1. Chinmay Kulkarni Contact No: +1 785 217 6997
Data Architect/Data Modeler Email: chinmaykulkarni2003@yahoo.com
Objective:
To work in the field of Business Intelligence using the latest technologies and utilizing my
knowledge and experience to the optimum for the consistent professional growth.
Seeking to become a renowned expert in data warehousing by following best practice
techniques in order to support better business decision making. To achieve this through
developing innovative analytics and business intelligence solutions.
Professional Summary:
12 years of extensive IT experience in various capacities of DW projects including the
Design, Development, Implementation and Support.
Specialized in Data Modeling and providing DW reporting solutions
Specialized in Erwin data modeling tool
Experienced in multiple databases such as Oracle, Teradata and MS SQL Server
Knowledge of SAP HANA information modeling and Business Objects product
suite
Areas of Expertise are providing end to end business intelligence solutions consists of
designing data warehouse, data marts and reporting layer
Involved in creating proposals and executing POC’s for various customers
Expertise and Skill set:
Databases : Teradata, Oracle, MS SQL Server
Data Modelling Tool : CA Erwin, SAP HANA Information Modelling
Reporting Tools : SAP BO 5.1/6.5/XI/4.0 product suite, Xcelsius 2008, Crystal Reports
Experience:
Organization Designation Duration
Cognizant Technology Solutions Manager Oct 14 – Till Date
INFOSYS LIMITED Technology Architect April 12 – Oct 14
WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES Technical Lead/BO
Specialist
July 06 – April 12
INFORICA (INDIA) PVT LTD Software Engineer June 05 – July 06
SURVIK SOFTWARE LTD Jr. Software Engineer April 04 – June 05
2. Projects:
Project# 1 : Coupon Management System
Start Date : 29/10/2015
End Date : Till Date
Period : 6 Months
Team Size : 7
Role : Data Architect
Environment : CA Erwin, Teradata, Micro strategy, Oracle, SQL Server
Project Description : Coupon management system is the central location for all the
coupons used in this one of the largest retail store in USA.
Coupons information is stored in different source systems across
the organization. Aim of this project was to consolidate all
coupon information at one place and then store it in data
warehouse for reporting purposes.
Contribution
Researching the coupon information across enterprise
Data analysis of the coupon sources across the organization
Created logical and physical data models
Created data mapping documents for integrating information from all the sources
Project# 2 : Ship From Store
Start Date : 29/06/2015
End Date : 28/10/2015
Period : 4 Months
Team Size : 10
Role : Data Architect
Environment : CA Erwin, Teradata, Micro strategy, Oracle
Project Description : Ship From Store project was intended to fulfil the customer
orders by reducing the cost of shipping. When customer buys
items online through website, instead of shipping the items from
warehouse which is located far away, it chooses the stores
based on many criterions to ship the items which results in
reducing the shipping cost.
Contribution
Gathering reporting requirements for ship from store
Data analysis of the incoming feeds from ecommerce data source
Perform data modeling activities for stage, DW core base and target data mart
Create logical and physical data models
3. Project# 3 : Store of the Future
Start Date : 27/10/2014
End Date : 26/06/2015
Period : 8 Months
Team Size : 12
Role : Data Architect
Environment : CA Erwin, Teradata, Micro strategy, Oracle, SQL Server
Project Description : Store of the future was one of the biggest programs executed in
this retail organization. Aim of this project was to migrate the
legacy transaction system into new more improved system. This
program was divided into many projects. All these projects aim to
improve the sales and making sure all the reporting needs are
fulfilled.
Contribution
Gathering requirements for various projects within store of future
Data analysis of the various source systems to design outgoing feeds to DW
Perform data modeling activities for stage, DW core base and target data mart
Create logical and physical data models
Create data mapping documents for integrations
Project# 4 : DUR
Start Date : 15/02/2014
End Date : 24/10/2014
Period : 8 Months
Team Size : 12
Role : DW Architect
Environment : CA Erwin, Teradata, Microstrategy
Project Description : DUR project mainly targeted to facilitate efficient drug review and
analyse the conflicts at the time of prescription fill. After
implementation of this project, pharmacists will be able to serve
patients efficiently. We are planned to create one datamart and
15 reports as part of DUR.
Contribution
Data analysis of the incoming feeds from Rx connect
Perform data modeling activities for core base and target data mart
Create logical and physical data models
Architected the high level solution for the project
4. Project# 5 : BICC (Business Intelligence Compétence Center)
Start Date : 02/10/2012
End Date : Till Date
Period : 12 Months
Team Size : 7
Role : DW BO Architect
Environment : Business Objects 4.0, Xcelsius 2008, Oracle 10g, SAP HANA
Project Description : BICC is the centre of excellence for business objects practice
throughout the enterprise. Its main job function is to govern the
data warehouse projects. Design reviews/Technical
Consultation/explore the new products/Design the BO security
model are few tasks in the BICC centre. All project’s/POC’s need
to secure approvals from BICC team in order to go live.
Contribution
High level/Low level design reviews for DW projects
Provide Technical consultation for the projects
Perform data modeling activities in the projects
Ensuring best practice in universe design and reports development
Project# 6 : Project SCOTT (ISIS Improvements)
Start Date : 02/05/2012
End Date : 01/10/2012
Period : 5 Months
Team Size : 13
Role : DW Architect/BO Specialist
Environment : Business Objects XI R3, Xcelsius 2008, Oracle 10g
Project Description : SCOTT project mainly targeted to integrate all indirect shipments
data in the organisation. We created integrated data mart and 5
business objects universes as project deliverables. 35 business
objects reports were delivered to the business. There are mainly
2 systems DICFR & DRTT which holds the indirect shipment
data in the organization. As part of project SCOTT, we integrated
these systems to form a single, more efficient data mart.
Universe and reports developed in business objects 4.0 suite
and deployed onto repository for distribution purpose.
Contribution
Meetings with stakeholders along with business analysts to gather requirements for
integrated data mart
Architected the integrated data mart which involved DICFR & DRTT
Performed data modeling activities for the project
In charge of Business Objects universe and reports development team
Technical consultation to BO team in the development activities
5. Project# 7 : Retail Data Warehouse
Start Date : 02/10/2011
End Date : 01/04/2012
Period : 6 Months
Team Size : 20
Role : DW Architect/Consultant
Environment : Business Objects XI R3, Xcelsius 2008, Oracle 10g, Essbase
Project Description : Bank Client is a fortune 500 Bank based out of Cincinnati, Ohio,
US. The Bank has identified us to extend services for its Retail
applications with the objective that the team will continue to
execute maintenance, development, and enhancement activities
leveraging its strength in offshore development.
Contribution
Architected Data mart which involved S2S, Edocs, and Retail Activity Data mart
Performed data modeling activities
In charge of Business Objects universe and reports development
Provided consultancy role to existing Xcelsius Dashboard developers on best practices,
design strategies, and technical assistance to their existing dashboard development
Meetings with stakeholders to gather requirements for data marts
Project# 8 : FTP (Finance Transformation Program)
Start Date : 01/07/2010
End Date : 01/10/2011
Period : 15 Months
Team Size : 12
Role : Business Objects Consultant/DW Designer
Environment : Business Objects XI R2/R3, Xcelsius 2008, Oracle 10g
Project Description : FTP is the program which helped the insurance company to
achieve 27 days reporting cycle for financial year which is
intended to generate finance and actuarial reporting. There are 9
data marts build as a part of Tardis program i.e. Capital, IFRS,
FSA, Recon, MCEV, RBS, AS AOC, Channel P&L, AS. These
streams represent various standards for insurance company.
Ten business objects universes and 200 reports were built as a
part of reporting solution.
Contribution
Architected initial Data mart fact and dimensions, which involved Premium, Gross and
Net Sales facts marked against customer, time, product and policy dimensions
In charge of Business Objects universe and reports development
Provided consultancy role to existing Xcelsius Dashboard developers on best practices,
design strategies, and technical assistance to their existing dashboard development
Mentored team in doing administration tasks like administrating the BO repositories,
creating the users, folders, groups and managing the administrative tasks. Also helped
team in scheduling the BO reports using Info view and publish them to folders
6. Project# 9 : NSN (Nokia Siemens Networks)
Start Date : 05/10/2009
End Date : 25/06/2010
Period : 8 Months
Team Size : 16
Role : Business Objects Designer/Lead
Environment : Business Objects 5.1/6.5/XI, Oracle 10g
Project Description : NSN is the production support to the critical applications used by
Nokia Siemens Networks finance users. We were responsible for
supporting IPM (Integrated Project Management) application as
part of production support. IPM is the global application and is
very critical for the finance users to manage complete
information about various projects going on in NSN. We were
mainly responsible for application front end which was built in
J2EE and administrate all business objects repositories.
Contribution
Business Objects repository administration
Schedule the BO reports using broadcast agent/info view and publish them into corporate
documents
Creating the users, folders, groups and manage all administrative tasks
Backup and recovery techniques for BO universe and reports
Project# 7 : HUB Enhancement and Support
Start Date : 01/02/2009
End Date : 05/10/2009
Period : 8 Months
Team Size : 14
Role : Business Objects Designer/Lead
Environment : Business Objects 5.1/6.5/XI, Oracle 10g
Project Description : HUB program consists of enhancement and production support
to the critical applications used by business users. There are 13
applications that we maintain as a part of production support.
Handled multiple development/enhancement projects as part of
HUB program.
Contribution
Architected initial Data mart for LMIA project which involved providing statements and
policy related details to end users
Architected initial Data mart for LTBT project which involved reconciliation of general
ledgers with finance data warehouse
Provided technical assistance to team members in developing and enhancement of the
Business Objects Reports (using web intelligence and desktop intelligence) and business
objects universe
In charge of business objects administration of all the BO repositories across 13
applications
7. In charge of configuration management which involved managing deployment activities
across all the repositories
Schedule the BO reports using broadcast agent/Info view and publish them to corporate
documents/folders
Administrating the BO repositories, creating the users, folders, groups and managing the
administrative tasks
Backup recovery techniques for universes and reports
Project# 10 : FUM (Funds Under Management) Data Mart
Start Date : 01/09/2008
End Date : 01/02/2009
Period : 5 Months
Team Size : 5
Role : Onsite Co-ordinator/Business Objects specialist
Environment : Business Objects XI, MS SQL server 2000
Project Description : MI & Performance is one of the largest target audiences of
reporting solution. The MI and Performance team provides key
business information to various areas in Life Business. This
involves centralizing MI using best practice methods and best
technology. This project brings Funds under Management data
together in one place across all the products and provides links
between Sales, Policy and Product. Reports based on this will
provide persistency over the last 5 or more years, which will
satisfy the FSA in their requirements for measurements of
persistency (part of TCF), also give insight to management
regarding good / bad distributors (and benefits following from
that) and facilitate a move towards remuneration based model on
FUM. This project uses existing monthly data feeds from source
systems including Unisure, YL70 and others to give monthly data
split by policy, fund and distributor for Pensions and bonds
products. This project also gets distributor data feed from BIU,
take new Fund Price feeds and historic Fund Prices from Unit
Pricing.
Contribution
Direct interaction with stakeholders to gather information and requirements for reports
Involved in dimensional analysis in building the FUM mart
Involved in creating the FUM mart prototype. Created the business objects universe as
part of the prototype. Created 5 business objects reports as part of the prototype
8. Project# 11 : Collective Investment (CI)
Start Date : 30/10/2007
End Date : 30/08/2008
Period : 10 Months
Team Size : 6
Role : Onsite Co-ordinator/Business Objects Designer
Environment : Business Objects 6.5, MS SQL server 2000
Project Description : Collective Investment (CI) is one of the key focus areas for
Distribution and Marketing. CI products were hosted on the Icon
retail and externally on the FAST systems. BIU database is used
for reporting on CI business as well as Sales business. Reports
based on BIU are done using SQL -> excel mechanism. The key
objective of this project is to migrate the reports from SQL / Excel
to a more robust Business Objects reporting environment.
Additionally this project will also make Funds Under
Management (FUM) data available in the current Sales reporting
database to give business a view on FUM in addition to
Annualized premium Equivalent (APE) figures.There were 35
reports which need to be migrated from traditional SQL/Excel
reporting environment to BO.
Contribution
Provided consultancy in identifying the flaws in existing reporting system and designed
the complete reporting solution for collective investment
Direct interaction with users to gather information and requirements for universe/reports
In charge of business objects universe and reports development
Schedule the BO reports using broadcast agent and publish them to corporate
documents
Project# 12 : BIU Reports Rationalization
Start Date : 10/07/2007
End Date : 30/09/2007
Period : 3 Months
Team Size : 2
Role : Business Objects Developer
Environment : Business Objects 6.5, MS SQL server 2000
Project Description : BIU (Business Intelligence Unit) is one of the key focus areas for
Sales in the Company. BIU database is used for reporting on CI
and Sales business. The key objective of this project was to
rationalize the existing BO reports as well as, improve and
simplify the reports in terms of performance and introduce the
best practices. There were 200 BO reports which need to be
rationalized. We analyzed and identified the reports for
improvement in terms of performance and simplification.All the
changes made to the reports are categorized into 3 major areas.
9. Database Level Improvements which includes all the changes
related to the design of the database and underlying DTS
packages and SPs. Universe Level improvements which include
all the changes related to the Universe design. Report Level
improvements include simplification of the complex reports and
introduce best practices in it.
Contribution
Information gathering and extensive requirements analysis for the report rationalization
Involved in implementing changes to the Business Objects Reports using web intelligence
and desktop intelligence
Involved in changing the Universe for business objects reports. This includes object
definitions, contexts, joins in the universe
Contributed in changing the database design, implement the CRs for DTS packages and
stored procedures
Involved in successful implementation of the reports in DEV, UAT and Production
Environment
Scheduling the BO reports
Administrating the repository using Supervisor
Project# 13 : IC (Idea Cellular)
Start Date : 28/02/2007
End Date : 30/06/2007
Period : 6 Months
Team Size : 2
Role : Business Objects Developer
Environment : Business Objects XI, Oracle 9i/10g
Project Description : IC is the leading service providers in the Telecom Domain. High
level management users from sales department have analysed
the financial data and categorized the reports into 2 major
categories i.e. prepaid reports and post-paid reports. We are
responsible for creating the prepaid reports. There are in all 17
prepaid reports. All the reports are developed in the Business
Objects XI and get the data from the Prepaid Central Repository
which is the oracle database. Prepaid reports are categorized into
4 sub-categorise i.e. VAS, Roaming, Revenue, and Product
based reports. VAS (value added services) includes the reports
which give the financial information about GPRS services, various
other internet services. Roaming reports will give the information
about all the subscribers who have used the roaming services.
Revenue reports give the information about revenue generated by
prepaid subscribers. Product based reports gives the information
by tariff plans such as how many subscribers are present in which
tariff plan etc.
Contribution
Information gathering and requirements analysis for reports
Involved in developing the Business Objects Reports using web intelligence and
desktop intelligence
10. Involved in creating the Universe for business objects reports
Contributed in Designing the database
Involved in successful implementation of the reports in DEV, UAT and Production
Environment
Scheduling the BO reports
Creating users and giving them access to BO reports using Central Management
Console
Maintaining report level security, universe level security, object level security to
different users using CMC
Project# 14 : COH Reporting
Start Date : 15/08/2006
End Date : 10/02/2007
Period : 4 Months
Team Size : 4
Role : Crystal Reports Developer
Environment : Crystal Reports 10, MS Access 2000, VB
Project Description : COH reporting is the software which is used to generate financial
reports. Users can view and compare the data for US portfolios
vs. Non US portfolios for specified dates. All the reports are
classified into 3 major categories. These categories are Equity
Reports, Country Allocation Reports and Fixed Income Reports.
Depending on these categories total 14 templates are created.
Each template corresponds to one crystal report. When user
specifies the criteria through VB, first, data gets loaded from
CSV files to MS Access 2000. All the reports get the data from
MS access 2000. All the crystal reports are intelligent reports in
terms of navigation. Some of the major features of the crystal
reports used are Grouping, Advanced formula fields, Sub reports
etc. Charts are used in most of the reports for comparing the
data in the report. Chart types used in the reports are Bar
Charts, Pie Charts, Line Charts, Line-Bar Graph etc.
Contribution
Information gathering and requirements analysis for reports
Involved in designing the Crystal Report
Involved in writing queries for each report
Contributed in Designing the database
Involved in successful implementation of the reports in DEV, UAT and Production
Environment
Project# 15 : ZIMS (Zoo Information Management System)
Start Date : 01/05/2006
End Date : 04/07/2006
11. Period : 2 Months
Team Size : 15
Role : Crystal Reports Developer
Environment : .Net Framework, MS SQL SERVER 2000
Project Description : ZIMS is aimed at managing complete zoo related information.
User interface was built in .Net framework and used MS SQL
server to store the information.
Contribution
Contributed in writing stored procedures in MS SQL Server 2000
Project# 16 : CFR (CIBC Financial Reporting)
Start Date : 01/07/2005
End Date : 10/04/2006
Period : 10 Months
Team Size : 2
Role : Actuate Developer
Environment : Actuate Erdpro 6/8, Actuate Espreadsheet 10/11, Actuate
iServer 8, J2EE, Oracle 9i, JavaScript, HTML
Project Description : CFR is the financial reporting application used by CIBC CAD
(Chief Accountants Division). Users can see the financial data in
various reports depending upon the criteria selected from the
web application. All the CFR reports are classified into 5 major
categories. These categories are Standard Reports, Risk
Weighted Reports, Analysis/Control Reports, Income Statement
Reports and Yield Reports. Depending on these categories, total
17 templates are created. Each template is corresponding to one
Actuate smart report. All the reports are created in Actuate 6
reporting tool and get the data from oracle stored procedure.
After the development of the reports in Actuate 6, all reports
upgraded to Actuate 8. All the actuate reports are intelligent
reports in terms of navigation. Some of the major features of the
reports are Multiple drilldown capability, Multi-page drilldown
Capability, Dynamic grouping, Cryptography etc.
Contribution
Report Development
Requirements analysis
Involved in designing the actuate smart report
Responsible for writing code in Actuate Basic language in all reports
Helped in writing stored procedure for each report
Involved in successful implementation of all reports in DEV, UAT and Production
Environment
Actuate iServer Administration
Deployed Actuate reports on Development Server
12. Applied Actuate iServer Security features
Applied report scheduling using Actuate iServer
Project# 17 : Acordia Employers Service
Start Date : 31/03/2005
End Date : 01/06/2005
Period : 2 Months
Team Size : 1
Role : Programmer
Environment : Business Objects XI, Crystal Reports, Oracle 8i
Project Description : AES System is developed for managing the claims of employees
in the different states in USA. This system was used to record
the claims, process the claims, maintain the history of the claims,
assigning the claims to employees, maintain codes etc. All
reports were developed in AS400. Our job was to migrate the
AS400 reports into Crystal Reports.
Contribution
Mapping the columns from AS400 reports to corresponding fields in MS SQL Server
2000
Involved in designing and developing the crystal reports
Project# 18 : SSEMC
Start Date : 01/10/2004
End Date : 30/03/2005
Period : 6 Months
Team Size : 5
Role : Programmer
Environment : Business Objects XI, Actuate 7, Oracle 8i, MS Access
Project Description : SSEMC is the service provider company located at Atlanta,
USA. They mainly provide 2 types of services i.e. Electrical
Services and Gas Service. Depending upon these services, they
want to see the financial data in the organisation in the form of
reports. All the reports are classified into 2 major categories i.e.
Sales Reports and Counts Reports.Sales reports are also called
as sales journals. It mainly includes sales information of SSEMC
with respect to particular region or sales person or manager or
distributors. These reports enabled SSEMC to consolidate sales
figures for different regions of USA, thus helping in developing
business plans, making sales forecasts, implementing
regional/zonal marketing strategies, improving on customer
relationship and managing distributor’s network more easily.
Counts Reports gives the exact count of accounts of SSEMC.
They refer the term ‘Accounts’ as the client to whom SSEMC is
providing service. Counts reports give exact count of accounts
with respect to different location, meters etc.
13. Contribution
Report Development
Involved in Information Gathering and Requirements analysis
Designing report layouts
Contributed in creating reusable components in reports
Created Master-Detail reports, created the reports from different data sources, Cross-Tab
reports etc.
Actuate iServer Administration
Deployed Actuate reports on Development Server
Administered the Actuate iServer using management console
Managed Security features of Actuate iServer
Project# 19 : ERMS (Enterprise Report Management System)
Start Date : 01/05/2004
End Date : 01/10/2004
Period : 5 Months
Team Size : 5
Role : Programmer
Environment : Business Objects XI, Actuate 7, ASP, Oracle 8i, MS Access
Project Description : ERMS system is aimed to manage the thousands of reports in
the organisation. ERMS stores the report specific information
about each report in the organisation such as User requirements,
Functional specification, Technical specification etc. It is very
easy to modify any report by viewing the report specific
information in ERMS. There are 6 modules in ERMS. They are
User requirement module, Functional specification module,
Technical specification module, Development module, Testing
Module and Change Request module. All the report specific
information right from user requirements to user acceptance
stored in the ERMS which enables organisation to manage
reports and to implement change requests very easily.
Contribution:
Involved in the Information Gathering and Requirements analysis
Contributed in designing database
Involved in coding web pages in ASP
Developed reports in Actuate and Crystal reports to test the ERMS system