Full data warehouse life cycle solutions

Their experience encompasses the full life cycle of data warehouse solution development, including data acquisition processes, data repositories, and information delivery applications.

High performance design

They design solutions for high performance to ensure data timeliness, predictable results, and adaptability to the organization's changing requirements. Their solutions combine scalable and parallel processing technologies to achieve run times that are 10, 20, 30 or more times better than existing run times. To every engagement, they bring extensive experience in proven, off-the-shelf performance enablers. Their partners include leading hardware and software vendors serving the data warehousing, database, and e-commerce markets.

Joint teams for top results

They partner in joint teams with our clients to achieve the best results in an efficient timeframe. Their highly specialized staff of data warehousing specialists view the client partnership as an important and integral part of the engagement's success. This shared commitment minimizes risk and supports the process of technology transfer.

World-class clients

Our clients are some of the world's leading companies in financial services, retail, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and other industries. Their outstanding references will confirm that our clients’ staff are among the most talented in the industry, the results they produce exceed their expectations, and the goals they met are achieved faster and more cost-effectively than any other alternative they might have considered.

Some key Corporate beliefs:

• Open door Management style.
• Track record with reference to clients provides a competitive advantage.
• We must focus on some level of specialization: Highly Scalable Solutions, Data Warehousing.
• Any employee who supports the business growth has the ability to earn equity in the business.
• Client success is our priority.
• Flexibility of the Corporation is essential.
• We hire by profile, but day-to-day focus is built around client need. Supporting a Solution Center enables staff to grow the practical experience and knowledgebase

Client/Project Key Points:

• Every Client to date has provided a Reference.
• Clients have very high respect for our abilities.
• We support team building activities with client teams and our team. Team roles performed at Clients 1.Technical Architect 2.Business Analyst 3.Data Architect 4.Project Manager 5.Middleware Expert 6.Lead Developer

• Leaders: Client, Industry, & Technology
• Average Tenure in Industry: 8+ years
• Entrepreneurial Spirit
• Enjoy what we do for a living
• Our clients’ specialization provides significant Career advancement
• Savvy with Technical and Business Knowledge
• Support running of the business
• Strong Communication and Analytical Skills

Enterprise solutions demand high performance data architectures that enable high performance business processes, such as decision support, forecasting, data modeling, customer relationship management, and e-commerce solutions. Our clients’ solutions leveraged parallel and scalable technologies have been implemented in leading organizations in financial services, retail, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and other industries. Highlights from our client engagements include the following high performance solutions.

A credit card company collects large volumes of data about customers through transactions. Merchants who accept credit cards want to better understand customer purchasing patterns. Our clients’ solution collects and organizes transactional and other data, then mines that data to seek out useful patterns. The credit card company leverages its intermediary position into a profitable product selling consumer information to merchants.

A fast food retailer needs to process sales information from thousands of locations overnight to forecast inventory requirements. Our clients’ solution is the design and construction of a complex, large-scale parallel system that feeds the company's appetite for reliable information.

A national insurance firm requires a cohesive and consistent data repository that eliminates redundant information. Our clients’ solution is a data warehouse that radically improves productivity and the timely availability of critical information. The insurer enjoys faster response to customer needs and the ability to quickly create highly customized products.

A leading rental car company struggles with a data warehouse that doesn't perform as promised. Our clients’ solution identifies problems and provides solutions within three weeks. Our client also identifies additional performance-enhancing ideas that triple the speed of the system without investing millions in new products.

A major credit bureau processes more than a billion consumer records each month. Their technology cannot keep up with the demands of this business. Our clients’ solution is the design and construction of a scalable system that enables the client to generate reports in a turnaround time that the competition cannot match.

A large distributor and commercial products supplier recognizes the need for expert help to ensure high performance in the implementation of its ERP system on massively parallel hardware. Our clients’ solution delivers a high availability and scalable architecture to enhance the success of their ERP implementation.

Due to tremendous growth, they are currently seeking high qualified Sr. Principals for their practice located in Chicago, Illinois. In addition, they have openings at the Principal and Sr. Consultant level for highly qualified individuals.

Technical Requirements:

• 12+ years experience.
• Deep conceptual knowledge of trends and solutions in computing. Excellent knowledge of business applications.
• Data warehousing experience using DB2, Oracle, Informix, or Sybase on UNIX or mainframe platforms.
• Preferred: Parallel processing, Middleware, data modeling, or data mining.

Business Skills:

• Demonstrated client management experience.
• Demonstrated ability to develop new business.
• Demonstrated ability to extend current business opportunities and set Corporate Strategy.

Management Experience:

• Expertise in client and project management.
• Ability to direct large scale projects.
• Capacity to generate proposals, develop and provide client presentations to senior and executive level clients.
• Experience in developing and presenting industry specific white papers in a variety of environments. (e.g., conferences).

Cultural Background:

• Reputation as a business visionary with exceptional leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to lead by example.
• Track record of success in solving business problems.
• Previously demonstrated overall Corporate Management expertise (financial, operational, marketing, technical, etc.).
• Position requires excellent verbal and written communication and strong presentation skills.

Qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience 12+ years of IT or related work experience 10+ years of full SDLC on large-scale projects.

Travel Requirements:

• Must be willing to travel 50% if located in, or willing to relocate to, Chicago area. Must be willing to travel 100% if located outside Chicago area.