1. KENNETH B. WOLIN
5222 E. Windsor Ave. #6 Home: 602-820-5049
Phoenix, Arizona 85008 Email: kwolin@cox.net Cell: 602-820-5049
Summary
Decision Support Engineer with strong Data Warehousing and system experience. Extensive background in
Healthcare, Hospitality, Financial markets. Utilized Data Warehousing skills to implement large warehouses
that use multi-source data. I have experience with MicroStrategy Architect, Desktop, Narrowcaster, Office,
Olap Services, Report Services and Dashboards, Administrator. Areas of expertise are:
• Warehouse Schema Design
• Business Analysis • MicroStrategy Certified Engineer
• Microsoft Masters of Business Intelligence • Data Reporting
• PL/SQL Generation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
KBW Consulting
Providing complete Data Warehousing, and Business Intelligence solutions to a wide variety of clients.
Business Intelligence Consultant 2006-
In my current position I am working as a Senior Business Intelligence Consultant. Working in Warehouse
reporting tool using MicroStrategy, Microsoft Business Stack and IBM Cognos have spearheaded
large enterprise wide data warehouse installations and warehouse upgrades. I have produced reports that
contained analytics for sales forces that were turned into a series of Dashboards that could be delivered to
targeted segments of the management and sales teams. I have also acted in a senior report-building role
with an eye on mentoring the clients’ new MicroStrategy Report builders. Acted as Administrator for clients
intial setup and ongoing warehouse projects. Industries I have been involved in have been transportation,
men’s clothing and formal wear rental, banking, large-box retail stores.
Verispan LLC (Now SDIHealthcare) 1999-2006
Innovative leader in the integration, design, and transformation of Healthcare data into knowledge.
Certified Design Support Engineer, Yardley, PA.
Lead programmer analyst for internal and for external clients warehouse development initiatives.
• Worked with all phases of Data Warehouse development including design, construction, reporting,
and Implementation of Data Warehouses. Build warehouses for 4 major companies and created
reporting suites for numerous internal clients.
• Certified MicroStrategy Decision Support developer. Fluent with MicroStrategy Desktop, Architect,
Administrator, Web, and Narrowcaster.
• Personally responsible for Verispan’s Pharmacy Product Line warehouses. These warehoused
include Pharmacy Cost Analyzer, Generic Utilization, Vector One Market Pharmacy, and Vector One
Cost Analyzer. Created reporting sets for the analysis of Retail Pharmacy Data. The Generic
Efficiency Reports would help pharmacies determine how efficient they were compared to the
competition at converting customers to generic drugs, which have a larger profit margin for the store.
Encore Hospitality Systems
Industry leader in Hotel Front Desk Systems.
Programmer Analyst, Atlanta, Ga. 1998 -1999
• Created user-friendly front-end interfaces for the first PC base Hotel Front Desk system using Visual
Basic and SQL Server.
• Worked with SQL Server writing SQL stored procedures for recording guest data which would be
called by the Visual Basic Programs.
• On-Site involvement with installation team at new installs. Installed Window 2000 Server, Microsoft
SQL Server, and the Encore software. Acted as Administrator for all the software and provided phone
support for all beta clients.
2. Walsh America (now Wolters Kluwer)
One of the three leading providers of Healthcare data. Walsh collects prescription data and delivers it in
ways that Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy, and Managed Care companies can use it for analysis.
Programmer Analyst, Phoenix, AZ. 1993 -1998
Converted IBM CICS DB2 Query applications to windows and created new Visual Basic Client Server
applications on varied platforms utilizing VB tools and numerous relational databases using VB DataObjects,
Microsoft and 3rd party DLL’s to utilize their API’s. Developed front end user interface for a distributed
database program for drug company representatives and their Home Offices. Worked on design and
programming of decision support applications using multi-dimensional databases.
Computer Dataware, Scottsdale, AZ
Leader in Video Tape Rental computer tracking and Convenience Store Retail software.
Architect, Project Manager, Lead Programmer, Scottsdale, AZ 1990 - 1993
Designed Quick Touch a touch screen based Restaurant POS system. Created the POS system using
Microsoft Foxbase graphical interface tool and database. This solution was a entry level system for small
restaurants with features that could support a fine dining establishment. Quick Touch was a best of breed
solution whose design was based on the POS systems that I had encountered.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts Degree Economics Major
St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Indiana.
Microsoft Masters of Business Intelligence
SetFocus Parsippany, NJ
Continuing Education
Ongoing training and recertification in Microstrategy products.
Attended Microsoft sponsored VB Courses and other third party training for VB.
Software Testing and QC Course.