Aravind Pillai email :

pillai_aravinds@yahoo.com
Senior Informatica Architect Ph : 513-923-0129

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Professional Summary

• 9 years of total IT experience. 5+ years in technical architect roles.

• PMP certified project management professional.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in popular business intelligence tools
such as Informatica Power Center, Informatica Power Connect and
Cognos.
• Proven experience in leading all stages of system development efforts,
including requirements definition, design, architecture, testing,
maintenance and support.
• Provided strategic thinking, solutions and roadmaps while driving
architectural recommendations specific to data warehouse
applications and business intelligence tools focusing on ETL functions.
• Performed project level design, data analysis and application
performance analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to clearly articulate technical designs in written
communications.
• Extremely strong in ETL design, development, testing and
implementation using tools like Informatica Repository manager,
Informatica Designer, Informatica Workflow Manager and
Metadata manager.
• Extensive experience in creation of complex informatica Mappings
using Mapplets and reusable transformations.
• Experience in various COGNOS reporting tools like Impromptu,
Transformer, Power Play and Visualizer.
• Expert level understanding of Oracle database capabilities and DW
best practices including appropriate use of indexing, material views,
portioning, snapshot capture and referential integrity.
• Hands on experience in writing, testing and implementation of the
PL/SQL triggers, stored procedures, functions, packages.
• Expertise in implementation of Data Warehousing and Decision Support
Systems in Unix/Windows environments. In-depth understanding of
data warehousing concepts, Kimball methodologies,including
dimensional modeling, star schema design and implementation.
• Excellent Business Analysis skills, communication skills and problem
solving skills. Trained in Six sigma quality processes.
• Experienced dealing with outsourced technical resources and
coordinating global development efforts.
• Mentored developers by providing technical guidance and
troubleshooting assistance.
Technical Skills
DBMS Oracle 9i/10g, MS Access
Business Intelligence Informatica Powercenter 8.1, Informatica
Powerconnect, COGNOS
Language PL/SQL, SQL, Unix, Perl, Cobol, Jcl, MQ Series
Tools & Utilities: Toad, IBM - Tivoli, MS Project, VSS , Visio, Test
Director
OS/Environment Windows, UNIX
Quality Six-Sigma Trained

Certifications
 Project management PMP certified
 Project management Brainbench certified
 Informatica Powermart/Powercenter Brainbench certified
 Data Warehousing concepts Brainbench certified
 Cognos Impropmtu Product Ceritified
Professional

Work permit Information

Type of Visa : H1B

Project Details
Project 1 : Algo Risk Implementation

Employer : Syntel Inc

Client : Allstate Investments, Chicago
Role : Project Lead / Senior ETL Architect
Duration : Nov 2007 – Till date

Technologies
DBMS Oracle 10g
Business Intelligence Informatica Powercenter 8.1
Language PL/SQL, SQL, Unix, Perl
Tools & Utilities: Toad, IBM – Tivoli, VSS , Visio, Test Director
OS/Environment Windows, UNIX

Allstate Investments, LLC is an investment management subsidiary of

The Allstate Corporation. Algorithmics Market Risk Solution (Algo Risk) was
implemented in Allstate Investments to Strengthen risk management areas
and fixed income analytics.
Responsibilities
• Lead and mentor the ETL team in designing, developing, and delivering
ETL framework to implement Algo Risk third paty tool.
• Team Management responsibility, Project oversight and expectations
management.
• Worked with business users to define and document new or changing
requirements.
• Translated business requirements into technical design for data
transformation.
• Ensured architectural adherence through blueprint and design reviews.
• Developed logical data models and assisted in creating physical data
models.
• Designed and developed source to target data mappings. Effectively
used informatica recommended techniques for complex mapping design
and for enhancing mapping performance.
• Created complex mappings using Unconnected Lookup, Sorter,
Aggregator, dynamic Lookup and Router transformations for populating
target table in efficient manner.
• Hands on experience with advanced optimization techniques such as
concurrent caching, auto memory calculations and push down
optimization.
• Created various UNIX Shell Scripts for scheduling various data cleansing
scripts and loading process. Maintained the batch processes using Unix
Shell Scripts.
• Used techniques like source query tuning, single pass reading and caching
lookups to achieve optimized performance.
• Identifying data lineage using metadata manager.
• Developed PL/SQL stored procedures for source pre load and target pre
load.
• Created Informatica Repository Queries for mappings and sessions
documentation
• Created Shell Scripts to execute the sessions using pmcmd.
• Identifying Performance bottlenecks and fine-tuning ETL mappings and
workflows to improve performance.
• Developed and executed System integration testing strategies. Conduct
peer reviews.
• Informatica administration resposibilities including migration of code from
Dev to QA and to preproduction staging area.
• Co-ordinated pre-release and release processes including change control,
contingency and fallback plans, production migration and warranty
support.

Project 2 : Foreign Trade Zone Development

Employer : Patni Computer Systems
Client : GE Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati
Role : Senior ETL Architect
Duration : Mar 2005 to Oct 2007
Technologies
DBMS Oracle 9i, MS Access
Business Intelligence Informatica Powercenter 7.1, COGNOS 7.1
Language PL/SQL, SQL, Cobol, Unix
Tools & Utilities: Toad, VSS , Visio, Test Director
OS/Environment Windows, UNIX

GE AE is a business unit of General Electric Company. This unit

develops, manufacturers, and distributes gas turbine engines, parts, and
components for civil and military aircrafts. This project involve design and
development of Inventory/Transaction datamart for implementing foreign
trade zone trade program in GE manufacturing plant.

Responsibilities
• 2 year development project. Part of the team design through Phase 1
implementation.
• Served as a Senior ETL architect in defining and developing Inventory
data mart.
• Primary responsibility include leading the Architecture, design and
implementation of ETL framework.
• Participated in workshops with various process teams to gather business
requirements, define the grain and understand reporting requirements.
• Designed ETL architecture to extract transactional data from multiple
operational sources and load to a single target oracle database serving as
an independent data mart.
• Defined various facts and Dimensions in the data mart including
Aggregate and Summary facts.
• Designed and developed complex mappings using various
transformations in Designer to load data from flat files, legacy systems
and Oracle database into the target Oracle datamart.
• Created complex slowly changing dimensions type II processes using
dynamic lookup, Joiner, Router, Union, Expression and Update
Transformations
• Designed and developed UNIX shell scripts as part of the pre-session
and post-session command to automate the process of loading, pulling,
renaming and pushing data from and to different servers
• Effectively utilized shared/ persistent caching techniques and
incremental aggregation strategies to improve performance.
• Extensively used Workflow Manager to create connections, sessions,
tasks, workflows.
• Developed Impromptu reports to facilitate Inventory discrepancy
analysis.
• Creation of Cognos Cubes and provide data security using user classes
and creation of different dimensional views to create different views for
users.
• Implementation and Warranty support.
• Informal training and knowledge transfer to GE AVIATION employees.

Project 3 : CAS – BDW Interface Enhancements

Employer : Patni Computer Systems

Client : GE Transportation, Cincinnati
Role : Team Lead / ETL Consultant
Duration : July 2004 – Feb 2005

Technologies
DBMS Oracle 8i
Business Intelligence Informatica Powercenter 7.1, Informatica
Powerconnect 7.1,COGNOS 7.1
Language PL/SQL, SQL, MQ Series
Tools & Utilities: Toad, VSS ,Test Director
OS/Environment Windows, UNIX

This project involve enhancement to Supply chain Business dataware house.

Designed and developed new interface from Legacy source system to
Enterprice Business data warehouse.

Responsibilities

• Interacted with business users to gather requirements, created high level

process flows and technical design documents.
• Developed data Mappings between source systems and warehouse
components using Mapping Designer.
• Extracted sales order transaction data from MQ series messages and
loaded to oracle target tables using power connect.
• Worked extensively on transformations such as MQ series source
qualifiers, Sorter, Router, Union, Joiner, Filters, Router, Normalizer,
Expression and Aggregator to load data. Used Debugger to test and fix
bugs in the mappings.
• Created and configured MQ series workflows.
• Mappings were designed to cater the slowly changing dimensions
(S.C.Ds).
• Developed several reusable transformations and mapplets that were used
in other mappings.
• Created workflows, worklets, email/commands and sessions. Involved in
Performance Tuning of Informatica.
• Done ETL mapping unit testing, UAT and also developed test plans.
• Developed SQL test scripts for integration testing.
• Wrote PL/SQL Packages and Stored procedures to implement business
rules and validations.
• Used the informatica Scheduler to schedule the weekly, daily data loads

Project 4 : Consolidated Application Systems (CAS)

Employer : Patni Computer Systems

Client : GE Transportation, Cincinnati
Role : Module Lead
Duration : Sep 2002 – June 2004

Technologies
DBMS Oracle 8i
Business Intelligence Informatica Powercenter 7.1
Language PL/SQL, SQL, COBOL, JCL ,VSAM
Tools & Utilities: Toad, VSS ,Test Director
OS/Environment Windows, UNIX

GE uses CAS mainly for recording information on Bill of Materials / Product

Structure, Inventory management, Shipping and Receiving functions. This
project involve customization of CAS applications and development of new
interfaces. Developed ETL interfaces to Planning system and Warehouse
management system using Informatica tools.

Responsibilities
• Design and develop Mappings using various transformations such as
Aggregator, Router, source qualifier, Normalizer, Filter, Sorter, transaction
controls and Union.
• Created reusable components using mapplets.
• Creation of various tasks such as Sessions, Commands, Assignment,
Decisions, Event raise and Event waits.
• Designed and developed Oracle PL/SQL scripts for Data Import/Export.
• Developing and scheduling sessions, tasks and workflows using workflow
manager.
• Performance tuning the mappings to reduce the load time.
• Unix scripts for screen door programs.
• Code reviews and Testing for peer’s mappings / workflows.
• Create, update and maintain ETL technical documentations and facilitate
in migration efforts.
• Troubleshoot and resolve application issues.
• Quality control activities.

Project 5 : Integrated Spares and Support Equipment System (ISSES)

Employer : Patni Computer Systems
Client : GE Transportation, Cincinnati
Role : Programmer
Duration : May 2001 – Sep 2002

Technologies
DBMS
Language COBOL, JCL ,VSAM, IDMS, ADSO,SQL
Tools & Utilities: Toad, VSS ,Test Director
OS/Environment Windows, UNIX

ISSES was initiated in 1982 as a means of reducing inventory

levels while retaining the flexibility to meet customer demand for GE spares
business. ISSES system encompasses activities in Spares support such as
Order Acquisition, Customer and Contract maintenance, Order maintenance,
Material allocation, Warehousing, Billing, Commercial Invoicing, Military
Spares Invoicing and Cost Price History.
Responsibilities
• Analysis of requirements.
• Construct programs based on specs.
• Create and execute unit test plans.
• Document new programs written.
• Mentoring new team members.

Project 6 : Constructions cost estimator - Development and support

Employer : Printec Computer Academy, Kerala

Role : Programmer
Duration : Feb 1998 – Sept 1999

Technologies
Language Foxpro
Tools & Utilities: AUTOCAD, STAD, MS Excel
OS/Environment Windows

This project involved design and development of cost estimator

for constructing roads and buildings. This software was mainly used by local
authorities and building contractors.

Responsibilities
• Analysis of requirements.
• Construct programs based on specs.
• Create and execute unit test plans.
• Document new programs written.
• Assist clients in design and cost estimations.
Education
Masters from Kerala University, 2001
B Tech from Kerala University, 1997