Samir Patel has over 16 years of experience as a senior data architect. He has expertise in leading large-scale data management and BI/DW efforts, including data governance, data management, and master data management. He currently works as a senior data architect at Neiman Marcus, where he has implemented standardization of data governance processes and led development of enterprise data models. Previously he has worked for companies such as Wipro, Best Buy, Target, Capital One, and HP in roles including data architect, data modeler, and project manager.

1. Samir Patel
Professional Summary
Result oriented senior data architect with over 16 years of global experience in development and delivery of
solutions and related process. Played different key roles including –Senior Data Architect, Data Modeler,
Data Analyst, Project Manager, Application Architect and Technical Architect. Experience working in different
business sectors, including retail, banking, finance and telecom. Expertise in leading large scale Data
Management and BI/DW efforts which include Data Governance, Data Management, Master Data
Management for clients based on problems or opportunities, while providing strategies, frameworks and
roadmaps. Motivated team player with excellent analytical, problem solving skills; good communication and
inter-personal skills.
Experience Synopsis
• Experience as an Architect and manager/lead to drive BI/DW and OLTP projects and help with
estimations.
• Involved in providing strategic direction and development cycles - from creating processes to
development of training.
• Experience managing and leading large BI/DW efforts by actively involving with the key business
stakeholders, IT executives and all key personal.
• Led effort to design enterprise conceptual, logical and conceptual data models using the retail industry
standard models.
• Experience working with senior management and end-users, educating and sharing knowledge on data
architect strategies and feasibility of developing solutions and roadmap.
• Proven track record in problem solving, technological solutions and strategic planning.
• Consistent record of success in delivering strategic projects.
• Experienced working with the cross functional teams across USA, India and Philippines from multiple
vendors.
Experience:
Neimal Marcus,Dallas TX Sep 2011 to present
Senior Data Architect
Environment: ERwin, Teradata v13, Oracle 11g, SQL Server 2012, DB2, Micro Strategy, Data Stage
• Accomplished development of logical data model using the industry data models like ARTS and
Teradata Logical model which improved the delivery and quality.
• Implemented standardization of several data governance processes: naming convention definition and
enforcement as well as instituting data quality standards
• Crafted vision and road map for the data analysis, data design and data modeling team. As a result team
was able to deliver 2 times more with same number of resources.
• Led development of enterprise data models which resulted in execution of projects by 30% savings
projects several thousand dollars.
• Implemented design of data model for Target Pharmacy operational reporting which enabled delivery of
key information efficiently resulted in a savings of several thousands of dollars.
• Led efforts to develop data models for OLTP and BI projects in multiple business capabilities
• Facilitated data requirement gathering sessions for Merchandising and Stores business capabilities
• Responsible for delivering tactical and strategic data model solutions in merchandising space to enable
multi-channel capabilities which will generate multimillion dollars in revenue.
• Facilitated implementation of data modeling scorecard which helped improve the quality of data model.
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2. Wipro, Minneapolis, MN Jun 2005 to Sep 2011
Enterprise Data Architect
Best Buy Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (Jun ’05 to Sep ‘11); Enterprise Data Architect
Environment: Sybase Power Designer, Teradata v12, Oracle 11g, SQL Server 2008, Informatica, Business
Objects
• Directed effort to deliver canonical models for location, item and vendor using the OAGIS standards
which resulted in streamlining of information shared across the enterprise. This also resulted in a savings
of several thousand dollars.
• Managed effort to build 300 KPI to measure state of business from 2000+ metrics. Effort resulted in
defining one definition of a given metric enterprise wide resulting in less confusion and effective
measurement of the state of business.
• Directed work on first Master Data Management (MDM) strategy for Vendor to develop design of logical
data model using IBM MDM solutions. This effort replaced 4 disparate sources into one centralized
solution resulting in lower total cost of ownership
• Worked on effort to replace manual process of calculating vendor funding to automated system resulted
in significant savings of several millions of dollars.
• Facilitated Market place program from data architecture perspective to deliver solution with multi-vendor
sourcing; expanded seller network; enhancements to customer experience on bestbuy.com; revised
architecture to streamline processing and sales of millions of products where Best Buy does not "own"
the inventory; and updates to emerging channels applications for Best Buy.
• Championed efforts to define standards for enterprise archive/purge strategy for over 10 systems by
working with multiple teams from Legal and Litigation teams.
• Implemented standardization of several data governance processes: naming convention definition and
enforcement as well as instituting data quality standards
• Led engagements on complex and very large OLTP and Data Warehouse projects
• Led data requirement gathering sessions for MDM and various strategic projects
• Responsible for leading Semantic Layer design for Sales and Inventory which helped retire 10 different
Adhoc applications resulting savings of several thousands of dollars
• Successfully led an effort to build the offshore data architecture team which resulted in increased project
delivery efficiency by 25%.
• Managed the overall budget, resource acquisition, resource allocation and resource balancing of the
projects for Best Buy legal team.
Global Corporate Solutions, Pittsburg, PA Jun 2001 to May 2005
Senior Technical Lead
Target Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (Oct ’03 to May ‘05); Technical Lead, Diagnostic Toolkit
Environment: Oracle 9i, ERwin, PL/SQL, SQL*Loader, TOAD, Unix, Control M scheduler
• Led application development through requirement, design, development and implementation of a
dashboard solution.
• Directed effort to develop logical and physical data models
Capital One, Richmond, VA (Sep ’02 to Sep ‘03); Technical Lead, Retention
Environment: Oracle 8i, ERwin 3.0, PL/SQL, Informatica 5.1, C, Pro *C, UNIX, Power Builder, Clearcase
• Led requirements effort for the application design and also developed strategy for data warehouse
• Spearheaded development effort using, PL/SQL packages, functions, Database Triggers, Pro *C etc.
Capital One, Richmond, VA (Jun ’01 to Sep ‘02); Technical Lead, Secured Card Tracking
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3. Environment: Oracle 8i, ERwin 3.0, PL/SQL, Informatica 5.1, C, Pro *C, UNIX, Power Builder, Clearcase
• Application and systems engineer on numerous large scale Secured credit card business applications
and system software projects
• Acquired broad experience in various RDBMS tools and technologies, including ORACLE and UNIX
application software development.
Mastek/Majesco, India and USA Jan 1997 to Jun 2001
Technical Lead
AT&T, Dallas, TX (Jun ’99 to Jun ‘01); Technical Lead, Sales Datamart
Environment: Oracle 7.3, SQL*Plus, Pro*C, Java, JDBC, NDM, Informatica, Cognos Impromptu, UNIX
• Involved in talking to users collecting requirements and converting them into technical specs.
• Led Data Analysis and design effort to develop Conceptual and Physical data model.
• Led effort to develop ETL process using Informatica and also assisted with reporting solution.
Hewlett-Packard, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Feb ’98 to May ‘99); Senior Developer, Telecom Call Center
Management
Environment: Oracle 7.3, SQL*Plus, C, Pro*C, SQL*Loader, ERwin, PL/SQL, Crystal Reports, UNIX
• Worked on Documentation of Data flow diagrams and preparation of ER diagrams using ERwin.
• Assisted with effort to design replicated solution to work across 4 different call centers.
Motorola, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Jan ’97 to Jan ‘98); Senior Developer, World Wide Pricing
Environment: Oracle 7.3, MAMBO, Entera 3.0, Pro*C, PL/SQL, SQL*Loader, HTML, UNIX
• Assisted with development of HTML pages and Java Script
• Involved in coding, PL/SQL packages, functions, stored procedures, Triggers etc. for
Standard Chartered Bank, India Mar 1996 to Dec 1996
Senior Developer
Environment: Power Builder 4.0, Oracle 7.3, Power TOOL, UNIX and 3 tiered architecture
• Involved in requirement study for the Credit Appraisal system
• Involved in development of Power Builder Objects
Industrial Investment Trust, India Aug 1993 to Feb 1996
Developer
Environment: Oracle 7.3, Power Builder 3.0, SQL *Plus, UNIX, SQR and UNIX shell scripting
• Developed screens for Data Entry for Finance Management
• Involved in coding, functions and stored procedure and database triggers for batch processing etc.
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4. Education:
Bachelor degree in Computer Engineering from the Bombay (Mumbai) University, INDIA.
Diploma in Digital Electronics from Bombay University, INDIA
Certification:
Teradata Certified Professional V2R5
Awards/Achievements:
Recognized by Majesco (Subsidiary of Mastek) Software for Leadership Excellence with AT & T
Recognized by Best Buy leadership for successful implementation of a strategic project in 2009 and 2011
Professional Affiliations:
The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI)
Data Management Association (DAMA)
Key Technical Skills:
Skill Experience Last Used
Oracle 9i / 10g / 11g / R2 Database Platform 10+ years Current
Teradata/SQL Server/DB2 7+ years Current
Data Modeling / Fully Attributed Models (Normalization / Star
Schema)
10+ years Current
Data Architecture – Relational DBs / Data Warehouse / ODS, etc. 10+ years Current
CASE Tools / Erwin / Power Designer, etc. 10+ years Current
Integration Tools – Informatica, etc. 4+ years Sep 2011
OLAP / Reporting Tools – Cognos, etc. 5+ years Current
SQL Scripting / Querying 10+ years Current
Data Analysis / Architect – Data Mining / Large Scale Data
Modeling
10+ years Current
Business Requirements Gathering / Analysis 10+ years Current
XML/HTML/Java Script 1+ years Sep 2011
Agile Project Development 1+ years Current
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