in software development life cycle (SDLC) including business requirement
gathering, business & architecture process design, design & development, testing, deployment and
maintenance of ETL and reporting components.
• Sound knowledge of ETL Tools, Linux/UNIX and advanced skill in developing, debugging,
troubleshooting, monitoring and performance tuning using IBM Infosphere DataStage and Ascential
DataStage. Also have worked on integration of various data sources like Mainframe DB2, Oracle,
DB2, SQL Server, and Flat Files.
• Expertise in creation of jobs sequences and job schedules and designing scripts to automate the ETL
processes to minimize manual work.
• Good Knowledge in designing Parallel jobs using various stages like DB2 Connector, Bulk load, Join,
Merge, Lookup,Remove duplicates, Filter, Dataset, Lookup file set, Complex flat file, Modify,
Aggregator.
• Experience in migrating from Datastage 7.5 to DS 8.5 , 8.5 to 9.1.2 and 8.5 to 11.3.1.1
• Support deployment of IBM Datastage V7.5/9.1.2/11.3 on IBM-AIX environment
• Strong Background in designing Data warehouse management strategy like Data reconciliation, Data
Quality, Dimensional Model (Star schema and Snowflake schema)
• Equivalent experience in SAP Business Objects (BO XI R2 and BO XI R3.1)
• Strong knowledge in Universe designer including star schema , derived tables , Aggregate awareness
, shortcut joins, Conditional prompts , Customs LOVs , Hierarchies , object level security
• Experience in BO report development (both Deski and WebI) involving Merge Dimensions , multiple
universes , Drills , Sections , Breaks , Charts, Alerters.
• Worked on BO migration from BO XI R2 to BO XI R3.1
• Worked as BO administrator which involved responsibilities like setting up security, providing LDAP
based access, auditing and supporting BO infrastructure
• Strong experience in Data modelling of complex and large business intelligence based projects using
Sybase power designer
• Have basic knowledge of BI tools like Cognos 10.2 , Qlikview 11
• Ability to look at a broader perspective to any problem and ability to visualize different aspects of
problems armed with analytical ability, initiatives and communication skills
• Lead support module to handle numerous critical data/reporting issues and solved them with the aid
of end to end knowledge of application and excellent debugging skills.
• Since I have equal experience in Data modelling, ETL and reporting, it enables end to end
understanding of applications and thereby results in quality solution plan.
• I thoroughly understand the business processes and so have interacted with business users to gather
requirements (new and also the enhancements). Recently I have been appointed as Business
Process Manager (BPM) for over 20 applications in the domain of Sales and Marketing, Finance.
2. Technology
Below is a list of important software products and tools that I have worked with.
BI Tools
IBM DataStage 7.5,8.5 and 9.2 (Parallel and Server Jobs)
SAP Business Objects XI R2(Deski/WebI/Universe Designer) and XI R3 (Expert)
Cognos 10.2.1
Qlikview 11
Database DB2 9.0 (Expert) ,Oracle 9i
Operating Systems Windows platforms, UNIX, Mainframes
Project Details
Since December 2008 Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Title FCA – Business Analytics
Period December 2008 till date
Client Name Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, USA
Overview The project has Onsite/Offshore Model, so team coordination is vital part of the
project. This project is an outsourcing venture by Chrysler Group. Project scope
starts from system analysis, Data warehouse/Marts designing, and ETL
construction for various layers of data warehouse to reports and universe
development, maintenance and user support for various BI applications.
The project is based on Business Intelligence technology. It involves Extraction,
Transformation and Load (ETL) of the data from various source systems. The
challenge in the project is maintaining the data accurately and presenting it to the
End customer in most suitable format so that decision making becomes easy
and effective.
The projects involved go across all functional areas of business like
Manufacturimg, Sales and Marketing , Supply Chain and Finance , Legal and
Audit.
3. Project 1: Business Center Finance Reporting (BCFR) (Feb’15 – till date) Auburn Hills , MI
Role : Datastage Lead and Developer (Primary)
BO XI R3 developer (Secondary)
Environment : Unix , Datastage 8.5, Datastage 11.3.1.1, SAP BO XI R3
Qlikview, DB2
Description :Business Center Finance Reporting is the application which focuses on various
business metrics like Sales , Market Share , Sales Advocacy etc. to evaluate
performance of Business Centers / districts and pay bonus to respective area
managers based on the same.
Responsibilities:
• Worked with business to understand requirements and map it to technical BRD.
• Worked on data modelling of data warehouse and mart tables
• Worked with Database architects to tune the performance of complex queries.
• Developed parallel ETL jobs in Datastage 8.5 and then migrated to Datastage 11.3
• Developed Unix scripts to automate loads of various metrics
• Performed testing of ETL jobs and checked end to end data flow to ensure accuracy of
data and various complex calculations.
• Designed BO universe based on the mart tables.
• Developed Scorecard reports in BO based on the mart tables and published them on
InfoView.
• Provided support for BCFR (Offshore – Onsite model) and resolved issues on priority
basis.
• Currently working on BO to Cognos conversion
Project 2 : IDR (Identify, Discover and Report) (Jun’14 – Feb’15) Auburn Hills, MI
Role : Datastage Developer
Environment : Unix, Datastage 8.5 and 11.3,Qlikview 10, DB2
Description : IDR (Identify, Discover and Report) system is best example of data integration of
various business areas across Chrysler and an attempt to provide single source of truth
to almost all the metrics that drive business. The project was a grand success and
appreciated by Finance Director of Chrysler.
Responsibilities:
• Contributed in data modelling of data warehouse and mart tables to best suit the
requirement of storing variety of metrics across all business areas.
• Contributed in system to system comparison to ensure data integrity and avoid data
redundancy.
• Developed parallel ETL jobs in Datastage 8.5 and then migrated to Datastage 11.3
• Linked datastage jobs with qlikview tasks schedule trigger.
4. • Developed Unix scripts to automate various third party vendor initiated loads to make
data available for reporting as soon as possible with minimum manual intervention.
• Worked of data load status dashboard to give visibility of metric availability to business.
• Implemented data validity checks using datastage to make sure IDR is in synch with N
number of source systems.
• Contributed in PoC involving Autosys scheduling system to monitor IDR jobs.
• Ensure parallel processing of data to make daily data available on time before
business hours.
• Provided support for IDR after its launch and worked on enhancements to meey
business requirements
Project 3 : Incentives Decision Support System (Jan’13 – Jun’14) Auburn Hills, MI
Role : Datastage Lead and Developer (Primary)
BO XI R3 developer (Secondary)
Environment : Unix , Mainframes, Datastage 8.5, SAP BO XI R3 ,IBM Cognos, Qlikview, DB2
Description : Incentives Decision Support System deals with incentive programs launched by FCA
for its dealers to improve sales performance. IDSS is SOX complaint system and its
finance based reporting has major impact on FCA’s incentive payments across all
markets – USA / Canada / Mexico.
Responsibilities:
• Worked with business to understand incentives payment workflow.
• Analyzed mainframes system and jobs to understand data flow and dependencies.
• Worked on data modelling of data warehouse and mart tables.
• Setup security – both OS and database side to ensure SOX compliance.
• Developed parallel ETL jobs in Datastage 8.5 and then migrated to Datastage 11.3
• Developed Unix scripts to automate trigger from mainframes to ETL.
• Performed end to end rigorous testing of ETL workflow to ensure that incentives data is
available for reporting and is in synch with operational source system.
• Implemented Financial Audit mechanism to ensure data integrity after every data load
cycle.
• Designed BO universe based on the mart tables and implemented SOX security in
BO environment.
• Developed various canned reports in BO based on the mart tables and published them
on InfoView.
• Provided support for IDSS and resolved issues by complying to SOX standards.
• Working on datastage migration from DS 8.5 to 11.3
• Part of BO to Cognos/Qlikview conversion project for IDSS.
5. Project 4 : Dealer Operations and Finance System (Jun’11 – Dec’13) Mumbai
Role : Datastage Developer
Environment : Unix , Mainframes,Sybase, Datastage 8.5 and 11.3,IBM Cognos 10.2, DB2
Description : Dealer operations system deals with information pertaining to Chrysler dealer network
and financial statements sent by dealers to Chrysler which are used by business to
track dealer’s performance based on around 1300 metrics. This project is integral part
of Chrysler’s dealer interaction and played important role in Chrysler – FIAT integration
as far as dealerships are concerned.
Responsibilities:
• Analyzed mainframes system and jobs to understand data flow and dependencies.
• Contributed in data modelling of data warehouse and mart tables to best suit the
requirement of storing 1300 metrics per dealer per month.
• Developed parallel ETL jobs in Datastage 8.5 and then migrated to Datastage 11.3
• Developed Unix scripts to automate sales close activities and process composite
financial statements data.
• Implemented Control table mechanism to keep mart system in synch with source
system.
• Implemented Financial Audit mechanism to ensure that financial statements are not
missed and data is up-to-date.
• Improved ETL processing time by implementing cluster based partitioning on target
tables and using the same in datastage.
• Provided support for Dealer Ops and resolved issues by coordinating with offshore.
• Working on datastage migration from DS 8.5 to 11.3
• Contributed in Cognos 7 to Cognos 10.2 migration.
Offshore Support / Enhancements (Dec’08 to Jun’11) Mumbai
Responsibilities Overall responsibilities included:
• Involved in Production Support Activities like Job Monitoring, Report
Archival , handling infra related activities like OS upgrade , frame migrations.
• Designed DataStage Parallel/Server Jobs, Sequences as a part of ETL
enhancements
• Worked on upgrade from BO XI R2 to BO XI R3 and Datastage 7.5 to
Datastage 8.5
• Worked as BO Developer involving report development, universe design for
various applications like IDW,FVI SIRIUS and MOPAR.
• Worked as BO developer on a complex report called “Dealer Scorecard”
which involved 12-15 subject areas each with various sources. All these
subject areas KPIs are being displayed in single report with 20-24 data
providers. The report is published on existing web based portal, so
deployment was challenging.
• Resolved Customer Complaints in the form of Tickets.
6. • Carried out Testing and Review of ongoing development work
• Helped in induction process of new team members.
• Handled responsibility of “Developer Lead “for critical “BC Realignment”
project which had Chrysler wide impact at highest level. Right from intial
planning, analysis to launch was a challenging process. Needed to work
continuously for 36 hrs on deployment day in order make overall process
smooth. Received many appreciations including the one from highest IT
manager of Chrysler.At offshore, worked as Module Lead handling team of
7 associates and ensure on time deliveries across the module.
Academics
* C.P.I. > 6.5 : First Class
Achievements
• National Talent Search (NTS) – Awarded by Scholarship
• SSC Exam 2002 – Merit Rank 20th
.
• HSC Exam 2004 – Merit Rank 13th
.
• Amongst the Top Rankers of B.Tech. (I.T.) in V.J.T.I.
• Ratan Tata Scholarship and J.R.D. Tata Scholarship holder.
• Excellence Award (2007-08) from ”Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation”
• ILP Top Performer during Induction Training at TCS.
• Customer Appreciations for Dedicated work in critical application like BCFR, BC Realignment,
Sales Code Expansion.
• Received “On The Spot Award” for working on critical application with visibility to the level of
Chrysler CEO.
• Received “Applause” for working on IDR (Identify, Research, Discovery) application and
successfully launching for Chrysler wide use.
• Appointed as member of CAB (Change Advisory Board) to perform reviews of many Applications
from various domains like Manufacturing / Banking / Supply Chain.
Degree Year Name of the Institute Marks
B.Tech.(Final) 2007-08
VEERMATA JIJABAI TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE,
MUMBAI
C
P
I
9.3/10 *
T.Y.B.Tech. 2006-07 9.2/10 *
S.Y.B.Tech. 2005-06 9.1/10 *
F.Y.B.Tech. 2004-05 8.7/10 *
H.S.C(XIIth
) 2003-04 D.G. RUPAREL COLLEGE, MATUNGA, MUMBAI 93.5 % (561/600)
S.S.C (Xth
) 2001-02 BALMOHAN VIDYAMANDIR, DADAR (W), MUMBAI 91.6 % (687/750)
7. Personal Details
Date of Birth August 31, 1986
Location 2800 Patrick Henry St, APT# 621
Auburn Hills, Michigan, US
Zip - 48326
VISA Details H1B VISA holder