Dave Shay

Current

• Hyperion Lead at IBM Global Services

Past

• Lead Software Engineer at H&R Block
• Sr. IT Specialist at IBM Global Services
• Software Engineer at Sprint

• Sr. Programmer/Analyst at Pacific Linen
• Programmer/Operator at Vacation Internationale

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Education

• Washington State University

Connections

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Industry

Financial Services

Dave Shay’s Summary

IT professional experienced in Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence application development and support. Actively involved in all steps within the application development life-cycle, including Project Management. Proven ability to effectively plan and adapt to rapidly shifting priorities and deadlines.

Have acquired experience as an IT professional across a diverse set of industries: Financial Services, Global Outsourcing, Telecommunications, Specialty Retail, and Travel/Leisure (Timeshare).

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Dave Shay’s Specialties:

Business Intelligence / Decision Support Systems, Data Warehousing and Data Marts, OLAP, Hyperion Essbase, Hyperion Planning, Hyperion System 9

Dave Shay’s Experience

• Hyperion Lead

  IBM Global Services

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2008 — Present (8 months)

  Responsible for development and ongoing production support for Hyperion applications at Williams Energy in Tulsa. Williams is upgrading their Hyperion environment from Essbase 6.5 / Planning 3.5 to Hyperion System 9. This upgrade also includes a deployment of Hyperion EPMA (Enterprise Performance Management Architect).
  
  According to Oracle's Product Assurance group, I led my team in the first successful "mixed release" upgrade -- the first of any of Oracle's customers -- involving Hyperion versions 9.3 and 11.1. Feedback Oracle obtained from me regarding this exercise will be applied in future product patches.
  
  Our upgrade project is expected to "go live" in May 2009. I will not likely be receptive to other job opportunities until the project is further along.
  
  I am currently a subcontractor for this position.

• Lead Software Engineer

  H&R Block

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; HRB; Financial Services industry)

  August 2005 — February 2008 (2 years 7 months)

  Team leader for software development and support staff responsible for H&R Block’s enterprise-wide implementation of Hyperion Planning (our corporate financial budgeting and forecasting system).
  
  Completed projects included:
  - Supervising the upgrade of the corporate financial forecasting software from Hyperion Planning 3.5 to Hyperion System 9 and Hyperion Workforce Planning.
  - Supervising the development and deployment of a Hyperion Planning application at RSM McGladrey.
  - Migrating the corporate IT financial forecast from an Excel-based system to a Hyperion application.
  - Designing and building an Oracle Data Mart for the Hyperion team.

• Sr. IT Specialist

  IBM Global Services

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2004 — July 2005 (11 months)

  Team leader for on-shore and off-shore Business Intelligence / Data Warehousing software development and support staff of approximately 12 people in a “re-badged” IT outsourcing arrangement between Sprint and IBM.

• Software Engineer

  Sprint

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; S; Telecommunications industry)

  1999 — 2004 (5 years)

  Supervisor, Software Engineer V, Software Engineer IV, Software Engineer III.
  Team leader for Business Intelligence / Data Warehousing software development and support staff of approximately 12 people. Responsible for Oracle and Hyperion financial data mart for Wireless product segment.

• Sr. Programmer/Analyst

  Pacific Linen

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Retail industry)

  1994 — 1999 (5 years)

  Led effort to transition company’s Business Intelligence from a legacy Retail STS system to database-driven ad-hoc reporting. Designed and implemented systems benefiting Distribution, Loss Prevention, Merchandising and Finance using Hyperion Essbase and Microsoft Access.

• Programmer/Operator

  Vacation Internationale

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  1992 — 1994 (2 years)

  Performed software maintenance and enhancements for small projects requiring rapid turn-around. Primarily worked with DATABUS and INFORMIX. Also participated in daily computer center operations.

Dave Shay’s Education

• Washington State University

  BA, English, 1986 — 1990

  Activities and Societies:

  WSU Marching Band

Additional Information

Dave Shay’s Groups:

•    Hyperion System 9

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