Olga Klimova is a certified Microsoft Data Warehouse Architect with over 20 years of experience in business intelligence and data warehousing. She has implemented complete BI solutions for many companies across various industries. Her skills include business analysis, data warehouse design, ETL development, OLAP modeling, and report development using Microsoft SQL Server tools.
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1. Olga Klimova
Certified Microsoft
Data Warehouse Architect
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
(905) 845-6673
olga@returnonintelligence.ca
Business intelligence analyst with 20 years’ experience in information management, 8
years in Business Intelligence (BI).
Implemented complete data warehousing (DW) solutions for wholesale, distribution,
insurance, telecommunications, financial, banking, healthcare, and pharmaceutical
companies.
Efficient in each phase of BI development life cycle, from business analysis to DW
design and implementation.
Experienced business analyst and data warehouse architect, gathered business
requirements and designed solutions that delivered real business value.
Certified specialist in Microsoft business intelligence: SQL Server 2008, SQL Server
2005, Analysis Services (SSAS), Integration Services (SSIS), Reporting Services
(SSRS).
Business Intelligence Services
Business analysis and requirements gathering
Project planning
SQL Server configuration
Business Intelligence solution architecture
Data warehouse design
ETL design
ETL processes development
OLAP design
Data cleaning
Data integration from multiple sources, conforming data
Data validation
Performance tuning
Report development
Dashboard design
Security plan design
Data warehouse maintenance
Ongoing user support and education
Business Intelligence Experience
2. UnisLumin Inc., SuttonMed Systems, Oakville, 10/2010 – ongoing
Designed and implemented Athlete Health Management data warehousing and business
intelligence reporting solution for the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) to assist them
with self-help reporting capabilities and data analytics in athletic injury trend analysis,
diagnostics and health risk management. Provided business analysis consulting services, helped
customer clarify business requirements. Guided infrastructure provision, servers configuration
and defined security policy. Served as a single resource of full-cycle BI system development –
from data warehouse architecture design, through ETL processes implementation, OLAP cube
design, to report sampling and user training. Provide ongoing support and periodic change
management.
Unilever Canada, Toronto, 06/2008 – 10/2009
Designed and built Data Marts for Ice-cream subdivision, forecasting, and order delivery
management. The efficient solutions has met essential needs for actionable, timely information
in order to manage the business effectively, became mission critical immediately and allowed
Unilever Canada deriving benefits in mere three months. It provided immediate access for
managers on different levels and sales people to the detailed data in many business areas,
including customer orders, pricing and promotions, distribution, sales reporting.
XPI Inc., Toronto, 04/2007 – 02/2010
Designed and developed data warehouse solution for Aviva Canada, a major insurance
company, that provided an easy access to historical quotes and claims, premium data
summarized by characteristics critical to decision making, capability to analyze historical trends
in premiums and claims, risk analysis. Integrated data from all lines of business; included
agencies, claims, accidents, and policy services dimensions.
Provided assistance in preparation of project proposals, client and vendor meetings. Gathered
client requirements and translated them into data flows. Designed ETL architecture and
implemented processes. Designed and built OLAP cube. Managed ongoing communication and
feedback to user community. Lead change management, user acceptance testing (UAT), and
production support.
Inquiry Management Services (IMS), Toronto, 05/2008 – 06/2008
Provided technical training for IT staff through use of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Business
Intelligence tools. Consulted in design and development of a BI system to reduce the complexity
of organizing and distributing information for the organization. Covered data warehouse design
best practices, performance optimization, MDX querying and reports authoring.
Hamilton Health Sciences Center, Hamilton, 01/2008 – 03/2008
Designed accounting reporting system for health care organization.Developed ETL system
for data warehouse population, and OLAP cube. Moved 30 professional healthcare reports from
various reporting architectures to SQL Server Reporting Services. Addressed data compliance
and conversion challenges and delivered efficient reporting solution. Delivered business reports
to users via company intranet.
Bell Canada, Toronto, 11/2006 – 03/2007
Developed SR&ED Financial Data Warehouse for Bell Canada, to help organize data of
3. claimants by sectors, materials and other details, and provide an effective decision support
platform.
Performed client data analysis, determined needs, interpreted business requirements into system
requirements. Assisted in strategy planning, client meetings and opportunity evaluation.Designed
analytical system. Facilitated data transformation and loading process. Identified potential
bottlenecks; optimized end-user system performance and processing time. Lead enterprise report
development.
CIBC, Credit Risk Analytics, Retail Portfolio Monitoring & Management, Toronto, 05/2006 –
10/2006
Designed and built Data Warehouse for Basel II project and management reporting.
Modeled ETL processes. Coordinated team of developers into implementing ETL processes;
eliminating data inconsistencies, integrating data from different sources including Oracle, and
optimizing OLAP system performance. Proposed and implemented innovative solution of cube
business logic that allowed more effective reporting.Coordinated data reconciliation process
flow.Developed functional and technical documentation.
Axiom Real-Time Metrics, Oakville, 12/2004 – 04/2006
Designed data warehouse for clinical trials data. Integrated information and metadata flow.
Developed clinical and management reports.
Developed other software solutions, 1990 – 2004:
Artificial Neural Devices (AND) Corporation, AcSys Biometrics, Toronto, 10/2001 – 11/2004
Developed facial recognition system applications.
Sochrys Inc., Moscow, 07/2000 – 08/2001
Developed software package for data analysis in molecular biology.
InfoSoft Inc., Moscow, 04/1998 – 06/2000
Designed a 3-tier Internet-based database system for IT recruiting services company.
Sberbank of Russia, Novocherkassk, 01/1996 – 04/1998
Built fraud detection reporting system.
Siberia-Hermes-Don Inc., Novocherkassk, 11/1993 – 12/1998
Developed accounting database system for oil and gas transportation.
Orbita, Design Bureau of Spacecraft Technology, Novocherkassk, 03/1990 – 10/1993
Developed integrated console of human physical signals digital processing and analysis project.
Read more: List of companies served; Testimonials from clients.
Education
1991: MSc, Computer Science, South-Russian State Technical University, GPA 4.0
4. Microsoft Certified in Business Intelligence
Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP), Business Intelligence Developer 2008
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS), SQL Server 2008, Business
Intelligence Development and Maintenance
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS), SQL Server 2005, Business
Intelligence Development
Microsoft Solution Developer (MCSD), Visual Studio 6.0
Microsoft Database Administrator (MCDBA), SQL Server 2000
Microsoft Systems Engineer (MCSE), Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) 2.0
Read more: Certifications and exams tracked by Microsoft virtual business card
Business Intelligence Skills Highlight
Reporting Services
BI system support
Data Warehousing (SSRS)
Business Intelligence
Business Intelligence Analytics services
SQL Server 2008
development Business Intelligence
SQL Server Analysis
OLAP Reports
Services (SSAS)
Dimensional design Key Performance
Integration Services
Performance tuning Indicators
(SSIS)
Dashboards
Online Publications
Return on Intelligence, Business Intelligence Blog: www.returnonintelligence.ca
Technical articles published with SQL Server Central
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