Andrew Buddemeyer has over 20 years of experience in BI development using Cognos tools. He has extensive experience designing BI solutions through requirements gathering, data analysis, and report/cube development. He is skilled in SQL, data modeling, and troubleshooting reporting issues. Currently he is a BI Developer at Cengage Learning where he develops reports and cubes for various business units and leads the maintenance of data models and Transformer configurations.

1. ANDREW P. BUDDEMEYER
5617 SHAGBARK CT, MASON, OH 45040
513-532-6261 ▪ abuddemeyer@yahoo.com ▪ www.linkedin.com/in/buddemeyera
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY: IT Professional with extensive experience in BI Development and Data
Analysis. An enthusiastic person who works well within a team, as well as an Individual basis.
I have excellent communication skills, Organizational skills and the ability to be a liaison
between IT and the Business Units.
Emphasis in: BI development using Cognos 10, 8, and 7, on a AIX platform, Powerplay Studio,
Analysis Studio, Report Studio, Transformer, Workspace and Impromptu. Adept at solving
reporting problems and Quality Assurance testing using SQL.
Additional experience in: Cognos administrator, Active Reports, Framework manager and
HTML.
Other tools used: Oracle SQL and Toad.
PC Experience: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2001 – Present CENGAGE LEARNING (Formally Thompson Learning) - Mason, Ohio
BI Developer – 2001 – Present
Skilled Lead BI developer/Data Analyst responsible for report and cube
development for Sales Force, Publishing and International Business Units.
 Designs BI Solutions for customers, by gathering requirements, analyzing data and
producing results.
 Collaborates with database developers to communicate system requirements and help
design the data models.
 Proactively verifies Report/Cube integrity and reviews efficiencies, using SQL to balance
to the data base.
 Counted on to troubleshoot report/cube issues and resolve them.
 Lead person to maintain data sources for Transformer models and development of
Transformer models.
 Developed BI training class, trained other BI developers and peer reviewer of their work.
 Converted Data Warehouse from Cognos 7 to Cognos 8, reducing the number of reports
supported and making maintenance changes more efficient.
 Initiated Report Studio reports in Data Warehouse by learning Report Studio software
and developing reports.

2. ANDREW P. BUDDEMEYER
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1995 – 2001 CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL - Hamilton, Ohio
Project Leader Level 1 and Project Leader Level II – June 1997 - 2001
 Developed and maintained a Financial Data Warehouse using general ledger data to
build Oracle database. Helped to design and build Oracle tables, built SQL load
programs and used Cognos tools (Powerplay, Impromptu and Transformer) to develop
reports and cubes for use by the accounting users.
 Supported the accounts payable and accounts receivable systems using Cobol, EDI
transmissions, EFT transmissions and direct bank transmissions
System Analyst – December 1995 - June 1997
 Supported the cash flow area of accounts payables system and 1099 system.
 Developed interfaces to receive EDI data into accounts payable system.
 Developed interfaces with FLS tax system (Third party software) to automatically set up
payments to tax authorities
1982 - 1995 OHIO CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY - Hamilton, Ohio
System manager - March 1989 – November 1995
Responsible for ACORD download system, auto & home on-line systems, cash entry
system, CICS menu selection system for all CICS systems in company.
Supervisory skills include, management and training of lead programmer and
up to four programmers.
Lead programmer - December 1984 - March 1989
Responsible for maintenance and enhancements to auto nightly insurance system,
auto on-line input system, Unisys cash processing system, electronic mail system
for auto audit trails and creation of agent logons.
Programmer - June 1982 - December 1984
Responsible for maintenance of auto nightly system.
EDUCATION: B. S. Data Processing, University of Cincinnati - 1992.
Associate Degree, applied business in data processing,
Raymond Walters College (U C) - 1982.
AWARDS/CERTIFICATIONS: Eagle Scout, Cognos Level 1 BI Author
INTERESTS: Golf, Active church member
USAA Certified Level II Archery Instructor – Grace Chapel HisPins Program