The document provides a summary and professional profile of an individual with over 9 years of experience in database design, development, and business intelligence solutions using Microsoft SQL Server and related tools. Areas of expertise include data modeling, ETL processes, OLAP cube design, report development in SSRS and SharePoint, and performance tuning. Recent roles have involved team leadership and project management for mortality surveillance projects.

1. G E N E T T A D E S S E
Silver Spring, MD 20904
 (240) 441-6856
gtekolla@gmail.com
S U M M A R Y / P R O F E S S I O N A L P R O F I L E
MS SQL Server ~ Data Modeling ~ SSIS ~ SSAS ~ SSRS ~ MS SharePoint Server ~ OLAP cube
Highly motivated Business Intelligence Professional with experience using SQL Server 2008/2012 and
Microsoft Business Intelligence Development Studio to create BI analysis solutions and critical reports
tailored to the needs of diverse users.
• 9+ years of experience in database design, development and support in production, testing and
development environments using MS SQL Servers 2000/2005/2008/2012.
• Designed and implemented business intelligence (BI) solutions using MS SQL Server 2008/2012
Analysis Services (SSAS), MS SQL Server 2008/2012 Reporting Server (SSRS) and MS SharePoint
Server (MOSS 2010/2013).
• Developed physical and logical data models using MS Visio 2007/2010 and ER-Assistant.
• Applied technical skills using SQL-BI, Tableau and MOSS in data collection, data analysis and
reporting and provide solutions to client requests in a timely manner.
• Extensive knowledge in Relational Database Management Systems and Multidimensional Databases.
• Expert in T-SQL query languages in creating database instances, tables, user defined data types,
functions, stored procedures, triggers, constraints and indexes.
• Skilled in creating MDX scripts that create filters, KPIs, named sets, calculated members and reports.
• Implemented data migrations and transfers using Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) utilities like Data
Transform Services (DTS), SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Bulk Copy Program (BCP) and
Bulk Insert.
• Experienced in providing BI solutions to various levels of decision making activities with up-to-date,
quality, complete, and accurate reports including drill down and roll up capabilities.
• Extensive Experience working with Production (7 x 24) and Development environment.
C E R T I F I C A T E S o f E x c e l l e n c e
• Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist on Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 - Implementation
and Maintenance
• Certificate in Software Testing, University of Washington, Seattle – WA
T E C H N I C A L S K I L L S
Database Management Systems : MS SQL Server 2000/2005/2008, MS Access 2003/2007
Query Languages : SQL/T-SQL, MDX, DMX
Programming Languages : C++, C#, VB, .Net
Web Technologies : HTML, XML, PHP
Development Environment : SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, MOSS 2010/2013 Performance Point Server,
Tableau 9.0
Databases Technologies : ADO, ODBC, OLEDB, Stored Procedure, Function, Trigger, Index
Software Design Methodologies : OOAD, UML, DFD, Data Dictionary, ERD, Work Flow Diagrams,
Process Specification, SDLC
Data Modeling Tools : MS Visio 2000/2007, ER-Assistant
Development Tools : MS Visual Studio 6.0/2000/2005/2008/2012, Turbo 4.0
Application : MS Office Suite
Report Writers : Seagate Crystal Report 7.0/8.0., Report Designer, Report Builder
Server Operating Systems : Windows Server 2000/2003/2008
L i n k e d I n P r o f i l e
http://www.linkedin.com/in/genettadesse
E D U C A T I O N
• Master of Science in IT, University of Maryland University College, MD

2. G E N E T T A D E S S E
Silver Spring, MD 20904
 (240) 441-6856
gtekolla@gmail.com
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, HiLCoE School of Computer Science and Technology,
Ethiopia
• Bachelor of Science in Economics, Alemaya University, Ethiopia

3. G E N E T T A D E S S E
Silver Spring, MD 20904
 (240) 441-6856
gtekolla@gmail.com
R E L E V A N T E X P E R I E N C E
Northrop Grumman, Hyattsville, MD Sep 2016 - Present
Senior BI Developer
• Team lead for NCHS-DVS Mortality Surveillance Project prioritizing project tasks and coordinating
program team.
• Performed Mortality Surveillance Need Assessment that indicates gaps between existing infrastructure,
functionalities and desired conditions with possible recommendations.
• Monitored project activities and communicate with project manager and clients on activity status that
include monthly performance reports.
• Gathered and analyzed business requirements and produced documents for new project requests.
• Worked closely with the project management and client to analyze and consolidate request requirements
to improve the decision planning process and meeting project deadlines.
• Designed and developed BI solutions that is used by statisticians to analyze mortality and natality data.
• Maintain and enhance functionalities of mortality data search application that enables statistician look for
specific cause of death records using complex search criterea.
• Maintained and enhanced OLAP cubes, and partitions for optimal performance using SSAS.
• Investigated bottlenecks and worked on performance tuning processes.
• Designed and developed SSIS packages that perform ETL and other automated jobs.
• Developed ad-hoc queries and reports for clients and provide analytical support and recommendation as
necessary.
Total Solutions, Hyattsville, MD Jun 2013 - Aug 2016
BI Team Lead
• Team lead for NCHS-DVS Mortality Surveillance Project prioritizing project tasks, allocating resources
and coordinating program team.
• Performed project management and technical monitoring activities that include monthly performance
reports and resource scheduling.
• Gathered and analyzed business requirements and produced specification documents for new project
requests.
• Worked closely with the project management to analyze and consolidate request requirements to improve
the decision planning process and meeting project deadlines.
• Designed and developed BI solutions that is used by statisticians to analyze mortality and natality data.
• Maintained and enhanced dashboards utilizing MS SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Service.
• Migrated dashboards to MS SharePoint 2013 PerformancePoint Service.
• Designed and implemented mortality data search application that enables statistician look for specific
cause of death records using complex search criterea.
• Implemented and maintained OLAP cubes, dimensions, facts, hierarchies, attribute relationships and
partitions for optimal performance using SSAS.
• Designed, created and modified detailed and summary reports using SSRS that are used by statistitians for
further analysis per their requirement.
• Designed and developed SSIS packages that perform ETL and other automated jobs.
• Developed ad-hoc queries and reports for clients and provide analytical support and recommendation as
necessary.
SRA (Apex sub-contract), Hyattsville, MD Jun 2012 - Jul 2013
BI Developer
• Part of team responsible to deliver mortality data warehouse to NCHS-DVS.
• Created OLAP cube that serves for data review process done by statisticians and demographers before
the data is used for national health statistics publications.
• Designed, developed, and deployed dashboards utilizing MS SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Service
and Excel Services.

4. G E N E T T A D E S S E
Silver Spring, MD 20904
 (240) 441-6856
gtekolla@gmail.com
• Engaged with other IT team members in kerberose configuration required for authenticating dashboard
users on SharePoint platform.
• Created MDX scripts to create calculated members, KPIs, named sets, filters and analytic reports.
• Investigated bottlenecks and worked on performance tuning processes.
• Designed and developed SSIS packages that perform ETL and other automated jobs.
• Designed, created and modified detailed and summary reports using SSRS that are used by statistitians for
further analysis per their requirement.
• Developed ad-hoc queries and reports for clients and provide analytical support and recommendation as
necessary.
The Charmer Sunbelt Groups, Linthicum, MD Jul 2011 – June 2012
BI Developer
• Designed and developed ETL solutions and SSIS packages that extract data sent in different format and
populate data warehouse, production reports and data warehouse staging area.
• Created MDX scripts, KPIs, named sets, calculated members that feed data to various reports.
• Designed, created and maintained SSIS/DTS packages, reports, OLAP cubes, dimensions and fact tables
using SSIS, SSRS, and SSAS 2008 BI tools.
• Wrote complex stored procedures, user defined functions, MDX queries to generate operational and
executive reports.
• Deployed and configured SSRS reports subscriptions, automated jobs and job monitoring reports in test
and production environment.
SetFocus, LLC. Parsippany, NJ Dec 2010 – Apr 2011
Business Intelligence Master’s Program
• Implemented Business Intelligence solution for a national construction company that involves extracted
data from various data sources: SQL Server, XML, CSV, and Excel; designing cubes, analytic and
operational reports.
• Developed ETL solutions using SSIS that involves defining data flows, data conversion, log data error
exceptions, remove orphaned data, add derived columns and define database maintenance plans and send
email tasks.
• Developed detail and summary reports, score cards, line and pie charts, trend analysis reports, sub-
reports and dashboards according to business requirements using SSRS, MOSS 2010 PerformancePoint
Server, Excel Services, PowerPivot and deployed to SharePoint sites.
• Studied and reviewed application of Kimball data warehouse methodology across various industries.
Worked with data-handling scenarios, such as multiple hierarchies, data-driven KPI goals, sourced either
from dimension attributes or fact tables, handling slowly changing dimensions. Possess solid knowledge
of writing, tuning and optimizing T-SQL queries.
SmithWright Services, Lynnwood, WA Oct 2007 – May 2009
BI Support
• Developed ETL packages that performed nightly automated maintenance jobs.
• Developed custom reports using SSRS and manage report security roles, subscriptions.
• Maintained databases, performed query tune-ups, and monitored automated SQL Agent jobs.
CES (Consulting Engineers Salzgitter GmbH), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dec 2004 – Jun 2007
MS SQL Server Developer/Administrator
• Installed and configured new SQL Server 2005 Database Server instances, SQL Server Integration
Services (SSIS), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) for Development, Testing and Production
Environment.
• Designed logical and physical data model using MS Visio and transformed logical model into physical
SQL Server Database.
• Designed ETL packages that extract data from different sources SQL Server BI Development Studio.
• Designed, created and modified reports using SSRS according to user requirement.

5. G E N E T T A D E S S E
Silver Spring, MD 20904
 (240) 441-6856
gtekolla@gmail.com
• Designed, configured and executed SSIS, and developed custom financial and auditing reports using
SSRS.

6. G E N E T T A D E S S E
Silver Spring, MD 20904
 (240) 441-6856
gtekolla@gmail.com
• Designed, configured and executed SSIS, and developed custom financial and auditing reports using
SSRS.