Dallas Marks

Current

Senior Consultant and Trainer at Quorum Business Solutions

Past

Senior Consultant and Trainer at Integra Solutions
Training Manager at Dataspace
Senior Consultant at Dataspace

Business Intelligence Specialist at Cardinal Solutions
Business Intelligence Specialist at Theoris
Senior Consultant at Theoris
Senior Consultant at Software Synergy
Analyst at PCS Technologies

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Education

University of Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Dallas Marks’s Summary

Provide technical and project leadership on data-intensive projects, including data architecture and modeling, data integration, and information delivery. I have been working with Business Objects products since 2003. I am certified in BusinessObjects Enterprise XI R2 and XI 3.0 and BusinessObjects Web Intelligence XI 3.0. I am an authorized instructor for Business Objects Enterprise Administration, Web Intelligence, Desktop Intelligence, Universe Design and Xcelsius 2008.

Dallas Marks’s Specialties:

Business Objects Certified Professional
-- Web Intelligence XI 3.0 (03/2009)
-- Enterprise XI 3.0 (10/2008)
-- Enterprise XI R2 (07/2005)
Business Objects Migration Specialist and Edge Series Accredited Specialist
Business Objects North American User Conference speaker (2006-2009)

Dallas Marks’s Experience

Senior Consultant and Trainer

Quorum Business Solutions

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

As part of Quorum's Information Management/Business Intelligence practice, I help individuals and organizations harness the power of business intelligence to create and share intelligent information, primarily with solutions from SAP BusinessObjects.

I have experience creating executive performance management dashboards for multiple organizations utilizing BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1, Xcelsius 2008, Query as a Web Service (QaaWS), Web Intelligence, Universe Designer and Dashboard Builder. I've also worked with BusinessObjects Edge Series XI R2 and 3.0, installing and configuring the product to utilize Active Directory authentication.

Certified instructor for SAP BusinessObjects, including Business Objects Enterprise XI 3.0/3.1, Web Intelligence, Desktop Intelligence, Universe Designer, and Xcelsius 2008.
Senior Consultant and Trainer

Integra Solutions

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2008 — December 2008 (8 months)

Integra Solutions is now fully integrated into Quorum Business Solutions.
Training Manager

Dataspace

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2007 — April 2008 (1 year 4 months)

Training Manager, directing all aspects of Business Objects Authorized Education Partnership, including pre-sales and sales, marketing, staffing, subcontracting, and classroom instruction. Certified instructor for Business Objects, including Business Objects Enterprise XI R2, Web Intelligence XI R2, Desktop Intelligence XI R2, Universe Design XI R2, and Crystal Xcelsius 4.5.
Senior Consultant

Dataspace

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2007 — April 2008 (1 year 4 months)

As senior BI architect for Fortune 500 manufacturer, migrated from Business Objects v6.5 to Business Objects XI Release 2. Identified and corrected data quality issues in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 enterprise data warehouse. One-on-one mentoring with user community to facilitate migration from full client v6.5 to Web Intelligence XI R2. Created project plan to standardize enterprise report distribution with single-pass report bursting, replacing non-standard custom Visual Basic macros with publications and profiles.

As technical lead for European automotive manufacturer and importer, worked with project manager and SOA technical specialist to create Business and Systems Requirements and Technical Architecture Specification for Master Data Management system to manage and distribute master product data. Created and delivered final presentation to project steering committee.
Business Intelligence Specialist

Cardinal Solutions

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2004 — January 2007 (2 years 9 months)

Business Intelligence specialist with focus on data architecture, Oracle PL/SQL programming and Business Objects implementations, including XI Release 2 migrations. Additional exposure with Microsoft SQL Server and IBM DB2. Certified instructor for Business Objects, including Business Objects Enterprise XI R2, Desktop Intelligence XI R2, Web Intelligence XI R2, and Universe Design XI R2.
Business Intelligence Specialist

Theoris

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2003 — May 2004 (1 year 4 months)

Deployed business intelligence solutions using Business Objects 5.x and 6.x for Senco, Cleveland Municipal School District, Goodrich Aerospace, and Reed Elsevier. Experience with installation, configuration, and universe and report development.
Senior Consultant

Theoris

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 1995 — February 2003 (8 years )

Participated on a variety of medium and large web and client-server projects ranging in duration between 11 months and 4 years:
- Team Lead for Financial Cost Accounting System using Active Server Pages, C++, korn, Oracle 8i, and IBM AIX
- Lead Web Developer for multiple web projects using Active Server Pages, Microsoft SQL*Server 6.5 and Microsoft Site Server 3.0
- Software Developer for commercially released Internet utility using Microsoft Visual C++ 4.1 and Verity Topic API
- Analyst for Bankruptcy Claims Processing system using Oracle SQL*Forms 3.0, SQR, Oracle 7 and SCO UNIX
Senior Consultant

Software Synergy

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 1995 — July 2000 (5 years 3 months)

Theoris was known as Software Synergy until July 2000.
Analyst

PCS Technologies

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

September 1993 — March 1995 (1 year 7 months)

Developed retail distribution systems using Oracle 7, SQL*Forms 3.0, SQL*ReportWriter, SQL*Menu, Pro*C, C-Scape API, C-Tree API and C on IBM RS/6000 AIX (UNIX) platform. Designed program modules, stored procedures, and database triggers using System Architect CASE tool. Created unit test plans and project documentation, performed unit and system integration testing, and accelerated application performance using explain plans to optimize queries.

Dallas Marks’s Education

University of Cincinnati

MS , Computer Engineering , September 1991 — September 1993
University of Cincinnati

BS , Electrical Engineering Technology , September 1986 — June 1991

Cum Laude
Certificate of Technical and Professional Communication
Teaching assistant for undergraduate laboratories in circuit analysis and digital logic
Recipient of Benjamin Pilhashy Memorial Scholarship
Recipient of Humanities Excellence Award
Student newsletter editor
Student government representative

Activities and Societies:

Golden Key Honor Society, National Dean's List, IEEE