SHILPA SUNKARA
Sr. Cognos Developer/Administrator
shilpacognos@gmail.com.
201-535-4514
SUMMARY
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7 years of IT experience in Data Modeling, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, ETL, Data Mining,
Database, Client/server and Web-based applications.
Strong emphasis on User Requirements Gathering and Business Rules, Business, Technical, GAP and Data
analysis, Writing Business, Functional and Technical specifications, Test plans, Creating and maintaining Project
Plans, Coordination with IT in the roll out and migration process, Training and presenting BI solutions to users.
Versatile industry experience in Finance, Marketing, Retail, Chemical, Insurance, Sales and Service.
Experience in all stages of the Software Development Life Cycle including Requirements Analysis, Data
Modeling, Object-Oriented Analysis, Design, Programming, System Integration and Software Configuration
Management.
Data Modeling experience using tools like System Architect, Oracle Designer, Erwin, and Visio.
Business Intelligence experience using tools like Business Objects (Web-Intelligence, Designer, Reporter,
Supervisor, Broadcast Agent), Siebel Analytics, Data Reports, Crystal Reports, Oracle Developer, Oracle
Discoverer.
4.5 yrs of Database experience in Oracle, MS SQL Server, Access, DB2 and related tools, SQL.
Object-oriented development using Java, C and Web-based development using ASP/VBScript.
Management experience as a Development Team Lead, System Testing Team Lead, and Lab Manager.
Strong analytical skills, detail-oriented and ability to multi-task.
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:
CognosCertified in Cognos 8 BI
Cognos Certified Report Net Professional Report Author
Bachelors in Computer Science from Jawaharlala Nehru Technological University, India
SKILLS SET:
Business
Analysis
Business Requirements Gathering, Functional Requirements Gathering, Design Document, GAP
analysis, User Interviews, Use Cases, Process Flow & Data Flow Diagrams, MS Project
Business
Intelligence/
OLAP
Cognos8 BI, Cognos Series 7.3/7.4, Impromptu7.3, Cognos Powerplay 7.3, ReportNet
1.1MR2/MR3 (Framework Manager, Report Studio, Query Studio), Upfront, Access Manager.
Impromptu Web Reports, Cognos Administration and Powerplay Enterprise Server, Business
Objects, Designer, Reporter, Supervisor, Broadcast Agent, Siebel Analytics, Data Reports,
Crystal Reports, Developer 2000 (Forms 4.5/5.0, Reports 2.5/3.0),
Data Modeling
Logical and Physical Data Modeling, Star Schema Data Modeling, Snow-Flake Modeling, Fact,
Dimension tables, Erwin 4.0/3.0, Oracle Designer 2000, Visio
Programming
Unix Shell Scripting, Perl, ISQL, ANSI SQL, PL/SQL, Transact SQL, ASP.NET, C#.NET,
ASP, VBScript, Visual Basic 6.0/5.0, HTML, DHTML, XML, XSLT, ADO, OLE DB, ODBC,
Active-X, COM, DCOM, JSP, JavaScript, JDBC, Java , C
Databases
Oracle 9i/8i/8.0/7.0, MS SQL Server 2000/7.0/6.5, Teradata V2R5/V2R4/V2R3, DB2 8.0/7.0
Database Tools
SQL Navigator 5, SQL*Plus 3.3/8.0, TOAD, PL/SQL Developer, Query Analyzer, Enterprise
Manager, DTS
Professional Experience
CEPHALON, Frazer, PA
Cognos Consultant
Oct'06 – Present
Description
Cephalon is a biopharmaceutical company with more than 3000 people worldwide with operations in United States
and Europe. The IT department manages Cephris. Here all the users can access their reports based on their related
groups in a portal format. The project was designed to analyze the Production Down Time (PDT) and enhanced
reporting could help key user groups. Develop a prioritized set of reports/analysis requirements. It provides a detailed
analysis on the protocols, Drugs, Trials, Projects and Patients.
Responsibilities:
 Involved in meetings/sessions with users to gather report specifications.
 Documented Business requirements, Technical Documents, Test plans, Use cases and Test cases.
 Installed and configured Framework Manager 8.2 and PowerPlay Transformer 7.4
 Imported metadata from various sources such as Relational Databases, Cognos 8 models and IQD files into
the Framework Manager.
 Created business views, namespaces, model query subjects in Framework Manager Model for easier report
development and to enhance multi user environment.
 Implemented security for Data access, Object level access and Package access in Framework Manager.
 Created custom templates and custom toolboxes for the use of reporting.
 Created the list, cross tab, repeater and drill-through reports and created the reports in different formats
like PDF, XML, HTML and CSV.
 Created reports ranging from ad-hoc to complex reports using drill through, conditional formatting and
cross tab reports
 Developed stored procedures and user defined functions using PL/SQL.
 Created jobs and scheduled burst reports using schedule management tool to run daily/weekly and monthly
basis and sending reports and report links to users trough email.
 Developed PowerPlay Transformer models using .iqd file s externalized from Framework Manager.
 Published Power Cubes to Cognos connection portal using Framework Manager for reporting and analysis.
 Migrated 25 reports and Framework Manager models from ReportNet 1.1 MR3 to Cognos 8.2.
 Tested reports for validity of data against source databases using SQL extensively.
 Involved in setting up the Audit database and Reports for Cognos ReportNet and Cognos 8 BI.
Environment: Cognos 8, Cognos Report Net 1.1 MR3 (Framework Manager, Report Studio and Query Studio),
Cognos Power Play 7.3, Cognos Transformer 7.3, TOAD 8, DB2, Oracle, LDAP, Active Directory.
Engelhard (Iselin, NJ)
Sr. Cognos Developer/Administrator
May’05 – Sept’06
Description
The object of this project (O2D – Order 2 Delivery)- to track data from order till delivery. Involved in working with
Cognos Suite of Products as a Developer and Administrator. Project Non O2D captured financial data AR – Accounts
Receivable and AP Accounts Payable for all the branches/sites around the world. Profile involved working with
Cognos suite of products Cognos Series 7.2/2.3, Cognos ReportNet 1.1 MR2/MR3 and Cognos 8 as a Developer and
Administrator.
Responsibilities:
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Worked with business/functional analysts and Business users to document reporting and analytical
requirements.
Installed and configured Cognos Impromptu, PowerPlay Transformer, ReportNet and Cognos 8.
Configured test and production environments with NTLM and Cognos Access Manger authentication.
Involved in developing Impromptu Catalogs (personal, shared) and complex list, Crosstab IMR reports.
Developed PowerPlay Transformer models using Flat Files and multiple IQD files as data sources.
Involved in creating Power Cubes, adding security to the Cubes and publishing Cubes and reports to Upfront
Created models for enterprise reporting in Framework Manager with SQL server, Oracle databases.
Incorporated Project, Model and Package security to encapsulate data in business layers of reporting.
Worked in Report Studio, Analysis Studio to create List and Crosstab reports with multiple prompt pages
and variables.
Created different reports: Drill Through reports, Conditionally formatted reports and Burst reports.
Developed Dashboards, Scorecards and Visualizations in Visualizer to consolidate data from different
sources for decision making
Worked with IWR reports and Power Prompts to publish IMR reports to the Enterprise Web Portal.
Designed, developed and implemented Impromptu Catalogs for various organizational Cubes, as well as
detail drill-through reporting in Impromptu Web Reports.
Migrated reports, PowerPlay models, ReportNet reports from MR2 to MR3 and Cognos 8.
Deployed Packages, Folders and Content Store from Test to Development and Production environments.
Used Administrative tools of ReportNet to schedule automated reports and to administer ReportNet services.
Worked in PowerPlay Enterprise Server to set properties of cubes, server to optimize performance of cubes.
Wrote Smart Batch (scheduling tool) scripts to automate the process of refreshing and publishing Power
cubes.
Used Server Administration- PPES to publish cubes to Upfront and IWR Report Server to publish
ReportSets.
Designed DTS packages and developed stored procedures for the ETL process of Enterprise reporting data
warehouse.
Extensively used SQL for reconciliation of data for different Business Groups using Cognos and JDE
reporting.
Developed stored procedures and user defined functions using SQL Server 2000.
Worked in Cognos Access Manager to create User Classes and assign access to Newsboxes on Upfront.
Was the contact for Onsite BI technical Support for both Test and Production environments.
Trained end users in PowerPlay Web Explorer, Report Studio and Query Studio.
Managed and Administered 15 servers including both test and production environments.
Environment: Cognos8 BI suite (Analysis Studio, Metric Studio, Event Studio), Cognos Impromptu 7.2/7.3,
PowerPlay Transformer 7.2/7.3, Cognos PowerPlay 7.2/7.3, Cognos Server Administration 7.2/7.3, Cognos Upfront,
Impromptu Web Reports (IWR) 7.2/7.3, PPES, Cognos Visualizer 7.3, Cognos Access Manager 7.2/7.3, Framework
Manager 1.1 MR2/MR3 and ReportNet 1.1 MR2/MR3, , TOAD, SQL Server 2000, Oracle 8i, JD Edwards 8.1, Sun
Solaris 8/9, Windows 2000 server.
Amex LABS, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Senior Analyst/ Cognos Consultant
Oct’04 – April’05
Description
Amex Securitization is a process whereby assets are pooled and the security interests in the pool are sold to individual
and/or institutional investors. In a typical arrangement, the assets are transferred to a trust.
Production Support involved providing 24 x 7 supports. ABS has tight SLA’s to be met. Being a Production Support
Team member ensured that all the SLA’s are being met. ABS Re-Architecture is an initiative to create a new ABS
system that would be the System of Record for any information on Pool. New System builds should be reduce the
time to market of selling pools to the ABS Trusts. Also add flexibility to add new assets and markets to ABS with less
cost.
Responsibilities:
 Analyzing the existing Commitment source systems.
 Developed and tested the Commitments Catalog, Commitment Fulfillment Analysis cube, Drill Thru report
and Threshold Impromptu reports.
 Created management decision support models and reports (SQL Queries) that derived information from the
system to help make funding decisions.
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To fine tune and optimize the SQL queries using STATSPACK as part of database performance
tuning.
To perform security control by creating and dropping user, to create role and profile, to enable or
disable the access rights to users.
To import/export the files using SQL Loader or Export/Import utilities.
Creation of standard filters, calculations, prompts and conditions in catalog.
Involved in writing database scripts, PL/SQL , stored procedures, packages, triggers and testing them.
Created List Reports and Cross Tab Reports and Drill Through reports.
Created Cognos Macros for Excel Formatting.
Created Complex reports like Cycle Track reports and Selection reports using Report Studio.
Reporter Operations such as Sum and Average, Intersection, etc., Exception Highlighting, Sorting,
Ranking etc.
Created news boxes on the Upfront server and Published the cubes and reports to upfront server.
Created Power Cubes in PowerPlay transformer using multiple data sources. (IQD & CSV)
Applied security to cubes by creating dimension views, user class views and applying password.
Implement the change request.
Assigned the user classes access to the Upfront news boxes
Designed and Developed List and Cross Tab Reports, Trend Analysis Report, Cycle Track Report and
Selection Report.
Created standard and Ad hoc reports using Cognos Impromptu tool.
Environment: Cognos 7.1 – Impromptu Administrator, Cognos Powerplay, OLAP Transformer, DB2, DB2 Client
Configuration Assistant, Cognos Script Editor, VB Scripts, Excel 2000, Cognos 8.1,Cognos Reportnet 1.1,Cognos
connection, Cognos Configuration, Framework Manager, Query studio, Report studio.
Citi financial mortgage (Citi Group)
Dallas, TX
June`03 - Sept` 04
Description
Citi financial mortgage specializes in Mortgage and Home Equity Lending in the non-conforming sector and is
recognized as the largest provider of these services in the United States, servicing over 375,000 Customers and
employing over 3200 real estate professionals. CIT (Customer Inquiry Tracking): The CIT Module (Customer Inquiry
Tracking) is build to facilitate the tracking of the Customer Inquiries performed by the Collectors working in CFMC.
REO (Real Estate Owned): This is another major REO Module, which goes against the dimensional data mart. This
module has various reports and cubes. The REO module will take care of entire business process, which happens in a
Real Estate Owned business.
Responsibilities:
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Involved in Design, Development and Implementation of CIT and REO Business Requirement gathering and
designing the Functional specs.
Created different models for REO Department in Framework Manager.
Created data layers and presentation layers to reflect the business requirements in Framework Manager.
Implemented Filters, Calculations folders in the model to ease the report development for the power usrs in
Framework Manager.
Wrote SQL statements to obtain test data and test results for weekly status reports.
Designed and developed the required SQL store procedures, triggers and database functions
Created and published different packages with Security, Data layer restrictions in Cognos Connection.
Developed Standard Templates, Reports, Charts, Drill through Reports, and Master Detail Reports, Cross
Tab Reports using Report Studio.
Extensively used different type of prompts like Value prompt, Date Prompt, Time Prompt, Interval Prompt,
Search and Select Prompt and Cascading Prompts in Report Studio
Created reports with Conditional Formatting option to highlight the Sensitive Data in Report Studio.
Created Complex Reports to have multiple queries in a single report by using Crosstab, list and Chart Objects
in single report layout.
Scheduling reports through Schedule Management to send the reports to the users in different formats.
Designed and developed various adhoc reports using Query Studio.
Published Impromptu report sets to upfront portal for Impromptu web report (IWR) users, created News
boxes and maintained user access through Access Manager.
Created Special categories, Manual Levels in the Transformer model to highlight a specific view of data and
to Group large number of categories.
Optimized the impromptu reports and cubes for better performance.
Created Dimension views and User views to restrict users from accessing sensitive data.
Defined, created and maintained and published Power cube, Impromptu and Power Play web reports on
PPES.
Extensive user interaction, user support and training users in Cognos Tools.
Environment: Cognos Impromptu 7.2/7.3, PowerPlay Transformer 7.2/7.3, Cognos PowerPlay 7.2/7.3, Cognos
Server Administration 7.2/7.3, Cognos Upfront, Impromptu Web Reports (IWR) 7.2/7.3, PPES, Cognos Access
Manager 7.2/7.3, Framework Manager 1.1 MR2/MR3 and ReportNet 1.1 MR2/MR3, , TOAD, Oracle 8i, Windows
2000 server.
Syntel Technologies, Pune, India
Sr. Software Programmer/ Oracle Developer
March’01 – May’03
Description
Integrated Financial Services System (IFS) is an ERP developed for financial service institutions. It has been
designed with Oracle 8i as RDBMS and Developer 2000 (Forms & Reports 6i) as front-end tool. It consists of
following modules: Marketing, Credit Appraisal, Credit Administration and Legal, Hire Purchase, Lease, Deposits,
Fixed Assets, Pay Roll, Financial Accounting, Inter-Corporate Deposits and Administration.
Responsibilities:
 Involved in developing scripts for web based application using JSP as a front end developer and used to
work on back end Oracle 8i database.
 Worked extensively on passing parameters from JSP to Reports 6i.
 Database and Screen design as per customer requirements.
 Generation of Reports to suit the functionality.
 PL/SQL coding at the database level for the new objects.
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Developed tables, triggers and stored procedures in Oracle 9i.
Creating primary database storage segments, primary objects (tables, views, indexes, stored
procedures, packages, and triggers).
Documentation and creation of test cases.
Testing as per the test cases.
Performing quality control check on the newly created screens.
Creating complex reports using Business objects.
Environment: Developer 2000 (Forms & Reports 6i), PL/SQL, BusinessObjects 4.0, JSP, Oracle 8.0, and Windows
NT.
References: Provided upon request.