Muhammad A. Azizazizcognos@gmail.comContact: 347-781-6983

Over 10 years’ experience in Administration, analysis, design, development, Testing and implementation of business intelligence solutions using COGNOS.

Hands on experience in Cognos 10.1/Cognos 10.2 (Active Reports, Report Studio, Analysis Studio, Framework Manager, Cognos Connection) Migration Cognos 8.4 to Cognos 10

Hands on experience in Cognos8 (Query Studio, Report Studio, Analysis Studio, Metric Studio (Score-carding), Framework Manager, Cognos Connection) and Cognos Series 7.x (Cognos ReportNet 1.1, Cognos Impromptu, PowerPlay Transformer, Cognos PowerPlay).

Strong experience in creating and publishing packages in Framework Manager. Strong complex reporting skills – complex Drill-Through, Discontinuous Cross-Tabs, Summary

Reports, Burst Reports Strong understanding of dimensional modeling of Star Schemas, Snow-Flake Schemas

Methodologies for building enterprise data warehouses. Interacted with Customers for requirement gathering, effective analysis and also to provide

end-user training. Experienced in developing Dashboards Reports in Cognos 8, Cognos 10.1 and Cognos 10.2 Experienced in report Unit Testing/ Integration Testing/SAT/UAT Expertise in Oracle 10G, 9i and MS SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008 Experience in migrating Impromptu/IWR reports to ReportNet 1.1 and Cognos Series 7 to

Cognos8. Experienced in configuration & administration of Access Manager. Involved in OLTP/OLAP system study, analysis and E-R modeling, developing database

schemas including Star and Snowflake Schema used in relational, dimensional and multidimensional modeling.

Proficient in all phases of Data warehousing concepts, and experience in dimensional modeling using Star Schema and Snow-flake Schemas.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Good work ethics, detail oriented, fast learner, team oriented, flexible and adaptable to all kinds of stressful environments. Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Educational Qualification: Bachelor of Arts (Social Science) 1993Karachi Pakistan

Technical Skills:

OLAP tools Reporting &Analysis: Cognos 8i (8.1-8.4) and (10.1-10.2) Active Reports, Cognos Report

Net 1.x, Cognos Framework Manager, Report Studio, Query Studio, Analysis Studio, PowerPlay, PowerPlay transformer, Impromptu web reports, Cognos Query, VBA, Excel.

Admin/Security: Access Manager Methodologies: Star, Snowflake SchemaQA Testing: MTM, Microsoft Visual Studio (Unit/ Integration Testing/SAT/UAT)RDBMS (databases): MS SQL Server 2000, 2005 & 2008,Taradata, Oracle 10G (PL/SQL),

MS Access Scripting Languages: Java script, VB script, Dhtml, Html

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Operating Systems: Windows 7/XP/NT/2000/98/95, MS DOS, UNIX

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

DirecTV El Segundo, CA from Jan, 2015 BI - PM - Report Architect/Developer

Responsibilities: Create the business reports in Cognos Report Studio Migrate the reports from development to production and testing Worked with Project Documents (BRD) Setting up different environments (development and production) Create the Ad-hoc reports in Report Studio Developed SQL Driven reports Used Teradata as Data base

Deloitte Consulting Camp Hill, PA May, 2014 to Dec, 2014 Cognos Developer

Responsibilities: Worked on project for Department of Public Welfare State of PA Create the business reports in Cognos Report Studio Create the frame work models in Cognos Framework Manager Worked on MS SQL server 2008 (SSIS) Closed worked with ETL Developer (Informatica) Create the System Usability Documents (BRD) Setting up different environments (development, testing and production) Worked on PDM for create the DSD Reports Create the Dash Boards in Report Studio Worked on Cubes and create the Reports Create the Adhoc reports in Report Studio Testing (Unit/ Integration Testing, SAT/ UAT) in MTM and Create and resolve the Bug Administration/Security Developed SQL Driven reports.

Michigan State University, Lansing, M I May, 2012 – March, 2014Cognos 8.4/10 BI Developer/Cognos Administrator

Responsibilities: Upgrade the reports from series 8.1 to series 8.4 and 10 Worked on the migration of reports to test to Production Environment. Created Active reports in Cognos 10 Created various portals involving Cognos 8 portlets. Used Data Access Layer to maintain keys, joins, SQL queries, Experience in developing models using prompts and filters.

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Added new Dimensions and Measures in the already existing reports in the Production. Performed BI Content Administration tasks including scheduling and content management Developed SQL Driven reports. Worked on MS SQL server 2008 (SSIS) Closed worked with ETL Developer (Teradtata)

Administered user access protocols and managed user accounts and access privileges. Setting up different environments (development, testing and production) Used Cognos Connection for organizing, security, scheduling and distributing

reports.

Converted Complex Power-Prompt Reports into Cognos 8 Reports.

Environment: - Cognos 8, Cognos 10 Active Reports BI,Cognos Connection, Report Studio, Analysis studio, Frame Work Manager, Oracle 10g, PL/SQL, XML, Windows NT/4.0 and Teradtata

Genware Computer Systems, Wayne, NJ March, 2011 - June, 2012Cognos 8.4/10 BI Developer/Security Administrator

Genware Computer System is a Premier business partner of IBM and give the BI solution and consultancy to many world known organizations and financial institutions.

Responsibilities:

Used Framework Manager to create models, packages and publish packages to the Cognos 8 and Cognos10 Server.

Used Data Access Layer to maintain keys, joins, SQL queries, Created Active report in Cognos 10 Upgrade the reports from series 8.1 to series 8.4 and 10 Experience in developing models using prompts and filters. Distributed reports to various agents using Bursting. Added new Dimensions and Measures in the already existing reports in the Production. Performed BI Content Administration tasks including scheduling and content management Developed SQL in TOAD and exported results to Access Database. Developed SQL Driven reports. Administered user access protocols and managed user accounts and access privileges. Setting up different environments (development, testing and production) Deployed the reports from development to testing and from Q.A. to production through

deployment tool.Used Cognos Connection for organizing, security, scheduling and distributing reports. Administer user access protocols and created user accounts and access privileges

Environment: - Cognos 8, Cognos 10 Active Reports BI,Cognos Connection, Report Studio, Query Studio, Analysis studio, Frame Work Manager, Oracle 10g, PL/SQL, XML and Windows NT/4.0

Orbitz Chicago, IL May, 2010 – Feb, 2011Cognos 8.4 BI Developer

Orbitz is a leading online travel company offering leisure and business travelers a wide selection of low airfares, as well as deals on lodging, car rentals, cruises, vacation packages and other travel. The site was created to address consumers' need for a comprehensive display of fares and rates in a single location.

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Responsibilities: Used Framework Manager to create models, packages and publish packages to the

Cognos 8 Server. Experience in developing models using prompts and filters. Distributed reports to various agents using Bursting. Added new Dimensions and Measures in the already existing reports in the Production. Performed BI Content Administration tasks including scheduling and content management Developed SQL in TOAD and exported results to Access Database. Administered user access protocols and managed user accounts and access privileges. Setting up different environments (development, testing and production)Used Cognos Connection for organizing, security, scheduling and distributing reports. Created various portals involving Cognos 8 portlets. Administer user access protocols and created user accounts and access privileges

Environment: Cognos8, Cognos10, Cognos Connection, Report Studio, Query Studio, Analysis studio, Frame Work Manager, Oracle 10g, SQL, Scheduler, XML and Windows NT/4.0

Merck Pharmaceuticals, NJ Feb, 2009 – April, 2010 Cognos ConsultantWorked for Operations/Analysis Department. Worked on a full cycle of Development of Professional Reporting. Responsibilities:

Analyzed the existing Oracle Form based Client server System. Analyzed the Datamart. Created the Design Specifications for the Requirement Specification Worked on Data Mapping for the models. Created the Framework Manager Models. Provided the prompts in Query Studio Created predefined Filters for the Adhoc users. Applied three levels of security to the model (Data, Object and Package) Published the models in Development Environment and applied the Folder security and access

capabilities for the users Migrates the reports to Test Environment. Ensured that it works fine when migrated to Test and

good to go for Production. Working on the migration of reports to test to Production Environment. Converted Complex Power-Prompt Reports into Cognos 8 Reports. Implemented Prompt skipping in Cognos 8 Reports. Worked on Access Manager for administration purpose.

Environment: Cognos 8.4(Framework Manager, Report Studio, Query Studio), Oracle 10 and Windows Server 2003.

Avaya, NJ Jul, 2006 – Dec, 2008BI Architect

Part of Avaya’s reporting structure is based on Cognos BI and ReportNet Portals. As a member of BI Architect, designed and created various framework manager models and packages to suit customer needs. Generated various Query subjects and calculated complicated queries.

Responsibilities: Strong in Database designing and Modeling Created CPF (Project files) and Published projects from the FM Models Tuned FM using Governor Settings Created Query subjects, query items, Filters, Namespaces Handled Complex Queries as separate Query Subjects.

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Supported Multiple Languages and Multi currency using Parameter mappings Updated various database changes into the Framework manager model Designed and jobs to fine tune the metadata Build complex packages using various tool options. Created various Reports (HTML, XML, PDF, CSV), Queries/Filters/ Conditional Variables Connected to various models to create Burst Reports, Filters, Cascading Prompts Customized reports using various features Header/Footer, run report with options, etc., The reports ranged from using repeaters, conditional variables and many complex calculations Used Conditional explorer for the usage of variables and hide and show the different reports on

the same selection criteria Created drill-through reports for detail reports. Generated Various Reports (List, Crosstab, Chart, Repeater) Build complex reports using various tool options Interacted with the business users and assisted them to use query Studio to develop ad–hoc

reports. Accomplished various user request using Sorting/ aggregation tools, Grouping/Ungrouping,

Expand/Collapse Group, Formatting tools, Swap options, setting up web page size / page breaks

Environment: Cognos 8.3 (Framework Manager, Report Studio, Query Studio, SDK), Decision Stream 7.1, Cognos 7.x, Oracle 9i and Windows 2003.

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