Higher Ed. ERP SME, Data Analyst, Integration, Implementation, Migration Consultant

Mohammad Amjad
Higher Ed. ERP - SME, Data Analyst,
Integration, Implementation,
Migration Consultant

Career Highlights
• Thirteen years of progressive responsibility in key roles in RDBMS
and ERP systems, data analysis, integration, implementation, and
enhancement in various environments.
• Specialize in integration, implementation, legacy conversion,
migration, data analysis, gathering client requested integration
points for variety of systems, conversion requirements, and quality
control throughout the integration life cycle.
• Promoted the enterprise wide artifact repository, created a TOGAF
inspired Enterprise Architecture reference catalog of designs and
reusable implementations.

Professional Experience
ERP and Data Analyst – Feb 2013 (short-term)
ITsBizNet L.L.C.
• Determine requirements, coordinate resources related to functions, processes,
data management, and applications service.
• Analyze and provide technical support to meet business needs; functional design,
Business Process Re-engineering, Business Process Improvement, and Business
Process Management, reviews, and gap analysis of current state to future state of
system.
• Design, architect solutions, functional performance tuning, project effort
estimates, lead, and mentor team members.
• Contributing to design discussions in a cross-functional environment. Assisting in
architectural/developing standards, guidelines, best practices, and building
repositories.

ERP Solution Integration, Implementation Consultant, and Data Analyst
Apollo Group Inc. Chicago, IL Jan 2012 – Jan 2013
• Involve in Integration/implementation of Banner® ERP suite with many
applications by leveraging a variety of sources, engaging with client, vendor, and
technical personnel.
• Perform techno-functional role in implementing, integrating solutions with ERP
system, and third party service vendors on Oracle 11g using BEP, BEIS, and 11g
OracleStreams.
Strategy, Planning, and Leadership:
• Initiated getting approval and support for the project.
• Work with principal architect in creating tractability through diagrams from high
level stakeholders to low-level application layer.
• Lead integration planning of Ellucian™ Banner® EPR and facilitate the seamless
integration with various applications.

• Execute integration plan, monitor creeping requirements, identify probable risks,
fill gaps, plan migration, and deployment.
• Assess existing procedures to allow the application to respond to business changes
in Agile/Scrum environment.
• Prioritized integration points for multiple universities, set-up schedules, delegated
development tasks, meting with business/technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate with business analysts, business users and other developers in
conceptualization and development of new technical objects within the Oracle
RDBMS.
• Responsible for design, integration, and implementation of technical database
solutions, involve in data analysis that supports the company business strategies
and objectives.

Acquisition and Deployment:
• SME in ellucian™ Banner® ERP, expert in metrics, dependencies, and validation
rules of the ERP; trained business on how to leverage them to get access to critical
decision data.
• Provided technical consulting to management, business users, and technical
associates. Involve equally with scope management, communication
management, issues management, risks management, and quality management
teams.
• Interfaced over five applications through SOA platform with ellucian™ Banner®
ERP using SOAP, WSDL, XML Schema (XSD), and Other Web Services using SOA
tools.
• Integrated business events publishing (BEP) via OracleStreams, propagating,
populating queuing table, and formatting XML PAYLOAD specific to business event
which later can be picked up by subscriber applications.

• Support technical team that produced a new business event publishing interface
which enable the integration of ERP system with multiple applications in near real-
time transaction processing.
• Introduced new processes for smooth deployment of integration, written bash
and SQL scripts for integration objects and functions deployments.
• Resolved integration issues proactively via in-depth involvement of entire Banner®
ERP implementation and integration with other applications.
• Documented present state of processes, worked with architects, technical teams
to determine future states, and helped architect those states.
• Introduced industry standards in development, such as naming conventions and
development methods, and build repository to store the artifacts.

Data Analysis and Design:
• Gather, analyze, and document the data requirements for projects of medium to
high complexity and moderate to high risk, perform source system data quality
analysis.
• Create the functional requirements, develop and test functional designs, supervise
the application build-test-deploy, and lead a small team.
• Provide business-impact-driven analysis, Higher Ed. ERP suites data analysis, and
communicate results to stakeholders utilizing state-of-the-art development
processes and architecture.
• Determine security roles and integration approaches; provide required data and
pre-requisites for the Banner ERP suite and other RDBMS based on business rules.

Development of ETL, IDR, ODS, and EDW Processes:
• Evaluate requirements from functional specifications, create efficient technical
designs, development of POC's in execution of command line SQL scripts to upload
and refine data for operational data store.
• List baseline objects and develop associated custom scripts in extract data.
• Determine mapping application, extract data fields to DB tables, analyze
associated tables, views, packages, procedures, and functions in extract process.
• Determine security roles and integration approaches; provide required data and
pre-requisites for the Banner ERP suite and other RDBMS based on business rules.
• Solve complex inter-system integration issues, help developers writing ETL scripts
in SQL and PL/SQL to load data into a centralized IDR (integrated data repository).

• Lead development efforts for new ERP system's data integration with IDR, ODS,
and EDW.
• Performed data mapping from source system (Banner® ERP) into an integrated
data repository (IDR)
• Provide support in development of Oracle SQL scripts for Key Performance
Indicator (KPI) reports and measure performance against goals.
• Assist DBA in deployment and testing of ETL scripts from data load to staging
areas, staging area to EDW (enterprise data warehouse).

Operational Management:
• Understand ERP business processes and analyze data mapping between ERP, data
warehouse, and presentation layer; determine gaps, suggest solution to close the
gaps.
• Identify inconsistent data across different instances and makes recommendation
to business and technical teams to address them accordingly.
• Provide support for business critical application problems and issues. Interface
with vendors who enhance and support the client's integration software.
• Turn identified solution delivery requests into project plans, including detailed
work-plans, and timelines which meet the needs of functional management and
process owners.
• Design, develop, deploy, and maintain technical objects in Oracle databases.
Create detailed database technical design specifications from business
requirements.

Migration/Implementation Consultant, Data Analyst, ERP Developer
SunGard Corporation (now ellucian™) May 2011 – Jan 2012
• Involved in implementation/integration of Financial Module of Banner® ERP for a
group of community colleges (LCTCS) and the third party vendors interface to
assist in tracking transfers from other institutions.
• Migration of legacy data, integration, implementation, development, and
enhancement of SunGard ERP suite for NSULA.
Data Analysis and Migration:
• Directly interfaced with stakeholders, representatives from the Registrar’s Office;
collected requirements for institutional research department and created
interfaces.
• Gathered requirements, prepare model for ETL processes, staging data, uploaded
from staging area.
• Identified risks, and reported to PM as potential risks, and delays in deployment
deadlines, identified potential bug suggested upgrade in Oracle version.

• Acted as the liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams.
• Communicate directly with key business and IT stakeholders to confirm
requirements, consider design alternatives, facilitate discussions, and ultimately
drive requirements sign-off.
• Created detailed system interface specifications, data mapping, system process
designs, and business process improvement (BPI).
• Involved in building DB interfaces, writing technical specification, legacy
institutional research interfacing, and crosswalk with the universities' legacy
components.
• Performed legacy data conversion, interface specification collection, Banner®
integration, and user/technical documentation for the solutions.

Acquisition and Deployment:
• Created three tier ETL process which at self-service layer takes input, at
application layer validate business process, eliminate errors by reporting various
invalid data, and finally at database layer load data into cross module objects to
fulfill business needs.
• Write SQL scripts to transform data through mapping the data from multiple
sources/formats, reconcile, and tie data together to upload in ERP modules.
• Written complex SQL, PL/SQL ETL scripts, helped in migration, and operations of
sixteen community olleges on SunGard Corporation ERP suite (Banner® Digital
Campus) system in Oracle RDBMS on Linux platform.

• Developed, prepared subject specific materialized views, data-marts, views, and
inline views to support specific general modular BI reporting processes through
many BI tools.
• Preserved existing functionality and assets in addition to projects and
procurements that created new assets and functionalities.
• Ensured that deliverable met functional and non-functional requirements and
conformed to referenced architectures.
• Evaluate, communicate and coordinate the technical impacts of application
configuration decisions.
• Facilitate knowledge transfer and educate clients on developing and operating
interfaces to and from Oracle platform.

Sr. ERP Solutions Analyst, Oracle Developer
Concordia Administrative Information System Chicago, IL Aug 2000 – May 2011
• Performed expert services for consortium of higher education universities and
associated organizations in designing, building, customizing, data analysis, tests,
enhancements, maintenance of client solutions, and additional system
functionalities in a teaming environment.
Strategy and Planning:
• Worked with business partners, project managers, functional, and technical teams
to ensure that user requirements are met and all deliverables get approved.
• Suggested industry's best-practice in solutions and developed optimal solution.
• Coordinated, evaluated, and communicated the technical impacts of application
configuration decisions; determine integration approaches based on assessed
impacts.
• Provide required data and pre-requisites for the ERP suite based on business rules.

• Worked with functional staff to ensure that user requirements are met and all
deliverables get approved.
• Mapped functional requirements, transforming them into technical requirements.
• Helped prepare feasibility for an IT investment project which involved centralizing
the Administrative Operation of 35+ community colleges for the state of Texas
using a Higher Education Banner® ERP suite.

Requirement Gathering:
• Elicit requirements from business experts, stakeholders, and translated these
requirements into software implementation that integrate with existing software
components.
• Performed need analysis on requests for process enhancement (RPE) of various
modules of Banner® ERP suite.
• Collected necessary information and developed specifications for the proposed
solution.
• Communicate strategies of resolution with Project Managers of clients or other
involved parties regarding upgrades, enhancements/enrichment of functionalities.

Data Modeling & Data Architecture:
• Experience with Data Technology that includes data modeling, data governance,
master data management, metadata, data architecture, and data warehouse.
• Create and manage logical and physical data models for projects of medium to
high complexity and moderate to high risk.
• Designed and developed major addition and revision of functionality of ERP.
• Researches methodologies to apply systems’ resources to meet business needs,
also determine how the system will be realized.
• Develop, implement, support methodologies, standards, and tools for data
management.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of conceptual and logical
data models for all persistent data structures across the enterprise reporting
environment.

Software Development Lifecycle:
• Executes software development lifecycle (SDLC) activities, from requirements,
development through verification.
• Performs analysis and designs activities to support complex database system in an
enterprise architecture environment specific to Data Architecture domain.
• Develop, implement and provide operational support to all modules of Banner®
ERP suite that supports several business segment components of the IT business
systems plan.

Component Based Development Lifecycle:
• Involved in defining components build scope, business functionalities, integrate,
and test components into current ERP suite for CBD Lifecycle.
• Study methods and behaviors of existing interface for alteration; adapt through
wrapping the component with layer of codes that implements the required
changes.
• Introduced platform independency in development process of ERP’s cross module
new component based development (CBD).
• Build new component by defining the interface, establish the intent of each
method of component, design, code, integrate, test, Implement, and automate of
the code delivery.
• Developed RPE using SQL and PL/SQL for release using bash script (glue code);
established the interaction between the interfaces, test and Implement.

Business Process Re-engineering and Business Process Improvement:
• Participate in Business Process Improvement (BPI), suggest and build continuous
improvement through gradual incremental process.
• Gained clear understanding of business process and available technologies
through interviews.
• Designed a new set of future processes, prepared transition plan (to close the gap
between future and current processes), and implemented the plan.
• Define the scope and objectives of the BPR project; develop various business
process re-engineering (BPR) projects.

Development ETL Processes, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, and Data Marts:
• Experienced in data architecture and design of OLTP, DSS, OLAP, data warehouse,
Kimball’s Dimensional DW, Star Schema (Dimensional model) and relational
databases.
• Expertise in the areas of relational theory, data normalization and entity-
relationship modeling as well as dimensional modeling.
• Knowledge of data architecture and development of business intelligence
environments, solutions delivery, integration, data management, technologies,
and best practices.
• Assist in metadata management, data mining, data modeling, data cleansing,
transformation, matching, data stewardship, data quality, data integration, data
security, and data marts.

• Extensive knowledge of data, data structures, data integrity concepts, data
standardization, ETL processing, data hygiene, and merge/purge concepts.
• Component base development of BI, institutional research, and other business
related Integration end-points.
• Prepare subject specific data-marts, views, materialized views, and inline views to
support specific or general modular reporting processes through many BI tools.
• Document and map interaction (source-to-target, source-to-ETL mapping)
between business processes, information, and data for projects
• Create BI reports using Oracle analytics, Reports Builder, and Discoverer for
several modules of ERP suite.

ERP Migration:
• Elicit requirements from business experts, stakeholders, and translated these
requirements into software implementation that integrate with existing software
components.
• Analyzed dependencies on third party interface through variety of possible
scenarios and impact on current system behavior.
• Contribute to the definition of product strategy and integration business event
publishing road map within systems.
• Helped architecture and development teams on interoperability of the product
with other system components using ETL and other data interface method.
• Document and map interaction (source-to-target, source-to-ETL mapping)
between business processes, information, and data for projects

• Performed need analysis on requests for process enhancement (RPE) of various
modules of Banner® ERP suite.
• Collected necessary information and developed specifications for the proposed
solution.
• Communicate strategies of resolution with Project Managers of clients or other
involved parties regarding upgrades, enhancements/enrichment of functionalities.
• Component base development of BI, institutional research, and other business
related Integration end-points.
• Participated in the ERP suite migration of client’s existing VMS system to new
Linux Servers, written conversion shell scripts, migration utilities, mass data entry
scripts, upgrades, and custom reports.
• Prepare subject specific data-marts, views, materialized views, and inline views to
support specific or general modular reporting processes through many BI tools.

• Expert in ERP business processes and analyze data mapping between ERP, data
warehouse and presentation layer, highlighting gaps, and suggest solutions to
close gaps.
• Expert with source system analysis and data maps linking source and Client
systems.
• In-depth understanding of Banner ERP tables, structures, data mapping, BI
queries, and prior implementation of ad-hoc reporting for various modules.
• Identify inconsistent data across different instances and makes recommendation
to business and technical teams to address them accordingly.
• Build specifications, models, and reports for BI; promote BI benefits to the
organization and usage of various tools to relevant business groups.

Technical Knowledge and Skills
RDBMS:
• Databases: Oracle 10, 11g, MySQL, Access
• Data Modeling Tools: Erwin, Visio, XMLSpy, eclipse, TOADs.
• Languages: PL/SQL, SQL, MySQL, Bash, Shell, DCL
• Familiarity: Perl, Java, JavaScript, Ruby, ASP, XML, SOAP, WSDL, XSD
• Platforms: Linux, UNIX, VAX/OpenVMS, Windows NT
• Software/BI Tools:
– TOAD (Quest), SQL Developer, Sequel Pro
– Discoverer. Crystal Reports, Cognos
– Oracle Forms Builder
– Ellucian's C-Tools
– putty
– FileZilla
EA and BPA:
Adoption of TOGAF 9.1, ArchiMate 2.0 and BPMN 2.0 for work products/deliverables.

Education
Dominican University River Forest, Illinois:
Master of Science in Management Information System May 2005
Concordia University River Forest, Illinois:
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science August 2000
The Open Group TOGAF 9 Certification – Chicago, Illinois:
Expected result date May 2013

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