Introduction With over 2 years of experience in Information Management, Roelant has the overview and background to make a success of any Business Intelligence (BI), Data Warehousing (DWH), Data Governance or Master Data Management (MDM) initiative. Roelant is specialized in BI/DWH architecture and data integration both on a conceptual and a practical level. He has an expert view on robust data integration and data model design that is fast, flexible, future-proof and manageable. This is based on extensive experience with the leading Data Warehouse methodologies including Data Vault, Kimball and Inmon. Roelant is also actively involved in the data integration / ETL community where he is a recognised expert for using Data Vault for ETL generation (model driven development). Coming from a Data Warehouse background, Roelant is now typically involved in several architecture, strategy and information management roles which include the definition of Data Warehouse, Information Management and Master Data Management (MDM) roadmaps. He has demonstrated solid skills in structuring the approach and reasoning for the introduction of MDM, Data Governance and Data Warehouses. Roelant has participated in various projects as an architect, data modeller or project / team leader. He worked in industry sectors including retail, telecommunications, banking, insurance and transport. On top of the significant experience with various Business Intelligence and Datawarehouseing software, database systems, concepts and best-practices he is also quick to grasp new ideas and methods. His in-depth understanding of the technical elements of Business Intelligence and Datawarehouseing enables him to translate the high level architecture into a practical and manageable solution. Together with his drive and dedication, Roelant possesses the skills to analyse, design and implement the best solution for management information delivery in your organization. Roelant has formal qualifications in Business Informatics (Utrecht, Netherlands) and in depth experience with the Informatica, Oracle, Microsoft and IBM solutions. He also is a registered Prince2 Practitioner and a Certified Business Intelligence Professional (CBIP).
Experience overview of software, concepts and tooling Subject Method or software Experience (years) Business Intelligence concepts Kimball, Inmon, Data Vault 2 Datawarehouse concepts: - Storage of historical information (types up until 6) - OLAP - Multi dimensional modelling - Enterprise datawarehousing - Enterprise Information Integration Datawarehouse system architecture ETL concepts and frameworks DWH appliances / Massively Parallel Processing (Teradata) Near-real-time processing / message based DWH Business Intelligence Informatica Powercenter 8 tooling Informatica Poweranalyzer Informatica Metadata Manager (Superglue) Informatica MDM (Siperian / Identity Systems technology) Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB) 4 Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) 3 Oracle BI Discoverer 2 Oracle OLAP Oracle Designer 2 CA ERwin, Sybase Powerdesigner, Embarcadero 7 Cognos Suite 4 Microsoft DTS, SSIS 3 Microsoft Analysis Server Business Objects Suite Languages SQL, T-SQL, PL/SQL HTML, ASP, JSP 3 Databases Methods (used in projects) Oracle SQL Server Teradata DB2 Prince2 (certified practitioner) IBM s Financial Services data model (in particular Banking Datawarehouse Model - BDWM) FCO-IM / NIAM ERD RAD (D)SDM 0 5 2
Experience overview of projects Period Work description Technical environment al environment Various audits and proof of concepts: - Telstra Super (ETL Framework foundation) - ASX ( Quality Assurance) - Toyota ( Initiation) - Pandora (Quality Assurance) January 202 - present Various Data Warehouse architect / Quality Assurance oversight and QA to ensure correct implementation of the ETL Framework and modeling according to the Data Vault approach. SSIS / SSAS, OBIEE, SAP Data Services Retail, insurance, finance Period Work description Technical environment al environment GoodStart / ABC Learning Centres August 20 - present GoodStart Answers DWH Data Warehouse architect Expand and manage the Data Warehouse Microsoft back-end and OBIEE front-end. Child care. Sydney University Period May 200 September 20 Master Data Management (MDM) Data architect Work description Proving that MDM can deliver on its promise in the environment of the University of Sydney. Technical environment Informatica MDM / Siperian based on an Oracle database. Also includes Powercenter for ETL. al environment University (research), encompassing all required information. Sydney University Period September 200 May 200 Research Management Process Review Data architect - strategy Work description Creating a logical data model (current state and future state) for research related information and a roadmap towards the future information landscape. Technical environment ERwin data models and Visio Data Flow diagrams. al environment University (research), encompassing all required information.
Period Work description Raytheon April 200 February 20 (intermittently) None Informatica consultant / data integration Designing and developing interfaces between Microsoft Dynamics GP and Workplace. Powercenter training and general assistance. Technical environment Informatica Powercenter 8.6. al environment Defence, but the data was mainly finance related. Westpac Period August 200 September 200 Enterprise Data Warehouse Informatica consultant / DW assessment Work description Review and recommendation on the technical architecture for the merge of the St. George and Westpac Data Warehouses. Technical environment The business intelligence system runs on a Teradata database. Cognos and TM are used for front-end reporting; Informatica Powercenter is used as ETL tool. al environment Finance. A variety of financial information ranging from policy details to risk management, asset management and actuarial information. GoodStart / ABC Learning Centres Period August 200 None Strategy consultant Work description Investigating a new foundation for Data Warehousing, provide a basis for tool selection (criteria, advice). Technical environment Assistance in tool selection was part of the assignment. al environment Child care. Insurance Australia Group (IAG) Period April 200 August 200 Sales Performance Scorecard ETL technical lead Work description Designing and developing the database and ETL structure to prepare the data to the balanced scorecard front-end. Technical environment The data warehouse is an Unix / Oracle platform which uses Powercenter as ETL tool. Cognos is used as front-end reporting and OLAP software. al environment Sales performance management; monitoring agents sales in the various branches and customer contact points for IAG (including NRMA) using a balanced scorecard.
Zurich Financial Services Australia Period December 2009 May 200 BPM program ETL developer Work description Developing ETL programs for new projects which add to the existing Business Intelligence environment. Technical environment The business intelligence system runs on a DB2 / windows platform. Microstrategy is used as front-end reporting tool; Informatica Powercenter is used as ETL tool. al environment Finance. A variety of financial information ranging from policy details to risk management, asset management and actuarial information. Robeco Period September 2008 September 2009 Symphony project Technical Lead data integration Work description Technical lead of data integration projects for the replacement of the most essential (financial) transactional system of Robeco. Also, advising Robeco regarding the creation/implementation of a new Data Integration competence centre. This new competence centre will be the foundation for a more structural approach towards application control for the data integration department. Technical environment Multifonds as the new application (runs on Oracle). Also, an Oracle based datawarehouse using Informatica Powercenter as ETL tool and Business Objects for front-end reporting and analysis. Interfacing through canonicals is also implemented using Powercenter. al environment Finance. The computer systems which Robeco uses calculate the value of the controlled funds and to monitor the transactions are being replaced. This information is directly reported to the Financial Authority in The Netherlands as well as the internal management information systems. Ahold (Albert Heijn) Period November 2007 September 2008 Pallas DWH project Data architect Work description Maintaining the datamodel and quality management, member change advisory board. Technical environment 20+ Terabyte datawarehouse on Oracle with Powercenter 8 as ETL tool and Microstrategy as front-end. Metadata manager is used to manage the different system metadata and Oracle Designer 6i to manage the datamodel. al environment Retail (AH is market leader) with focus on client profiles, marketing and turnover/profit. Also real-time monitoring of shop layout, direct marketing and promotions.
SNS Bank Period June 2007 November 2007 Various DWH related projects Business Intelligence consultant / developer Work description Advice on datamodelling (with Data Vault) and working processes within the DWH unit, especially on the topic of ETL architecture. Also, development of ETL mappings and standards with Powercenter 7. Technical environment Powercenter 7 / SQL on a Teradata and Oracle platform. PowerAnalyzer is used as front-end / reporting software. Teradata is used for bulk loading and Oracle for interfacing and delivery. al environment ATM logfile analysis and Basel II risk management, in particular special risk groups. Also, working for various reports for the Dutch banking authority. From a datawarehousing point of view this is done by using Data Vault and the FS(L)DM reference datamodel for the banking and insurance industry. Tiscali Period March 2007 June 2007 initiation / proof of concept Business Intelligence consultant / architect Work description Audit on BI activities and advice for Tiscali Netherlands about a structural approach on the topic of management information. Answers on questions regarding data quality and auditing of the management information data and reports. This includes a proof of concept of structural data flows (ETL) and analysis (Oracle Analytics). Technical environment PL/SQL, Oracle Warehouse Builder, SQL Server (Integration and Reporting Services) and Oracle Analytics. al environment Snapshots of active subscribers and marketing / churn analysis for the MT of Tiscali Netherlands. Eneco Period November 2006 June 2007 Asset Datawarehouse ETL advisor / senior developer Work description Integration of the assets, infrastructural data and information from GIS systems for the Eneco datawarehouse. Technical lead for ETL / back-end development. Technical environment Oracle back-end with OWB 0.2 in combination with Cognos 8 / mapviewer as front-end. Also with Oracle Spatial. al environment Datawarehouse for all Eneco assets in combination with GIS (spatial) data. This is developed in order to support a variety of specific work like impact-analysis and extrapolation of (network) maintenance.
Fundeon Period September 2006 October 2006 Renewing data integration / SOA preparation Advisor ETL and architecture Work description Design and development of a data replication mechanism to synchronize different sources in preparation for the SOA program. Technical environment OWB 0.2 / R2 (Paris) al environment Source data cleansing and preparation for service integration / redesign. OBR Period December 2005 April 2007 Datawarehouse project BI Architect, halfway through the project: Quality & Assurance role Work description Support the design and development of different BI systems. This varies from interviewing employees to designing templates and models. Subjects are HRM, complaint letters and core financial information. Technical environment Oracle BI (formerly known as Siebel Analytics), Oracle database with Discoverer and OWB. Decade is one of the source systems. al environment Ground exploitation, social projects, HRM. PriceWaterhouseCoopers Period July 2006 August 2006 Informatieplein project BI consultant Work description Advice about the new sales datawarehouse, in particular for the Oracle BI proposal. Technical environment OWB R2 (Paris), Analysis Server al environment Sales information for billability and accountability of the PWC consultants. AON Period September 2005 June 2006 Datawarehouse project manager Work description control over a design and development team (6 employees). Technical environment Oracle 9i en 0g with Discoverer and Warehouse Builder (0.) al environment Insights in insurance policy and client information. Client profiling and soft-matching.
Rabobank (Rabofacet) Period November 2003 September 2005 Centraal Datawarehouse (CDW) Teamleader ETL / development Work description Initially, the CDW project was the conversion of the old marketing information system to the new IBM Banking Datawarehouse Model (BDWM). After that the work focused on integration new sources to this model. Lead over a development team of 2 employees. Technical environment Oracle database, Informatica Powercenter as ETL tool, UNIX as platform and scheduling. IBM banking datawarehouse model and financial services framework are the basis for the data models. al environment The project encompasses the most important financial client information, CRM, bank accounts and so forth. For instance the average feed to accounts but also combining mortgage information and client profiles. This is done within the framework of the Financial Services Data Model and is part of Basel II and SOX. National Post Office (Postkantoren B.V.) Period November 2002 September 2003 Datawarehouse increment I and II Informatica and Cognos developer Work description Developing complex ETL flows within a SQL Server database. Powermart (Informatica) is used as ETL tool and Cognos as front-end. The data model is fully based on Kimball principles. Technical environment SQL Server database, PowerMart (Powercenter), Cognos, Oracle as source system. al environment Marketing(actions) and product information Dutch Railways (NS) Period June 2002 September 2002 MIAS Datawarehouse Technical lead Work description Information analysis and creation of both the functional and technical design. This is continued in an ETL and reporting plan of action. ETL development is done in SQL and Cognos is used as front-end. Technical environment Oracle 9i database, ETL scripting in PL/SQL, Cognos, ERWin al environment The MIAS datawarehouse is set up for control and improvement of the client registration process. It is essentially a logistics project around registration, documenting and client management. Atos Origin Period December 200 April 2002 Windows 2000 migration project Teamleader reporting and analysis Work description The windows migration programme needs different reporting to monitor the progress of the installations. Technical environment User registration in Acces with a central SQL Server database. Reports and analysis is done in Cognos. al environment Online progress reports and analysis of migration over 5000 users.
Atos Origin Period March 200 November 200 Oratio datawarehouse Technical lead Work description Application and technical control and further expansion of the internal management information system of Atos Origin. Primarily, the task has been to simplify the overly complex ETL structure and delivering support for ad hoc analysis. Technical environment SQL Server (including DTS), Cognos Powerplay and Impromptu al environment Team consisted of two Cognos developers, project leader and two ETL experts. The target users were mainly account managers and controllers (sales funnel and debtors/creditors overviews).