Neil Scott has over 10 years of experience designing reports with Cognos reporting tools. He has worked as a Senior Cognos Developer at the ATO since 2014 where he developed reports, dashboards, and provided training. Prior to this, he held roles as a Cognos ReportNet Developer at WorkCover NSW and as a Project Manager/Cognos Specialist at the ATO where he completed software upgrades and implementations.

1. Curriculum Vitae
Name: Neil Scott
Education:
(1988 –1989) – Associate Diploma in IT (Queensland Institute of Technology)
Professional Development:
(2001) – Certificate IV in Project Management (Canberra Institute of Technology)
(2002) – Cognos Administrator
(2003) – Cognos Data Manager Developer
(2014) – Cognos Active Report Development
(2014) – WorkCover accredited course in OH&S Risk Management
Knowledge and Experience;
 More than 10 Years hands on experience in Cognos 6, 7, 8 and 10 designing reports with complex
elements such as expressions, relative logic, drill-through reporting, conditional formatting/variables,
dashboarding, active report controls and list/chart/cross-tab reporting.
 Highly proficient with Framework Manager, Report Studio Active Reports, Cognos Business Insight
Advanced, Transformer and Cognos Administration.
 Experience in designing and developing reporting data models.
 Strong SQL skills.
 Able to learn technical concepts quickly and apply them effectively in the workplace.
 Able to change to changing business requirements and react quickly.
 Strong customer focus and results oriented attitude.
 Experienced in development of SAP Reporting using Web Intelligence and Business Objects
 Experience developing in Java Script and implementation within Cognos Report Studio
 Experience developing applications using ILE/RPG on OS/400
 Experience developing SQL Scripts for Teradata, Oracle and DB2

2. Employment History:
April 2014 – Current ATO
Position: Senior Cognos Developer
Responsibilities:
 Liaise with key Stakeholders to gather requirements
 Document Reporting Requirements and get stakeholder signoff
 Monthly reports and presentations to senior management
 Analysis of underlying data source and structures.
 Mentor junior Business Analysts
 Mentor and Train Junior Developers
 Write Training material for End users
 Develop SQL Scripts
 Develop Transformer models and Publish Cubes
 Develop Static Reports using Report Studio
 Develop Active Reports and Promote to IPAD for Senior Executives
Achievements:
 Developed and Published Commissioners Dashboard to IPad Environments
 Tax Time 14 Suite of Reports and Training Material Delivered
 Conducted presentations and Training on new IPad Reports
Aug 2006 – Dec 2006 WorkCover NSW
Position: Cognos ReportNet Developer/Technical Admin
Responsibilities:
Atomic Data Model and Data Knowledge
• BI Data Mart Design
• ETL integration and data connectors
• Metadata Design and Management
• BI Report / Housekeeping Reports / OMS Screens
• Assisting development of PowerPlay Cubes
Portal and Delivery Management
• Install and Configure Cognos BI products including
• Metadata Modelling
• Security Settings
• Reporting / Analysis Servers
• OLAP Modelling
• Portal and Delivery
• Develop Managed Reports for BI Consumers.
• Develop Metadata structures for BI Ad-Hoc Query Users.
• Develop OLAP Cubes for Analyst.
• Installation of Business Intelligence applications including upgrades and maintenance releases
• System Configuration and integration within the WCA environment.
• Tuning and optimizing the use of system resources for BI Applications

3. • Ensuring system backups and scheduled jobs are being performed as specified
• Maintenance and support of BI Application Servers and Clients including technical troubleshooting.
• Monitoring of system performance and system logs and addressing of errors and issues
• Implementation and development of scheduling/automation solutions
• Implementation of Auditing.
• Provide Technical Assistance to project teams and users
• Technical Implementation of Business Intelligence Disaster Recovery
• Ensuring that the WCA technical standards and strategies are supported.
• Set up and administration of BI application security
• Setting up of department/functional area administrators to set up and manage Access Manager for their specific areas
and applications.
• Work and coordinate with Operations personnel regarding hardware and backup requirements
• Work with the Unix and Windows System administrators
• Work with Database Administrators, Oracle and SQL Server
• Work with WCA Network Security Administrators to ensure network and security integration and support
• Work with Web Services Administrators for the set up of BI gateways and other Web integration and support.
• Work with the Service Desk and other support personnel for problem resolution
• Work with BI Developers and Project Teams and provide assistance during development and production support.
Achievements:
 Install and Configure Cognos software on production Machine.
 Setup Security and Single Signon.
 Developed and Published Specified Reports/Cubes
 Promote Reports from Development Environment to Production Server.
 Suite of Reports/cubes and Training Material Delivered
 Conducted presentations and Training on new Cognos Versions
January 2003 - July 2004 ATO
Position: Project Manager/Cognos Specialist
Responsibilities:
 PPTS components to be installed on Windows 2000
 PPTS components installed on production support and developer’s windows clients.
 PPES components to be installed on Windows 2000.
 PPES administration components installed on production support and developer’s windows
clients.
 Access Managers components to be installed on Windows 2000.
 Migration of authenticator files
 Migration of models and cubes
 Setup of Challenge/Response (Microsoft common logon, OS Signon)
 Load Balancing Architecture and implementation
 NTIDOLAP3 upgrade.
 PowerPlay Transformer software installed on client machines.
 PowerPlay Client software installed on client machines.
 Migration of In-House applications
 Administration tools to be installed on selected client machines.
 Product Demonstration
 BSL Refresher Training on new products
Achievements:
 Cognos Upgrade Completed Successfully
 Single Signon Implemented Successfully

4.  Product Demonstration and Training
January 2003 - July 2004 ATO
Position: Project Manager/Cognos Specialist
Responsibilities:
 PPTS components to be installed on Windows 2000
 PPTS components installed on production support and developer’s windows clients.
 PPES components to be installed on Windows 2000.
 PPES administration components installed on production support and developer’s windows
clients.
 Access Managers components to be installed on Windows 2000.
 Migration of authenticator files
 Migration of models and cubes
 Setup of Challenge/Response (Microsoft common logon, OS Signon)
 Load Balancing Architecture and implementation
 NTIDOLAP3 upgrade.
 PowerPlay Transformer software installed on client machines.
 PowerPlay Client software installed on client machines.
 Migration of In-House applications
 Administration tools to be installed on selected client machines.
 Product Demonstration
 BSL Refresher Training on new products
Achievements:
 Cognos Upgrade Completed Successfully
 Single Signon Implemented Successfully
 Product Demonstration and Training
Interests: Photography, cycling, travelling
Referees: Sean Winefield, Justin O’Meara