Herman Geyer

* Provide expertise in design, development and implementation of Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics systems. * Work with technical resources to design and model the data warehouse systems. * Assist in developing BI reporting and analysis applications. * Provide functional and technical guidance to business teams when needed. * Develop best practices to achieve project objectives and deliverables. * Develop positive working relationship with customers and other department staffs.

* Develop and prepare strategies for Business Intelligence processes for organization. * Prepare architecture for data, prepare strategies and provide business object solutions as per requirements. * Manage and customize all ETL processes as per customer requirement and analyze all processes for same. * Analyze all complex data and identify requirements for business enhancement in project. * Coordinate with data generator and ensure compliance to all enterprise data model according to data standards.

* Responsible for the management of all IT related functions / software around the DStv-I department. * Architecting and revamping both the operational and BI technical solutions that form part of the core function of the DStv-I department. * Liaising with 3rd party Vendors regarding current and new SLA requirements. Improving the stability of overall service delivery of the DStv-I department. * Responsible for managing a team of between 2 and 5 members at any given time.

* Formed part of the senior technical BI team that was responsible for implementing / prototyping new BI software to be used to improve the BI functionality / services of the BI department. * Responsible for the architecting and development of BI solutions to complex BI scenarios. * Advance performance tuning of MS SQL Server databases. * Enhancing productivity in the team through technologies like Microsoft Team Foundation Services

* Joined the Multichoice consulting team. Considered more senior due to my experience and technical ability. * Worked with MS SQL Server 2008 R2, which included SSIS, SSRS, and SSAS. * Was part of the team that was responsible for upgrading the MS SQL Server 2008 R2 to MS SQL Server 2012. * Developed and maintained BI solutions from the start to the end of the SDLC, from requirements gathering to ETL development and end-user reporting.

* Responsible for architecting, developing and maintaining the BI/DW solution for Smollan to cater for both operational and business reporting requirements. * Used end-user reporting tools such as IBM Cognos to create end-user reports for business users. * Developed and maintained BI solutions from the start to the end of the SDLC, from requirements gathering to ETLdevelopment and end-user reporting.

* Responsible for providing end-user reports using Crystal Reports and MS SQL SSRS 2005/08. * Responsible for migrating all reports from Crystal Reports to MS SQL SSRS 2005. * Created operation and BI reports for end-users by gathering business requirements and implementing the necessary business rules to produce the relevant reports.

Java Programming, Database Design, Programming concepts and practices