BrianMiller CV short 2015
- 1. 1 Brian Miller 25318 36th Ct Issaquah, WA 98029 206-669-8665 (cell) RandomCode17@gmail.com Profile 25 years of experience with SQL Server MCP, SQL Server 2008, Business Intelligence Development and Maintenance Strong Architecture and Design skills Effective communicator Strong background in Agile and SDLC Mr. Miller is a seasoned SQL Server Technologist who specializes in Business Intelligence. He has spearheaded the design and delivery of software applications with a major database component for twenty five years. He has extensive OLTP and OLAP SQL Server experience and is an expert in information management, logical and physical database design, data administration and data warehousing. His industry background includes Software Development, Communications, Health Care, Advertising, Entertainment and Banking. He also has taught Business Intelligence at the University of Washington and is an accomplished musician and composer. Education New York University Stern School of Business, MBA, Information Systems Columbia University, BA, Economics Certifications SQL Server 2008, Business Intelligence Development and Maintenance (MCP) Selected Experience Blueprint Consulting SeniorBI Consultant 1/2014-Present Provide BI expertise and recommendations to two Service Management groups at Microsoft. Lead a small team responsible for production Operations and Development for three service groups. Run daily stand-up meetings and am a key player in the Sprint Planning. Mentor junior members of the team. Design and manage six end-to-end BI solutions (SQL/SSIS/SSAS/SSRS). Designed a multi-threaded process for procuring performance metric data from Sharepoint servers. The database solution is implemented in the Azure cloud environment, polls over 250,000 Sharepoint servers daily, stores the results in a SQL Server 2014 Database which feeds Analysis Services cubes. End-user results are delivered via SRSS. Designed and implemented an end-to-end solution for capturing Call Detail Records and Quality of Experience information from Skype for Business servers. Resolved issues related to explosively expanding data volumes from capturing IM, VoIP and Conference session information. The solution included two Operational Data Stores, SSIS-based ETL processes, SQL Server 2014 Data Warehouses and Cubes. Daily volume exceeds 20 million rows of data; total volume continues to grow but is well over 10 billion rows of fact data and 50 million rows of dimensional data. Outerwall SeniorBI Developer 7/2013-12/2013 Designed and maintained several SSAS cubes, databases and SSIS packages for two lines of business. Developed a metadata-based engine for processing cube dimensions and partitions. Created relational objects to support cube processing and SSRS reports. Instituted usage-based aggregation metrics and rationalized cube design resulting in significantly richer and more accurate metrics while reducing processing time.
- 2. 2 Coinstar SeniorBI Developer 8/2012 – 12/2012 Designed and implemented Star Schema for Coinstar Operational Data Store (ODS) to facilitate consumption of this data by SQL Server Analysis Services databases. Designed and built SSIS packages capable of loading approximately 300 Million rows of dimension and fact data in less than 3 hours. The error trapping in this design resulted in the discovery of several production data anomalies. Provided significant input to table partitioning design. Avanade ATS Seattle BusinessIntelligence Practice Manager 3/2008 – 2/2010 Avanade is a joint venture of Accenture and Microsoft. The Advanced Technology Specialist (ATS) team is a group that provides Technical solutions to clients in the Greater Seattle Area. Practice responsibilities included mentoring several BI consultants and establishing best practices for the Seattle ATS BI team, including advocating using Kimball DW design methodology as a standard practice. Consulting engagements included: Microsoft / Accenture / Avanade Managed the day-to-day operations of the PPS-based MS Scorecard business, leading a team of five developers. Design responsibilities included planning for an upgrade to the MS Scorecard platform as well as integrating it with the Excel Services-based Core Scorecard platform. Microsoft Built the PowerPivot, MDM and MSRA portions of a demo for Business Intelligence Engineering and provided design input on all other phases of the demo. Gates Foundation The scope of this project included CRM, Data Warehouse (EDW), and Reporting applications. As SSAS lead developer, built the Wave I SQL Server Analysis Services solution and architected the approach for the Wave II Business Intelligence solution. Mentored two BI developers and provided design oversight for them. Microsoft Drove the tools assessment portion of this project by evaluating the quality of SMSGR’s systems architecture. Analysis of their code base included evaluating SSIS packages, SSAS cube design stored procedures and jobs. Washington Mutual Designed and built a Proof of Concept system for the beta user, a General Ledger Reporting group. The POC was implemented as a SQL Server Database functioning as a proxy for the Teradata database, an Analysis Services cube and small suite of Reporting Services report definitions for a General Ledger reporting system. Produced infrastructure and security architecture documents for an implementation using a Teradata back-end, SQL Server Analysis Server intermediate data layer and a Reporting Server front end. FastChannel Network, Inc./SpotTaxi.com Director of Development 11/99 – 2/01 www.SpotTaxi.com Delivered 3 major releases and several minor releases on–time, on budget, and virtually bug-free. Managed a 9-person team of Developers and QA professionals. Responsible for architecting, designing and maintaining a complex OLTP business-to-business application including Database and Application design. Translate management’s strategic goals into tactical software releases. Spearheaded the implementation of SDLC practices throughout the organization. Frequent presentations to Senior Management and Board of Directors. Technologies used included Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic, VBScript, C++, SQL Server, data modeling (Erwin) and various proprietary technologies. Designed and implemented interfaces to Accounting and Operations Systems.
- 3. 3 Additional Experience Full-time employment and consulting engagements with organizations including: Corbis Deloitte & Touche ICS Expedia Lucent Technologies / AT&T Microsoft Nextlink