This document provides a summary of Edward Gottlieb's experience and qualifications. He has over 20 years of experience in business intelligence and data analytics, designing and implementing solutions for various industries. He is currently a Senior Business Systems Analyst at NovaProbe, Inc. where he developed systems for managing sales leads and contacts.

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Edward Gottlieb
Summary
Sr. Information Technology Business Systems Analyst.
Experienced designing, developing, testing, and implementing Business Intelligence related solutions for leading companies in
the pharmaceutical, insurance, financial, and banking industries. Professionally handling large assignments, individually, and as
part of cross functional teams, driving achievement through interaction with both business and technical partners.
Education
MBA, Management Information Systems, LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA
B.S., Business Administration, Millersville University, Millersville, PA
Technical Experience
Microsoft SQL Server SSRS IBM Cognos V10 Data Warehousing Principles
Cognos Report Studio/Impromptu Cognos Framework Manager Cognos Query Studio/PowerPlay
Microsoft Office Suite Arcplan Designer v8 Oracle/Netezza/Teradata
Professional Experience
NovaProbe, Inc. 03/2015 – Current
Lansdale, PA
Sr. Business Systems Analyst
 Created contact database using the “NEAT” software to capture leads from trade show connections.
 Developed contact management system from medical device industry information exported from the database to be
used for mailings and other direct sales efforts.
 Perform updates and system maintenance as required..
 Use sales leads to expand explore medical device markets and opportunities.
Arcplan, Inc. 10/2014 – 2/2015
Wayne, PA
Business Systems Analyst/Direct Contract
 Working with a diverse technical team, led the creation of a reusable active reporting demo site.
 Live data from an existing account was copied and “cleansed” to become generic and demo usable.
 Completed application self-training, taking the lead installing and configuring the required application version on the
remote server, performing unit testing and communicating results and status.
 The reports were then redesigned and published for internet access.
University of Phoenix 06/2013 – 12/2013
Phoenix, AZ
Business Systems Analyst/ GalaxE Solutions Consultant
 Analyzed existing IT systems and staff to present opportunities for consolidation and cost reduction.
 The staffing review focused primarily on the Application Support team of 60+ technical analysts and managers.
 Reviewed all current documentation and org structure data. Held team face to face interviews onsite in Phoenix. The
results exposed role and skill overlaps and gaps.
 The final presentation and findings were accepted and supported. This led to a new focus on finding consolidations
through broader organizational restructuring and less on layoffs.
Catamaran 01/2013 – 6/2013
Philadelphia, PA
Technical Project Manager/GalaxE Solutions Consultant
 As Projectl lead, worked on site at the top national PBM provider, managing a large scale consolidation effort to move
the current MicroStrategy sales reporting to a new multi-dimensional schema using the Cognos reporting tool suite.
 My role was to guide the efforts of all project resources and team members to deliver the functionality. Responsible for
developing and maintaining the Project plan, leading weekly project status team meetings, initiating and overseeing
technical meetings, developing the business requirements, reviewing ETL and data migration efforts.
 Overcame all obstacles obtaining the required business and technical signoffs, and completed the project.

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Bank of America 8/2011 - 12/2012
Warrington, PA
Senior Technical Analyst/Aptask and ICS Consultant
 Lead Developer for a new development Initiative utilizing a Cognos reporting solution.
 The effort Included BI, Analysis & Review, Cognos Framework Manager Data Modeling, and report development with
Cognos Report Studio. The requirement for the Bankruptcy LOB was to produce a set of interactive Web Dashboards to
replace the existing iSeries Mainframe reporting system. This required coordinating efforts from technical and business
teams across the country and included full requirements development and application unit testing.
 Lead a multi-phase report delivery assignment. Responsible for information gathering from Business partners, both
technical and non-technical, LLD specification development. Cognos Framework Reporting model design and Cognos
Report Studio development, unit testing, and deployment. Coordinated all aspects of the development initiative.
Impax Laboratories 11/2007 – 06/2011
Chalfont, PA
Senior Business Analyst/Developer
 Completed the full life cycle of report delivery for several reporting projects. The process would begin with either the
identification of a business need or a new data request. The steps being; Requirements gathering, Cognos 8.4 Data
Manager Modeling, Cognos Framework Manager modeling with ETL of data to a SQL Server data mart, Cognos Query
Studio development, and finally Cognos Report Studio web deployment.
 Developed and deployed a series of video Cognos tutorials to be available via Camtasia Studio and the company
intranet to assist with user training.
 Create Ad-hoc reports for unexpected business analysis for high priority issue resolutions as needed.
 Hosted Regular Cognos Bi-weekly WebEx Open House sessions to share knowledge and build the “Power User” base.
GSI Commerce 11/2006 - 10/2007
King of Prussia, PA
Senior Technical Analyst
 Technical Developer and Analyst resource for 2 concurrent high priority Finance projects.
 Assisted with an enterprise wide Business Intelligence Tool selection process.
 Rotated with Team to Monitor ETL systems as an On-Call resource providing off hours support.
Merck & Co. Inc. 08/2000 – 07/2006
West Point, PA
Application Services Senior Developer/Analyst
 Gathered client requirements for custom reporting projects, developing rough ideas into production deliverables.
 Developed Cognos Web reports against Oracle Transactional and Dimensional models.
 Maintained the Cognos Transformer model and daily scheduled Cognos cube builds.
 Requested by management to provided technical second level Cognos support for corporate clients.
 Acted as release manager, migrating completed objects to Test and Production in accordance with the standard SLC.
 Supported field data users and ad-hoc reporting questions or issues. Provided detailed data analysis as required.
Reliance Insurance 02/1998 – 06/2000
Philadelphia, PA
Senior Business Analyst/Developer
 Successfully managed an aggressive initiative to convert users to the new Brio reporting platform.
 Developed Brio reporting and established user training to quickly bring new applications online.
 Managed corporate testing for Y2K IT report testing and validation
CoreStates Bank 10/1991 – 12/1997
Philadelphia, PA
MIS Developer/Systems Analyst
 BI analyst, accountable for adoption and deployment of new reporting technologies. Used Cognos PowerPlay and
Cognos Impromptu for ad-hoc requests utilizing various data sources; Oracle, Paradox, Dbase, and Text.
 Provided Cognos and “internet awareness” presentations to business managers and executives.
 System Administrator for the Wholesale banks statement spreading package (FAMAS). Accountable for file
maintenance, security, training, and support. Provided new analyst training classes on and offsite.
References available upon request