Mark Rittman

Current

EMEA Technical Director & Co-Founder at Rittman Mead

Past

Director of Consulting at SolStonePlus
Consultant at littlewoods
Business / Systems Analyst at Toyota Motor Finance UK

Business Analysis, Data Warehousing Project at Woolwich plc
Business Analyst / Marketing Analyst at Woolwich Building Society

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Education

University of Brighton

Recommended

3 people have recommended Mark

Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

My Blog

Mark Rittman’s Summary

Very experienced developer and architect for business intelligence & data warehousing systems based on Oracle technology. Lead and successfully delivered projects for FTSE100 businesses in the UK together with universities, charities and public sector organisations.

Recognised expert on tools such as Oracle Warehouse Builder, Oracle Discoverer, Oracle OLAP, Oracle BI Suite EE and the BI elements of the Oracle database, with articles published in Oracle Magazine, OTN and other publications.

Speaker at events such as Oracle Open World San Francisco, UKOUG Conference, ODTUG Kaleidoscope and Collaborate on business intelligence development topics, contributor to the Oracle Press Discoverer 10g Handbook and author of the forthcoming Oracle Press book "Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Developer Guide"

Mark Rittman’s Specialties:

Deep understanding of Oracle business intelligence & data warehousing technologies, consulting, systems architecture, presales, technical writing, presenting.

Mark Rittman’s Experience

EMEA Technical Director & Co-Founder

Rittman Mead

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

March 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

Director and co-founder of Rittman Mead, a BI & Data Warehousing consultancy specializing in the design, architecture, tuning and optimization of Oracle-based business intelligence & data warehousing solutions, with offices in the UK and USA.

Rittman Mead offers consulting, training, mentoring and development support for Bi deployments based on Oracle 8i,9i and 10g, Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Standard and Enterprise Edition, Oracle Warehouse Builder & Data Integrator, Oracle Application Server, Oracle Discoverer and other related BI & DW products.

Founded by Mark Rittman and Jon Mead, two veterans of the Oracle BI&W industry, Rittman Mead aims to offer personal, expert service to Oracle customers and partners in the UK, Europe and North America.
Director of Consulting

SolStonePlus

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

January 2000 — February 2007 (7 years 2 months)

Manages the consulting team within SolStonePlus, a specialist Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing partner based in Brighton UK. Role involves being the technical lead on Oracle BI&W projects, presales, consulting, training and presenting at events in the UK, Europe and USA.

Technical skills in this role include:

- Oracle 8i,9i,10g (11g beta)
- Oracle Warehouse Builder
- Oracle Discoverer
- Oracle OLAP / Express
- Oracle Reports / XML Publisher
- Oracle Application Server & Portal
- Siebel Analytics 7.8 / Oracle BI Suite Enterprise Edition
Consultant

littlewoods

(Computer Software industry)

2005 — 2006 (1 year)
Business / Systems Analyst

Toyota Motor Finance UK

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

August 1998 — December 1999 (1 year 5 months)

Technical lead on Toyota Motor Finance's Data Warehouse project. Responsible for product selection, database design and ETL build.

Technical Skills in this role included:

- Oracle 7.3, Oracle 8i
- Oracle Discoverer
- Oracle Designer, Forms, Reports
- Cognos Impromptu & Powerplay
Business Analysis, Data Warehousing Project

Woolwich plc

(Computer Software industry)

1997 — 1999 (2 years)
Business Analyst / Marketing Analyst

Woolwich Building Society

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

June 1991 — August 1998 (7 years 3 months)

Started off on the graduate scheme, became a branch manager and then a district manager working in Sussex, England. Went to work in head office, Bexleyheath, initially as a marketing operations assistant, then in marketing, then in to the IS department to work on the new data warehouse project.

Whilst on the data warehouse project, I originally helped provide requirements for the customer profitability project, then the marketing database project, then moved on to development work using Oracle Discoverer, Oracle Designer and Oracle 7.3. Worked alongside the internal team, and Oracle consulting, to deliver a number of early data warehousing projects.

Mark Rittman’s Education

University of Brighton

HND , Business Studies , 1988 — 1990

Additional Information

Mark Rittman’s Websites:

My Blog

Mark Rittman’s Interests:

New technology, database programming and performance tuning, business intelligence & data warehousing, economics and current affairs.

Mark Rittman’s Groups:

Chair of the UKOUG Business Intelligence & Reporting Tools SIG, Member of ODTUG & IOUG Oracle user groups.

Oracle Bloggers
UK Oracle User Group (UKOUG)
ODTUG BI&DW SIG
Speakers and Panelists
Oracle Business Intelligence
OBIEE Professionals Group
Oracle BI Applications
Oracle Data Integration: Warehouse Builder (OWB), Data Integrator (ODI), Data Profiling and Quality
OracleBI Club
ODTUG
ODTUG - Hyperion SIG