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Professional Summary
 4+ years of IT experience in Cognos Administration, Design and Development and excellent
knowledge in Cognos BI Tools - Framework Manager, Cognos8.4 ,Cognos 10.2.1.2 Authors.
 Extensively worked in Cognos Administration(Access Manager,BI Admin,Planning
Contributor Admin) and Report development using Cognos 8.4, Cognos 10.1.1.
 Completed the IBM Cognos BI Administration Certification.
 2+ years of database experience using SQL Server 2008, Oracle 9i/10g.
 Strong Knowledge of Cognos Framework Manager.
 Data Warehousing ETL experience using Cognos DataManager, Informatica.
 Have clear understanding of Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Concepts with
emphasis on Reporting and Life Cycle Development of DW.
 Ability to work effectively between technical and user groups and at the same time, work
effectively under pressure in fast paced environment.
 Strong problem solving and reasoning skills.
 Versatile team player with effective analytical, communication and interpersonal skills.
Technical Skills
OPERATING SYSTEMS Windows 2003/2000/NT/XP/7, Linux
LANGUAGES SQL, PL/SQL
DATABASES SQL Server 2008, Oracle 9i/10g.
REPORTING TOOLS Cognos 8.4BI & 10.1.1, Cognos Power Play Transformer 7.3
ETL TOOLS Cognos DataManager, Informatica8.6
Professional Certification
 Certified in IBM Cognos BI Admin Professional from IBM
Professional Experience
Mphasis., July2014 –Till Date
Client: BMS
Project: BMS Cognos
Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global BioPharma company firmly focused on its Mission to discover,
develop and deliver innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases.

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Around the world, our medicines help millions of people in their fight against such diseases as
cancer, cardiovascular disease, hepatitis B, rheumatoid arthritis and psychiatric disorders.
At Bristol-Myers Squibb, our BioPharma strategy uniquely combines the reach and resources of a
major pharma company with the entrepreneurial spirit and agility of a successful biotech company.
With this strategy, we focus on our customers’ needs, giving maximum priority to accelerating
pipeline development, delivering sales growth and continuing to manage costs.
Responsibilities:
 Managed Cognos Administrative activities for entire Application independently.
 Monitor multiple Cognos environments.
 Ability to work analytically to solve both tactical and strategic problems simultaneously.
 Deploy reports/packages to all environments.
 Proactive approach to server/environment monitoring.
 Doing WeeklyMonthly maintenances for all Cognos applications.
 Setting the new user Security levels for both Cognos BI and Cognos Planning
applications(Cognos Planning Contributor), And also setup the cognos portal tabs to new
users.
 Maintaining documentation for environment / production change controls logs.
 Respond to and resolve access and performance issues for business users.
 Participate in the upgrade of software/releases, including the customization of
functionality and the performance of technical tests to ensure minimal impact on the
business.
Mindtree Ltd., Nov2013 – July2014
Client: AIJ
Project: AIJ Cognos
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is a leading international insurance organization serving
customers in more than 130 countries. AIG companies serve commercial, institutional, and
individual customers through one of the most extensive worldwide property-casualty networks of

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any insurer. In addition, AIG companies are leading providers of life insurance and retirement
services in the United States.
Responsibilities:
 Managed Cognos Administrative activities for entire Application independently.
 Monitor multiple Cognos environments.
 Ability to work analytically to solve both tactical and strategic problems simultaneously.
 Very good knowledge of security technologies and the ability to apply user security for
Business Intelligence application is preferred.
 Deploy reports/packages into all environments.
 Proactive approach to server/environment monitoring.
 Participated in Cognos Migration from 10.1.1 version to 10.2.1.2 version.
 Evaluate,understand and implement patches to Cognos environment and Ensure
environment security follows best practices.
 Setup new database connections and security procedures.
 Specialist in both Cognos Administrator/Cognos Support.
 Responsible for the administration of the installations of Cognos enterprise reporting
software tools.
 Experience administering Cognos business intelligence tools.
 Experience and understanding of the Cognos application (Query Studio, Report Studio,
Analysis Studio, Framework Manager, and Data Manager).
 Ability to do Administration tasks: install, upgrade, configure, tune, and maintain all
components in an enterprise-wide Cognos based architecture.
 Work closely with architects and infrastructure groups to ensure system stability and
longevity.
 Some production support duties during off-hours and weekends.

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 Experience in maintaining a production system and working with end-users of the system.
 Good working Experience in vendor customer support on issues resolution.
 Doing WeeklyMonthly maintenances for all Cognos applications.
 Environment:CognosAdministration10.2.1.2,Cognos Planning
contributor,Cognos10.2.1.2 BI Framework Manager, Report Studio, Query Studio,
Cognos Connection, Cognos Powerplay Transformer, MS SQL Server 2005 & 2008,
Oracle 10g.
Pramati Technologies., Feb2012 – Oct 2013
Client: AJG
Project: CORPORATE COGNOS
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. an international service provider plans, designs, and administers a full
array of customized, cost-effective property/casualty insurance and risk management programs.
The company also furnishes a broad range of risk management services including claims and
information management, risk control consulting and appraisals to help corporations and
institutions reduce their cost of risk. In addition, the company assists clients in all areas of their
employee health/welfare and retirement plans, including plan design, funding and administration.
Gallagher has operations in 30 countries and, through a network of correspondent brokers and
consultants, Gallagher offers client-service capabilities in more than 140 countries around the
world. Some of the company's offices are fully staffed with sales, marketing, claims, loss control and
other specialists; some function as servicing offices for the various divisions.
Responsibilities:
 Specialist in both Cognos Administrator/Cognos Support.
 Responsible for the administration of the installations of Cognos enterprise reporting
software tools.
 Experience administering Cognos business intelligence tools.
 Experience and understanding of the Cognos application (Query Studio, Report Studio,
Analysis Studio, Framework Manager, and Data Manager).

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 Ability to do Administration tasks: install, upgrade, configure, tune, and maintain all
components in an enterprise-wide Cognos based architecture.
 Work closely with architects and infrastructure groups to ensure system stability and
longevity.
 Some production support duties during off-hours and weekends.
 Participated in Cognos Migration from 8.4 version to 10.1.1 version.
 Experience in maintaining a production system and working with end-users of the system.
 Good working Experience in vendor customer support on issues resolution.
 Very good knowledge of security technologies and the ability to apply user security for
Business Intelligence application is preferred.
 Doing WeeklyMonthly maintenances for all Cognos applications.
 Setting the new user Security levels for both Cognos BI and Cognos Planning
applications(Cognos Planning Contributor), And also setup the cognos portal tabs to new
users.
 Maintaining documentation for environment / production change controls logs.
 Respond to and resolve access and performance issues for business users.
 Participate in the upgrade of software/releases, including the customization of
functionality and the performance of technical tests to ensure minimal impact on the
business.
 Setup the Cognos CAFÉ apllication in client machines and resolving CAFE issues .
 Studied Report Requirement Specifications and developedreports as per the End user
requirements.
 Created standard and Ad hoc reports using Cognos Query Studio.
 Drive the development/maintenance of the Cognos BI environment and infrastructure.
 Develop, implement and maintain change control and testing processes for modifications.

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 Understand/execute release/change management processes for changes to business
applications.
Environment:CognosAdministration10.1.1(AccessManagerBIPlanning),Cognos10.1.1BI
Framework Manager, Report Studio, Query Studio, Cognos Connection, Cognos Data Manager,
Cognos Powerplay Transformer 7.3, MS SQL Server 2005 & 2008.
Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd. July 2010 – Feb2012
Client: Electrolux
Project: CENTAUR
Electrolux has outsourced application maintenance and application development for the different
business intelligence applications that were developed in-house. These are spreadacross different
regions - APAC, NA and Europe (EU). Of the applications that were developedin EU Region, critical
one is CENTAUR.
Centaur is a Common European Automated Reporting Platform which produces major financial
performance reports within Electrolux Europe. It automatically calculates Country, Product Line,
Brand and Customer profitability down to the PNC/customer no (retailer) i.e. the “Integrated
Profitability” for 34 European countries
Responsibilities:
 Managed Cognos Administrative activities for entire Application independently.
 Monitor multiple Cognos environments.
 Ability to work analytically to solve both tactical and strategic problems simultaneously.
 Deploy reports/packages to all environments.
 Proactive approach to server/environment monitoring.
 Evaluate,understand and implement patches to Cognos environment and Ensure
environment security follows best practices.
 Setup new database connections and security procedures.
 Participate in:
· Cognos architecture.
· Cognos query tuning.
· Cognos capacity planning.

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 Participate in the upgrade of software/releases, including the customization of
functionality and the performance of technical tests to ensure minimal impact on the
business.
 Managing User Security levels through Cognos Access Manager for existing
Applications.
 Creating both New User groups and User classes in Access manager. Maintaining Users
securities for User groups and user classes.
 Strong understanding of relational and star-schema database designs is preferred.
 Respond to and resolve access and performance issues for business users.
 Conduct research and make recommendations on Cognos/BI and related technology
products, services, protocols and standards in support of Business Intelligence analytics
and reporting.
 Drive the development/maintenance of the Cognos BI environment and infrastructure.
 Develop, implement and maintain change control and testing processes for modifications.
 Understand/execute release/change management processes for changes to business
applications.
 Migration of Packages/Reports from Dev and Test environments into Production
Environment.
Environment: Cognos 8.4 Administration, Framework Manager, Report Studio, Query Studio,
Cognos Connection, Cognos Data Manager, Cognos Powerplay Transformer 7.3, MS SQL Server
2005.
Education
Degree University Year of Passing
M.C.A (Master of computer
applications)
Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore 2008
B.Sc (ComputersElectronics) S.V University, Tirupati 2005

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Personal Details
Name Viswanath.A
Email Id Muthu.avision@gmail.com
Date of Birth 08-07-1984
Contact Numbers 919600240793
Passport status Valide upto 2020