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OCA , ORACLE

Mervin Alexander

E-Mail:[email protected] PH;+919605245349

Objective: Seeking a challenging and rewarding career with a socially committed and progressive organization,this will utilize my skills, abilities and educational qualifications in the field of Business Intelligence

Tasks able to Handle:1. DatawareHousing and Business Intelligence Projects

2. OBIEE ProjectsExperience: 9.8 Years of successful career in IT Industry

OBIEE Experience From 2007 Aug To Now

Software Testing and QTP Test Automation :Jun 2005 to Aug 2007

No Company Name Start Date End Date Designation1 Wipro Infotech ,Cochin 4-july-2011 Project Lead(DWH)2 Mindtree ,Bangalore 15-March-2010 30-jun-2011 Module

Lead(DWH)3 ORACLE

Cooperation(Oracle Acquistion from Symphony)

01-jan-2009 10-March-2010 Software Developer(ORACLE IDC)

4 Symphony Services 27-Aug-2007 31-Dec-2008 Product Engineer-Obiee

5 Ars Software Engineering

01-jun-2005 24-Aug-2007 Software Engineer

Certifications1. OCA: I am a Oracle Certified Associate in Oracle 10g Administration in 2007

Domains1.Travel and Transport, GPRS ,GIS,HR,TA,Finance and Banking

2. Datawarehousing and Business IntelligenceEducation:N0 Degree University Passing date Percentage1 M.C.A MahtmaGandhi

UniversityOct 2004 67

2 B.sc Physics MahtmaGandhi University

Jun 2000 79.5

3 p.d.c MahtmaGandhi University

June 1997 68

4 S.S.L.C Kerala State Board

March 1995 80.3%

TECHNICAL SKILLS

No Technology Expertise1 Obiee 11G Administration Expert2 Obiee11g Admin

Tool,Answers,DashboardsExpert

3 Weblogic server Administration

good

4 Linux Administration Working knowledge

5 Dimension Modelling Experience

good

6. QTP Automation good7. Sql ,Pl/sql good8. Obia Apps Implementation

and customisationKnowledgeable

9 Oracle 10g ,11g good10 Toad,sql developer good11 Web performance auditing good12 Obiee11g clustering good13 Analysed web Performance expert14 Informatica Knowledgeable15 Bi Publisher Knowledgeable16 Obiee scorecard and

strategy Treegood

TECHNICAL EXPERTISES

1. Obiee Administration Skills

upgraded obiee 10g to obiee 11.1.1.5.0

migrated obiee 11.1.1.5.0 to obiee 11.1.1.6.5

Troubleshooted weblogic and obiee production server issues

Installation of obiee 11g server in RHEL

Installation of obiee11g in windows Server

Obiee performance Tunning

Linux admin skills ---RHEL 6

Solved weblogic production server issues

Troubleshooted bi_server and nodemanager issues

Troubleshooted and fixed biservices issues

Worked with oracle for cluster setup

Spoc for obiee11g production servers(ION, MIS Portal) between wipro and Oracle

Production server deployment and migration

Installation of obiee11g in dr,Preprod server’s in Linux

Configuration of Mobile Analytics

Integration of smart view with obiee

Schedular Configuration and ibot scheduling

Cache seeding and cache management

Integrated Ldap server and security configuration

Obiee 11g customisation

Configuration of bi diagnostics module in prod server

Deployment of ear files in weblogic server

User Management in obiee 11g

2.DatawareHousing and OBIEE(Siebel analytics) Experience(Business Intelligence)

• Loading data From various sources(Oracle,Sqlserver,Microsoft Analysis services,Hyperion )• Building of Physical Layer in the Metadata Repository• Building of Business Model Layer in the Rpd• Building of presentation layer in the Rpd• Created Dimensions and Facts• Created Dimensional Hierarchies• Mapping of physical tables• Created Logical tables• Configuration of Business Intelligence Server and Deployment• Configuration of BI Scheduler Configuration of BI Publisher• created Reports using obiee Answers• created filter and different views in Answers• done Integration with Microsoft Analysis service• done Integration with hyperion esbase• Migration of Repositories• Done usage Tracking in metadata Repository• resolved oracle database issues in datawarehouse Environment• Creation of datawareHouse Requirement document(BRD)• Done web catalog management• Created balanced scorecard and strategy tree• Designed rpd for retail banking Repository Modelling

OBIA Administration Experience

1.Installation of Informatica and DAC server in linux2.Installation and configuration obiee server in linux

3. Test Automation and Test Framework Design(Secondary Skill)

Creation of class based framework for Fusion Middleware Created functions in QTP Executed automated testcases Created unit Testcases and TestPlan document

4.Domain Experienece

Experienece in Retail Banking Experience in HR Experience in staffing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Wipro InfoTech

Location:Al Rajhi Bank Head Office,Riyadh,Saudi Arabia

Client:Al Rajhi Bank

Project 1:The Al Rajhi bank is the biggest Islamic bank in the world.Obiee caters to many of the business intelligence needs of the al rajhi bank.My responsibility is to implement obiee11g in the following areas of banking

1.Operations Module:The operations module gives the information about call center operations,ATM Incidents,ATM Vendor Performance,branch queue Time details,Human resources department details.My responsibilities are the following

1.Building of the obiee11g rpd

2.Report creation feasibility analysis and finding alternate ways3.creation of reports and dashboards

4.obiee11g server troubleshooting and issue fixing

5.user communication and assist them in UAT.

2.Buisness Plan Module:The Buisness plan module gives the information about the strategic check points,overall growth rates in different departments.My responsibilities are the following

1.Requirement gathering

2.creation of Technical architectural document

3.Creation of high level and low level design documents

4. Building of the obiee11g rpd




3.Market Watch Module:This module gives the information of the competitor bank’s performance analysis.The source files are provided by SAMA(Saudi Government body).The module gives the information of the metrices like total income,liabilities,return on equity,CAGR ratio etc.My Responsibilities are the following







4.Risk Module:The module gives the information about different types of RWA’s.some of the information provides are doubt full loan analysis,performing loan analysis,Risk apetite etc







8.Production server deployment and issue fixing

Location:Cochin and Bangalore

OBIEE Administration projects

Project 1: upgrade from 10g to 11g

Client :Wipro Technologies

Tools Used:OBIEE 11g,Obiee 10g,weblogic server,RHEL 6,Obiee11g Admin Tool

The Project is to upgrade 10 server’s from 10g to 11g.The existing system providing all the business intelligence needs of the various departments(Finance,HR,Talent acquisition etc)

Role:Project Lead and OBIEE Administrator,single point of contact for Severe Obiee 11g Production server issues

upgrade of obiee10g to obiee11g in 10 server’s(ion dr,ionprod,ionpreprod,misdr,misprod,mispreprod

Production server deployment and maintanence weblogic server troubleshooting security Implementation Ldap Integration and role creation Linux Server Troubleshooting Creation of user and groups Deployment of rpd and catalog in production server Created application Roles Biserver’s Troubleshooting Migration of catalogs around different user’s Installation of obiee11g in dr,Preprod server’s in Linux User Management Cache management and cache seeding Obiee 11g installation done in 10 Linux server’s

Project 2: patch updation from 11.1.1.5 to 11.1.1.6.5

Client :Wipro Tecnology

Tools Used:OBIEE 11g, weblogic server,RHEL 6

The project is to upgrade patches in 6 server’s including Production Server to 11.1.1.6.5

My roles are the following

Patches updation 11.1.1.6.5 troubleshooting and issue fixing Production server Troubleshooting weblogic server Troubleshooting deployment of ear modules in weblogic server configuration of bidiagnostics module in prod server

Production Server Installation and maintanence tasks

Worked as a senior member of server maintanence team.The roles are the following

Spoc for obiee11g server maintanence and troubleshooting

Fixed production server issues

Weblogic server trouble shooting and issue fixing

Taking backup

Prod server deployment

Upgradation and migration

Mobile Bi and smart view Integration

Obiee 11g customisation

Production server Installations and regular deployments

Raised sr with oracle support and most of the issues solved myself

Got Chief Information officer’s award for successful UPGRADATION

Best Inidividual performance award from wiproInfotech in 2012 Q3.

OBIEE development projects

Project 3: MIS obiee11g Implementation

Client :Wipro Technology IS

Tools Used:OBIEE 11g,obiee11g answer’s,sqldeveloper,Linux,obiee11g,Admin Tool

Wipro Technology is using obiee11g for the MIS reporting needs.The project cater’s to all the MIS needs in various departments of the organisation .

Role:

Preparation of Function specifications Prepared LLD for the project Configuration of OBIEE Environments development of repository and the dimensional model weblogic Admin server and the obiee11g troubleshooting creation of reports migration of reports between different environments Obiee11g administration report and catalog deployment error fixing and testing created level based measures created aggregated tables done performance tunning in rpd created hierarchies created different types of views in answer’s created dashboards production server deployment and catalog migration across different platforms client communication

Project 4: Retail Business Intelligence for First Gulf Bank,Abhudhabi

Location:Abhudhabi,UAE

Client :FGB, Abhudhabi

Tools Used:OBIEE 11g,sql developer,Linux,odi

Retail BI is the BI implementation for the retail operation in First Gulf Bank.The project contains the modules like(Credit and collection,RetailFinance,Card Sales and operations)

Role:

Developed estimate plan for the project as a member Prepared LLD for the project Developed Repository for (Credit and collection,RetailFinance,Card Sales and

operations) Configuration of OBIEE 11g Environments Source system study and identification of fact and dimensions Loading of data in to OBIEE AdminTool Modelled physical layer in Rpd Modelled Business Model Layer in Rpd Modelled Presentation layer in Rpd Created Reports and Dashboards Obiee environment trouble shooting created level based measures created hierarchies took part in requirement gathering from the client

Poc1 : Kuwait Oil Petroleum, Scorecard Demo Poc

Tools Used:Obiee 11g Balanced scorecard application

Obiee 11g balanced score card application is one of the pilot project demo for wipro in the obiee 11g scorecard segment.This scorecards deals with the impact of the improvement of the hr policies in the company

Role:

Modelled Repository for the project Defined initiatives and objectives for the scorecards created Balanced scorecards created Kpi’s in Obiee 11g Installed Obiee11g environment Created Strategy Tree and Strategy Maps

Project 5:ION Obiee11g Implementation

This project caters to the bi needs of the different departments(HR,Finance,Projects and staffing)

Technology used:obiee10g,obiee11g,sql developer,Linux

Roles and responsibilities

done dimensional modelling created level based measures

created different types of views in answer’s created new dashboard’s production server deployment and catalog migration client communication report troubleshooting and bug fixing team management

Project 6 QAPCO obia 7.9.6.3 Implementaion

The project is to implement the OBIA deployment in Quatar Petroleum,Doha ,Qatar

Technology used:obia

Roles and responsibilities

created BRD Document

Installed dac and obiee10g done dac configuration involved in subject area customisation in obiee

Project 7:Obia Installation for HR Analytics

The Project is to implement the obia deployment for Hr analytics for the client.The Roles and Resposibilities are the following

1.Installation of weblogic server in Linux Environment

2.Installtion of dac and informatica in Linux environment

3.Installation of obiee in Linux environment

4.Troubleshooting in the obia Environment

5.Customisation in obia

MindTree Pvt Ltd

March 2010-Till

Designation:Associate Consultant in BI/DW Practice

Project 1: Honeywell HR Analytics(Service Request)

Client :Honeywell,NJ

Tools Used:OBIEE 10.1.3.3.1,Oracle 10g

Honeywell HR Analytics is the business intelligence project gives information about service request information, payroll information,Team analytics etc.User can monitor and drill down the details of serviceRequest.Top management can observe the Performance of the SR resolution Team Role:

created BRD Document for the project after client interaction created SRD Document for the project Installed obiee 10.1.3.4.1and Oracle 10g setup in development environment Configuration of OBIEE Environments Source system study and identification of fact and dimensions Loading of data in to OBIEE AdminTool Modelled physical layer in the Repository Created measures and level based matrices in Business Model layer Done dimensional modeling in business model layer Created reports in obiee answers Created views in obiee Answers Created dashboards Created dashboard prompts and filters Done conditional formating Done cache management

Migrated web catalogs and reports between different product environments Managed Database servers for development

setupmultiuser development environment

Project 2:worked in Qatar petroleum Obia project.I done the following activities in qatar petroleum

installationofOBIEE in linux Deployment of Obiee scheduler Deployment of Cache management

identification of domain values for functional areas deployed multilingual support in Arabic Setup multiuser development environment identification of measures

Oracle India Pvt Ltd Bangalore (Earlier in Symphony team, acquired by oracle)

Designation:Software developer in OBIEE(Oracle Business Intelligence) Productdevelopment

Project 1:Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g (OBIEE 11G Product development Team) Aug 2008-March 2010

Obiee 11g is the latest version of obiee 10.1.3.4.1.Obiee 11g is completely new project which took almost 3years for initial release.There are lot of changes in obiee 11g. Oracle Business Intelligence EnterpriseEdition 11g (OBIEE) is a comprehensive business intelligence platform that delivers a full range of analytic and reporting capabilities. Designed for scalability, reliability, and performance, Oracle BusinessIntelligence Enterprise Edition 11g delivers contextual, relevant and actionable insight to everyone in anOrganization, resulting in improved decision-making, better-informed actions, and more efficient businessprocesses. Oracle also provides the industry’s only multi-sourced BI applications, as well a smarket-leading performance management applications that are powered by this BI platform.The Another important change is the integration with weblogic server.

Roles Managed requirements for Obiee Admin Tool DatawareHousing Product

Development.

Created around 120 repositories for obiee product development Installed OBIEE 11g Environments

created reports and dashboards for BI Apps Team Created different views in reports Created dashboard prompts and filters loaded data from various datasources to admintool modelled physical,businessmodel and presentation layers in AdminTool Created and modelled business models in Repositories created dimension hierarchies configured obiee using ant configured weblogic servers Installed and managed oracle 11g databases Integrated Obiee with hyperion and created datamarts integrated obiee with BI Publisher and created reports Automated obiee 11g AdminTool Functionality using QTP created class based framework for QTP

created balanced scored cards and strategy tree in Obiee 11g Participated in creation of Oracle’s in built

Repositories(Samplesales,R11_QA,BIAnalyticsApps.Rpd)Symphony services Coperation ,Bangalore

Project1: OBIEE 10.1.3.4.1 (in BI product development team) Obiee 10.1.3.4.1 is the old version(Siebel analytics).it has obiee Admin Tool for

rpdmodeling.obieeanswers for reports.we can also make dashboards using obiee dashboards.

Client: OracleHQ,RedwoodShores

Roles Requirements tracing from the Clients for the new changes in OBIEE AdminTool

Identified different types of Internal source system(oracle E-biz,peoplesoft) loading of data from different sources Creation of Repositories using AdminTool for OBIEE Product development Installed and configured OBIEE 10g Environments created reports and dashboards loaded data from various datasources to admintool modelledphysical,businessmodel and presentation layers in Admintool for various

repositories Done DimensionModelling using AdminTool Deployed web catalogs Automated Obiee10.1.3.4.1 Functionality with winRunner

ARS Software Engineering, Technopark,Trivandrum

Software EngineerJune 2005-Aug2007

Project 1:BikeDispenser.comBikeDispenser.com: is for automating the BikeDispenser Service in Netherlands.It has a user webinterface,Admin interface and a VrsInterface.There are too many facilities like Reservation,cancellation andallocation of bikes to Different Customers.

Installation of Mysql database server and client Maintenance of databases and Database Testing Creation of TestCases Preparation of TestPlan ExecutedTestcases Done Bug Reporting Database Test Automation using QTP Created Requirement Traceability matrices Done complete Test Execution for the Project deployed the project

Project 2:CrossRoad

Cross Road: is the Route Planning System used in all Cities of NetherLands.Using the software we can makerouteplan,route creation etc.The Software is used by the transportation companies and various governments.It Provides various help to Road Owners.The Information about the Roadworks and the nature of roadworks aresent to the user.The Cross Road also Provide Geological information to its Clients.

Roles and Responsibilities Installation of Oracle 10g databases and listener configuration Done Logical Backups using Imp and Exp utilities created stored Procedures cost measurement using Explain plan statements in oracle 10g Build Back up strategy and user maintenance Done database User Management Performed Database Volume Testing Created TestPlan Executed TestCases and Bug Reporting Created Requirement Traceability matrices

Project 3:Rail4 Chem

Rail 4 Chem: is the Train Location Tracker in NetherLandRailways.We can get the Position of every train at various intervals of time.The Software is mainly used in the transportation of Sensitive materials throughthe trains.We can get the exact location and speed in the maps. Roles and Responsibilities

Installation of sql server Databases user management Maintenance of Test databases Created TestPlan document Created web Testcases and Executed Testcases Bug Reporting Done Performance Testing using Opensta created QTP Framework for functionality Testing Done vb scripting in QTP

Project 4:Bvom

Client: Bureau of traffic enforcement in Nether LandsBvom is the Bureau of traffic enforcement in Nether Lands. Bvom is Collecting Traffic information From M660and Dinaf Devices. In general this information consists of Vehicle Counts,Reading Date Time,Channels Etc. TheCollected information is sent to the Customer as nice Excel Reports.

Creation of Requirement traceability matrix Creation of testplan createdtestcases Test case Execution and bug Reporting Done integration Testing Done system Testing Done Regression Testing done web performance Testing installed and maintained oracle test databases

Project 5:Gothenburg Travel TimesClient: City of Gothenburg Administration Office,Sweden

Gothenburg Travel Times is the software installed in Sweden in order to find the travel time ofvehicles in various high ways.This will help the police to track down the high speed vehicles. On various locations in Gothenburg tripstars will be installed equipped with radar detector and cameras. These tripstars will monitor the passing vehicles and send license plate information and traffic intensity counts to the server. This dataflow is communicated over the gprs network.On the GTT server this information will be

converted to travel times and trajectory-intensities on a special backup/ administration server. all data will be made available to the client at their request. Also the dedicated reports (error/management) will be delivered from this machine The travel time data will be made available to the client using web services interacting with the internet.Roles and Responsibilities

Created Requirement Traceability matrix ImplementedCmmi practices in the project Creation of Test Plan Creation ofTestcases done test execution and bug reporting done integration and system testing Done Database Testing Installedsql server at client site(NetherLands) Maintanence of the sql server database

Personal Profile Name : Mervin Alexander

Date of Birth : 1st June 1980

Gender : Male

Languages Known : English, Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil

Nationality : Indian

Permanent Address : PeralakkattuchalilRamapuram Bazar P.OKottayamKerala, IndiaPhone : +919605245349

Licenses : Holding a valid passport. Strengths : Desire for innovation and continuous learning,

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