AMARNADH REDDY

amar139@gmail.com
(339) 224 8582
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Over 7 years of experience in Analysis, Design and Development of Databases,

Business Intelligence, Client Server Technologies and Web-based Applications
5 years of experience in Business Objects Enterprise products namely Business
Objects Designer, Business Objects Reporting, Business Objects Supervisor, Web
Intelligence, Info View and scheduling the reports using Broadcast Agent
Publisher(BCA)
Good experience of designing reports on Crystal Reports XI and Distributing through
Business Objects Enterprise XI
Expertise in planning, designing, developing, distributing and maintaining Universes
Strong knowledge in building queries on different types of Data Providers like
Universes, Personal data files, Stored Procedures and Free-hand SQL
Resolving the Join problems using Contexts and Aliases
Created canned reports and Complex Ad-hoc reports using Business Objects and
Web Intelligence tools
Excellent knowledge in Implementation of Relational Database (OLTP) and Data
warehousing systems (OLAP) and Data Marts
Good Knowledge about dimensional model (Star Schema and Snowflake Schema)
Experienced in migrating different versions of Business Objects universes from
Business Objects V5.x to Business Objects V6.x
Ability to understand user requirements and develop reports using Crystal Reports in
a Web environment
Migration of reports from Business Objects V6.x to Business Objects XIR2
Extensive working experience in Packages, Stored Procedures, Cursors and
TOAD
Expertise in creating Simple, Complex, Ad hoc Reports and fine-tuning them
Involved in Trouble Shooting all the issues with in Enterprise and Reports
Strong technical exposure with good of competence in business domains:
Healthcare, Insurance, Auto and Finance
Designed and linked Universes for query, reporting and analysis using designer
module
Experience in deployment of Business Objects & Web Intelligence from Various Data
Sources such as Oracle, MS SQL Server, Flat files, DB2, Teradata, Sybase and
MS Access
Excellent communication, interpersonal, analytical skills and strong ability to perform
as part of a team

TECHNICAL SKILLS
OLAP Tools

Business Objects XI R2/R1/6.x/5.x (Supervisor, Designer, Reporter,

Web Intelligence XIR2/6.x/2.x,Info View), Crystal Reports XI
R2/XI/10.0/9.0/8.5

ETL Tools

DataStage 7.1/6.0 (Administrator, Manager, Designer, Director,

Informatica (Power Mart 6.x/5.x/4.x, Power Centre 6.x/5.x/4.x)

Data Modelling Tools

ERwin 4.5/4.0/3.5/3.0.

RDBMS

Oracle 9i/10g ,DB2, SQL Server 2000, MS Access, Teradata,

Sybase,
SQL, PL/SQL, C, C++, UNIX Shell Programming
WINDOWS NT/95/98/2000,XP,UNIX,LINUX

Languages
Operating Systems

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MetLife Insurance
Dallas, TX
Business Objects Developer

Oct06-Till date

MetLife Insurance is a leading Insurance company with large client base and huge volumes
of data for so many years. This project is intended to bring up their reporting application using
Business Objects. Data extraction is done from various data sources, compiled into one
standard format in oracle CDW (Corporate data Warehouse). Reports are generated from this
data source and distributed through the corporate Intranet. Some of the reports are being
sent to high profile agents in various file formats for their lead generation processes.
Responsibilities:

Interacted with functional/end users to gather requirements of core reporting system to

understand exceptional features users expecting with reporting system and also to
successfully implement business logic.
Converting high-level design specifications to detailed functional and technical
specifications
Interviewing and coordination with end user communities, Finalized the BI strategy
Created various Universes and Reports using Designer and Full client Business Objects
Created several complex Business Objects universes, and Key Elements of Reports /
optimization of universes and reports for data accuracy and query performance.
Participated in merging few Universes into one Universe.
Re-pointing reports from old Universe to New Universe. Fixing synchronization issues.
Created Joins, checked the integrity of the universe and resolved loops and traps using
aliases and contexts
Created Alerts and Implemented Ranking in the reports
Created Hierarchies, complex objects using various @functions, Aggregate objects in the
universe
Designed cascading prompts in the universe to filter the list of account names based on
business units
Import and export universes and reports to and from the repository
Created users, users groups and maintained user access rights by using CMC
Scheduled pre-canned reports through Broad Cast Agent Server for distribution and
printing
Created reports and compare the daily sales using both tabular reports and 3-D graphical
chart reports (bar graphs and pie charts)
Generate reports using prompts, filters and conditions and testing these reports with all
possible data for consistency
Created queries to extract data from database for multi-dimensional analysis using Slice
& Dice and Drill up/down functionality
Updated Universes by adding new objects to support new additions to the Reports
Involved in performance tuning of Business Objects Report which are running significantly
slower

Checked Universe for integrity and exported to repository to make it available for user
groups
Migrated Universes and Reports from one Repository to other by using Import Wizard.
Used stored procedures, Free Hand SQL and excel files as data provider for creating
reports
Tested reports before posting them to the repository using query analyzer
Consulting and developing good working relationships with the client, user community ,
development team and strategic staff members in ongoing web projects.
Developed Information Security specific documents and corporate policies for various
applications like Seibel, Oracle & Cognos. Used Class and UML diagrams for process
documentation

Environment: Business Objects XIR2, Web Intelligence XIR2, Crystal Reports, Oracle 9i
(PL/SQL), Apache 2.1, TOMCAT 4.1, Windows 2000, UNIX.
Triad Financials Corporation (Ford Motor Credit)
Huntington Beach, CA
Business Objects Developer

May05 Aug06

Triad Financial is an independent, wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Credit. Triad
focuses on non-prime lending for new and late model used automobile purchases. It primarily
provides loans to borrowers through new and used car dealerships throughout the US. The
project was concerned with building financial universe and producing various reports for
finance, marketing and sales department.
Responsibilities:

Collaborated with the business analyst in gathering business, functional requirements and
documented the requirements as well as the data specifications for the business objects
reports and universe enhancements for approval
Checked the integrity of the enhanced universe by analyzing additional joins, defining
cardinalities, and resolving cyclic dependencies and traps
Implemented Aggregate Awareness to enhance query performance
Creating, maintaining and modifying the universes using Business Objects designer
Created custom LOVs, cascaded and nested prompts
Organized classes and objects as specified in the Design Specification document
Set up hierarchies/custom hierarchies for multidimensional analysis
Exported the enhanced universe to the repository
Used Multiple Data Providers like Universes, Free Hand SQL and Flat files
Linked different data sources to display in a block for data comparisons
Documented and created different Canned and Ad hoc reports for Delinquency Reports,
Reports by Period, Demographic reports and other Comparative reports in Full Client and
Web Intelligence
Generated Complex reports and calculations with formulae, variables and different in-built
functions and universe modifications for some reports
Involved in performance tuning of Business Objects Report which are running significantly
slower
Formatted data through various presentation styles such as charts, cross tabs, masterdetail, breaks, sorts, ranking and alerter
Improved report response time by tuning BO queries
Created reports with Drill functions for multi-dimensional analysis of billings, costs,
income and profitability to analyze them geographically, periodically and product wise

Exported reports to the corporate documents, and scheduled/monitored the reports via
Broadcast Agent server
Checked Universe for integrity and exported to repository to make it available for user
groups.
Created Template for the reports as Landscape and portrait types
Attended user meetings to collect the data to develop reports
Did Unit testing for developed reports

Environment: Business Objects 6.5, Designer, Reporter, Web Intelligence 6.5, Broadcast
Agent Server and Publisher, Toad, Oracle 9i, Win XP
Citizens Insurance of America
Howell, MI
Role: Business Objects Developer

Mar04 Apr05

Citizens Insurance, founded in 1915 was the company that offered the first automobile insurance
in Michigan. Today it is a leading property and casualty insurance carrier in the Midwest. Citizens
Insurance offers a wide range of personal and business insurance products and services like Auto
and Home, Discount Group and Small and Midsize business insurance. This project was about
building universes based on the Auto Insurance CRM and various reports for different components
of
the
CRM.
Responsibilities:

Gathered, analyzed and documented business requirements, functional requirements and

data specifications for Business Objects Universes and Reports
Utilized Designer functions like @Select, @Prompt and @Aggregate Aware with
summary tables for query optimization
Defined hierarchies to facilitate multidimensional analysis and set up custom hierarchies
to prevent dimension rift
Resolved Loops using Contexts and/or Aliases in the Universe and checked the integrity
of the Universe. Created custom LOVs
Created/checked Joins and detected cardinalities
Created/Classified of classes and different objects as per the user requirements
Exported Universes to the Repository to facilitate access to the universes
Linked different universes using Kernel/Master approaches
Assisted in documenting Meta data definitions for the universes and reports
Involved in migrating reports and universes from 5.x to 6.5
Used Slice and Dice to format Master/Detail, Cross Tab reports and charts
Complex reports involving the use of complex queries(Sub queries, Unions, Intersects)
Extensive use of calculations using Variables, Formulae and in-built functions to calculate
costs, revenues generated and profitability of customers
Apply Breaks, Sorts, Alerts and Ranking to ease readability in Business Objects reports
Exported reports to the corporate documents, and scheduled/monitored the reports via
Broadcast Agent server
Provided production support by solving problem tickets issues and updated the problem
tracking database
Environment: Business Objects 5.x, 6.5, Designer, Reporter, Web Intelligence 6.5,
Broadcast Agent Server and Publisher, Toad, Oracle 9i, Win XP

Watson Pharmaceuticals
Corona, CA
Business Objects Developer

Jun03 to Feb04

The CSM metrics project evolved from the Watson global Clinical Study Management
initiatives. These initiatives highlighted the need to collect, track and regularly analyze key
metrics in the life cycle of clinical studies. The harmonization of study design and
management processes by the CSM teams enabled PPG to define common study milestones
(dates) that then were built into Watson's RighTrack system.
Responsibilities:

Used Business Objects for developing reports.

Creation of the Universe with Classes, Objects and Condition objects
Resolved loops by creating aliases and contexts.
Developed Hierarchies to support drill down reports
Created the reports using Business Objects functionalities like Queries, Slice and Dice,
Drill down, @Functions, Cross Tab, Master Detail and Formulas etc.
Developed complex queries using different data providers in the same report
Created Business Objects Reports for Clinical Systems
Resolved most of the universes within universes that had loops embedded among the
tables using aliases and contexts
Plan, coordinate and execute Business Objects deployment for End users
Used BCA (Broad Cast Agent) to process BO reports in off-peak times, so that peak time
processing power is increased. Also done scheduling of the reports to various users in
various formats according to their requirement.
Developing Architecture for building a Data warehouse by using data modelling tool
Erwin.
Mapping Data Items from Source Systems to the Target System.
Created multi master-detailed reports together with the usage of slice-and-dice and drill
modes for multi-dimensional analysis of the data retrieved
Plan, coordinate and execute Business Objects deployment for End users

Environment: Business Objects 5.1.3, Informatica 5.x, SQL Server 6.5, Web Intelligence,
Sybase, PL/SQL and Windows NT.

GE Financial Solutions
Danbury, CT
Business Objects Developer

Sep02 May03

GE Financial Solutions offers financial security solutions. Life and Health Insurance, Mutual
Funds and annuities are the products to help build financial health for the clients, As a
Software Consultant worked with GE Financial Solutions project. The project mainly involves
in implementation of ORACLE APPLICATION General Ledger and Migrations from existing
system and extending Data Warehousing architecture.
.
Responsibilities:

Designing and Documentation of Component Specifications for GFIS Project for GL

and AP modules.
Collecting user requirements and specifications for project development.
Moving the report objects (Deski, WEBI, Crystal) from Dev to Stage to Prod
Environments.
Data extraction and Loading in to reporting databases.

Development of Universes and reports using User Module and Web Intelligence
based on user requirements.
Report development involves exploring features of Business Objects features, to
make the project user friendly as much as possible.
Used Oracle sub queries, unions in reports.
Supervisor activities and supporting documentation for ongoing users maintenance.
Maintenance of Repository Domains, Users and User groups, user privileges,
Categories.
Installation of Business Objects on different servers for User Testing purpose.
Worked with Oracle DBA to optimize the Query performance of the Business Objects
reports.
Analytical and Detail level of Documentation work to educate the users about the
requirement of Web Intelligence depending on user requirements.
Development is designed to take away ongoing maintenance of table or views
creation as fiscal year changes and to support User-friendly ad-hoc querying.

Environment: Business Objects 6.1, Web Intelligence, Oracle 8i, Windows 2000.
Tata Consultancy Services
Hyderabad, India

Jun00- Jul02

The project included the study of the operations of a brokerage house in connection with the
development of financial accounting module for the software suite. The Brokers back office
system handles the complete operations for the clearing and settlement of securities involving
the broker and its various entities. My project included the study of billing and brokerage
computation procedures meant for brokerage houses.
Responsibilities:

Requirement gathering,
Complete understanding of the operations involving clearing and settlement of a
brokerage house
Logical design preparation as per clients requirement
Preparation of test cases and Testing of the components.

Environment: Oracle 8i and Developer 2k. Microsoft visual safe source (Versions control)
Education:
Bachelors in Computer Science
References:
On request